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R. O, P. ' ~ay t4, 191~. To It is recommended that the Public Property Committee be instructed cost of thebell and installation of same, and to report. Referred by Board of Aldermen April 16th. An appropriation to extend Dinwiddie street southward to Fifth. It is recommended that $7,500.00 be sale of bonds, as provided in consider an appropriation to provide a bell for theSeventh Ward engine house. to ascertain appropriated, out of anticipated receipts the budget for 191~. the from Advisability of publishing all contracts with public service corporations, in pamphlet form, and all City ordinances in book form. Progress. The matter of renewal of bonds of certain City officers, made necessary because t~e com- panies in which they were insured had expired. Progress. . (With Fire Committee). Advisability of increasing the pay of engineers of Fire Department by $5.00 per month. Progress. Referred by common' Council March 1Nth. A request of the Fraternal Order of Eagles for an appropriation of $95.00 entertaining a convention of that organization, to meet in this City June llth. We are advised by the City Attorney that the City has no t~gAI right an appropriation, ~nd we, therefore, recommend that it be not-allowed. to assist in to make such Referred by two branches Dec. 12, 1911 and Jany. 16, 19i2. Advisabilit~ of issuing $100,000.0 of bbnds.~f0r the City proper for Paving and Street Im- provements, and $87,500.0 of bonds ~or the Sixth and Seventh Wards each for Street Improvements in said Wards. we ~ave considered this matter carefully, and it is recommended that such an issue of bonds be made and that the following ordinar~ce_be~adopted therefor: AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE TP~ ISSL~ OF 0~ R~krDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BONDS, TO BE~ AS "PORT~OUTH PAVING AND STREET IMPR0~FEMENT BONDS," AND EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FII~ HUNDRED DOLLARS OF COUPON OR REGISTERED BONDS TO BE KNOWN AS "SIXTH WARD IMPR0~MENT BONDS," AND EIGHTY- SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF COUPON OR REGISTERED BONDS TO BE KNOWN AS "SEVENTH WARD I~PR0~MENT BONDS," PURSUANT TO AN ACT OF THE GENEP~L ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, APPROVED MARCH 14, 1910, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE T~ COEq~CIL OF THE. CITY OF PORTS}4OUTH TO ISSUE BONDS FOR GRADING~ PAVING, AND OTHER STREET IMPROVEk~NTS," AND ALSO PURSUANT TO SECTION SEa OF AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASS-E~BLY OF VIRGINIA, APPROVED MARCH I$, 191~, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO AMEND AND RE- ENACT SECTIONS FOUR, TWELVE, THE FIRST SUBSECTION OF SECTION TITENTY-THREE, SECTIONS FIFTY-THP_EE AND SEVENTY-SiX OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, APPROVED ~RCH TENTH, NINETEEN HUN- DRED AND EIGHT, IN REFERENCE TO THE TIME OF ELECTION OF COUNCIL~EN, THE NLq~ER OF COUNCILMEN, THE POWER TO ESTABLISH AND ENLARGE WATER-WORKS, PRINTING OF 0RDINANCES~ THE PAY OF OOUNOILNEN AND OTHER CITY OFFICERS, AND TO ADD TO TRE SAID CHARTER A NEW SECTION, TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION THIRTY-TWO-a, IN REFERENCE TO THE. ISSUE OF BONDS." It is further recommended that the Finance Committee be authorized to select some competent person and cost of same. to audit the City books, and to report with recozmmendation the person selected (Signed). Jno. Howard Hall, The report having been read, on motion, the recomm~ended ordinance was sen~ back to the Finance Committee. Then the several other recommendations of the Committee were vote, the voSe being the same for each recommendation: Ayes--Hall, Benson, H~nvey, Dewson, Moore, Baker, Johnson, Heath, Brinson, Reynolds, Hutchins, Parker, Beisel, Sa~mders, 16. Streets-- Hon. Chairman C. C. for the issue of bonds adopted by the following Parrish, Tyler, Common Council. Gentlemen:-- Your Street Committee respectfully reports herein ~oncerning the following matters referred to the Joint Street Committee April 9-1~-16 and March 1E, 19!2: Referred by Common Council April 9-1Eth. Requested to give further ~a~t~¢ul&r~ concerning paving of the Star lane. We are investigating to see whether the Star lane is private or public property. To ascertain if N~rth street, between Crawford and Water, can be paved for less than We have looked into th~ matter ~tb~ b~ ~ ~+ o~ ~+~ .... ~ ..... ~