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35-7 June $90.00 for straight electric fixtures in the Council Chamber, as a substitute for present com- bined electric and gas fixtures therein, out of appropriation for Municipal Building. It is recommended that this appropriation be not allowed. $600.00 for a storage room for the autowpat~o! wagon. It is recommended that a special appropriation to said amount be allowed. An increase of pay of $5.00 per month for all paid men of the Fire Department. This matter is in the.hands of the Councils. To m~ke available $B~067.50 allowed in the Budget for "Fire Alarm Telegraph, New Work." It is recommended that said amount be made available. $75.00 for purchase of land in the rear of the Union Fire House, out of $100.00 allowed for -same in the Budget. It is recommended ~hatsaid-amount be allowed for the purpose. $511.50 and $404.50 to sewer ~nter'e and Eaetwood's Lanes, respectively. This matter is being held up for i~rther investigation. $5?,500.00 as the City's part of cost for purchase of the "Newton Wharf. property for addition- al ferry facilities, said amount being one-half of purchase price. It is recommended that this appropriation~be not made. ;BO. OO to pay ulaim of L~ L. Williams as informer in a case of the City against ~he United that a special appropriation of ~50..00 be allowed for the pu~loose. ~tates Express Company.' It ie recommended Reports ~f the AuditOr, Progress. Treasurer, and Sixth and Seventh Ward Boards for April, 1913. A bond of Geo. A. Brinkley for painting the Almshouse buildings. We have examined this bond and recommend that it be acoepted. A request of the Board of Quarantine Commissioners expenses of said Board for the year 191S. It is recommended that said amount be allowed, and a special appropriation of $~5.00. A request of the Board of Harbor Commissioners for for $315.00 to pay the City's proportion of $~40.00 as provided in the Budget for same, $~50.00 as thi'rd and fou~rth payments on ac- count of a requisition for $1,500.00 for expenses of said Board for the year ending June 30th, 1915. It is recommended that said appropriation be allowed, as provided for in the Budget. A requ.isition of the Auditor of Public Accounts f?r $1,~50.00 and $695.~8 as the City's pro- portion of salaries of Judges of the Corporation and C~rcuit Courts, respectively, for the year 19t4. It is recommended that said appropriation be allowed. Tomake available $475.00 allowed in the Budget for "Re~airs to Hook and Ladder Engine House." It is recommended that said amount be made available. Advisability of employing a License Inspector. Progress. $~00.00 to extend the paving of High street eastward across Chestnut. It is recommended that a special appropriation to said amount be allowed for the work. Referred by Board of Aldermen May E0th. Report of the Auditor of.the following bills held up by him, because of lack of appropriation for .them or because they exceeded 1/i~ of ~npropriation allowed for same: Public Property, $69.41; Fire, $54.13. It is recommended that special appropriations be allowed to cover these bills. In this copnection, it is recommended that the Auditor be instructed to pay no bills in future which exceed xn amount 1/1S of the annual appropriation allowed a Department for same, and to give preference to bills according to their priority of claim. A request of the Board of Park Commissioners for an appropriation of $500.00 to improve the land bought by the City for a playground. Progress; but it is recommended that the Street Committee be requested to have put on the playground such good clear dirt as can be spared from the streets from time to time, and that the City Engineer be instructed to establish a grade line for the playground. A bill of the Clerk of Court to amount of $10~00, for recording a deed from The Phillips-Mahon'ey Co., Inc'., to the City. Progress. A bill of Vincent L. Parker, attorney, to amount of $15o00, for defending a prisoner by order of Court. It is recommended that a special appropriation be allowed to pay said bill. To provide for payment of assessment, to amount of $~4~00, against the City b~ the League Of Virginia Municipalities. It is recommended that a special appropriationto said amount be allowed to pay said sessment. To make available $50.00 for payment of light bills for the year 1912. it is recommended that a special appropriation to sEid amount be allowed for the purpose named. (Signed).. ~ W. Jones Williams, Chairman B. of A.