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times be kept open for public view. If ~ny person considers that the map has not been correctly made, or feels ~hat they h~ve been prejudiced by it, they shall within sixty days of its comple- tion or within eight months of the adoption of the provisions o~ the act notify the Clerk of the Council in writing of the error claimed e~ud may within t~lrty days thereafter apply to certain specified courts for ~review~ the judges of the specified court shall investigate amd may order corrections if he deems same a~Ivisable. "?th. Tb~t the map so prepared and certified, ~nd corrected shall be prim~ faole evidence of the boundaries s~ud racial designation of such districts, Persons violating the provisions of Section 4.are liable to trial and conviction of misdemeanor amd to a fine off,ct less than five nor more than fifty for the first week ~ud zwo dollars ~ day thereafter for resm~ence within th~ district. "~th. Servants of either race employed by the other race are enciuded from the provisions of ~his act. "lOth. If any person shall have acquired the leal right to ~ocupy as ~ residence any build- ing or p~rt thereof in~uy district, on or before the date upon which the act is adopted, and who have not moved in on the d~te of the adoption of the act, nothing in the act shall operate to prevent them from thereafter moving in~ "ilth. The act shall be adopted by cities or towns only by a recorded vote of the m&~ority of the Council, whether said Council consists of one or two bodies~ "Chapter 51, of the Acts cf 1~16, mpproved Feb. lyth, 19i6, amends a~d re-enmots Sectio~ 11 of the laws of i~12, but not in such a w~y ms to mffeot the City 6f Portsmouth. "~t~ ordins~uce w~s prepared by the old Council and wms adopted by the Common Council Sept. 9th, 1913, by the Board 0f Aldermen sept. 23rd, 1913. At the time a census w~s tmken by 'the Police Department showing the population white and colored, and the distribution of the same. The map w~s not made, however, and nothing f~ther done so that it naturmlly died. "If it is desired to reconsider the question mt the present time a ~ew census will have to be taken, the ordinance re-enacted, and the map prepared. When we acGuired the property of the ~ater Board I foun~ several tracings of maps of the .Wards and am of the opinion thmt prints from one of these can be made to serve the purpose of the law. The census cbuld~be taken by members of the Police Depmrtment~ as w~s formerly done° "The m~tter of ~he fire risks in connection with the woodyaras existino within the old_City limits being referred to me for report, I would respectfully submit the following: "In connection~with the ~ood yards operated by ~r. Wilkins I woui& suggest: the wiring the electric lighting system is very poorly installed and should be made smfer~ the ventilation w~ndows for the horse stalls overlooking. Washington St. should ce pro~eoted by a substantial fine mesh screen. A sheet me~al fire stop should be constructed at the Northern end of the horse stable~ so as to make a close fit .to the roofing bookrest thi~ fire stop should' be provided with ~ proper and substantial sheet metal covered fire doo~e?p~o~id? entrance to the this door should be of the self-closing roiling type~ The fire mtoD mts~if should be of ~hee~ metc~l of mt least twenty-sixEumge securely f~ten~d to substantial ~tudding. Sheet~metalof at me,st twenty~six guage should be eubs~tute~ for the bomr~ng on the Northerly szae o~ th cD_em wmgon shed. All of the roofs of the buildings should ~e covere~ with fire proof material. Better provisions should be ms, is for storing the manure from the ~table in the form cf a tight covered box or bin. "In the ymrd operated by Er. Oast, the old buildings on the nO~tmh~rly pore!on of the yard should either, be ~emoved or rebuilt so as to constitute l~s of a fir.e~ risk ~h~ they do in their present condition. Better storage should be provide~ for the etlook Of lime cmrrie~, and the same should be further removed from the soft coal and wood storage; as ~he lime is now stored, rmin oa~u bemt on it aud so cause hemting a~d possible fire. ~As general ~uggestions, I would offer the following: "Steam boilers and engines should be prohibited unless the same a~re housed in fire-proof brick buildings with no wood or sawdust around. If sawdust and scraps ~re used for firing, the boiler room s~ould be thoroughly cleaned up ?nd ~ri~kleddo~before closing for ~he night, unless a~suitable meoh&nio~l stoker is used,zn which ¢~se~oare should betaken that duet does not collect. "Piles of wood should ~e kept mt least (t0) ~n feet f{om any buiiding3 the present prac- tic~e of piling the cord wc o~ and slabs up ~g~inst ~he Buildzngs should be p~Ohibited. "Strict rules should be m~de and e~£o=ced to prevent smoking in these yards. ~I would again os~li the ~ttention o~ the Csuncil ~o the fmot ~hat the suit pending against the City in connection with the drai~ge from ~he ice pla~t~., and involving the two ice plmnts ~nd the City,~is oomingup for ~rlal in the courts on the 16th. of this month; and I have not been instructed by ~the Council as to whmt action they desire me to take. "I would · the attention o~ the Council to the f~ct that the Engineer o£ the ~a~er Board h~? not render ~is f n~l report to me; this report was due on ~arCh let~ ~ I wo~ld fur thor advzse thmt I h~ve not aS ye~ ohtadned p~sse~eion of mll of the f~rniturel inthe off~ces of th~ ~ter B~'~rd. I~ would mlso remind ~e Council that no action h~s been t~a~_e~ in connec- tion with this City becoming a party to the OOnde~u~ion proceedings about to ~e begun by the City of Norfolk in connection with the ~ater shed now supplying this City~ "I would suz~est that Section $~ of the ~unicip~l Code be amended ~ud re-enacted so as