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R. C. P,
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<br />17.
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<br />NoVember 14, 1911.
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<br /> Bond of Frank Dunkum given with his contract for removal of night soil from the Sixth and
<br />Seventh Wards.
<br /> This bond has been examined, and we recommend th~ it be accepted.
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<br /> A petition of W. T. Bradley to be.relieved from rent of market stalls 17-19, for the six
<br />months ending July l, t912,
<br /> We are waiting for information on this subject.
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<br /> A request of the Treasurer to renew notes, to amount of $15,000.00, due November tSth; and
<br />to amount of $25,000.00, due November 19, 1911..
<br /> The notes for $15,000.00 have been pald, but it is recommended that .the Treasurer be
<br />authorized to renew notes to amount of $25,000.00, due November 19, !911, and that the follow-
<br />ing resolution be adopted therefor:
<br /> Resolved, That the-T~easurer be, and ha is hereby, autho-
<br />rized to renew notes in The Bank of Portsmouth, The Merchant~' & Farmers~ Bank, .the Bank~of Tide-
<br />water, and The First National Bank, to amount,of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($~,000.60); said
<br />amount to be repaid from revenues of the City for the current year.
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<br /> $40.00 to put a water pipe in the Oak Gr~ve Cemetery. Progress.
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<br /> $500.00 to meet general expenses o~ the Cemetery Department.
<br /> It is recommended that a special appropriation of $200.00 be allowed for same.
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<br />Referred by Board of Aldermen October t?th.
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<br /> Recommitt~d.' Recommendation bf th~ Conm~ittee in regard to pay of expert appraisers, Ja~es
<br />A. Mulvey, Geo. D. Lawrence, and H. L. Alexander, and of Clerk of the Court, Sheriff, and ~.
<br />Markham, for thei= services in the late re-assessment of City real estate.
<br /> We report that the Committee is of the opinion that this.matter does not belong to
<br />them, but lies altogether with the Council.
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<br /> (With Cemeteries). A request of-the Keeper of the Cemeteries for an increase of salary
<br />for himself and his two assistants. Progress.
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<br /> An appropriation of $S50~00 for the Almshouse Department.
<br /> We report that this appropriation has been provided for above.
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<br /> ~n .appropriation of $~00.00 to meet the needs of the Fire Department tuntil January l, 19lB.
<br /> We report that this appropriation has been provided for above.
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<br /> An appropriation of $1B5.00, from sale of old horses, to purchase a l~fe-saving net for
<br />the Fire Department. Progress,
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<br /> Recommitted. An appropriation of $100.00 for the employment of an ezpert engineer to fur-
<br />nish plans and specifications for the Gosport and Swimming Point bridges.
<br /> We report that the Committee is of the opinion that this matter does not belong to
<br />them, but lies altogether with the Council.
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<br /> Referred
<br /> A resolution for establishing
<br /> Referred
<br /> A~ appropriation of $2,500.00
<br />year.
<br /> it is recommended that.a
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<br />by Common Council September 12th.
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<br />a Police Justice for the City~ Progress.
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<br />by Board of Aldermen August 15th.
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<br />for the Sewerage Department to ca~ry it through the fiscal
<br />special appropriation of ~E,000.O0 be allowed for the same.
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<br /> It is £o~ther recommended that you now turn over to the ~heirs of the ?Armistead pro-
<br />pe~ty," adjoining the Court house yard, the sum of $20,000.00 which had been'set aside for pay-
<br />ment of said property, and that the following ~esolution be adopted therefom:
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<br /> "Resolved, That the Treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorized to make a note in The Mer-
<br />chsmts' & Farmers' Bank to amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($~0,000.~0), to he curtailed every
<br />ninety days, with interest thereon, and paid from receipts of the City f~oml~ase .of the Norfolk
<br />County Ferries.
<br /> The said note is autharized in accordance with'a resolution of the two branches of City
<br />Council, adopted June 13-20, t9tl, instructing the Joint ~Finance Committee to negotiate a loan
<br />of Six~ Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) with the several City banks, in order to ~urchase the
<br />"Armistead property," tbuching the court house yard, and to build thereon a suitable Clerk's of-
<br />lice and Council Chamber and furnish the same, which said resolution~is hem?to ~ttached."
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<br /> And it is further recommended that you~appropriate $318.38 for court ~expenses,
<br />made necessary for acquiring this property.
<br /> (A bill for said expenses is hereto attached).
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<br />(Sig~ed). Jno. Howard Hall,
<br /> Chairman C. C.
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<br />On motion, the several recommendations of the Committee
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<br />Ayss--Corbitt, Hall, Benson, Pettish, Hanvsy, Bilisoly,
<br /> Reynolds, Withy, Tyler, H~tchins, Parker, Cooke,
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<br />were adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Baker, Johnson, Leigh, BrinsOn,
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<br /> Streets-- ~
<br /> Hon. Oommon Cou~cit.
<br /> Gentlemen:-- Your Street Committee respectfully reports
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<br />herein~concerning the following matters referred to the Joint Street Committee October 10-t7,
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