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103.
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<br />It is recommended that
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<br />a special appropriation to said amount be made for the purpose.
<br />W. R; Darden who was injured by stepping into a hole in the
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<br /> $~50.00 to pay claim of Mrs,
<br />boardwalk on High stre~, Cottage Place.
<br /> It is recommended that said amount be allowed, out of Sixth Ward funds.
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<br /> Reports of the Auditor, Treasurer, and Sixth and Sevenih Ward Boards for May, 191S.
<br /> Progress.
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<br /> Report of the Auditor of following bills held u~ by him, because of lack of appropriation
<br />for them o~ becau~e~they exceeded 1/1~ 9f appropriatmon allowed for same: Public Property, $305.
<br />93; Fire, $~6Z.00, Repairs to Streets, $89.~0; Almshouse~ $10.~0; Police, $~.~?.
<br /> It is recommended that the following of said bills be allowed:
<br /> Public Property--Portsmouth Coal & Ice Co., $i~.80, out of appropriation to Public Proper-
<br /> ty Depa~tment~ ~ . ·
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<br /> Fire--G. C. Price, $4.00~ C. M. Bun~ing, $4.09~ C. R. Ballentine, $4.00; W. B. Svkes~ $4.00;
<br />J. R. Richardson, $4.00; J. 0. Bailey, $$~00 .(SPecmal appropriations); S. P. 0est, $1~.S5, out
<br />of appropriation to Fire_~epartment.
<br /> Repairs to Streets $89.~0, out of appropriation for Repairs to Streets.
<br /> Almsho~se~$10.50, out of appropriation to Almshouse Department.
<br /> Police -$7.97, out of appropriation to Police DePartment.
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<br /> Bills of the Portsmouth, Berkley & Suffolk Water Company for rent of hydrants to th? Cit~
<br />proper and Sixth and Seventh Wards from i901-191~, mnctusive, ~$).amount of $19,997.83, wmth
<br />inter~t.
<br /> It ie recommended that bills against the Sixth Ward to amount of $a,~30.14 be paid,
<br />with 8% interest, out of Sixth Ward funds; and bills against the Seventh Ward to amounm of
<br />$~48.10 be paid~ with 6% interest,, out of Seventh Ward funds.
<br /> It is recommended that bills against the City proper to amounts of $E,881.07 and $10,
<br />BS0.~ for additional hydrant rental, be not paid, as said bills are in litigation.
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<br /> A bill for Street Repairs, rendered by the City Engineer, to amount of $~14.?~, for'six
<br />months ending June 30, l~ig.
<br /> It is recom~ended that said bill be referred to the Street Committee for explanation
<br />concerning same.
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<br /> To make available $@00.00 for West Park View streets and $?00.00 for paving North street,
<br />between Pearl and Cooke, out of the budget for l~lg.
<br /> It is recommended that ~aid amounts be allowed for the purposes named.
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<br /> (Referred for action). To appropriate $~,000.00 to erect a fire engine house on Lincoln
<br />s~reet. Progress.
<br /> Referred by Board of Aldermen June 19th.
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<br /> A request of the Treasurer to borrow $~O,000.00 to meet current expenses of the City for
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<br /> It is recommended that said request be granted, and that the following resolution be
<br />adopted therefor:
<br /> Resolved, That the Treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorized to make ~otes
<br />in the Bank of Portsmouth, The Merchants' & Farmers' Bank, the Bank of Tidewater, and The First
<br />National Bank of Portsmouth, to amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($~0,000.00), to meet current
<br />expenses of the City for July; said amount to be repaid from revenues of the City for the
<br />rent year.
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<br /> A request of the Superintendent of Public Schools for an appropriation of about $3,000.00
<br />to sewer the Cooke street school.
<br /> It is recommended that an appropriation of $~,000.00 be allowed for the purpose.
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<br />Referred by Common Council Nay 14th.
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<br /> Authorized to select some competent person to audit the City books, and to report with re-
<br />commendat$on the person selected and cost of same.
<br /> We report that we have received the following bids for examination, &c.~ of the City
<br />books from ~eptember l, 1S09 to December $1, 191S:
<br /> From:
<br /> A. Lee Rawlings, $~,450.~0.
<br /> Lovejoy, Mather & Houg~ $~,500.00.
<br /> W. P. Hiiton~ $15.00 per day for the principal, $10.00 per day for each assist.ant to
<br /> : the principal~ and $7.50 per day fgr each ma~ working as checker under the superviszon of
<br /> an assistant, 7 t/~.:.hours to constitute
<br /> J. W. Apitz, $~,.000.00.
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<br /> A. Lee Rawlings being the lowest bidder for the work, and he being otherwise satisfac-
<br />tory to the Committee,~it is recommended that award for same be made to him.
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<br /> Referred by Common Council January ~th.
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<br /> $10,000.00 to provide additional armory and storage facilities for Grimes Battery.
<br /> It is recommended that $?,BO0.O0 ~e allowed for this work in the budget for 1~13.
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<br /> .... Referred~by Common Council December 1Sth.
<br /> A petition of Mrs. Lulie O. Banks to have refunded her $10.1E erroneously assessed against
<br />her.
<br /> It is recommended that $~.8E be 4efunded her for erroneous assessment on real estate,
<br />but t~at $?.~0 ~or soil tax be referred to the Inspector of Plumbing.
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<br /> A petition of Mrs. Gustave E. Maechke to have refunded her $18.?B erroneously assessed a-
<br />gainst her.
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