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<br />April 15, 1914.
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<br /> Report of joint Auditing and Finance committees in regard to manner of handling City bills.
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<br /> To authorize the Treasurer to borrow $3,500.00 to pay past due bills of the Sixth and Seven-
<br />thtWards, said amount to ~e repaid to the City by the said Wards.
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<br />Sixth. :Reportsoof Officers and other unfinished business.
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<br /> The regular reports of Officers for the month of March, 1914, were presented and were or-
<br />dered to take the usual course.
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<br /> The body expressed itself as favoring allowing the paid men of the Fire Department
<br />per month each, said pay to begin from January t, 1914, instead of ~p=il let, as approved by
<br />the Mayor,- provided the City Attorney should give am 'opinion that sudh act on the part ~fZhe
<br />Coumcil wo~ld be legal; and on motion, the Clerk was instructed to write to the City Altor~uay
<br />and ask?hi~f~r~such an opinion.
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<br /> · The Auditor made the following report of bills held up by him, because of lack of appropri-
<br />atmon Sr because they exceeded ~/1~ of.appropriation.allowe~ for same: Sewsrage, $E56.8~ Po-
<br />lice, $54.?0, Board of Hea~th, $100.54, Sixth War~, $47~.65,.Seventh Ward, $667.41.
<br /> On motxon, the bxlls were referred to Fznance Commxttee.
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<br /> A report of the Auditor of cancelled coupons to amount of $68,746.~5, was referred to Fi-
<br />nance Committee.
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<br /> In accordance with resolution adopted March lO-l?th, to allow the Fire Department to held
<br />a carnival on. Washington street, between High and County, provided the citizens on the line of
<br />said ~arnival did not object thereto, a petition was read from J. W. Harnell, pastor of Washing-
<br />ton St. Christian Church, and sundry others, against the holding of such carnival; and, there-
<br />fore, on motion, the permission ~or same was withheld.
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<br /> The Keeper of Cemeteries made the following report of lots sold in the Oak Grove
<br />during the month of March, 19141
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<br />March
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<br /> ~, to:~rs. Sarah Waller, N. H. No. ?4?, Ave. G.
<br />5, 'D. W. Ha~l, No. ?58, Ave. H.
<br />~1, Mrs. S~I~ester Allen, adult's grave, No. 918,
<br />Z5, Nfs. J. T. Houston, S. H. No. 88~, Ave. J.
<br />ZT, C.C. & O. H. ~11, No. 885, _Ave. J.
<br />~, W.R. Jo~ex, adult, s g~ave, No. 918~ Ave. J.
<br />~0~ W.N. Smith, N. H. No. 88~, Ave. J.
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<br />Ave. J.
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<br />Cemetery
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<br />NEW BUSINESS.
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<br /> The resignations ef
<br />Improvement Board and of
<br />cepted, and the election
<br />che8.
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<br />W. H. Shackelford as a member and Secretary of the Seventh Ward Local
<br />O. W. DeGaribody as a member of said Board, were received and were
<br />of successors to them was referred to a Joint Session of the two bran-
<br />
<br /> The City Council of Richmond returned its thanks ~o this Council for its endorsement of
<br />Richmond as the location fo~"~'~ Federal Reserve Bank, and same was ordered to' file.
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<br /> The oath of office of W. T. L. Shepherd as a member of the Sixth Ward Local Improvemen~
<br />Board was ordered to file.
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<br /> A request of Trinity Circl~ ~f The King~'s Daughters and Sons for a white district ~urse for
<br />~the City was referred to Board of Health.
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<br /> A protest was received from the Sixth Ward Board against charging the whole cost of im-
<br />provement to Pearl street against the Sixth Ward, and said protest was referred to Street Com-
<br />mittee for investigation and report.
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<br /> A petition was read from The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. to be permitted to build
<br />manholes on CrawTord street, as provided fo~ in blueprint submitted with application September
<br />2Srd, and also requested thatthe permission be granted at once.
<br /> On motion, the matter was referred to Street C~mmittee wit~ power to act.
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<br /> Mr: Hall moved to refer to ~treet Committee to investigate bills to amount of $1,845.00,
<br />for pa~zng upper High street, sazd amount ~eing·ln excess of $~,000.00 allowed in October, 191~,
<br />for samd work; and how and by whose authority bills were contracted for the excess amount.
<br /> The motion was adopted.
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<br /> Mr. Cooke moved to suspend the rules in order that the $150. allowed in the Budget for
<br />"~usio" for annual parade of firemen, be madea~ailable, ~a warrant~ for said amount to be made
<br />payable to the Ohairman of the Fmre Committee.
<br /> The motisn to suspend the rules was adopted and then motion as set forth was adopted
<br />also and by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes--Oorbitt, Hall, ~hite, Hanvey, Herbert, Moore, Goodman,
<br /> Lassiter, Cross, Tyler, Hawks, Houghton, Cooke, 13.
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<br /> Mr. Hall presented a petition from J. H. Sharp and sundry o~hers for permission to run a
<br />privateosew~r pipe through High street, between~First and Second avenues, to empty into the
<br />creek between Third and Fourth avenues; and said petition~was referred to Street Committee.
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<br /> Mr. ~hite moved that the Sewerage Committee be authorized to advertise for bids to repair
<br />the 9ewer Power House, and that Finance~Oommittee make available $1~5.00 allowed in the Budget
<br />for "Repairs to Sewer Power House.~ The motlonw~w~re adopted.
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<br /> Mr. Hawk~ moved that the Finance Committee ma~e available the following amounts provided
<br />in the Budget: $Z75. for. Friends Church Drain, for Sidewalk St., ~
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