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,February 20, i91~. to the cOurts,ry." Whereupon, the action £~r issue of $I00,000.00 of bonds was re-affirmed by the following vo~e: Ayes--Walker, Williams, Lan ghorne, Ballentine, Adams, Privett, Markham, 7. Nays--Davis, 1. And the appropriation of $5,000.00 for the Board of Water COmmissioners failed of passage over ~he Mayor's veto by the following Note, seven votes being necessary to pass same: Ayes--Walker, Williams, Langho~ne, Ballentine, Adams, Privstt, Davis, 6. NaysT-P~ivett, Mar~h~m, 2. The Mayor's Annual message for the year 1911'was read and the several reco~ended i~provements therein were referred to the following Committees: Finance-- ~To close the .Sinking ~nd Account: and t8 transfer $251.90 from said account to th& Sin~ing Fund Cbmmission Accotmt. To have all warrants drawn on the Sinking Fund Commission Account countersigned by the Mayor and the Chairman of Finance Committee. To have all notes to be borrowed from the Sinking Fund Commission Account deposited in bank for collection when due, and interest as well as principal of same to be collected :at each matu- rity date of notes, and that no to&n be made to the City for a longer period than n~nety days at a time. To require the Health Officer to give his entire time to the duties of his office, with a pro- per increase of pay. ~dvisability of codifying the City ordinances. To pay the Sealer of Weights a~d Measures a salary, or to give him one-half of the fines im- posed for violations of City ordinances prohibiting the sale of unsound meat, &c., and to purchase f~r him:proper testing apparatus. rels land to at once put underground the feed wires running from the sub-station at the north end street to High. To build a small pier at the north end of Middle street, and repair the landing at end of High street. Streets-- To require all carts used for removal of trash to be covered, and no boxes and bar- ~o be placed on the streets. Edvisability of appointing a Board of'Park Commissioners, or otherwise providing play grounds. Advisability of a public dock at the Cat Hole,and a public comfort station. To purchase come marsh land in which street sweepings can bs desposited, and then to use the as a play ground. Advisability of paving Star Lane. To purchase receptacles in which waste paper, &c., swept up by street hands, can be deposited. To require wires to be put underground; and to require the Virginia Railway & P~er Company of Middle the east Public Property-- Advisabi$ity of the City buying a sits and building a new market at some point between W~shington and Chestnut an~ South .and High streets. To approprzate $10,000.00 for buildzng additzonal storage room for Grimes Battery. Advisability of providing quarters at the~ Jail for prisoners suffering f~0m tuberculosis. Fire-- Advisability of a building code and of having the Chief of the Fire Department act as a Building Inspector. Advisability of employing a reasonable number of "call men~ for the Fire Department. To require the present paid men of the Fire Department to assist the Chief in examining all yards'and the surroundings of buildings in the fire district. Advisability of having the paid men of the Fire Deparl~snt uniformed. Ordinances-- Advisability of putting the ~Gleason System"of Accounts" An ordinance to regulate the sale of pistols, and to prohibit the sale sticks, &¢. Advisability of an ordinance regulaiing moving picture shows. Almshouse--. The advisability of a building at the Almshouse for the segregation of inmates suffering f~om tuberculosis. into effect. of fire works, dynamite Lights-- Advisability of purchasing a one to test e!ecDric, gas and water meters. Sharp Miller portable meter~ and the employment of some Sewerage-- Advisability of sewering Eastwood's and Hunter,s Lanes. Ferry-- Advisability of purchasing the wharf property adjoining the ferry dock in Norfolk. To sell the Pearl street dock in Berkley and purchase sufficient water front adjoining the Chestnut street dock, so that the boat going between Portsmouth and Berkley can use the dock at Chestnut street. Advisability of purchasing a modern ferry boat. Committee on Rules-- Advisability of appointing a Committee on Supplies and Accounts. Legislative Committee-- Advisability of petitioning the General Assembly to amend the City Charter so that the Health Officer shall be appointed by the Board of Health.