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R. C, P. January 9~ 1912. Progress. On motion~ the man, being referred regulating the pay of policemen, (Signed). J. Edw~ Jo~mson, "' ' Chairman C. C. report ~f the C6mmittec was adopted~ the petition of ~amee TaLbot, police- to the Finance Committee; And the recommended amendment to the ordinance being referred to the Ordinance Committee. BUSINESS. First. Matters adopted by:the Common Council December 12th and referred zo the Board of Aldermen for concurrence. To instz~cz the Auditor to pay off City employees for D~cemoer in January, 19lB. To refer to the ~oint Committee on Public Dock to consider the advisability of a canal from the Cat Hole bridge to Court street. All of the above were concurred in. The Board off Aldermen concurred also in the action of the Common Council in requesting the City Attorney to r~ndsr, in w~iling, his ooinion as to the legal right of the Council to give more than $.50 per day each to the~late assessors of Czty real estate, and to pay the Clerk of the Court $$00.00 and the Sheriff $150.00 for their services in sazd assessment. The Board concurred also in all reco~mnendations of Committees adopted by the Common CoUfl- oil, except the recommendation of the Finance Committee in regard to the pay of policeman, A. Only; the recommendation of the Street Committee in regard zo paving Glasgow, ~ashington,.and ~hes,na~ streets; recommendation of the .Public Property Committee in regard to Al~propria~ion of $~15.00 for three typewriters ~ ~ ~o. the Clerk of the Court; which said recommendations were committed. The Board concurred also in the recommendation of the Street Committee in regard to chang- ing the name of Fourth street to Cburt, which said recommendatzon had not been adopted by the Common Council. Second. }~atters adop,~d by the Board of Aldermen December igth and referred to the Common Council for concurrence. To adoot a recommendation of the Czty Attorney mo d~sm~ss tn~ zn3~nctzon prOoeedzn~s re- cently obtained against the Water Company by certain citizens of the Seventh Ward, to :w~Sch the City was a party, The above was concurred in. The 9ommon Council also reconsidered.~ts action of December !gth in =eg~rd to pay of A, Only. oolzcemanJ pavement of Glasgow~ ~Jasnzngton, and Chestnut streets, and $Bt5.00 for three typewriters for'the Cler~ of Court~ and recommitted said matters to Finance (With City Attor~ ney), Street, and Public Property Committees, respectively. Third. Com~anications from the ~ayor. "Portsmouth~ Vao~ 3d. January, 191E. ~Ths Co~mcil. "Gentlemen:~ ~0n the lgth day off December .the~Ferries Co. took the ferry boat, Twi~ City, from the Portsmouth-Berkley route some ~time before noon and put her on the Norfolk-Berkley route~ and there was no service between Portsmouth and Berkley the remainder of that day. "The Twin City was taken off owing to an accident zo the steamer~ Norfolk County~ whic~ was running between Portsmouth and Norfolk, and took th~ place of ~hs,W~ntn~op ~h~ch steamer was withdrawm from the Norfolk-Berkley line and put on.the Portsmouth~Norfotk l~ne. ' "Inasmuch as there wguld have been one boat to mamntain the service between No~£olk and Berkley and complaint having been made of the withdrawal of the boat oetween Portsmouth and Berkley~ I issued a civil warrant to r~cover eight trips] m~ jurisdiction being limited to ~. R. R. Hicks, attorney for the Ferries Co.~ contends that the Council only have the right to institute proceedings to recover the penalty provided by contract for failure to main- tain schedules. ~i would, therefore~ upon the suggestion of the City Attorney, ask that an ordinance be adopted imposing the same penalty as the contract provides~ or the City half of this.penalty, $~.50, for each trip !ost~ unless ~ame was lost by act of Providence or for some unav$ictable cause, "Several ~e~ks ago I called th~ attention off the Chairman of the Joint Ferry Co~mittee to the dirty condzt:~on of the.window~ .o~ the Jerry .w~iting roo~s and the windows~and lights of some of the boats, a copy of whzch letter was sent to t~e Superintendent of the Ferries~ But as yet no notice has been taken of my letter, and as far as I can see nothing has been done to improve the condition co~lained of "I would, therefore, _gsk that an ordinance be al~o passed providing compliance with the ssctionJof the lease requiring the waiting rooms and the cabins cfi the boats to be kep~ clean and well lighted. "Respsc'tfully~ ~J. Davis Rssd~ On motions, that mart of the communication .relating to the failure of the Ferries. Company to maintain its schedules was referred to the Ordinance Committee, and that part r~lating to the condition of waiting rooms, &c., of the ferry boats was referred to the Ferry Committee. ~Portsmouth~ Va., Jd. Jan~ 19!~.