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<br />December 19, 1911.
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<br /> To 'make a special appropriation of $350.00 to the Almshouse Department to run said Department
<br />until January 1, 1912~
<br /> _~To alIow $881.00 for Street Cleaning, out of appropriation of $2,640.00 already allowed for same.
<br /> To authorize the Treasurer to renew notes to amount of $$5,000.00, due November 19, 1911.
<br /> To make a special appropriation of $200.00 to meet general expenses of the Cemetery Department
<br />until January i, 1912.
<br /> ~ To make a. special ~pp~opriation of $3,000.00 for the Sewerage Department, to carry it through
<br /> the fiscal year.
<br /> $30,000.00 to F~ank L. Crocker, Special Commissioner, &c., to pay for the "Armistead property."
<br /> To appropriate $318.$8 for court expenses, &c., made necessary for acquiring the "Armistead pro-
<br />petty."
<br /> To appropriate $695,58 and $1250.00 to the Auditg~ of Public Accounts to pay the City's propor-
<br /> tion Of salaries of Jud~es'of the Circuit and Corporatmon Courts, respectively.
<br /> To make award to S. P. Oast to furnish 86 tons cf coal for the public buildings, at $7.00 a ton.
<br /> To make award to Portsmouth, Coal & Ice Company to furnish 35 cords of wood at the City Jail,
<br />at $6.30 pe~ cord.
<br /> To make ~ward to WJ L. Walker to do general repair W°rk at the Jail~ for $295.00.
<br /> To make award to NJ V~ Pearson ~or repairs on the Jail heater, for $50.00.
<br /> To make award to I. C. Brinkiey to furnish rations to inmates of the'Almshouse for 1912, to a-
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<br /> To make award to John A. Morris to furnishhats clothes, &c., to inmates of the Almshouse for
<br />1912, for $197.64 1/2.
<br /> TO make award to The Friedlin Company, Inc., to furnish dry goods, shoes, &c., to inmates of
<br />the Almshouse for 1913, for $159.98.
<br /> To make award to H~ L. Alexander to furnish 20 cords of wood for the Almshouse, at $5.?5 per
<br />cord.
<br /> To make award to J. W. Booth & Bro. to furnish medicines to the Almshouse, at $.11 1/3 per pre-
<br />scription.
<br /> To make award to Portsmouth Coal &~Ice Company to furnish ?00 tons of coal for the Sewer Power
<br />House~ at $2.78 per ton.
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<br /> The Mayor returned, without ~uy action thereon by him, a resolution by the
<br />missioners with regard to extending the powers of said Commissioners.
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<br />Fifth; Reports of Officers and other unfinished business.
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<br />Board of Water Com-
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<br /> The regular reports of Officers for November, 1911 were presented and were ordered to take the
<br />usual course.
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<br /> A communication from the City Attorney, in which he recommended that the City dismiss the in-
<br />junction proceedings recently obtained against the Water Company by certain citizens of the Seventh
<br />Ward, to which the Oity was a~party, was read and was adopted.
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<br /> The Oa~o~ Gf~fice of W. H. Shackelford and W. E. Whitehurst, as me~bers of the Seventh Wa~d
<br />Local Xmp~ovement-Board, were presented and were ordered to file.
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<br /> The bonds off J. W. Booth & Bro. and of I. C~ Brink!ey for ~upplying the City with medicines
<br />and with rations, respectively, were on motion referred to the Joint Finance Committee.
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<br />NEW BUSINESS.
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<br /> A petition of the Stewarts of Central M. E. Church and sundry other citizens on Washington
<br />street for a continuation of the proposed pavement of Washington street for
<br /> m~s entire length, was
<br />read and said petition, together with suncbvy other petitions of the same character, was referred to
<br />the Joint Street Committee.
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<br /> A petition of the Park View Engine Company for repairs to the roofof their house, meeting
<br /> room, &c., was on motion referred to the Public Property Committee.
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<br /> Mr. Davis said that he understood that the old stone owned By the City, at the north end of
<br />Washington street, ha~ been sold to Mr. A. Ogg by action of the Council, that said stone had not
<br />beencarried away by him, but had been moved by other parties, and he moved that this matter be re-
<br />ferred to the Mayor to investigate what disposal had been made of the stone and to ascertain why
<br />the action of the Counoit had not been carried out. The motion was adopted.
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<br /> Mr. Williams offered the following resolution, which on motion of Mr. Langhorne was ordered to
<br /> lie on the table until the next regular meeting of the ~ody:
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<br /> sw~B~AS, our citizens are required, with much inconvenience to them, to pay their taxes in
<br /> two different offices and to two different officers;
<br /> "AND ~HEREAS, such payment of taxes is made at a considerable additional expense to the City;
<br /> "AND~WHEREAS~ the office of City Collector may be abolished by an amendment to the City Char-
<br />ter therefor;
<br /> _~ ?RESOLVED by the Bo~urd of Aldermen, the Common Council concurring, that the General Assembly
<br />be petitioned through our representatives in that body, to amend the Charter of the City of Porte-
<br />mouth so.as to abolish the office of City Collector for same; said amendment to go into effect on
<br />and after January 1, 1~1~ when the term of office of the present City Collector will expire.
<br /> "RESOLVED, that the City Attom~ney be instructed to draft a bill for presentation to the Gene,.~
<br />ral Assembly in aoco~damce with the said petition."
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<br /> Nr. Langhorne moved that the attention of the Street Committee be called to the condition of
<br />piling at the foot of Dinwiddie street. The motion was adopted.
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<br /> By the same, that the attention of the Street Committee be ca, led to the condition of iron
<br />grating at crossings at the corner of LondOn and Court streets. The motion was adopted.
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<br /> ~r. Nontague offered his resignation as a member of this body, t~ take effect from the first
<br />meeting of the body in January~ 1913.
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<br /> Whereupon, remarks of rog=et for such resignation were made by several members of the
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