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J~nuary $i~ Pubiic~Property-- Hon. Board of Aldermen. Gentlemen:-- Your Public Property Committee respect- ~ulI? ~eports herein concerning the following matters referred to the Joint Public~ Property Commit~ tee December lC-l?, 191E: Referred by Common Council December 10th. A petition of C. H. Jones to have remedied faulty condition of gutter on the west side of the · Independent engine house. Narch 1B-igth your Committee recommended an appropriation of $900.00 for a general over- hauling of the Independent engine house. This overhauling would have included an improvement in the condition complained of by Nr. Jones, but the Finance Committee have so far not made the recommend- ed appropriation and we are, therefore, without means to do this work. A communication from N. H. Codd in regard ~o the City ordinances requiring the market to be closed at lB o'clock noon, except Saturdays. We have considered this matter and recommend that section 85 of the Ordinances concernin~g market hours be referred to the Ordinance Committee for a change of said section so as to make the market hours run until six o'clock p. m. daily, except Saturdays, instead of until lB o'clock m. as at present. To ascertain why~otes for rent of market stalls are not in hands of the City Collector. We report t~at thes~ notes are now and have been for several weeks past, in possession of the City Collector. Some months ago the Councils adopted plans for the erection of a ~Nunic.ipal Building," which plane included chairs for Councilmen in the Council Chamber and these chairs to be fastened to the floor permanently. Since the adoption of the plans, the Committee have,sen convi$ced that.~ fastening of the chairs to the floor might prove of great'inconvenienCe in the~'~ture and, therefore, decided to recommend, and do recommend, an ~aba~do~ment of th~ plan of fastening the chaise and to use instead a movable chair, with the provision that the movable chair shall cost no more t~han the original permanent chair. ($igned)~ L. Privett, Chairman B~ of A. On motion, the report of the Committee was adopted, the recommended change of Section 85 of the Ordinances i~ regard to market hours being referre~to the Ordinance Committee. Ferries-- Hon. Board of Aldermen. Gentlemen:-~ Your Ferry Committee respectfully reports here, in concerning the following matters referred to the Joint Ferry Committee December l0 and August Referred by Common Council December 10~h. A request of The F~rries Company to be allowed to extend its ferry house on the Norfolk side f~om Water street, to itm present location, at a cost o£ about.$~O,000.00. Progress as ~With City Attorney). To ascertain what is due the City by Norfolk County for east end of Queen street for ferrypurposee. The City Attorney will submit a~ report in regard to this matter. joint use of the To get im communication with the Board of Supervisors of Norfolk County and ascertain upon what terms or ~for wha~ przce it will sell to the City Norfolk County3s interest in the Ferries property. Progress. Referred by Board of Aldermen August BOth. To investigate the present ferry fac%lities,.&o. . We report that' your Committee held a joint meeting with the ~erry Committee of Norfolk Oountv re~ardin~ better fer~y facilit~es,'and begs to recommend the fo~lowi~ That the Ferry Comm~ttee~, representzng Norfolk County and the C~ty :of.l~outh, be au thormzed to negotzate w~th the owners of that p~ece of property ~ocated mn ~he Cmt~ of Norfolk, and known as Newton's ~a~f and now occupied by the Watsr.~W~ont Coal 09., relative, to mts purchase~by Norfolk County and the City of Ports~°Uth for~addit~onal ferry ~fac~lities; this Committee to' report at an early date ~o a ~oimt meeting .of the Councils of ~rts~outh and t~e Board.o~?upe~visors of Norfolk County as to the cost of purchasing such propert~ an~ other mat~ers per~amnzng ~o same. (Signed). 0. P. ~{urry, Chairman B. of A. On motion, the report of the Commi'ttee was adopted~ The following matters were adopted in Joint Session ~Jan¥~ 16~h and referred to the~ ~o bran~ chee in separate session with request for concurrence therein: First~ The Budget of Antzczpated Recezpte and ~×pend~tures of Czty Funds for ~he Year.~$. '~Fo'r said~budget" see' rec0rde of Common CoUncil lfor January 16~ 191~, ~ages On motion,~the proposed ~budget" for 191~, as amended~ ~as adopted and by the following vote: A~ee-rWalker, Williams~ Noore, Privett, ~ontague~ Narkham, Davis, ~urry, Nicholson~, Second. To refer to the Committee on Rules a rec6mmendation of the Finance Committee ~oncern- ~h~ handling of Cindy bill~, and to the Ordinance Committee for an ordinance to increase the au- lng ~ = , thori~ty of the Auditing Committee with regard to such bills. Concurred in.