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Eovember 15, 1910. It is recommended that the'appropriation be allowed in the budget for 1911. An appropriation of $154- for painting the fences and a house at the cemeteries, $14. for pain~- ing the roof of the waiting room in the Oak Grove cemetery, and $470- to build a waiting room in the Cedar Grove cemetery. April 12-19th an appropriation of $478- was made, out of regular appropriation to the Cem- etery Department. for whitewashing the cemetery walls and f~r paintin? a waiting room and iron fence at the Oak Grove cemetery. The appropriation to do She wor~ now re~umred is $640; therefore, an ap- propriation of $246. mo~e than the original appropriation is asked for; and it is recommended that said sum of $246. be allowed. A request of the Sixth ~ard Lo~ai Board for an appropriation of $1,500. to lay an 18 inch ter- ra cotta pipe on the north side of High street, between Pearl and Second. It is recommended that the appropriation be allowed, out of the ~ixth Ward funds. A request of the 2eventh Hard Local Board for an ~ · · app, oprmatlon of $5,000. for permanent improvements on tbs South street road. It is recommended that the appropriation be allowed. out of the ward i'unds. A request of the Seventh Ward Local Board for transfer of $1,125. to its ~treet Fund from that amount set aside in the ~budget~ for interest and sinking fund on the proposed issue of $57,500 of the ~eventh ~ard bond issue. It is-recomm~ended that the transfer be made as recommended by the said Local Board. An appropriation of $3.20 to the ~eventh ~ard, out of ~he ward i~nnds, al Plumbing 0ompany to that ameunZ contracted by the preceding Local Board. It is recommended tha~ the. appropriation be allowed. to pay a bill o~ the Ids- A request of the Board of Health that $12.50 be appropriated monthly for support of the Colored Tuberculosis League of PorZsmouth. Progress. A bill of coroner. Dr. G. G. Holladay, Zo amount of during.the months of Au~ast. September and October, 1910. It is recommended ~hat ~he bill be paid. $25. for holding ~nquests on five bodies A petition of ~he Rishmond Beneficial insurance Company to be re-imbursed to amount of said amount, it claims, having been paid to the City ~mproperly as a license tax. Progress. Bills of the Atlantic Trust & Deposit ~ompany Zo amount of $2~.75 for premiums on bonds* given by the Oity in ~he case o~ ~argaret Lee versus ~he City. I~ is recommended that the bills be paid. "suspending A petition of_Jos~ F. ~eaver. assistant to the 0ityEngineer. for a raise of salary zo ~100. per month. Progress. The purchase of a modern patrol wagon for use ~f the Police Department. It is recommended that this matter be referred to the Joint Police Oommittee. An increase ef salary for Judge of the Hustings Court, Progress. An appropriation of ~568.75 to supply ~he public building with 74 tons of coal, and $168.75 for -25 cords o~ wood. It is recommended that special appropriations of the above named amounts be made to the Pub- lie Property Department for the purposes named. Reports of the Sixth and Seventh ~ard Zoeal Boards of expenditures in their wards for Septe~oer. l~i0. Progress. Reports of the Auditor and Treasurer for September. Progress. To employ some one to examine assessments and records of deed books for the past five years and report to the Committee every piece of real estate assessed for less than 45 per cent. of its value as so ascertained. Progress. Referred by Board of Aldermen 0otober 18th. A petition of Z. Skeeter to be paid for fourteen days lost from duty as fireman of the Annex Fir. ~ompany, on account of injuries received in the line of his duties. It is recommended that this petition be referred to the Joint Fire Gsmmittee. Re~erred by the Two branches April 26th and ~ay 2nd; ~ith authority to-sell $125,000. of Paving and Street Improvement Bonds, $?5.000. of Sixth and Seventh ~ard Improvement Bonds. and $50,000. of School Bonds. in accordance with conditions of V~he ordinances ad~pted for sale of said bonds. Ne report that we have sold said bonds to H. W. Halsey & Go., 49 ~all street, New York City, for ninety-five and seven one-hundredth per cent. (~5.07%~ and accrued interest; and recommend that the bid for ss~e be accepted. It is further r~ce~ended that an appropriation of $6.50 be made. to pa~_a 'w~it tax smd binding in Zhe ~ase of the C~ty of Portsmouth versus Lee,~ and $55. for ~estimmted~ printing the records in this case.~ That an appropriation of $100. be made to the Joint Fins. nee ~ommittee to be used as a contin- gent fund for said Committee. That that part of the 'old jail iot' fronting on High street ~0 feet smd running back on Wash- ington street ~5 feet. and the ~ity lot on Lincoln street, be sold. (Signed) W. Jones Williams,