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September 1,
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<br /> In mccordauce with an Act of the General 'Assembly of Virginia, approved Ms~rch 13, 1914,
<br /> whereby cities mnd towns of the State of ~ess thmn 100;O00 in populmtion, were authorized to
<br /> change their forms of government to either the General Councilmani~ Plan, the Modified Commis-
<br /> sion Plmn, or theCi%y Ms~uager Ple~u, in the manner prQVi~ded by said Act; and st an election
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<br />lheld November 2, 19i~ the City Manager Plan was adopted (see records of the Common Council
<br />Mmrch l~, 1916, page ~0~;' and at an election for~,Counciimen on June 2, ~916, the following
<br />name~ members ~were elected: J. T, Hanve~,Chas~ T. Parrish, ~. T. Bunting,-Oscie Dmshie!l,
<br />C. H. Herbert, W. D. ~organ, mhd Jno. A. Morris,
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<br /> Wherefore, the following call for a meeting of the City Council elect w~s issued:
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<br />"Mr. L. P. Slater,
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<br /> "City Clerk,
<br />"Dear Sir:--
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<br />City.
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<br />"Portsmouth,
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<br />September let, 1916.
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<br /> "We, the undersigned,, members Of the City Council beginning September 1st,
<br />I$1~, request you to oail a meeting of the Body for Fridmy, September 1st, 1~16, at !0 o'clock
<br />A: ~., for the purpose of organization and for such other business ms m~y be properly brought
<br />before it.
<br /> "Very tru-ly~
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<br />"C. H. Herbert,
<br />"J. T. Hanvey,
<br />"0sclc Dashie!l,
<br />"W. D. Morgan,
<br />"Chgs. T. Pe~rrlsh,
<br />"Jno. A~ Morris."
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<br /> And at a meeting of the City Council September 1, '1916, the following qualified members
<br />were present:
<br /> Messrs--0scie Dashiell, J. T. Hanvey, C. H. Herbert,
<br /> W. D. Morgan, Jno. A. Morris, 5'
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<br /> On motion of Mr. Herbert, Mr. Morgan w~s elected temporary Chairm~u. Mr. Morgan took the
<br />Chair and asked for nominations for P=esident of the Body.:
<br /> Mr. Hanvey ~ms nominated for the position and wms elected by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes--Dashietl, He~ber%, Morgan, Morris,
<br /> (Mr. Hanvey e~cused from voting~.
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<br /> Mr. Hanvey occupied the Chair. and thanked the body for the honor conferred upon him, be-
<br />speaking the support of the members, and saying that it will be his mim to make'thc new Plan
<br />of Government a success; requesting the co-operation of
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<br /> Mr. Morris presented an ordinance, giving in outline the name of "The Council of the City
<br />of Portsmouth, Va.," to the new body; and same was referred to the City Attorney to put in pro-
<br />per shape.
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<br /> Mr. Dashiell moved to elect a Vice-President of the Council, but Mr. Morris me,ed to defer
<br />action on the election t~ a future me,ting.
<br /> Whereupon, Mr. Dmshiell withdrew his motion .and the motion by Mr. Morris was adopted.
<br /> Mr. Dashiell then .moved that the Chairman of the Department of Finance serve as Vice-
<br />President until further arrangements are made:~ The motion was mdopted.
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<br /> ~Mr. Morris presented the following resolutions, which were severally adopted:
<br /> Be It Resolved by The Council of the- Cl:ty of Portsmouth~, ~, That all salaried C'aty Of- '
<br />ricers now holding office by election or appotntment~ for.~defih:ite terms shall retmin thei-r
<br />spective positions until the end of the terms for which they were so elected or appointed, un-
<br />less sooner discharged therefrom for cause by the City Manager or the City Council.
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<br /> Be It Resolved by The Council of the City of PortsmoUth, Va., That all applications for
<br />the position of City Manager be~ filed with. the 01erk of the Council.
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<br /> Be It Resolved by The Council of the fity 'of Port~mouth, Va., That the City Attorney be
<br />instructed to submit an opinion as to who shall perform the dut'ies of the Sinking FUnd Commis-
<br />sion.
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<br /> Be It Resolved By The Council of the City o~ Portsmouth, Vs.-, That the Department of
<br />nantes be instructed to submi~ plans to cover borro~inglof .money or issuing of bonds to tmke up
<br />the $200,000. of notes owned by Mayer & Cow, of oinci~nati~, and also for current notes which
<br />are held by the local Banks.
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<br /> Be It Resolved by The Council 'of the City Of Portsmouth,-V~., That its Department of Law
<br />be instructed to prepmre and submit rules or ordina~noes for the g$verr~nent of the City Council
<br />and which will divide the business affairs of ~he City of~Portsmouth into Departments
<br />lows:
<br /> DEPART~ENT OF LAW: (To cover the duties as formerly pe~orm~
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