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June 17, 1914. High street a gasoline delivery and storage tank, provided the work is dons ~nde~-Zhe~up~r~ision~ a~d:t~appra~aiLO~ the City Engineer. To request the Virginia Ry. & Power Co.. to extend its tracks on Glasgow street, from Godwin to~Wileon, along Wilson to Spratley.. To make award to M. Banks to paint the Park View E~gine House and Union Fire House, for $65. and $90., respecti~vely. To authorize the Treasurer to ~enew notes to amount of $1E, gO0. for Municipal Fund; $~,105. 9B for Sixth Ward Bond Account; $~1.000. for Schools, $1~I, 000. for General; $1~?~0. for Sixth Ward; and $1,750. for Seventh Ward.' ' To refer to Public Property Committee, with power to ae~, reoor~.endation of the Board of HealthJail. with regard to making award to build a detention house on County street opDos%te' ~*~n~ City To allow the ¥. N. C. A. to erect a coal bunker under the sidewal~ in front of its new building on High street, in accordance with sketch submitted therefor, otherwise under same con- ditions as applied to Norman Caesell for tunnelling under the sidewalk in front of the Law Build- ing. To allow the ladies of The Portsmouth Public Free Library Association to put a four-foot walk from Court street to the buildings they will occupy, provided the work is done without ex- pense to the City. To inst~ct the City Attorney to take steps to collect from Va. Ry. & Power Co. SAO0. or more due the City by said Company~£or guttering on High street in the Sixth Ward. An Ordinance to Amend and Re-ordain Section 1B~ of the City Ordinances with Reference to Countersigning City. ~arrants. An Ordinance to Amend and Re-ordain Section 1~9 of the City Ordinances Fixing the Bond of the City Treasurer. The Mayor's Annual Message for the year 1913 was presented and read and the several recom- mendations therein were referred to their appropriate Committees; the Message itself was refer- red to the Finance Committee for publication. Fourth. Reports of Offic~ers and other unfinished business. The regnlar reports of Officers for the month of May, 1914, were presented and were ordered to take the usual course. NEW BUSINESS. A petition of A. L. Kline to be refunded $1.80 paid in error for soil ta~ for the year 191Z was referred to Finance Committee. A petition of Jas. Kesketh, Jr., to be refunded $1.80 paid in error for soil tax for the year 1915 was referred to Finance Committee. A communication was read from the Fire Board concerning the advisability of an ordinance prohibiting the employment of persons under twenty-one years of age as operators for moving pic- ture shows; and said communication was referred to Ordinance Committee. A request was received from'the Sevent~ Ward Board tha~ Council provide it with~funds to amount of $B,$~9~ to meet regular expenditures of the Ward for. July, August and September. On motion, said request was referred to Finance Commmttee. The Seventh Ward Board for#arded the resignation of W. E. Whit~hurst as a member of the Bo~d an~ endorsed the application of Jas. A. Whitlock Sot the vacancy. On motion, the filling o~ said vacancy was referred to a Joint Session of the two branches. A petition of R. O~tavio to be ref6nded $8.00 paid in excess for City license was re£err~d to Finance Committee. A request of the City Clerk for thirty days leave of absence after the Ju~je meeting of the Board was granted. ~Sr. Markham moved to adjourn, but the motion was held up on request of Mr. Pile to be al- lowed to make a statement. Mr. Pile then brought up the matter of transfer of a horse ~o the Annex Fire Hose Company. He wished to know what right the Chairman of the Fire Committee,~ or any other member of the Committee, had to transfer horses from one engine house to another, claiming that such a matter betong~d to the Chief ~ngineer of the Fire Department. Discussion followed between him and Er. Markham ~oncerninmg the.authority of the Chairman of the Fire Committee_ but finally, o~motion'of'Mr.~Pi1~-- %he'ma~ter of transferring horses of She Fire Department f~om one engine house to anothsr wasrreferre~ to Fire Committee. Mr. Davis m6ved that the attention of the Street Committee be called to condition of the West Park View bridge. The motion was adopted. On motion of Mr. Wiiliams, the advisability of a light at the corner of Chestnut and Holla- day streets was referred to the L~ght Committee. The Chairman of the Public Property Committee asked permission to advertise for bids for pairs to the Court room, and the permission was gra~ted.