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265 ~o authorize %he Board of Health to meet temporarily the expense of removing garbage._ etc.. from the Seventh ~ard. To authorize the Join% Sewerage Committee to expendL out of fUnds of the Sewerage Department. a sufficient ampun~ to remote old ~ir tanks_ from the_ Power House into the yard. ~9~refer to_~he Jein~ Finance Co~mittee a ~eq~es~ of the Tveasure~ to borrow $20.000 of the sew eral Omt~y ha~J~, to meet .urrent expenses of the Oity for April. and to borrow $10.000. to meet ex- ~onses of .~he public schools ferN arch and April. 1910. ' All of the above were concurred in. Second. Matters adopted by the Board of Aldermen '~ MaYcn 15th and referred to the Oommon Goun¢il To amend paragraph 2 of the Ordinance to Require Pawnbrokers to. Keep a Record of Goods and Ar- ticles Purchased by Them for Sale. sc as to read: "Said books shall, at all reasonable times, be open to the inspection of t~e judges of the eour~s, the High $onstable. the Nayor. 0hief ef Potiee. ~e ~p~ins ~d~Serge~s of Police or a~ pmt~o~ of the ~ity.-- Ooneu~ed in. ~ird. Oo~u~ea~ions ~om ~he ~yor. "Portsmouth. Va.. 8th. April. 1910. ~ Gen~l emen: - "I beg ~o e~tl yo~ ~ttention to a eo~eati~ of many resia~s' ia re,rd ~o a n~sanee e~use~ by ~oke from ~he S. A. L. Ry. 0o. ~fti~ ~nes. which e~io~ ~s fo~rded to you s~e months ~ocomo~ives e~n be eq~pped ~th ~oke echoers a~ ~ eomp~atively ~1t' cost. ~nd ~ les are n~ ~e~ui~Ag ~ ~quipmen~ on 10come,ives eo~ng in~o ~he city. and I wo~& a~ t~ ~ o=~ee be e~eted requi~' ~l loe~otives used for shif~i~ ea~$ ia ~he Gi~y ~o be eq~pped . ~h smoke consuemers. "J. ~s Reed. In eo~ee~ion ~h ~he above the follo~ng eo~iea~i~ ~s reaA from the ~upe~ntende~t of Motive Power of ~he E. A. ~. RY. ~ty Olerk. Port.curb. "I B~ ~o ae~owledge receip~ of yours of the Itth i~st~ ~th re~erenee ~o eom- plaints made by residers along the line of the railromd with re,rd to e~cessive smoke ~de by ~e locomotives. ' ' "I beg ~o sta~e ~hs~ we ~e be~n me~ ~n. similar ~ ~e reoeived from ~h~ Honorable Nayor of She ~ity some weeks mgo. ~nd t~ s~eh ~es m~ ~ll aid in reme~ug t~ ~rouble are being ~de. I ~ve perso~lly ~ched ~he. entries operating en G~ord street.~% ev~y ~vail~ble an~ find ~ instructions mrs bei~ obeyed by ~he on, ne ~ews and that there is -ve~ little ~oke $~o~ out. t feel ~ the ~rouble ~ll be rapi~y abated satisfao~o~ to mll concerned very '~ me,Ion. ~he eo~m~ ea~ions from ~he Mayor an~ ~he SuDe~endeht of 'Notzve Power were fe~ed to ~e Join~ Stree~ Go. tree. The Na~ a!so re~d ~s app~ of ~he follo~ ma~ters adopted by She ~Wo branches Cf Resolutions-- To p~ve ~ke aeu~ side of Zee~e street. BeSeem Ooeke. and A~rong. a~'-a cost of ~66. ou~ of ~i~h Nard f~ds. To advice ~26.~3~ to the ~eventh ~ard to ~y its Board of ~eal~h bills. To ~ranSfer ~1 moneFs to ere~ of the Si~ng ~ ~o ~e ~ond E~demptien' To ~r~sfe= all Fi~ W~d f~ds to ~e General To ~r~sfer $~.000. from ~he General Ae~t to ~he E~ee$ I~rovem~ To consolidate ~he Pa~ng ~d Gradin~ ~d ~he Btreet Improvement a~co~s ~der the n~e of To .autho~ze the Bo~ 'of Ee~$h to take e~rge ~mDo~ily o~.the referral of garbage, trash. Ac. _~om ~e Seve~k To appropriate $~0. out of mpprp~a~ion to ~e tt=e&~ DepartS..fo~ eomp~e~ion of the prom~es to ~e ~o~: stree~ bridge. To put ~he remo~I o~ ~rbmge. ~. Ac.. in .~he Oity p~oper. ~er ~gement of the ~pa~nt. To ~e a~rd to ~he Zai~aw-Dn~-Gordon '~o.. of ~ladel~hia. %0 supply ~he City ~th two air eo~oresse~ f~ $8.5T5.00. ' To ~ke aw~ to the 8. E. ~oe ~e~ne~ Oc. of Norfolk. Va.. ~o supply two boil~s ~or $5.2~. - To au~ho~ze $he-~as~e ~o m~e notes in ~he sev~l Gi~ bm~s to ~o~t of $20.000. ~o mee~ e~ent ~pe~.$s of ~he Gi~y for April, 19~0. ~ ' TO ~u~hoTize ~he Tre~s~r ~o ~e notes in ~he seve~ Oi~ ~ ~e ~0~$ of $10.000.' to mee~ An e~=e te All~ I~o~ers One-H~lf ef ~he Fine ~osed for F~iluTe ~o Repo~ ' ~. ~epo~s of Offioe~s ~a other ~finishe~ ~e re~~ ~epo~ of Of~lee~ for Nz~ch were presented ~nd were e~dered to take the Usu~ course. The 01erk ~ng been ~sked if ~l of '~he 0~icers h~d rsperted this ~on~h. replied some ef th~ ~& not. ~ereu~on. he ~s ~f~eeted to ~te to aueh _as ~a~ no~ r~r~e~ ~d %hat ~ey were ~eeted to re~o~ %0 %he ~eiI re~arl~ ones a month_ -