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FL O. P. October 10,, 1911. between .Second and Third, and an ordinance for establishing a Plumbing Board. To instruct the Street Committee to put no more dirt taken from streets, on private proper- ty, without the consent of the Council; ~and to instruct the City Engineer to advise .the Council by ~hat authority he takes dirt off the streets and g;ves it toprivate~parties. All of the above were ~oncurred in. The Board co~curred also in all recommendations of Co~m.ittees adopted by the Common Coun- cil, except the recommendation to pay special appraisers, James A. Mulvey, Geo. ~D. Lawrence, ~and H. L. Alexander, $150.00 each, which said recommendation was sent back to the Finance Committee fo~ further, conai~eration, o Second. Matters adopted by the Board of Aldermen September tgth and referred to the Com- mon Council for concurrence. To i~struct the Almshouae Committee_to advertise for bids to fur- nishprovisions, medicines, clothes, etc~, to inmates of the Almshouse for the coming year. The above was concurred in. Third. CommuniCations from ~he Mayor. The Mayor returned his approval of the following .matters adopted by the two branches of City Council September lZ-19-2~, 1911: ' 'To make award ~o'F~ank Dnnktum for the removal of night soil from the S~ixtfn and Seventh Wa~ds, at $1j$~ per house per year. To atlew $1,000.00 to the Sixth Ward~and $900.00 to the Seventh Ward, out of Ward funds, fo~ r~moval of ~ig~nt~soil to J~nu~ry 1, 1912. To appropriate $4,606,96 to the Sixth ~ard, out of Ward funds, for the purchase of land to open street~; for the laying of d~ains and culverta; for the erection of a bulkhead; and for street repairs~ To turn over $200.10 to the Seventh Ward, because of that amount spent by it for 'election expenses. ~o allow Frank L. 0r.ocker $300o00 for assistance to the City Attorr~e~. To turn over tQ Street Appropriation the balance of the sum set aside in the "budget" for 1911 for repairs to ~idew~lks. To allow $B50.00, out of Public Property funds, for repair of roof and for a gutter for the City Hall. To allow $t,000..O0 £or repairs to asphalt pavements, allowed'in the "budget." To allow the City Collector until October llth for the preparation of ta~ receipt books. To make award to R. B. Denby to grade streets in the Seventh Ward, at a cost of $9,t74.00. To make award to Louis Lawson for concrete curbing, concrete supports for gutter plates, putting streets names in cement, concrete walks, pipe line, catch basins, and concrete culvert, at a cost of $30,106.ZO. To purchase a piece of land lying in Deep Cre~k Magisterial Dms rmct, Norfolk Oounty, Vir- ginia, at a cost of ;RO0~O~, in connection with the new water supply for the City. Fourth. Reports of Officers and other unfinished business. ~he regular reports of Officers far September were presented and were ordered to take the usual Course. Mr. Cooke moved to take up, and act thereon, the ordinance for changing the names of cer- tain streets in the Seventh Ward, which was adopted by the two branches June l~-EO, 19tl, but disapproved by the Mayor and ordered by this body to lie on the table. The motion was adopted. Then, af;er~'considemable discussion of th~ matter, it wa~ sent back to the Ordinance Com- mittee. The ~treet Committee pr~se4ted the ~oilo~in~ resolution, which it recommended as confirma- tory of "An Ordinance to Grant a F~anchise for the Use of Hatton street, between Glasgow and London streets, in the City of Portsmouth, to Operate a Street Car ~ine with a Single Track, if Permission be first obtained from the Council, with Double Tracks, and to Authorize the Ac- cepted ~idder to Construct said Track or Tracks, Erect its Poles and String its Wires for the Purpose of Operating its Cars ~ver Said Strest,~ which said ordinance was adopted by the two branches of City Council July lt-18, l~ll, and was referred ~it for consideration by th~ Com-' men Council September 1~, 1911: "WHEREAS, a proposed ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance Grantfng the Virginia Railway and ~ower Company, its successors and assigns the right to Construct its Single or Double Tracks, Erect its Poles and String its Wires and Operate its Cars on Hatton street, between Glasgow and London streets, in the City of Portsmouth," has been passed by the Council of the City of POrtS- mouth and approved by the Mayor, and published for four successive weeks in the~ PortSmOuth Star, a newspaper published in t~e City of Portsmouth, which said advertisement invited bids for the franchise, stating that samd bids were to be in w~iting and delivered to the presiding o~ficer of the Common Council in open session at a meeting to be held on the lSth day of~$ept~be~,lgil~ at eig]Jt o'clock p, m., ~AND WPN~REAS,at said meeting the Virginia Railway & Power Co. presented its bid in w~iting and delivered the same to the presiding officer of the 0ommon Council in open session, bidding the s~m of $S5.00 for the franchise covered by said proposed ordinance; said bzd was read aloud at said meetzng and an znquiry ~as made. by the pre- siding officer if any further bids were offered; "AND WHEREAS, there were no further bids offered, and the presiding officer thereupon de- clared the bidding closed; "AND WHEREAS, the said bid was referred to the Street Committee, which Oommittss reported in favor of the acceptance-of the same; "~OW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of ~ortsmouth, that the said ordinance as advertised as aforesaid be enacted, with the insertion therein of the name of the ?irginia Railway and Power Co~pany, the name of the accepted bidder."