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39 , R. O. P. June 8, ' 1915. To refer to Hater & Sewerage Committee~ with power to act, necessity for sewering Griffin street. To instruct the proper authorities to place c~mtry carts coming to market along Crawford and South streets and surplus of such carts on Riddle street only; and to remove ~rom the streets parties having the benefit o£ co,~utry cart rates for stands on the streets without paying market rental therefor. To instruct the Auditor to pay a bill of Hilton, Rawlings a Co. to amoun~ cf $$?5.00, for auditing books of the City Treasurer and City Auditor, when approved by the Fmnance Committee. All of the above were concurred in, except the section instructing the proper authori- ties to place country carts coming to market along Crawford and South streets, &c., said section having been referred to the Finance Committee by the.Board Nay 18th. The Board of Aldermen Nay 18th concurred also with the Common Council in all recommen- dations of Committee Nay llth, except that of the Street Committee that the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company be permitted to construct a manhole at the corner of Court and High streets~ and to lay a conduit north and south,.said recommendation being sent back to the Committee by the Board to require said Company to give a~bond for $5,000. to .mecure the City before the work begins. At this point, the Common Council concurred with the Board of Aldermen in referring to Finance Committee the matter of ~lacing country carts coming to market along Crawford and South streets, &c.; and in recommitting to the Street Committee application of the Chesapeake & Poto- mac Telephone Company to construct a m~hote at the corner c~ Court and~High street~, &o., in- order to require said Company. to give a bond for $5,000. to secure the City before the work bec- gins. Second. Communications from the "Portsmouth, Va., June 7.th, 1915. "To the Cotuucil. ' Gentlemen:-- "For a year or more I have had under discussion with the City Engineer the fea lity of his office preparing a man 'of the City's natural drainage and defining the rights of the City's holdings in ~he s~a. T~i~ matt.er has impressed itself upon me not only as a present necessity but als0 as a future necessity. "The rebent unusual rains have clearly4emonstrated }he inability of the present condition as to cLvainage to take care of an unusual fa~l¢~of water; mn fact, it does not satisfactorily tak~e~~ care of normal rain fall. "In view of these facts, t respectfully ~a~l your attention to the obstructed flow of water, first~ in the basin at the intersection.of W~hmngton and Harrison streets; to the prope~tyun- der Dinwiddie street near Nythe;.to the daily, encroachment on the .canal east or'Union Brzdge to the. Cat Hole, wit~ especial reference ~o the intersection of Middle street with said canal; the pipzngunder Washington slreet, north from F~gh to Swimming Point Creek; the gradual filling in of Swimming Point Creek; Gander Creek and ~cotts. Creek, "To m~j~l~, the immediate looking after these interests is of vital importance. ~Respeotfulty, "F. S. Hope, Mayor." On motion, the communication was referred to the Street Committee. The Mayor returned also his approval of the ~llowing matters adopted by the two branches of City Council May ll-18th, 1915: To authorize the Treasurer to transfer $10,000. from General A~eount to meet School Expenses for May, 1915. TO pay.a bill of the Board of Na~D0~ Commissioners to mm~nt of $3?5; covering payment acco~t~of appropriation of $i~500. for f~scai ~ear ending June $0, l~l~. ,-Special ~app~opriatiqn of $195. ~0r ~epainng appr.oach to the Hospmtal Brmdge. -~o.make avazlabie lYE of amount of $~50. alIowed mn the Budget for "0rphanAsylum~" To allow the Consolidated Investment Co. to grade Green street, between Pandolph and Lin- coln streets, provided substantial driveway of shells 'or cinders be put there by the and the wdrk be done under the s~pe~vision of the City Engineer. ~TO. allow.Fort Nelson Chap., Do.A. R?, to place on the Cottrt House ?quare a "memorial" to Co~ Richard Dale, under the d~r~ction of the .Public Property committee. _ T~imake awards to W. J. O~oss to do work at Unmon Fire.House, f~r $~.00; to T. W. Thomas Roofing Co.~to do work at Ann~ ~ire House, 'for $Z8.00; to Mutter & Milt;er to ~? work at t.he Grimes Battery Gun Room, for $8E. 55; to W. J. Cross t? do work. at the Armory Buizding, for $147; and to T. W. Thomas Roofing Co. to do work at the Armzstead Building, for $18.00. Treasurer authorized to renew notes to amount of SEB, B00. falling due in June, i915. To authorize the Street Committee to use at once oneLsixt~ of its appropriation allowed in the Budget. To authorize the Fire Committee to sell or otherwise dispose of disabled horses in the Fire Department, when the Committee may believe it necessary so to do. To extend the time for the a~Sessment of Real. Estate for 1915. ~ siXT~ days from. ~ May Ist, 1915. To instruct the Auditor to pay a bill of Hzlt0n$ P~wlinge& Co. to amount of $~75o09, auditLug books of the City Treasurer and City Audito~,~ ~hen,~pproved by the Finance Commzttee. ' TO divide the City tnt6 the following School DiStrlOt~m~C.: ~Dietrict $1, All that part of the City lying and being within the present ~oundaries of the First, Second and Third Wards. "D~etr$ct ~, All that part of the City'lying and beingwithin the present boundaries of the Fifth and Ezxth Wards. "Diet~ict $~, All that part of the City ~ying ~nd being within the present boundaries of the Fourth and Eeventh Wards. "And that the City ~ouncii na~e three T~uste~s from each of such districts, one from each district to be chosen for a periodof one yea~; one fr~m each district for a period of two years; and one from each district for a period of three~years; and that at least one member of the three r~r~t~t~v~ ~om ~h d~tr~t a~ E~hool Tru~t~e~ or mamher o~ the Board mu~t be a r~id~ut