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<br />~mgust SO, 191Z.
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<br />At a regular meeting of the.Board of Aldermen August S0th. there were present:
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<br />Messrs~C. W. Walker, President, N. Jones Williams~ Vice,President, E. B. Langhorne~ D.'W.~Ballentine, N. M. Adams,-L. Privett,
<br /> S. T. Eontague, C. N. Narkham, L. H. Davis, O. P. )~urry,
<br /> L. 0. Nicholson, ll.
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<br />The minutes of the regular meeting July tSth and of called meeting July tSth were read and were
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<br />approved.
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<br /> Auditing--
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<br /> REPORTS OF COL~a{ITT~S.
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<br />The Joint Auditing Committee reported having examined bills against the City
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<br />for
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<br />the month of July,
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<br />t91S, and they recommended the payment
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<br />Street Cleaning,
<br />Repairs to Streets,
<br />Repairs to Esphalt Streets,
<br />Garbage & Trash,
<br />Bricks,
<br />Incinerator,
<br />Horse Hire,
<br />:~.nn street,
<br />Bond Account,
<br />Almshouse~
<br />Board of Health,
<br />Cemeteries,
<br />Contingent,
<br />Court'Expenses,
<br />Registration,
<br />Elections,
<br />Sewerage,
<br />Water,
<br />Fire,
<br />Public Property,
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<br />Total,
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<br />of sams
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<br />to the
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<br /> E?8.15
<br /> 157 .~5
<br /> ~09.05
<br /> 5SO. O0
<br /> 1.80
<br /> ~5.00
<br /> SO. O0
<br /> BO. 75
<br /> 8.?5
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<br /> 798.19
<br /> 5.10
<br /> 675.99
<br /> Z?2.50
<br /> ~0.40
<br /> 67'. O0
<br /> 5.5. 35
<br /> 1~270.00
<br /> 108.66
<br /> 17 Js
<br />$4,886.01
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<br />following amounts:
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<br />City Proper.
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<br />Sixth Ward Bills:
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<br />Board of Health, $ 175.50
<br />Contingent, 18.50
<br />Drainage, 485.S1
<br />Salaries, 50.00
<br />Sidewalks, 70.75
<br /> Totai~ $ 798.$6.
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<br />On mo~mon~ the bills were allowed and by the following vote:
<br />Ayes~Walker, ~itliams,
<br />Langhorne, Ballentine, Adams, PrivetS, Montague, Markham, Davis, Y~urry, Nicholson, ll.
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<br />Finance~
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<br />Hon. Board of Aldermen.
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<br />Gentlemen:-- Your Finance Committee
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<br />respect~lly reports
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<br />herein concerning the following matters referred to the Joint Finance Committee July 9-18, June 14,
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<br />April 9, i912, and December 12, 1911:
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<br />Referred by Common Council July 9th.
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<br /> $7,500.00 to extend Dinwiddie street southward to Fifth.
<br /> It is recommended that said amount' be allowed, out of receipts from anticipated sale
<br />bonds.
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<br />of
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<br /> $6,946.4E to pave Chestnut street, from south side of Glasgow to south side of South, and $300.
<br />83 to cover cost of inspection, &c., for same.
<br /> It is recommended that said amounts be atlowed, out of receipts from anticipated sale of
<br />bonds.
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<br /> A request of the Treasurer to borrow $20,000.00 to meet expenses of the City for August, 1912.
<br /> It is recommended that said request be granted~ and that the following reeolution be adopt-
<br />ed therefor:
<br /> - Resolved, That the Treasurer b~, and he is hereby, authorized to ~ake notes in The Bank
<br />of Portsmouth, The Merchants' & Farmers' Bank, the Bank of T~dewater~and The FmrstNationat Bank ef
<br />Por~mouth, to amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars (~PD, 000.00), to meet current expenses of the City
<br />for August, t912; said amount to be repaid from revenues of the City for the current year.
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<br /> $8,350.85 to pave First street.
<br /> ~e report that an appropriation to pave this street was made in the Street Paving Program
<br />which was adopted by Council and approved by the MaYOr, and, therefore, it is not necessary that a
<br />further appropriation be made for this work.
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<br /> $345.O0 to pave with granolith the east side of .Chestnut street, from H~gh to King. Progress as ~o same.
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<br /> $1,000.00 to pave North street, from Crawford to ~ater.
<br /> It is recommended that said amount be allowed, out of appropriation for Street Paving, as
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