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='TO the ~on~o~ Gor~sii ~d the Boar% of ,iiiei~ien ~i ~t has 5ee~ ina~i~u%e~ in ~he Ooum~ of ~a~ ~n& Chancery of ~he Oily ~o~- folk, by the Oil- of 2or~'~on~t~ an& 0o~0~ of ~orfolk., a~ina~ R. ~.' Jor~ ani ~he ~pire S.~e%y Ossuary, for ~ges to ~o~% of $I00.000. for alleged~ ' the Gi.ty of 2c~smouth ~ud Oou~ty of Eorfo!k leased the Eorfolk and Por~outh Fe~es to R~ E. Jet- 'This s~t is b'rou~t by Ees~rs. Jas~ $. Barton and ~so~ G. ~,rtin who appear ~s attorneys for ~he Oily of Po~-tsmo'i~h as well as for the Guilty of Norfolk. "In a-s much ks it is so %'~ususl for a city to ap!ea~ oth~se t~' by its re~Jiar i can,but thi~ 'that there m'as~ be some misrule in the present instance and, therefore~ ~ this method of bri~gi~ ~o your a~ten~ion the fact' that such a%~.i has been ~I ~ve occurred ~th the Uity ittbrehy of Port.ouCh, Captain ~pper, and he has no ~ledge ity, and i~ as much as your apparent ~ .... ' ~ ~ ' ~ .... i o.~ai your ~od¢ ~ill take auo~ measures as you. may 'ce advised a~e proper i~ tie stit~.ted at the i~$aaoe of the Board of Supei~isors of Norfolk ¢o~ty, wig!lout extending to cement of the Fer~es Gompa~ the priwilege of appearing before said Bo~rd and el?lading a~, re~t cause of action ~hioh ~he Board ~on~ivei ~,d arisen; ~he '~ Ewe ~ ~ '-' i~ is in veiny general s~ ~ ~$ instituted about t~o months ago~ _ ~eoi~ra,,zo! the ease te~s ,aid does not disclose the par~i'e~lars of '~e alleged ~olation' of tl~e ~on~a~. Thc o~y info~tion W~ I have i~ a ver~Pa! statement ~:om ~. Ja~. S. Barrow, to the effect tha~ the-suit i8 fo~ alleged -'~ ~ ~' ~ wo~a~io~ o~ ~he Sohedule~ pass a resolution to that e~eot ~d at the same ~ime instant your Oity Attorney to b~ve the suit dis~i.~sei as %o you. = *-~ · * outlined by the Oo~sel of ~he~Fe~ies Occupy, o~e~red the following resoluti on: ~2, it has' come to the inowledge of the Oou~icil of this Oity that Jar. $. Ba~on and George G. ~r~i~, si~ themselves as attorney, s ~ow ~e Oity of Portsmouth as well as atto~ey~ for the Guilty of Norfolk. have instituted a s'~ in the Oo'~'t of Law ant Ohanoe~ of the Oily of z~orfo~i~, a~inst R. ~. Jordan and the . 4 ~ ~ompfn~, an&, '~ = ~... ,,~, t;ne Ooimail cf ~ Oity of Portsmouth alone ~s ~ns authority to authorize ~z~e W~A.$, ~ks Oo'~ail of the Oity of Portsmouth has never au$11orizsi the institution of a suit %~, ~e u~ ~ A~%o~ney of ~he. Oily af 2or~smo~T~ ~one ~8 au~ho~lfy ~o :~S. the Sai& Ja~J~S. ~o: and George G. ~r~i~ have no authority to institut~ any suit on behalf of the Oity of Por~mou~h~ HOW, T~EFOP. E. B~, IT i~$O~D: The res~si~n of T. ¢. Yoi! as a m~oer of *~he School Board from the Second ,~r~ ~s ~eoeived of sewerage in the ~ail. He requested also that the ~ail be supplied with three new ,s~eel cells, 8nd one dther cell for white females only~ The co~mmication wes referred to the Joint Public i>~operty Oo~.~ittee. The ~eao~ut4on vz&s -&ua~imousiy a&outed, s~ud by the foliowlng vote: - Ayes--Hail, go~ O~o,~s. Withy, Tyler, Parker, HedgEs, 12. First. T~t Jar. $. ~rEon and George G. ~rtin, i~ a~pea~Ing as a~torneys fo~ .t~ Oity of ~o~s- ~_.~ mo~k, h~v~ mpparently taken ~n ~r~,n~m ~d ~Dreoeaanted ams~p~mon of ~utho~ty upon. them- se~vs~-~nd ~na~ samd s~ ~s been instituted ~thout ~u~horlz~ion by the-duIZ ~anstm,tut~d au- Jordan and the Empire State S-~ety Oomp~y, on behalf of the Oity of Po~ou~h. ~ri. That the Oity A~t~ey of this city is hereby inst~iated to t~e such steps as ma~: be ~eoessa~ to elapse the Oity of Po~t~outh ~om pa~iaipati~ in ~y ~er in the ~oove men- tioned. $~. ~ Ps.th. That the Oierk of the Oily ~o-o~oi~ be ~ Her- .