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October 11~ 1910. traeted by the previeus Beve~th~d ~15o~ Bo~d. Both of these requests were referred to the Joint Fiance Oommittee. ~r. Johnson presented a bill Of 0, H. Bell for $55.-5© for hire to the City of a patrol wagon. &e., for August.and September, 1910. with the statement that Nr. Bell had put in his bill in full time for tpproval by the-clnairmen of't~e proper committee, but that said chairmen had failed to prove and. therefore, it was not passed by the Auditing Committee. ~r, Johnson added that as the bill was correct, was due, and had been approved bY the chairmen of the Joint Police Committee sub- sequent to meeting of th8 Auditing ~ommittee, he would move that it be paid. The motion was adopted. The resignation of Mr. T. S. Lawrence as a member of this body was read and was accepted. Er. Jno. Howard Hall moved that the City Engineer be instructed to prepare at once hDs specifi- catio~ for paving the several Oity streets it is intended to pave and to advertise for bids to do such paving; also that the Traction. Company be asked as to what it proposed to do in connection with street work plied for the Sixth and Seventh wards. The motion was adopted. By the same. To appoint a committee of five to confer with a committee of the B. M. A. and with con, trees of the several labor organizations in the City to wait on the Secretary of the Navy~ if necessary, in regard to the employemnt of enlisted men to do work in the Navy Yard, as a substitute for the regular mechanics there. ~he motion was adopted. The chadrman -of the Public Property Oommittee said he wished for instructions as to advertising for bids to supply the p~olic buildings v~ith fuel, because his dep~rtment had no funds on hand with which to pay for the s~ne. On motion, an appropriation for purchase of T4 tons of a~thr~cite coal and 25 cords of pine wood was referred to the Joint FinanC~ Oommittee, ~nd authority w~s given to ask for bids to supply fuel. 0~motion offer. Jo2mson. the .City Attorney .w~s instructed to give his opinion as to eligibility of citizens o~ the Sixth and Seventh wards to serve on, the Board of Police Oommissioners, and the right of members of the Council from said wards to be on committees which =eeommend appropriations of the City's funds. ~r. Tyler moved that the Joint Street Committee consider the advisability of establishing small docks at the east ends of High and Henry streets, and to t~ke charge of and repair the landing at the end of said High street. The motion was adopted. (~ Crosm excused from further attendanceS. The chairman of the Public Property 0ommittee called attention to poor condition of sleeping quarters for the paid men of the Ohambers Fire Company, and requested that something be done in the matter. Whereupon, on motion of N~v. Jno. Howard Hall, the Joint Publi~ Property Committee w~s re- quested to examine-the propositi.on for providing sleeping quarters for said paid men and to report on the same at the ne~t meetings of the ~ouncil. On motions, the following other matters were referred to-- Finance ~ommittee: A request of the Boa~d of Health for am appropriation o£ $12.5© per month for support of the City Colored Tuberculosis League. A petition of Wm. H. Stewart and other attorneys of the 0ity for an increase of salary of Judge of the Corporation 0curt. A hill of Dr. G. G, Hollad~y, coroner, to amount of $25,~ for holding inquests .on five bodies during the months of August, September and October, 1910. A claim of the Riahmond Beneficial Insurance Company to amount of $50.~5 for a licens~ tax paid in error. A petition of Jos. F. Weaver, assistant to the Oity~gineer, for an increase of salary to ~100. per month Bills of the At!~ntic Trust & Deposit Company to amount of $28.75, being premiums on suspending bonds to 0curt cf Appeals in *~he matter of Narg~ret Lee versus the Cmty of Portsmouth. Street Gom~ttee: A request Ohestnut and Pearl streets. of the Board of Health to have graded and p~ved ~the lane be~weeh petition Of A. 0. Powers to have removed a fence at the coroner of Ann and Armstrong streets. An improvement to Wy~he street, between First and Second. To take up with the Traction Company the n~tter of street improvement in the Sixth and Seventh w~rds. Condition of east side of 0hestnut street. To consider the advisability of making use of in the Street Department the old horses to be dis- posed of by the ~ire Department. Public Property Oommittee: A request of the Board of Health for a new concrete floor in the bo~rd N~rket: To have the fish market flushed out d~ily in the summer. Sea- petition of the Ohambers Fire Oompa~y for electric lights in their engine room. Fire Con~nittee: