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August 19. l~10. A bill of architect, B. F. Smith. for $540. for furnishing plus, &e.. to build a clerk's office. It is recommended that the bill be paid. A bill o~ Osoie dashiell for.$418, 21 for plumbing work done in the jail, by order of.the. Oou~t. It ms recommended that $50~, the amo~mt of said bill allowed b2 the 0curt at ~his tmme, be paid. A~ increase of pay for the street force to $2. per day, each m~n. It is recommended ~h~t this application borers=red to the Joint Street 0ommittee. An increase of salary for the Oity Attorney. It is recommended that the salary of the ~ity Attorney be made $1,800. Der smnum, payable in equ~l monthly installments beginning September t, 1910. In this connection it' is fur,.her recommez~led that section ~92 of the ordi~ces be ~emded so as ~e exempt ci~izens~con~ac~i~ ~h the Oi~ ~ Day, the ~i~At~o~ey a fee tier ~ con, tact or beneath he is required to ex,ins o= ~aft in meeor~ee with said section. Bills of the Portsmouth ST~r against the Oity proper for $452.~0; the Six~h~ard, $125~ , Seventh Ward. $158.t0, for advertising the tetinquent tax lists fo~ ~e have ex,mined these bml~s and Tecommend ~hat they be pa~d'ms f011ows~ For the ~ity proper,. $421.65; Sixth ~aTd, lll. 20; and for the.SeventhWard, $143.62. (~tth 0ou=cilmen f~om the Seventh ~a~d). A bill cf re.g~strecr, A~ R? Bassett, for Ne have examimed.~his .bill and recommend that it be D~id. out cf Seventh ~ard funds. the A= a~Drop~iation of $3.. to ou~chase stx ianterr~ for the Police De,at-mont. Zt is recemmended ~hat the appropriation be m~de, out of a~pro~riation te ~he ~e~ment~ A~ appropriation to rebuild the Washington street and Scott Greek bridges, ~nd to build a con~ crete culvert at the south end of Dinwid&ie st~eet~ it is recommended that a=appropria$ion &£ $5,500~ be allowed for the purpose. Re~or~s of the Sixth a~d Seventh Ward. Local Beards of e~en~t~es in thei~ ~esDective ~=~ forayed ~e, 1910. We ~ve ~ned these ~epor~s, and the~ seem ~o ~e im. aeeo~ ~t~.inten~ o~ ~e Oo~eil therefor. Bonds of ~he ~, ~ Eellogg and the L~ldlaw-~-GoTdon ~ompany for supplying ~ ~e.~y ~o~ey s~ys ~t ~hese bon~s ~e ~Dro~er~,an~, ~he~efo~e, it is reoom- memded ~t ~$e2 be accepted. ~erries. ~e have examined these oladms, ~hey be net allowed. forfeited cheek NOrfolk County betie~e~hat they are without foundation, ama recommend that (~ith Fire and Sewerage committees). A~visability of allo~ingthe T~id men o£the Fi~eDeDart- merit and employees of the ~ewerage De~ar~ment a ~en ~y leave of absence It is ~d that the leave of absence be altcwed cf the' Fi~e De- part'4ment and ~hief; of the Sewere. ge.~ower Eonse~ respectivelY, eau arrange for the leave of absence v~ithout additio~l expense ~o the Oity. Adv~sabmlity of allowing a ten day leave of absence ~or the street hands. 2regress. I~ is fu~her recommended that ~he certified cheek of W. J. Da~s~£or $500, given with his bid to build a clerk's office, be re~ummed to him. (~Igned) W. Jones ~llliams, 0hairman, B. of A~ ~he ~epert having been read~Nr,.Nur~y moved toadoDt, all of the ticn i= regard to the $5,000. certified check of ~he 2ortsmou~h & Norfolk · he amendment was lost. the recgmmenda- ~r. ~ontague o~jected also ~o the recommendation edY~ewi~g the em~ge Del~Ymen~ m ten day te~ve of absence, with the ~r~ovision that the cost to~-the .~i~y. an~ he moved that ~he m~tter be reco~mitted. ~he motion w~s adopted. as amende~, was adopted by the following vote, the vo~e being the same for each A~es--Aoo=e. Day, thorne. Walker. Ballen~ine, A~ms, ~on~ague, ~illia~s, Palmer, Nu~ray, NieholsOn. 10. To pave the Hampton 21aee. l~og~eSs. g To la~ ~ granolit.~ie sidewalk on +~e west ~ide ~f Axmetron^st~ee~. betwee~ Gtasgew and Eoiladay.