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And the eo~,_uleatton of the Mayor in regard to mn appropriation of $10. to cover police clubs was. referred to ~he Joint Police 0ommittee.~ The ~ayo~ returned also his approval of the following mmtte~s ~dopted by the ~wo brauehes of City Council April 11-14-I~, 1911.' $900. to purehmse horses for the Pire Department. $2,~00. for flue hose. 21~0. for a aTapper Auxiliary System~" · 00. to employ a consulting engineer for Sixth Wa~d, out of ~a~d funds. 00. fo~ a sto~mge room to hold street mmte~ial. 0. to pave the north end of Dlnwiddie street. $500. for'two 2~-lneh terra eotta pipes ae~oss Chester steer, 'beacon Scott & ~e, ~d two ae~oss Eff~, be~een Scott & ~e. (Special). $2~. ~o pave ~orth street, be~een D~iddie ~ Washingt~. $540. to pave Ra~01ph s~eet, be~een Second ~d ~. $~. per month f~ he,se ~d bvg~ fo~ 0it2 ~g~eer, ~d $2.00 per ~y fo~ a ro~, out of p~ coeds of bo~ issue for street p~v~g. $~5,~6.25: to Sev~th Wa~d,. out of p~o~eeds .el the ~a~ ~ issue. 1,000. to eo~ee~ flush t~s in the Fifth ~ wi~ w~t~ .~s. (Special). ~00. to e~loy' an 'e~ fe~ Seventh ga~ st~eet.we~k, out of p~oeeeds~ of. ~d bonds. To pay. to B~ & Oe~, er ~o ~hei~ Atto~ey, ~. ~t~, $~7.70, which the tot,~l appropriation o~ ~,9~.70 to be ~aid said B~ & 0o~. (Speeia!).. $150. to me~ eo~t~t e~enses of, the ~orfs office. . ~ $208.50 fo~ hl~e of ~o~ses ~d ~lnten~ee of sick he, es in the ~i~e D~ent,'out of DeP~tm~t. ~.97 fo~ eloth~ fo~ ~ates of ~e A~ho~e. (Special). ~78. for buil~g a waitl~ ro~ ~ the C~ ~ove Cemete~. ~.~ to ~ t~a~ferr~ f~om the Street Department, fo~ r~val of g~bage, to ~a~d of Heal~ to-p~ its e~e~es fo~ s~e, dv~ the months of December, J~apy, ~d ~eb~a~. $~5. to Boa~d' of Health to meet s~d~ e~e~es of s~e, as specified in its application fez said ~pp~op~iatie~ ~-eel~l ), ~ieense T~ 0~d~ee for 19~-~. To 'relieve the ~stees oF P~k Vl~ M. E. 0~reh, ~th, from pm$~ent of City t~xes fo~ the yemr 1911, ~d ~e~emfte~. $I~. to C.~ N. ~kh~ fo~ ex~mtion of ~eeordS from J~m~ IBth to Na~eh $145. to ~polie~, H. A,~ Sheen, fe~ 18 days lost f~em duty dur~ Nm~eh ~d ~e~m~, ~d fo~ medieml $200. to Street Oo~ittee to Be 'sp~t on the old o~h~ ~syl~ ~em~e~ muthoriz~to m~e ~otes fe~ ~,0~0. te mee~ City e~ent e~e~es fo~ April, 1911. $1~, ~t cf mpp~op~iatl~ to ~e Department, fo~ thei~ ~ml parade, said $1~, or pm~t~ of s~e, to be paid on orde~ ef the Jo~t ~ire Co~ittee. (Speeiml). $~0. to co, leto the ~ of gmlvm~zed iron pipe mt the north end of the sou~ e~ of D~iddie st~eet,~ out of p~oeeeds of bemd isle. ~. fo~ rearm eottm d~min pipe ~t north e~ ~f Wmsh~on street, ~t of p~oeeeds of bond :$17~. to co, leto the pipe l~e mt Scott C=eek, out of bond issue. $~0. to ~eo. D. L~enee fo~ so,ices in eonduct~ p~oeeed~s to ~e~ire the ~mistead p~ Bill of Pe~on R~se~ fc~ ~.00 fo~ whit~sh~ the eemete~ w~lls. Dis~nti~ a~l~tion of $~. per ~nth to the Rescue ~i~e To ~tho~i~ ~he Jo~t ~blie P~e~ty Oo~lttee to take the neeess~2 steps fo~ proteet~g the no~th wall of the C~t~'~iI, endlesS' ~y digg~ on the adJo~i~ lot, ~t a p~b~ble cost of $2,~0~ To provide qu~e~s for the 0ffiee~s ~ the City H~ll, i~ ro~ of the ~e~ H~se, · o provide for h~sing the e~es ~d ~pp~tus in the City H~ll, ~ a bulldog 'eh Sou~h steer st ~ p~ob~ble cost of ~. pe~ month. - Third. Reports ,el 0ffiee~s and other ~iuished business. The regular reports of 0ffieers for April were presented, and were o~dered to take the usual 00UZ~se. NE~ BUSINESS. A request was ~ead from the T~easurer for authority to borrow $5,000. from the several City banks tc meet expensses of the public schools fo~ Juue, 1911, and the said request was referred to the Joint t~lnauee Committee. A b~ll of Jno. P. Lawlor, City Sergeant of Norfolk, for $.50; a~d a petition of the Editor of The Portsmouth Star to have the "delinquent taXlists" published in the Star for ten days, instead of five days, were also referred to the Joint Finance Committee. In reply to action of this body April lith, in ealliug the attention of the No~foik & Portsmouth T~aetion Company to the rough and bad condition, Eene~lly, of its eross-tow~ ears, said'Oompany stated that the ~tter ~uld be ~vestigated by them at onoe. ~e eo~teation was o~de~ te file. On motion of N~. Williams, it was resolved, the Common Co,nell concurring, that members of the Finauee Committee of either branch of the Couuell should not serve on amy other Committee.