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December 19, 1911~
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<br /> An appropriation of $80.00 for a typewriter fo~ the City Clerk.
<br /> It is recommended that a special approprzation of ~55.00 be made for the same.
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<br /> $~95.00 to W. L. Walker to do general repair work ~t the Jail.
<br /> It is recommended that an appropriation of $~95.00 be allowed, out of appropriation for
<br />Jail repairs in the."b~dget."
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<br /> $5~440.66 to I. C. Brinkley to furnish rations to inmates bf the Almshouse for !912.
<br /> This appropriatign will be considered for the "budget" of 1915.
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<br /> $197.64 1/5 to Jno. A. Morris to f-d~nish hats, clothes, &c., to inmates of the Almshouse for
<br />191~.
<br /> This appropriation will be considered for the "budget" of 19lB.
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<br /> An appropriation of $5.75 per cord for ~0 cords of Wood for the Almshouse.
<br /> This appropriation will be considered for the "budget" of 1915o
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<br /> An appropriation to IkLrnish medicines to the Almshouse, at'$.ll 1~5 per prescription.
<br /> This appropriation will be considered for the ~budget" of 1912.
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<br /> $159.98 to The Friedlin Company, Inc.~ to fturnish dry goods, shoes, &¢.~ to inmates of the Alms-
<br />house fo= 1915.
<br /> This appropriation will be considered for the ~budget~ of 1915.
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<br /> An ap~ropriatlon of $5.78 per ton for 700 tons of cba! for the Sewer Power House.
<br /> This appropriation will be considered for the =budget~ of 1915o
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<br /> Report' of ~the Auditor of the following bills to following amounts, for which there was no ap-
<br />propriation: Almshouse, $351.74; Publ~ic Property, $4~50.3~; Randolph street pipe, $5.90; Repairs to
<br />Streets~ $5.04; Registration, $8~.05~ No Department, $61.~0.
<br /> It is recommended that special appr.op~iations to~ following amo-.~nts be allowed to the fol-
<br />lowing Departments: Public Property, $464.t5~ Repairs to streets, $5.04~ Registration,
<br /> We report that the appropriation' for the AlmsSouse Department ~has alre.a, dy been made, a~d
<br />it is recommended that the appropriations of $5.90 for Randolph street pzpe an~ $61.80 for No Depart-
<br />ment be referred to the Street _Committee for fumther znform~t~on.
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<br /> Reports of the Auditor, Treasurer, and Sixth and Seventh Ward Boards for October, 1911.
<br /> Progress.
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<br /> A request of the Com~nissioner of the Revenue ~o have refunded to Lucy E. Robinson &nd W. E.
<br />Smith $1.~5 each, and to Annie'Louise~Hinton $~.50, pai~ in error for night soil tax; and to Chas.
<br />0wins $6.85 pa~d~y~him in exceeds on Tangible and Intangible Personal Propert.y.
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<br /> Bond Of R. P. Denby for doing work on certain streets in the Seventh Nard.
<br /> We have examined this bond and recommend that it be accepted.
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<br /> A re~uest of the Nise Cigar News Company and others to have refunded them the amount paid for
<br />license tax on slot machines.
<br /> It is recommended that the petitioners be allowed a rebate of five-sixths of the amount
<br />paid the City as a $icense tax on each slot machine.
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<br />An application of the Physician to the Poor for ~n increase of salary to $i,000.00 per year.
<br /> This appropriation will be considered for the ~budget= of 1915.
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<br /> A request of the SecretAry and Treasurer of the League of Virginia Municipalities for a
<br />scription of $1~00 ~er each Councilman-for maintenance of said League for the coming year.
<br /> It is recommended that said request be granted.
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<br /> An appropriation of $~4.00 to pay for a cook stove purchased for colored quarters at the Alms-
<br />house.
<br /> It is recommended that a special approprm=tzon of $B4.00 be allowed to ~pay for the said
<br />stove.
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<br /> To ascertain if the Sixth ~ard is receiving credit for its taxes from property ~ransferred from
<br />Coun~ street to the Sixth Ward, and also from the property located in the t~i-angular section of
<br />the Ward east of Chestnut street and no~th of High. s~reet to the boundary line.
<br /> It is recommended that this mat~er be referred to the Commissioner of the Revenue.
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<br /> A request of the S~perintendent of Public Schools for an appropriation of $55,553.00 for build-
<br />lng, furnishing, &c., public school buildings. Progress.
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<br /> A request of the Treasurer ~for .authority to renew notes amounting to $46,000.00, due December
<br />19; and $~0~000.00, due December E0, 1911~
<br /> It is recommended that the request of the Treasurer be granted, and that the following
<br />solution be adopted therefor:
<br /> "Resolved, that the~'Treasurer be, and he ia hereby, authorized to re-
<br />new notes in The Bank of Portsmouth, The Merchants' & Farmers' Bank, the Bank of Tidewater, and The
<br />First National Bank of Portsmouth, to amount of Forty-six Thousand Dollars ($46,O00.0D),.~e Deoem-
<br />be~ 19, 1911; and to amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00), due December BO, 1911; said a-
<br />mounts to be r~epaid fromthe revenues of the City for the current year."
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<br />A request of the Auditor to cancel warrants amounting to $16.~i.
<br /> It is recommended that the request of the Auditor be granted.
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<br />An appropriation of $1,896.00 for an auto-patrol wagon. Progress.
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<br /> A request of the Board of Health for an appropriation of $195.00 to meet expenses of the Depart-
<br />ment until January ~, 1915.
<br /> It is recom~mended that an appropriation to said amount be allowed.-
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