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R, C. P:
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<br />'September ES, 1Si1.
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<br />At a oaite~ meeting of the Common Council
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<br />The
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<br /> h~ld on SeDtember.~Bn~ there were present:-
<br /> Messrs~W. C~'Cqrbitt, President, Jno. Howard'Hai~, Vice-Presid~nt,
<br /> Geo. R~ Parrish, J. T; Hanv~y,.R.S. brooke, Ellis W. ~oo~e,
<br /> Wm. HodEes~Bake~, J. Ed. Johnson, Jno. ~. ~eigh, W.~J. _Crqes,
<br /> Chas. J.~Wi~hy, C. L; Tyl~r,_E..B. Hawks,.S..B..Hu~chiqs,_
<br /> Charles Beiset, Thcs. P. Cooke,
<br /> Absent---J. F. Ben~on~ A. Aug. B~lisoly, L. C. Br~nsqn, H.~ C~ R~ynqlda,.
<br /> H. H. Parker, Eark Saunders,
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<br />following ~irections for the called meeting were read:
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<br />~Portemo~th, Va., Se~t. B1, 1911.
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<br /> L. P. Siater,
<br /> City Clerk.
<br /> "Dear Sir:--
<br /> "You will please call a special meeting of the Common Council for Friday,
<br />September SS, 191t, at 8o'clock P. N., to consider~
<br /> First. ~ request of the Board of Water
<br />CommiseioDers to purchase a certain piec$ of land for the City, at a cost of $900.00~
<br /> 8econd. A request of the Seventh Ward Local Board to award contracts to R~ B. Denby and
<br />Louis Lawson, for doing certain s~reet work in said Ward.
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<br />"Very truly,
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<br />"~. C. Corbitt,
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<br />President
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<br />Common Council.
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<br /> Whereupon, ~he following ~esolution f~om the Board $f Water CSmmissioners was presented
<br />and read;
<br /> "WHEREAS, the Council of ~he City of Portsmouth,~Va., deems it e~pedi~nt for the
<br />said City of Portsmouth, Va., to ac~um~e, ~or public purposes, the following real estate,~to-
<br />wit:
<br /> . That certain tract~ piece or~pa~vce! of land, with its apl01~rtenances and all other rights
<br />appertaining thereto, si~ua~$, .lying and being in Deep Creek Magisterial District, Norfolk co-~-
<br />~y, Virgimia, and bounded and described as follows:
<br /> Beginning ~t apoint,
<br /> the sam~ being the in~e~section of the northern bound-
<br /> ary of the right of waT of the Lake Dru~m~ond Canal and
<br /> Water Company's feeder, or the prolo~gatio~ thereof in
<br /> a westerly direction, and the eastern bo~udary of ~h~ ' ~ ·
<br /> property now, or formerly, belonging to ~m. N. Oamp, and
<br /> from thence running~northerly and binding on ~he said
<br /> eastern boundary of the property now, or formerly, be-
<br /> longing to the said Wm. N. Camp, to the northern Bound-
<br /> ary of the Wallace Company's property, tSence in a east-
<br /> erlydirection and~i~ding onthe said northern bound-
<br /> ary of the Wallace Company's property three hundred ($00)
<br /> feet, thence in a southerly direction and parallel with
<br /> the said easterly boundary of the property how, er form-
<br /> erly, belonging to the said Wm. N. Camp, to the northern
<br /> boundary of the right of way o~ the Lake Drummond Canal
<br /> and Water Company's feeder, and~thence in a westerly di-
<br /> rection and binding on the said northern boundary-of the
<br /> said right of way three hundred (ZOO) feet to the point
<br /> of beginning; containing by estimation forty (~0) acres,
<br /> more Or tess~
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<br /> "THEREFORE, be it resolved, that the said City of Portsmouth acquire the said above d~s-
<br />oribed t~aot or parcel of land from the ~resent owners thereof, The Wallace Company, by purchase
<br />or condemnation, the cost of said la~d to be paid out qf funds~now in the h~nds of the Board of
<br />Water Commissioners of the City of Pe=~smouth,~ Va.
<br /> "AND BE IT FURTHER RESO~VED~ that the. Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Po=ts-
<br />mouth, i~ hereby di~e~ted and authorized to purchase the above deseribed~real.estate, for, ~ud
<br />in the name of, the City of Portsmouth, at a price not to exceed the sum of Nmne HumOred ($900.
<br />00) Dollars."
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<br />On motion, the resolutio~ was adopted by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes--Corbitt, gall,
<br /> Pa~rish~ H~uvey, Brooks, Moore, Baker~ Johnson,Leigh,O=oss, Withy, .Tyler,
<br /> Hawks, ~.tohins, 1~.
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<br />~ ~EXT~ to make awards to R. P. Denby to grad? st=sets in the Seventh Ward, at a cost of
<br />$9,17~.00~ and ~o Lo~ieLawson for concret~ curbmng, concrete supports for gulter~plat~s~ put-
<br />ting st=ecS ~ames in cement, conc=ete.walk~, pipe li~e, catch basins, andconcrete cqtvert, at
<br />a cost of
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<br />On motion, the resolution was adopted by the foliow~ng vote:
<br /> Ayes--Corbitt~ gall,
<br /> Parrish, Henley, Brooks, Moore, Baker, Johnson, Leigh, Cross, Withy, Tyler,
<br /> Hawks; Hutch~ns~ Beisel, Cooke, 1~
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<br />in
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<br />dinance, which he wished adopted for suppressing gambling.
<br /> The ordinanc~ was read by the Clerk, and was then referred
<br /> On motion, ~djourned.
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<br /> TheRev. R. ~. Naxey being presen~ in t~e interest~of an ordinance for suppressing.gambling
<br />the Oity, the rules were suspended to hear from him.
<br /> He made a short address on the subject of gambling in the City, and then presente~ an o~-
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<br />to the Joint Ordinance Commit~e~.
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