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Oe%ober 18, 1910. ~ mpplication of the SevenT~h Ward ZoeaI Board for receipts from the assessed trackage of the several railroads in said ward. Progress· - (~ithPublic Property aommittee). An applioation-~f the 01fy Sergeant for an appropriation of $1,020. for plumbing work, cells, bedding, &c., in the jail. The Sergeant appeared before the 0ommittee and explained that he had ~ndere~timated the needed appropriation for the jail and that $1.100. instead of $!,0 0. was fore, %ha~ SI,lC0. be appropriated for the purposes na~ned. 2 required. It is.recommended, there- .An appropriation to pay expenses Qf delegates to a convention of the League of Virginia M~ci- pzli~ies to meet in Charlottesville October 6th and ?th. It is re~ommende~ that an appropriation of $75, or ~s much of the same as may be neeessary, be made to meet expenses of the Mayor,and Mr. L. 0. Brinson, Secretary and Treasurer of the League, to 0harlottesville on ~he dates named. - A request of the Board of Police Oo_mmissioners to have policeman Bishop carried on the pay rolls ~hile he is u~der medical tre~tunent. It is recommended that policeman Bishop be o~rried on the pay rolls for two months while he is under medical treatment. A petition of J. S. Query to be re-imb~sed to amount of S5- because of an erroneous assessment of same for night soil tax on his property at the corner of Emmett a~d Green streets. It is recommended that the petition be granted. Referred by Bo~rd of Aldermen September 20th. A request of the ~Ire Board that the Secretary of said Board be paid $5- per It is recommended that the ~equest be not granted. ~eferred by ~ommon Oouncil Augus~ 9th. An appropriation of $700. to pave Dinwiddie street, between Eerth and the Boulevard. Progress. An appropriation of $265. to pave Eorth street, between Dinwiddie and ~ashington. Progress. An appropriation of $118.21 to pay a balance due Ossie D~shiell for plumbing in the jail. It is recommended that the appropriation be allowed. An appropriation of $150. for a Tapper Auxiliary System. Progress. An appropriation of $50. for gu~m_boo~s and rubber coats for the Sixth a~d Seventh ~ard firemen. Progress as to same. ~ appropriation of $1,200. for purchase of five horses fo~ the Fire Department. We do not deem it advisable to recommend an appropriation for purchase of five efficient horses ~or the Fire Department before it is kno%mwhat the five inefficient horses in said department can be sold for. An appropriation of ~llP.15 to pay for hose furnished the Fir~ Department by the ~U~ker City Rubber Oompany. The purehaee of this hose was never authorized by the aounoil but was obtained through a misunderstanding, However, as the hose was sold by the Quaker Oity Rubber Oompany to the Oity in good faith and as it was needed by the Department, it is recommended that the bill for same be paid, but that the Chief of the ~ire Department be cautioned to make no more purchases for the 0i~y~3atil he is fully authorized so to do. Advisability of relieving householders in the Fifth Ward from payment of night soil tax for the year l~10. Progress. -A bill of coroner, Dr. G. G. Ho!laday, to amount lng July, 1910. It is recommended that the bill be paid. of $20, for holding inquests on four bodies dur- To pay subscription price of $20. to the League of American Municipalities for 1910. It is recommended that said subscription be paid. appropriation to assist the Salvation &~my in the City. Progress. A reeuest of the Sixth ~ard Local Board for an appropriation, out of the ward funds, of $2,0?5. to meet sundry expenses in said ward, as set forth in the request. An appropriation of $15. to pay Wm. HodgesBaker for defending a prisons7 by order of the Court. It is recommended that the appropriation be allowed. An appropriation of $15. for F. F. V. Staples for defending a prisoner by order of the Oourt. It is recommended that the appropriation be allowed. An pproprmatmon of $350. to purchase paving br~cks for repair of broken places in the Streets. It is recommended that the appropriation be allowed. An ap~roprmatmon of $d. 52 to re-imburse potieeman, H. 0. Shannon, for time lost from duty in Ju- ly, 1910, on account of sickness. Reports of the Auditor and T~easurer for ~uly, !910. Progress. Reports of the Sixth and Seventh ~'ard Local Boards of ex%cerises of their res~eetive wards for Ju- ly, 1910. Progress.. A eommunieation' i~rom attorney, R. ~. Hudson, concerning the collection of delinquent taxes in the Git~7. Prestress.