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<br /> It is recommended that a special appropriation to said amount be allowed.
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<br /> $~E0.$0 for concrete combined curb and gutter on both sides of Fi£th street, from Jefferson to
<br />Faye tte.
<br /> It is recommended that a special appropriation to said amount be allowed.
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<br /> $E87.10 for a granolithic sidewalk on the west side of Fifth street, from Je~fferson to Fayette.
<br /> It is recommended that a special appropriation to said amount be allowed.
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<br /> $E81.60 for a granolithic sidewalk on the north side of Jefferson street, from Fifth to Sixth.
<br /> It is recommended that a special appropriation to said amount be allowed.
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<br /> $590.40 for concrete combined curb and gutter on the ~orth side of Jefferson street, from Fourth
<br />to Sixth.
<br /> It is recommended that a special appropriation to said amount be made for same.
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<br /> $70?. l0 to gutter with new granite block and curb with new granite enrb the east side of Third
<br />street, from P~rrison ~o Wythe; and to curb and gutter ~e south side of Wythe street, from east side
<br />of Gourt to east side of Third. Progress as to same.
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<br /> $1~,265.00 to pave Glasgowmstreet, from Godwin to the Scott Creek bridge.
<br /> The matter of paving Glasgow s~reet was recomm~tted to the Street Committee by the Board
<br />of Aldermen.
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<br /> $230.00 for installation of a bell for the Seventh Ward engine house. Progress.
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<br /> $150.00 to repair doors at north end of the vegetable market.
<br /> It is recommended that a special appropriation to said amount be allowed.
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<br /> $85~00 to place glass fronts in all fire-alarm boxes.
<br /> It is recommended that a special appropriation to said amount be ~de for the purpose.
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<br /> $$60.00 to pay claim of M~s. W. R. Darden who was injured by stepping into a hole in the board-
<br />walk on High street, Cottage Place.
<br /> It is recommended that said amount be allowed, out of Sixth Ward i~nds.
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<br /> Reports of the Auditor, Treasurer, and Sixth and Seventh Ward Boards for May, 1912. Progress.
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<br />Report of the Auditor of following bills held up by him, because of lack of appropriation for
<br />~hem or because they exceeded~l/12 of' appropriation allowed, for same: Public Property, $303.93; Fire,
<br /> ~63.00; Repairs to Streets, $89.20; Almshouse, $10.50; Police, $7.~7.
<br /> It~ is recommended that the following of said bills be allowed:
<br /> Public Property--Portsmouth Coal & Ice Co., $1Bo60, out of appropriation to Public Property De-
<br /> partment.
<br /> Fire--G. C. P.rice, ~4.00: C. M. ~Bunting, $4.00; C. R. Ballentine, $4.00,. W. B. Sykes6 ~ $4~00-.,
<br /> J. R. Richard~on~ $4°00; J. 0. Bailey, $4.00 (special appropriations); S. ~. Oast,
<br /> out of appropriation to Fire Department.
<br /> Repairs to Streets--~$9.20~ out of appropriation for Repairs to Streets.
<br /> Alm?house--~i0.50, out of appropriation~ to Aim§house Department.
<br /> Poizce--$7.~7, out of appropriation to Police Department.
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<br /> Bi. il_? 9.~ the P~ortsmouth, .Ber~kiey & Suffolk ~'ater .Company for rent o~f hydrants to the City pro-
<br />per ana ~zx~n and ~eventh Waras zrom 190!-lglE, inclusive, to amount of El9 997 83 w~ ~4 ~=~o=+
<br /> ~ . It is recommended that bills against the Sixth ~ard to ~mount ~f ~,3~0.14"~pai~d~9'~'
<br />6~ interest, ~ou.t of Sixth Ward funds; and bills a~ainst the Seventh Ward to amount of $3,246.10 be
<br />paid, with 8~ interest, out of Seventh Ward funds.
<br /> It is recommended that bills against the City proper ~toamcunts~.of $2,881.07 and
<br />for additional hydrant rental, be not paid, as said bills are in litigation.
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<br /> A bill for Street Repairs, rendered by the City Engineer, to amount of $214.75, for six months
<br />ending June 30, 19lB.
<br /> It is recommended that said bill be referred to the Street Committee for explanation con-
<br />cerning same.
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<br /> To make available~$800~00 for West ParkView streets and $700~00 for paving North street, be-
<br /> tween Pearl and Cooke, out of the budget for 1912.
<br /> It is recommended that said amounts be allowed for the purposes named.
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<br /> Referred for Action. To appropriate $5,000.00 to erect a fire engine house on Lincoln street.
<br /> Progress.
<br /> Referred by Board of Aldermen June 19th.
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<br /> A request of the Treasurer to borrow $20,000.00 to meet current expenses of the City for July.
<br /> It is recor~mended that said reque~ be granted, and that the following resolution be adopt-
<br />ed therefor:
<br /> Resolved, That the Treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorized to make notes in ~he Bank
<br />of Portsmouth, The Merchants' & Farmers' Bank, the Bank of Tidewater, and The First National Bank of
<br />Portsmouth, to amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), to meet current expenses of the City
<br />for July; said amount to be repaid from revenues of the City for the current year.
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<br /> A request of the Superintendent of Public Schools for an appropriation of about ~3,000.00 to
<br />sewer th8 Cooks street school. "
<br /> It is recommended that an appropriation of $3,000.00 be allowed for the purpose.
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<br /> Referred by Common Council May 14th.
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<br /> Authorized to select some competent person ~o audit the City books, a~ud to report with recom-
<br />mendation the person selected and cost of same.
<br /> We report t~at.we~ have received the following bids for examination, &o., of the City books
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