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~ay 19, 1914o Oompany be s~lowed to operate more oars on Ozawford stree.t. To ms~ke award to Lorenso Cart to repair the N~rket House for To instruct the City Engineer to supervise the work of laying the concrete floor in the Seaboard Market. To refer to Public Property Committee, with power to act, request of ~he Ladies, Library Association to be allowed to use the offices formerly occupied by Judge Crocker and the building attached to it by a platform, for a public free library. All of the above were concurrsd in. Fourth. E~tters a~opted by the common Council M~y l~th and z~f~red to the Board of Alder- men fOr concurrence~ ~ TO authorize the Treasu~'er to renew notes to amou~.t'of $1B,B00.-for ~unicipal ~und~ $3,10~. for Sixth Ward Bond Account; $~1,000. for Schools~ $1~l~000. for General Account; $1,750. for Sixth~ard; and $~,?B0. for Seventh Ward. To allow the Y. M. C. A. to erect a co~ bunker under the sidewalk in front of its new building on High street, in acoords~uce with plan for same, and under the same conditions other- wise as applied to Norman Cassell to tunnel in front of the Law Building. To refer to Public Property Committee, with power to act, recommendation of the Board of Health with regard to m~king award to build a detention house on County street opnosite the Olty Jail. To instruct the City Attorney to ta~e steps to collect from Va. Ry. & Power Co. $~00. or more due the City by said Co. for guttering on High street in the Sixth Ward. ~To allow the ladies of The Portsmouth Public Free Library to put ~ fbur-foot w~lk frbm CoUrt street to the building which they will occupy on the ~ourt house gro'~d, Provided the'work ie done ~ithout expense to the City. ~- - To altew the Sewerage Committee to dispose of, either by exchange or sale, material or junk at the Sewer Power House of no use there, withthe understanding that r~oeipte for such mmterial should be used for sewerage purposes. On motion of Er.. Langhorne, the section with regard to mllowing the Sewer,s Committee to dispose of material or junk.at theSewe~Power House was amended so as to have the receipts for said material turned into the t~easury and thence drawn on for sewerage purposes. Then the matters referred for concurrence were concurred in, as amended, ~nd ~ the following vote: Ayes--Will~mms, Nont~gue, ~lournoy, Langhorne, Barlow, Ballentine, Ad~ms, Privett~ Markham, Davis, Mu~y, Pile, lb. Fifth. Communications from the Nmyor. "Portsmouth~ Va.~ M~y lath, 1914. ~To the Council, City. "Gentlemen:-- "~n reply to the question submitted to me by your bodies in relation to the rights.of occupancy and use of the platform at the southeast intersection of County smd ~ater streetsby the Southern ExD~sss__ Com~?m~n~y for the purpose of business, I have the honor to submi~ the accompanying communication with plat received from the General Counsel of the Semboard Air Line~ whichseemingly gives the S$~~...I~the right to grant such privilege. "To my mind, this platform is not an obstruction and the fact of the location of the ~xpress Company at. that point has aided the Police Department in convicting violators engaged in the Cocaine Traffic.' "Respectfully, "F. S. Hope, On motion, the matter was referred to the Street Committee for examination mud report ~s to rights of the Seaboard Air Line R&ilway Co. at said intersection, and the letter and plat companying were ~dered to file. .The M~yor returned his approval of the following matters adopted by two branches cf City Councml April 1B-21-2S, ~N~y 7-1S~h, 191~: To appropriate $2,490. for ta~ing care of Cit~ coupons; and to advance $1,968.S5 to the Sixth and Seventh Wards each for ta~ing care of their coupons, said amount to be repaid to the City by the said Wards with interest. To m~ke available $8,000.00, out of the $~,000. allowed in the Budget for "Schools," to meet School Expenses for April, 1914. To appropriate $~0,000. to meet Current Expenses for April, 1914. To pay bills of the Sixth Ward to amount of~ $7S9.77 on General Account, mnd to authorize the Treasurer to msJ~e notes in bank to cove= same. To Pay bills of contractor Frank Dunkum to ~o~t of $8~.~, ~d to ~uthorize the Trems~ e~ to m~ke ~otes in ba~ to cover smme. T0 employ B. F. Long ms License Inspeoto= mhd general utility m~ for three months,, mt $75. per m~th. To m~we mwmrd to The Linds~y Co. to fu~ish the Almshouse with ~gen mhd set of harness, for $1S9.50. To mppropri~te $756.88, plus interest, for p~ving work on upper High street, out of Sixth Ward f~ds. To ~low bill of i. C. Brinier for ~u~lvi~ ~b~ ~mn~m~ ~ ~~ ~ w~ ......