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,April 10, !gll.
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<br />Council Harsh 14th.
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<br /> Second. ?~atters recon~nended by the two branches of City Council in Joint Session April 14,
<br />1911, adopted by Common Council in special session held on the same date, and referred to Board
<br />Aldermen for concurrence.
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<br /> The License Tax Bill for 1911-12, imposing a tax on Real Estate. Tangible Personal Property,
<br />Intangible Personal Property and Banks, was adopted by the follo,.~ng vote:
<br /> Ayes--Walker,
<br /> Williams, Moore, Langhorne, Ballentine, Adams, Privett, Montague, Palmer, Murry,
<br /> Eicholson, li.
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<br /> ~nird. Communications from the Mayor.
<br /> ~The Council:-- '29th., Harsh, 1911.
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<br /> ~Gentl~men:--
<br /> 'I would again respectfully ask tlaat you order the Seaboard
<br />Air Line Railroad to place safety gates at the point on Ssuth street west of Chestnut street, its
<br />tracks cross this street.
<br /> ~Recent!y there has been several narrow escapes from being run over by trains using this track,
<br />and to properly protect the public gates should be placed at the point above referred to.'
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<br /> 'A question having been raised as to ~nether or not the Council had requested the 0o~monwealth's
<br />Attorney to ask for an increase in assessments on such pieces of property as in the opinion of Hr.
<br />O. N. ~arkham were under assessed, and as the record does not show that such a request had been made
<br />I would respectfully ask that the record be amended so as to show that such a request had been made,
<br />or if such should not be the case that you do now request such action by the Commonwealth's Attorney.TM
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<br /> "At a meeting of the Boa~d of'Police Commissioners held April I0, 1911. a full Board being pre-
<br />sent, it was resolved that the Counci~ be petitioned to increase the Police Force four patrolmen.~
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<br /> "I would respectfully ask that your license tax ordinance shall consider the granting a license
<br />to restaurants, lunch rooms and eating houses, a personal privilege, and that such licenses be grant-
<br />ed only on the approval of the ~[ayor.
<br /> '~Other citiss have such a requirement and I believe it to be desirable that this ~ity should
<br />have ~th, e s~me.
<br /> ~Respect~lly,
<br /> "[. Davis geed,
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<br />On motions, the several recommendations of the Z~ayor were referred to the proper Co~ittees.
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<br /> In eonneotion with recommendation of the Mayor for safety ,gates on South street, west of Ohest-
<br />nut, referred to the ~olnt Street 0ommittee, the same Committee was instructed ~rther to look into
<br />the manier in which the safety gates on ~e Gosport causeway and other places are handled.
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<br /> ~ayor returned also his approval of the fol!o~ng matters adopted by the two branches ~.arch
<br /> and April 5th:
<br /> To sell 13 new lots in the Cedar Grove Cemetery at auction, provided said
<br />be sold for not less than~$125.00 each.
<br />To allow ~he Ohief o~ Police~ ~0 day leave of absence fro~.~ch
<br />To allow employees at the ~ewer Power House the same pay as the regular street force, when
<br />work on ths streets.
<br />To assess the Sixth and Seventh wards $250.00 each towards salary of the City Collector for 1911,,
<br />To print the ?zayor's Annual Eessage f&r 1911, at a cost of $140.00.
<br />To set aside ~20.000. of Ferry funds to take up 01fy notes.
<br />To authorize the Treasurer to redeem ~7,500. of Cesetery Bonds.
<br />To allow a bi!! of George D. Lawrence to ~mount off ~200. for assistance to the Street Commit-
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<br />tee in opening Eatton street, and the south end of Dinwiddie street.
<br /> To appropriate ~800,, out of ~eventh Ward funds, to pay for an engineer on street work
<br />WaTd.
<br /> To allow ~00~, out of sixth ~ard funds, for employment of a consulting engineer.
<br /> ~n 'ordinance for the emplo~nnent of a 0ity Bacteriologist.
<br /> An orditance for putting into effect the 'G!eason system o~ accounts.~
<br /> An ordinance for renaming certain streets in the Sixth Ward.
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<br />To make award of contract to E. P. Lindsay by the Seventh Ward Local Improvement ~oard for set-
<br />work to be done on the South ~treet Road, to amount of
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<br />Fourth. Reports of Officers.
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<br />~e re~o. iar reports of Officers were presented and were ordered to take the usual course.
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<br /> The following 9pinion was read from the City Attorney co,_corning whether the Traction Company
<br />is required to pave between the rails and ~vo feet on each side of same, when paving is to be done
<br />on streets in the Sixth and Seventh Wards, where its tracks are laid:
<br /> (See minutes Of Co.men Council April l~. 1911, p. 3631.
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<br />NEW BUS~h~ES~.
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<br /> Mr. ~mrry moved that the ~_~inanoe Corem=tree be inst~_eted to have pr~n~ed the License Tax Bill
<br />for 191~-13 for a~szr~ou~on to the Coomcils at least one mo~t~ previous to the time for the Ooun-
<br />oil to act thereon. The motion was adopted. ~
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<br />On mo~on of ~r. Williams, the G!erk was instructed to wr~ze to the !torfo!k & Portsmouth Tree-
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