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At a called meeting of'the.~oard of&ldermen January 25th there were present-- <br /> <br />Walker, P~es~dent~ S. T.Montag~.e~,, Vmce-presmdent. <br />2aleer~ ~. ~. Adams~ E,.N. Goodson, W, Jones Williams, <br />La~orne. D. ~. Ballentine.~m 0. P. Nurr~y, <br /> <br />The following direction refit he.called meeting was read: <br /> <br />Portsmouth, Va., January 24~ 1910. <br /> <br /> Mr, Z. P. S!ater, City 01erk. <br /> Dear Sir:- <br /> Please call a joint session of the two.branches of <br />0ity0ouncil Tuesday, January 25th, at 8 o~closk P. ~. to consider-- <br /> First. Applications of the Sixth and Seventh_~ard Loaal Boards for an issue of $75,000. of <br />bonds, each. <br /> Second. ~ application of ~ne Sixth Ward Local Board for an appropriation of $950. in order to <br />have .~rep~.red a topographical m~D of the ward; <br /> Third. Bids for altering ~nd repairing the Sixth and Seventh Nard enEine houses. <br /> Fourth. The t~y of firemen entering the Fire Department after ~anuary l, l~10. <br /> Fifth. &u appropriation to pay teachers of the public schools for a part of Jauuary, 1910. <br /> immediately following the joint session the Board of Aldermen will meet to consider such mat- <br />ters adopted in said joint session as may require concurrence there,ri. <br /> <br /> (Signed) O. ~. Walker, <br /> <br />N, C. Corbitt, <br /> President, O. O. <br /> <br />~Ynereupon, the following matters adopted in said joint session <br /> <br />President, B. of A. <br />concurred in, and by the <br /> <br />following vote, the vote being the ssme for each: <br /> <br /> To grant applioatio~s of the Sixth aa~ Seventh ~ard Local Boards for issue of $75,000. of bonds, <br />each. <br /> .To M~ke award to E. B. ~ilkins for alter~tioD and repair Of the Sixth and Seventh ward engine <br />houses for ~ <br /> ~. 200 ~ O0. <br /> To appropriate $~45- for su~piie~ for the ~ew combination che~ical hose wagons. <br /> To appoint ~ cowz.~ittee of five tO wait on OUr representative^the House of Delegates,' Mr. ~m. <br />~arker, v~th a view to having him ~en& his bill in regard to the establishment of a water plant so <br />as not to require the 0ity to expend $75,000, for preliminary work thereon, and to make the ~ater <br /> ss,on named in said bill a self perpetuating body. <br /> Ayes--Zaaghorne, ~alker, Ballentine, Adams, Goodson, Mont~gue, Wi!lie~s, Palmer, <br /> Murray, <br /> <br />On motion, adjourned, <br /> <br /> <br />