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December 15, 1914. "E. Condition of cars and street car so,vice on County street linc. "In relation to the saw dust nuisance, after dil.ig~ni~ inquiry and investigation by m~yself and the Police Department, we~a~le~ito~ca~e ~he..nuzsano~' ~o~la~ed o~ :~ .~ "As tC ~the street cars~ as a result of personal investigation b~ myTelf and the Police De- partment, I ~ submitting the enclose~ report. (See report acco~any~ng) ~Respectfully, ~F. S. Hope, Mayor.~ On motion, the communication was ordered to file. The Mayor ret'~ned his approval of the following matters adopted by the two branches of City Council November lO-l?th, 1914: A special appropriation of $189.85 to the Police Department to pay for repairs to automo- bile ~bill held up by. the Auditor in October). $942.32 to pay ~xth Ward bills held up by the Auditor in October, out of~ Sixth Nard funds. To pay judgments against the City in case of A. J.~Phillips.& T. J. Wool for $5, E50. with interest' and cost. and in case of E. Parkc Lindsay for $918.7~. w~th interest and~ Cost. To refund to~ such City banks as have paid. under the assessment by thc Commissioner of Re- venue for 1914, or shall hereafter pay under the same~ s.mounts ove~-assessed agains~ them. To authorize the Treasurer to make notes to amount of $20,000. to meet Current Expenses of th~ City for November, 1914. To have~ deducted from $7, ~00. due the Sixth and Seventh Wa~ds b~ the Virginia Ry~ & Power Co. amounts advanced bY thc City to said Wa~ds, or out of any other funds availab!.e to said Wards. ~ .To instruct the City Attorney to bring suit at once for the collection of a b~ll against ~he ~aiby, Nottingham C9. fo~ thc rem?val of dead horses from Lte premises. To make available $1BO. allowed mn the Budget for "Catching Dogs." To pay a bill of J. C. Miller & Co. to amount of $E50. for a horse purchased for the .Fire Department, out of balance of $~00. allowed in the Budget fo~ "Horses." To pay a bill of The Gamewell Fir~ Alarm Telegraph Co. to amount of $E,990.00, out of ap- propriation allowed in the Budget for "Police Telephone," provided thc bill is approved by the Police Committee, the a~tention of said Committee~ being called to condition of the system and instructed to see that same is in good order before approving the bill. To make available_ thc second half of $~00, allowed in the Budget for "Orphan Asylum," and to make same payable to the Treasurer of said institution. City to supplement thc amount allowed by the State fo~ the re-a~sessment of property (.$~.00 per day), the amount of $4.00 per diem of six (6) hours' work, for a period not to exceed 4 mon- ths, for thc 1915 assessn~ent. Auditor and Treasurer instructed to pay City notes held by thc bank~ as fa~ as thc cash col- lected will permit, payment to each bank to be in proportion to their several loans. To make available to the Firs Department balance of thc $900. allowed~in the Budget for "Horses." To make available to the Public Property Department as much of the $364.01 allowed in the Budget for "U~approved ~itls" as is unexpended. A special appropriation of $175. for re-arrangement of thc Fire Alarm System and to repair police telephone wires. To grant a request of the Park Commission for permission to have transplanted a sufficient number of oak trees now on the Almshouse farm to the park site. To make award to the Portsmouth Coal & Ice Cc. to furnish the City departments with 83 more or less of Anthracite coal @ ~7 E4 ~cr ton and with B5 tons more or leas of Pocahontas steam coal @ $3.?B per teen, for the incommng season. (Storing, $.~0 per ton). To make award to B~azley & Blanford to furnish ~ cords of wood at the City Jail @ $6.4? per cord. To allow a request of Nfs. Griffin to be allowed to use the u~occupied part of the Armis- read building for stores for .the pOo~ at Christmas. Cmty to fu~msh the Publmc Erea~ibr~a~vy Rooms wmtn ~uel l~ht and ~$nx~or servmce. Award made to~Geo. R. Debnam to purchase "Buck" horse for$80.00; tO W. J. Price to chase Bay horse mcr $9i.~0; and to H. L. Alexander ~o purchase Baby horse ~or $1,~.00. To instruct the City Attorney to lay water complaints before the Corporation Commission for the purpose of having them adjudicated by said Commission. To instruct th~ City Collector to collect rents from the o~cupants of property lateAy ac- quired by the City for the opening of Dinwiddie s~rect from .August 3~ 19iA, as. fgilows: the store at the corner of Harrison and Fifth streets, now occupied by Norris ~atz, $8.00 per month, and prOPerty now occupied by Frederick Allen $5.00 per month; but both these o~oupantc to~ vacate their property on ten days' notice by-the Street Committee. To authorize the Treasurer to renew notes to amount of $E~9,00~50~ falling due in Decem- ber, 191~. To release the American ~urety Co. from further liability under thc bond to thc Mayor. To require the Police Justice to give the bond p~vieusly required of theNayor. Fourth. Reports of Officers and other unfinished business. The ~egular reports of Officers for the month of Dece~oer, 1914, were presented and were ordered to take the usual course. The Auditor reported the following bills held up.by him, because tBeyex~e~de~ the appropri- §tion allowed for same. Fire, $10.10, Police, $??.83, P~blic Property, $179.~3, ~ixth Ward, $~E~.~E. On motion, the bills were refer~ed to the Finance Committee. He also reported a list of oouponsiwh~ch will fall due in l~lB; and that he has delivered the books of the Commissioner of Revenue to the City Collector. On motion, said matters were refer~ed also t~thc Finance Committee. The.following o~dinance ordered to lie on thc table by this body November l?th, was taken up, read, and adopted: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ORDAIN SUB-SECTION "D" OF SECTION $83, EN-