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Februa:y 8, 1916.
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<br />pervision of Water Furnished to the Public for Drinking and Domestic Use, &c.," or any other
<br />bill in which the City may be interested d~ing the session of the Legislature.
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<br />The above was concurred in.
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<br /> Fourth. Communications from the
<br /> "Portsmouth, Va,, J~ny. 11, 1916.
<br /> "Hon. City Council,
<br /> City.
<br /> "~entlemen:--
<br /> "Enclosed please find copy of letter which I sent to Ers. Josie E. Broughton
<br />on Oct. 25, 1915, with regard to moving her properties on ~ftn street, west side, between Har-
<br />rison and Wythe; smid properties encroaoD~ng on Fifth street.
<br /> "As you will see, the sixty days allowed in the letter for the remov~i of the obstruction
<br />has expired, and I respectfully recommend that you instruct the City Attorney to do whmt m~y
<br />be necessary in the premises.
<br /> "Respectfully,
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<br />The following is the copy of the letter
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<br />enclosed by the Mayor:
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<br /> "portsmouth, Va~ Oct. 27, !915o
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<br /> "Ers. Josie E. Broughton,
<br /> "~ortsmouth, Va.
<br /> "My Deam
<br /> "By resolution of the City Council, I su~ instructed to notify you that
<br />your properties on Fifth street, west side, between Harrison end Wythe streets, encroach upon
<br />Fifth street-- one piece 22 feet; the other !~ feet, more or less~
<br /> ~I am further anstruo~e= to notify you to move your properties to conform to the line as
<br />defined by the City Engineer~ You will be grmnted a reasonable time, smy sixty d~ys,in which
<br />to remove the onstruotion.
<br /> "The City Engineer h~s furnished me with a map of the property in question, which is at
<br />your disposal if you so desire.
<br /> ~Hsspeotfully,
<br /> F. S. Hope, Mayor."
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<br /> On motion, the ~ity Attorney was zn=~ructed to do what m~y be necesss~vy in the matter,
<br />as requested by the Eayor.
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<br /> The Emyor forwarded, without comment, a commhnicmtion from the Norfolk City Council re-
<br />questing the City Council of Portsmouth to adopm-resolutions calling on their representatives
<br />in the Virginim Geners~i Assembly to take the necessmry steps to remove the restrictions in the
<br /> onstltutmon of 7mrginia, prohibiting cities from making local mssessm~nts upon private property
<br />abutting on streets, &e., mceompa~uied by an o:dinance s~iopted by the Cxty Co~oiI of Norfolk
<br />in f,~ther prosecution of this ~tte~.
<br /> ~ motion~ smid oo~iomtion wms ~efer~ed to the Special Co~ittee of T~ee.muthori-
<br />zed to look ~ter ~y mmtters in which the City m~y be interested ~d~ing this session of the
<br />Legisl~t~e.
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<br /> ~Po=tsmouth~ Vm., Feby. 8, i916.
<br /> "To the Co,oil.
<br /> "Gentl~en:-- It h~ving come to my notice thmt m bill before the Legis-
<br />lature for the supposed protection of the fish ~d oyster industries mgm~s~ sewermge oont~i-
<br />~tion, wms prejudicial ~gminst the City of Portsmouth, if pmssed, to the extent of h~e~
<br />of thous~ds of doIlmrs--
<br /> "Reco~izing that it would be impossible to get the s~ction of the Co,oil to protect
<br />the City's ~terest in the ~tter, ms ~ emergency, I appoint~ the Hemltb Officer, Co~cil~
<br />M~rkh~, ~d Audi~o~ B=inson, to proceed to ~ic~ond a~proteot the City's interest.
<br /> "They performed thmt service creditmbly ~d i~orm me that the "Hew Bill" ~s been with-
<br />~m~ ~d they hmve every ~ssur~uce when the bill is rs-introduoed~ that PortsmOuth will be
<br />eliminmted.
<br /> "Respectfully,
<br /> F. S. Hope, Emyor."
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<br /> Thins oom~anio~tion wms ~ocompanied by three bills.of the committee sent to Richmon$, to
<br />amount of $15. each.
<br /> On motion~ the mction of the H~Y0r~in the m~tter was endorsed a~d the bills were
<br />lowed.
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<br /> The Mmyor returned also his mpproval of the follewing m~tters ~dopted by the two br~nches
<br />of City Council December l~, 1915, and January 14-I8~ 1916:
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<br /> Treasurer authorized to borrow $10,000. for School Purposes for January, 1916.
<br /> Treasurer authorized to borrow $20:000. to meet Current EmDenses for J~nu~ry, i916.
<br /> To p~y a bill of the Oo~issioner of the Revenue to ~o~t of $626.15, ms commission ml-
<br />1owed by the State L~w.
<br /> To pmy m bill of ~he City Trems~er ~o ~o~t of $~.3O, ms co~ission ~lowed by the
<br />State Law, or such other ~mo~t ~s ~y be proDe~ly due .him.
<br /> Auditor instructed ~o credit the City Collector ~th tmxes Ohmrged m~inst the Portsmouth
<br />~burb~ ~mter Co. ~d the Portsmouth, Berkley & S~folk Water Co. in the Sixth ~d Seventh
<br />Wmrds for the ys~ 191~; ~d the Oo~issioner of the Revenue instructed not to ~e mssessment
<br />m~inst s~id Complies for such t~x~s here~ter~
<br /> To ~iow ~he Bo~d Of ~rbo~ Go~ission~rs pm~nt for first ~ter, on the ~ssessment
<br />of $1~500. for fisc~ ye~ ending J~e 30, 1916~
<br />To instruct the Auditor to refund to G. ~tton, for Susa. R. Hmtton's Estmte, $360.80,
<br />pmid on mooo~t of errSr in ~ssessment of ~ildings on ~ ~d Leckie streets, yemrs igll-12-
<br /> ~n~ L~d Assessors in 1910~
<br /> To reques$ the 8. A. L. Ry. ~o. to place $~ety ~tes mt the corner of E~ ~d Rmoe mve-
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