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October 19, 1909,
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<br />respectively,
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<br /> $1o,ooo
<br />for October,
<br />It
<br />ted therefor:
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<br /> A petition of ~. M. Kelly to have refunded him $17~ because of au improper assessment on his
<br />property at 1163 Webster avenue, Progress.
<br /> A Petition of Dr, HU~n Parrish to have increased the salary of Physician to the Poor. Progress.
<br /> PetitiOns of policemen ~. H~ E~monds to be paid $2.33; D. P. Culpepper, $T.02; and Jesse H, Gar-
<br />tis, $11.44--they having been absent from duty on account of sickness for one, three and five days,
<br /> du~ing the months of J~ue, July and August.
<br /> is recommended that the petitions be granted.
<br /> to be borrowed of the several City ba~ by the Treasurer to meet City 0urrent ex?enses
<br /> 19o9.
<br /> is recommended that the money be so borrowed and that the following resolution be adop-
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<br /> Resolved, that the Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to borrow from The
<br />of Portsmouth, The Eerchants and Farmers Bank, and The First National Bank of Portsmouth, the sum of
<br />ten thousand(t10,000) dollars, to be repaid from the revenues of the~current year, and ~o execute
<br />the City's notes for the same.
<br /> To adjust, with recommendation, the salaries of Secretary to the Board of Health and the City
<br />Clerk.
<br /> It is recommended that the salary of the City Clerk be $1~5 per month for serving as Clerk
<br />to the Councils and the Council committees; and that the salary of Secretary to the Board of Health
<br />be fixed at $200 per annum, paymble in equzl installments monthly beginning October l, 1909, out of
<br />appropriation to said Board of Health.
<br /> To'reconsider the question of commission to be allowed~the City 0ollector, in co~ectionwith
<br />certain suggestions made by M~r. H. Z, Watts therefor.
<br /> We have gone over.again carefully the whole matter, aud~make the followin~ reOommendations
<br />thereon:
<br /> · Beginni~ Janus_ 1,~ l~10~all colleetiona~of.City funds shall be made by the City Oollec-
<br />tor~ and he shall recemve l-l/2 Per cent for eollecting said funds, exeept on persgnal ~ro~erty and
<br />on the Norfolk 0o~nty~erries. Fer collections on personal property he shall~recemve 2-1/2 per cent;
<br />and on collections from the Norfolk County Ferries, 1/2 of one per cent,
<br /> It is recommended, moreover, that section ltl, page 69 of Ordinance Book of 1896, and section
<br />106, page 42 of Ordinanee Book of l~O5 be amended and re-enacted so as to cover the above recommen-
<br />dation in regard to commission of the 0ity Collector, and that the Joint 0rdi~ce Committee be in-
<br />strueted to prepare au ordinance therefor accordingly.
<br /> ~Llso, the Auditor's and Treasurer's reports~for September, 1909.
<br /> The Olerk says that he has examined these reports and found them to be correct.
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<br />Referred by Board of Aldermen September 21st.
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<br /> To consider the advisability of deferring the penalty for non-payment of City taxes from Novem-
<br />ber first to December first.
<br /> We do net deem it advisable to 'make any change in the ordinance which requires a penalty
<br />for the non-payment of City taxes prior to November first of each year.
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<br /> To see if funds can be provided for building an a~uex to the Fourth District school house.
<br /> Progress as to same.
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<br /> It is further recommended that au appropriation of $5~000 be made to pay teachers and janitors
<br />of the City public schools proper for October, 190~, and an additional appropriation of
<br />~ r ~ unt for Jun I 0 h ldb the M r haut d Farm r bank-'
<br />~o t~ke up wa ran~ts 9f teachers to that amc e,_ 9 9, e y e c s au e s
<br /> and that the following resolution be adop~e~ therefor.
<br /> Resolved, that the Treasurer be and he ms hereby authorized to.borrow from the ~everal City
<br />the sum of three thousand ($~,000) dollars, to pay teachers and janmtors of the publmc schools for Oc-
<br />tober, l~0~, the said ~mto be repaid from the revenue~ of the current year~ and to execute the City'
<br />notes for the same.
<br /> Resolved, that the Treasurer be audhe is hereby authorized tc ~m~e notes in the ~erchants and
<br />Farmers B~ to amo~ut of t~o thousand sevenhundred and forty-two dollars and ninety-one cants
<br />($2,~2.91), to t~.e up school w~rauts to that amo~mt deposited in said bank by the teachers of the
<br />Dublmc schools durmng the month of J~e, 1909, the said amount to Be repaid fr~m the revenues of the
<br />City for the current year,
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<br /> And further, that when notes are given by renters of stalls in the markets said notes shall be
<br />sent to the Auditor for record, and he shall charge them up to the City 0olleetor for collection,
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<br />(Signed)
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<br />Jones Williams,
<br /> 0hairman, B. of A.
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<br /> On motions, the several recommendations of the 0ommittee were adopted by the following vote, the
<br />vote being the same for each, except that Messrs. Stroud and Murray voted only.on the recommendation
<br />for an approprimtion of $763.0~ to the Sixth Ward; the salaries of Secretary to the Board of Health
<br />and of the City 01erk; and deferring the time for payment of penalty on City taxes:
<br /> Ayes-~alker, Adams, Goodson, Mont~gue, Clover, Williams, Stroud,
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<br />(Present Mr. Langhorne).
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<br />Streets--
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<br />Board of Aldermen,
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<br />Gentlemen:--Your Street 0o~m~ttee respectfully reports herein
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<br />concerning the following matt-ers reTerred to the Joint Street Committee September 14th-21st, April
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<br />t3th-2Oth, and Emrch 16th:
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<br />Referred by Common Council September l$th.
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<br />To prepare specifications and advertise for bids to remove garbage from the streets. Progress.
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<br /> (With Ordinance Committee). To prepare an ordinance to regulate the removal of garbage from
<br />the sidewalks. Progress,
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<br />A petition of Alexander M. Eastwood for the oosition of fireman at the crematOrVo Promress,
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