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JanuAry 9~ 191B. At a regular meeting of the Common Council January 9th there were present: Messrs--W[ C~ Cerbitt,~Pre~ident, Jno. H~ward Hall, Vice-President, J~ F. Benson~ J. T. P~nvey, R. S. Bro~k~, Ellis ~ J. ~a. Johnson, L. C. Brinson~ Chas. ~. WithL-~ E~ B. Hawks~ S. B. Hutchins~ Charles Beisel~ l~. Absent--G~o~R~ Parrish~ A. AuE2 Bilisbly~ Wm. Hedges Bake~, ~. J. Cross, H~ C. Reynolds, C. L. T~le~, F~ H; ~rker~Thos. P. Cooke, ~ark Saundere~ The minutes of the regular meeting December leth were read and approved. REPORTS OF COI~,~ITTE~,~. Auditing-- recommended $5,357.$7 for the Sixth Ward~ and $304.90 for the Seventh Ward. Also, the following oth~r bills which had not been audited by the kum, ~4~5.00 and The Portsmouth~Star, v ~ $7~70~.24 for the the pa. men~ of the same to the following amounts: ~ ~ Reported having examined bills against the City for December~ 1911~ and they C~ proper~ ~omml ~ ~ee: Frank Dun- Al_owea by the ~olzowmng vo~e: Ayes~Corbitt, Ha!i', Benson~ Hanvey~ Brooks, Moore~ Johnson, Brinson~ ~Vithy~ Hawks~ Hutchins~ Charles Beisel, lB. Finance-- Non. Common Council. Gentlemen:-- Your Finance Committee respectfully reports herein concerning the following matters referred to the Joint Finznce Com~nittee December lg-t9~ September~lE, l~zt~ and previously: Referred By Com~mn Council December lBth. Recommitt~d. Advisability of issuing ~$i00~000.00 of bonds for PavinE and Street Improve- ments for the City pro!oer~ and ~?~500~00 of bo~ds for the Sixth and Seventh ~ards each for Improvements in said Wards~ We have considered this matter and recon~end an adoption of the following therefor: AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF 01~ H~DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($i00~000.00) OF COU- PON OR REGISTERED BONDS TO BE .~2~0~ AS ~POHTS~OUTH PAVING AND STREET INDROVE~ENT BONDS~~ AND ' .~ ~? ~ ($37,500.00) OF COUPON OR REGISTERED BONDS TO BE ~THIRTY-SEVE~ THOUSAND Fi.~ PP~J~,DRED DX)LLARS KNOWN AS ~SIXTH WARD IMPROVEmeNT BONDS~~' AND THIRTY-SEIrEN THOUSAND FIVE E~DEED DOLLARS ($37~ 500~00) OF COUPON OR P~EGISTERED BONDS TO BE KNO.~ AS "SEVENTH WARB INPROI~NT BONDS~" PURSU- aNT TO AN ACT OF THE GE~EFt~L ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA APPRO~ED FJ~RCH i4~ 1910~ ENTITLED~ ~AN ACT TO ~UTHORiZE THE COUNCIL OF-THE CITY OF PORTS~OUTH TO ISSUE BONDS FOR GPJ{DING: PAVING~ AND 0T~R STREET '$i50.00~ or as much of the same as may be neoessary~ for a granotithic sidewalk in front of A. H. Goodman's store~ at the corner of Effing~ham and King streets. It is recommended that $150.00~ or as much of the same as may be necessar~ be ~p~ propriated for the pn=pose named, out of appropriation to '~Sidewalks" to be provided for in the "budget~ for _SIEo ~IlS~ and $F54.00 for laying a sidewalk on the south side of Randolph street~ between ~' '-' Second. It is recommended that an appropriation of $500.00 be allowed for same in the "bud- get for 19lB. An appropriation to pave Glasgow street, from Godwin to the Scott Creek bridge. This matter has been referred also to the Street Committee by the Board of Aldermen, and hence we have no recommendation to make thereon. $19,000.00 mo pa~e with Bithulithie~ South to Harrison. we report am above for paving Glasgow street. Washington street for 52 feet between curbs~ from An approprza~zon for paving with Belgium block, Chestnut street, Glasgow to the south side of South. We repor~ as above for paving Glasgow street. from the ~outh side of $4?8.00 for paving with granoiith~ the north side of Anne street, from Cooke to Butler. It i~ recommended that an app~opr~a~zon of $4?8.00 be allowed for same~ out of appro- priation for ~Paving Anne street~ to be provided, for in the ~ou~get~ for iSlE. $1,410.~4 to pave with granolith, sidewalks on both sides of North and Cooke, and to curb and gutter said street. It is recommended that an appropriation of $?00.00 be allowed street, between Pearl for same~ to be provid-