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<br />board shall be known as the fire board,'
<br /> Fourth. ~To advise the Council as to the mode of procedure for granting a request of the Sixth
<br />and Seventh Ward Local Boards to incorporate County street entirely in the Sixth .~ard, the said 0curt-
<br />ty street being now divided between the two wards by a line running through its center.~
<br /> Answer, As these.separate wards were established by ordinance, the bound~rie¢ of the s~me may
<br />be onange~ by ordinznce~
<br /> Fifth. ~The right of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction Company to do~ole tr~¢k in ~he Sixth
<br />W~rd ~ithout the consent of its Local Board therefor,~
<br /> ~nswer~ The said Company has no right to alter, ~nangeits traGkage, or to use any Dar~ of the
<br />street not used by it at the time of annexation, v~_thout the assent of the Council. The Local Board
<br />hah no control ove~ the matter.
<br /> Respectfully submitted~
<br /> Jno. W. Happer, City Attorney.~
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<br /> On motion, the several matters on which the 0ity Attorney gave his opinion were referred to the
<br />~ppropriate committees, dc. That is to say, the questions of refunding $37,50 to the Richmond Bene-
<br />ficial Company and of peying the electio~ expenses of the Sixth and Seventh wards, were referred to
<br />the Joint Finance Committee; that of incoroorating County street in the Sixth Nard, to the Ordinance
<br />end Street committees jointly; that of the-Assistant Chief Engineers refusing to serve on the Fire
<br />Board, to the Chief Engineer and the ~ssistant Chief E~gineers of the Fire Department; and that of
<br />the Traction Company do~ole tracking in the Sixth ~ard, to the Sixth ~ard Local Board.
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<br /> z cp~mication was received from the Boa~d of POlice Commi~ssioners in ~hieh it 'was made kmo~n
<br />that C~M. Megintey, elected to said Bo~rd. had failed to qualify:th~rsfdr;'~he Board asked else
<br />that ~ne Police Department be furnished with a modern patrol
<br /> On motion, the ~equ~st for a patrol wagon was referred to the
<br />election to fill the vacancy on the Police Board, to m ~oint sessio~
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<br /> .Reports ef th~ Sixth and Seventh ~ard Local Boards were presented and ~ere .ordered to take the
<br />.usual course.
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<br /> The Commissioner of the Revenue made the.following report:
<br /> ~Portsmouth, Va,, ~1i0, 1911.
<br /> ~he Council.
<br /> ~Gentlemen:--
<br /> ~ ~h~rewith submit the fi~%lreSm of ~ssessment made by the State Cor-
<br />poration Commission on Corporation property in Portsmouth, which ~ere re~elved~after the Books were
<br />delivered to you by me, and ~ave no~ yet been 'charged to the Cotlecto~ by t~he ~udi~or.
<br /> Gen. Tax. School Tax.
<br /> Values in City,
<br /> ~ " ~ Sixth Wsrd, 57,~5~.00 302,07
<br /> - ~ ~ Seventh ~ard.
<br /> Total. $963,197.62. Sz4.e67.77.
<br /> ~espectfuliy submitted,
<br /> John C. Niemeyer,
<br /> Oom. of Revenue.~
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<br /> On motion, the Auditor was directed to charge ap to the City Collector the abo~e m~mmed assess-
<br />ments reported by the Oommissioner of the Revenue.
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<br /> The ~ayor turned over his receipt hook for fines for the six months ending January i, 1911,
<br />and the said book w~s referred to the Auditor for examination ~nd report,
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<br />to meet current expenses for'FebrUary, was referred to the Joint Finance 0ommittee,
<br /> The Eeeper of Cemeteries made the following reports of lo~s and g~aves sold in the
<br />cemetry during the months of November and December, 1910:
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<br /> November
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<br />An application o~ the Tre~sure~ to make notes in the several G!ty bamP<s to amo~mt of $21,000,
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<br />December
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<br />OakGrove
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<br /> ~, to ~. T. ~Lr~me~, a child's grave in Ho. 907- Ave. J.
<br />15, J~s. A. ~¢iller, an adultrs gr~ve i~ No. ~16, Ave.
<br />l?, C. ~.-Pritcha~, No. ~79, Ave. G,
<br />20, G.N. Deering, No. 90~, Ave. J.
<br />25, J.C. Heath & family, S. H, of No. ?75, Ave. G.
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<br /> 5, to Joseph Whit~ N. H. of No. 839, Ave. H.
<br />7, E.J. Beck, S, E. of No. 329, Ave. E.
<br />lC, p.J. Thomas, an adult's g~ave in No. 915, 2d Ave.
<br />16, G. ~- Holmes, a child's grave in No. 907, Ave. J.
<br />31. A.L. Nallard. No. 907, Ave. J.
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<br />(The report for November w~s not reported in the proceedings of ~he Oommon Co~cil for Deoem-
<br />because "~mfinis~ed business" was not taken up at the December meetingj.
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<br /> on motion of ~LT. Brinson, it w~s resolved to turn over to the Board of Health the.$i2.~O appro-
<br />priated monthly for support of the 0olored ~uberenlosis League, to .be dispensed by said ~oazd.
<br /> ~. Hanve~ moved tha~ the ¢on~rac~or fo~ removal of ~rB~e ~0e notified that the ~ ~
<br />t~een=the Oity and him ~or such removal ~ll be ~scontinued on ~r~ l, l~ll.
<br /> The motion w~s ~dopted.
<br /> A b~i~ o the Gity Atto~ey to ~ount of $22.10 incurred for e~penses to Eio~ond in the intel-
<br />est of the City, ~as presented and w~s ~llow~.
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<br />Brinson offered the following resolution: Resolved, that the 01~rk Be instructed not to
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