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R. C. P. Febr~.ary 13~ 1912. and To instruct the City Attorney to draft a bill for amending section 817 of lation to appointment of Deputies. To borrow $14~851.75 of the Sinking Fund, to meet general City expenses. Alt of the above were concurred in. To refer to the Ordinance Committee the advisability of an ordinance to amend sections 73 158 of Ordinances in relation to the duties of the Street Inspector and City Engineer. the Code in re- SeCond. Matters adopted by the Common Council January llth and referred to the Board of Aldermen for concurrence. To authorize the Fire Committee to advertise for bids to purchase a Six Circuit Standard Switch Board. : To authorize the Public Property Co~ittee to~ advertise for bids to build a shed on the south side of Seaboard The' "budget" of aRtiCipated receipts and expenditures for 1912. ~he above were concurred in. The Board concurred also in all recommendations o£ Committees adopted by the Common Coun- except the reco~nendation of t~e Street CoF~ittee in regard to making thorough inspection cil~ of the entire work done by the Bitulithic paving contractors, which recommendation was sent back to the Committee for further examination and tests; the recommendation of the Street Com- mittee in regard to paving Washington street, from Harrison to ~outh~ with bitulithie~ which recommendation was reco~mitted~ and the r~commendation of the Public Property Committee to al- low an~appr~riation off $215.00 for typewriters for the Clerk of Court~ which~ said recommenda- tion ~as referred to the City Attorney to give his opinion as zo the legal right of the City to make ~uch an appropriation. Third. Matters adopted by the Board of Aldermen January 16th and referred to the Common Co,mnoil for concurrence. To appoint a Conference Committee to consider the wagon, at a probabt& cost of $2,000.00. To appoint a Conference Committee to consider the Fourth street to Court. advisability of purchasing an auto-pat~oi advisability off changing the name of To appoint a Cormmittee of Five to look into the matter of disposal of certain old stone, at. the north end of Washington street. To adopt a resolution in regard to the manner in which supplies may be obtained for the several Departments. To appoint a Committee of Five, to be known as "Legislative Committee," to consider the following matters: AdvisabiliZy of amending and re-enacting sections 4, lB, 53 and 76 off the Charter of the City of Portsmouth, approved March 10~ t~08; advisability of abolishing the of- flee of City Collector; advisability of amending and re-enacting an act entitled, "An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Portsmouth..&c.;" and to instruct said Committee to report in one week on the above matters. To refer to representatives in the Legislature an Act to amend and re-enact section 53 of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth, approved March lC, 1908. In regard to the appointment of Conference Committees to consider the advisability of purchasing an auto-patrol wagon, and of changing the name of Fourth street to Court, the point of order was raised, and sustained by the Chair~ That when matters were adopted by one body and rejected in toto by the other body, no proposition for a Conference Committee could be entertained. In regard~to appOintment of a Committee of Five to look into the matter of disposal of old stone at north end of Washington street, Mr. Brinson moved not to concur in the action of tHe'Board of Aldermen in appointing such Committee. The Chairman of the Street Committee said that he hoped the motion off Mr. Brinson would not prevails.that the question had been raised as to the discretion, if not the integrity, o£ the Committee in this matter~ and therefore~ he would ask Mr. Brinson to withdraw his motion and allow him, the Chairman of the Committee, to move that the Common Council concur with the Board of Aldermen~ and that a Committee be appoint- ed to investigate thoroughly the whole matter and report to the Council concernin~ same. Whereupon, Mr. Brinson withdrew his motion, and then the motion by the Chairman of the Street Committee was adopted, and Messrs. Brinson, Johnson and Hutchins were appointed on the Committee from this body. The resolution in regard to the manner in which supplies may be obtained for the seve- ral Departments was concurred in and referred to the Committee on Rules. In regard to the appointment of a Committee of Five, to be known as ~Legislative Com- mittee,'~ &co, th~'a~tion of the Board of Aldermen was concurred in, eEcept that the resolution · n regard to abolishing the office of City Collector was referred to the Finance Committee to consider the advisability of combining the duties of City Collector and Treasurer. In regard to referring to representatives in the Legi~t~tU~ an Act to amend and re- enact section 53 of the Charzer of the City of Portsmouth, approved March lO~ 1908, the action of the ~oard of Aldermen was concurred in. Fourth. Communications from the Mayor.