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F~bruary SO, 1912. A petition of Ralph Bendon, po!iceman~ to be paid ~17.50 for time lost from duty from December 10-El, inclusive, on account of sickness. Progress. A petition of J. T. and W. J. Parker to have refunded them $10,00 because of an erroneous as- sessment on their lots on the west side of Green street, Seventh Ward. It is recommended that this matter be referred to the Commissioner of the Revenue for in- formation concerning the same~ get" Reports of the Auditor, Progress. Treasurer, and Sixth and Seventh Nard Boards Referred by Common Council January l!th. for December, 191i. $~00.00 to pay Civic League bills for 1911. tt is recommended that said amount be allowed, out of appropriation for 19i~. for same in the "bud- Advisability of increasing the pay of engineers of the Fire Department. Progress. $S5.42~to the Water Company for replacing hydrants at corners of High and Effingham and Queen and Effingham'str&ets. It is recommended that said amount be allowed, out of appropriation to "Sundries" for Wa- ter Depa~tment~ in the "budget~ for 19lb. $500.00 for bridks; $1,000.00 for repairs to asphalt sidewalks; and $1,500.00 to pave Effing- ham street, between Scott and Duke. It is recommended that said amounts be allowed, out of appropriations for same in the "budget" for 191~. Referred by Board of Aldermen January 18th. A request of the Treasurer to borrow SE0,O00.00 to meet ge~erat expenses of the City for Febru- ary; and $10,000.00 to mee~ expenses of the public schools for February and March, 191~. It is recommende~ that the reques~ of the Treasurer be granted, and that the following resolution be Sdopted therefor: Resolved,~That ~the~Treasurer be, and he i~ hereby, authorized to make'notes in The Bank of Portsmouth, The Merchants' & ~armers' Bank~ the Bank of Tidewater, and The First National Bank 0~ PortsmSuth, tO amount of Twenty T~ousand Do!la~s ($~0~000.00), to meet general expenses of the Czty~for February; and to amoUnt of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), to meet expenses of the Public Schools for February and March, 19lb; said amounts to be repaid from the revenues of the City for the Current year. A request of the Seventh Ward Board A petitioh of the Y. N. C. A. owned by said Association, for the January 1 to September l, 1911. It is recommended that a vet said taxes. (With Fire.and Public Pr0pert~). near Chestnut, for the Annex Fire Hose for an additional bond issue of $50,000.00. Progress. for a remission of certain City taxes on the building lately years 1897, 1898, and 19lO, and for a remissio~ of taxes from special appropriation, to amount of $443.~2~ be allowed to co- Advisability of using temporarily~a house on South street Company, at a cost of $100.00. Progress. Referred by Common Council December lEth. A request of J. Davis Reed to be relieved from payment of taxes Elm avenue and Henry streets for the year 1911, amounting to $i3.~0. It is recommended that the request be granted. on property at the corner of A request of the Seventh Ward Board that the City petition the General Assembly to authorize the issue of $10,000.00 additional bonds for Street Improvements in said Ward. Progress. A petition of W. G. Hinton to be paid $~.50 which was erroneously assessed for~ght soil tax on his wife's property No. 741Riverview avenue. It is recommended that said petition be referred to the PSumbing Inspector for informa- tion concerning same. A petition on his personal It is th Ward funds. of A~,~. Jacobson to be re-imbursed to amount of $5.?6 because of over-assessment property for 1911. recommended that the request be granted, said amount to be appropriated out of Six- A petition of C. E. Knox to be re-imburssd to amount of roneou~y ~aid by him for the year 1911. It is recommended that said amount be allowed. because of night soil tax er- A petition of Mrs. Luiie 0. Banks to have refunded her $10.~4 erroneously assessed against her. It is recommended that said petition be referred to the Commissioner of the Revenue for information concerning same. A petition of Mrs. Gustave E. Maschke to have refunded her $11.50 erroneously assessed against her. It is recommended that said petition be referred to the Commissioner of the Revenue for information concerning same. A request of the Sixth~Ward Board for an additional bond issue of $80,000.00 for Stree~ Im- provements in said Ward. Progress. Advisability of issuing $150,000.00 of additional bonds for Street Paving for the City proper. Progress. Referred by Board of Aldermen December 19th.