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217 C Court that pursuant to a~ order entered herein on the 27th d~y of September, 1915, an election was duly held in the said city on the second day of November~ 19i5~ for the purpose of deter- mlni~g whether the electors of said city would s~iopt fhe form of city government of smid city, permitted under the act entitled, "au act to provide for a chsmge in the form of government of cities having a population of less thau One Hundred Thousand, a~d of towns, and to provide in That ms~uner such cities~aud towns may adgpt such form of gove2ument,~ aPpr6~ed Marc~ 13th, l~l~.and described in saia act as Section 80 ~nd designated as CITY MANAGER PL~, with seven oouncmImen, to be elected at large, who shall serve without oomp~t£on, a brief stmtement of smid plan being as follows: "Smid Council shall possess mli legislative power, have the duty of appointing m ~ITY GER, who need not be a resident of this city or state; to appoint one of its members to pre- s--~, who shall be ex-officio Mayor, with all the powers of a counciIma~, but without the power of veto; he shall be the official head of the city. With the exception of those officers re- quired by the Constitution to be elected by popular vote the members of the council shall be the only elective city officials. "The a~ministrative and executive powers of the City, i~cluding the appointment and re- moval of officers aud employees are vested in the CITY MANAGER; he shall attend, all meetings ~f the council, recommend measures for ~ioption, s'ee that t~--ordinances s~re faithfully, exe- cuted, ms,kc report of the city's finsmcial condition and future fina~.¢ial needs, and shall preps~re, and submit, m tentative budget for the next fiscal yea~, hold office at the pleasure of the council. "And it further appearing to the courz that the said election w~s held in the manner re- qui~ed by law, and by the Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 13th, 1914, a~d mentioned above, aud that in the holding of said election the said order, of the 2~th day ~f september, 1915, was fully complied with; and it further appearing to the court from the certificate of the returns of said election, by the commissioners of said election, to the court, that at said election Ten Hundred aud Ninety-five votes were cast for the said CITY MANAGER PL~- of government for the City of Portsmouth, and that Three' Hundred and Five-~es were cast against it; and that the votes cast for said CITY MANAGER PLAN of government ~were a majority of the votes of the electors qualified to vote at such election, the court doth declare that the said CITY MANAGER PLAN of governmenm set cum above in this order hms been duly and le~lly ~iopted by the elec~s of the City of Portsmouth, and the Clerk of this court is hereby directed to forthwith Certify the Board of Aldermen, of the Oily of Portsmouth, for ~reoordation on their respective ~$ournals. "And nothing further appearing to be done it is ordered that this cause be removed from the docket. A COPY, TESTE: E~ Thompson, Clerk, By Fitzhugh ~ee Hudgins, D. On motion, the certified order of Court was ordered to rebord. A notice was ree~i from the Superintendent of Public Schools of the expiration on April 4th, 1916, of three members of the School Bo~rd as follows: D. W. Decker,~Second District; F. T. Briggs, Second District; and J. F. Broughton, Third District. On motion, the notice was referred to a Joint Session of the two branches, for election of successors to fill the vacancies. A card of thanks from the family of the late Carey J. Hall, Keeper of Cemeteries, for sym- pathy in their late bereavement, was ordered to file. A bill of R. H. Bagby to amount of $15.00, for defending a prisoner by order of 0curt, w~s referred to the Finance Committee. for A petition was re~i from the Park Commission requestmn~ that $500. ~!lowad "Playground" be ms,de available. On motion, the petition was referred to the Fin~uce Committee. in the Budget A bill of ~. M. Crookin to amount of $16.20, for soil tax paid in error for the yea~s 1913-14-15, on No. 91~ Columbia St., was referred to the Finance Committee. Er. Cart moved to refer to Fire Committee the advisability of a fire plug at the corner of North street a~d Tenth avenue. The motion was adopted. Mr. Cart presented a proposition of the Right of Way Agent of The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. to improve the telephone delivery construction along High street, between Middle and Court; and on South street, between Middle mnd Crawford; in accordance ~ith blueprint tached to proposition. On motion, said proposition was referred to the Street Committee. Mr. Langhorne moved to caution drivers of City wagons, especis~lly of street' sprinkling wagons, to stop on approach of ~ehicles on the same side of the street and in front of them. The motion was ~dopted. On motion of Mr. Oavr, the advisability of extending the drainage on Dinwidd~e street eighty feet so that Fifth street m~y extend to Scott, was referred to the Street Committee. On motion of Er. Cart, theuattention of the Public Property & Schools Committee w~s call- ed to leaks in the vegetable market roof. On'motion of sa~e, the attention of the Water & Sewerage Committee was called to a loose nipple in fire plug at the corner of ~rst'aud Wythe streets, a~d to condition of m zir~ plug at the corner of Pine mhd South streets. M~. Langhorne moved to refer to Finance and Ordi~noe committees the advisability of pre- parinE a code to regulate the erection of buildin~s aud electric wirinm.