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257 8, 191o. "V~RGINIA:- "At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Norfolk Oou~ty held April 4th, 1910. "RESOLVED, that the Board of-Superwisors in receiving the communication of Messrs, L. P. SIa- ter and S. B, Eutchins of the Pabli¢ Property 0ommittee of the-aouncil .of the airy of Portsmouth do not consider the same as in any-sense am official communication from the 0ounciI of said Oity, and therefore it cannot be considered. ~RESOZV~D, that we h~ve instructed the ~ommonwealth Attorney to resist the erection of a build- lng on the proper~y owned Jointly by the 0ity and aountyunless the looation'thereof can be mutu- ally agreed upon, otherwise the Board of Supervisors shall insist that it has the ri ffht to erect buildings on the property which are now needed for 0ounty purposes, without consulting the Oity au- thorities as to the location of the same. "RESOLVED, that the Olerk of this Board is directed to transmit a copy of the Co~oiI of the 0ity of Portsmouth. "A copy. ~Teste: .AlvahH. Nartin. foregoing to the The communications having been read the chairman of the Public Property 0ommittee said that he h~d h~d several talks with the 0ommonwealth Attorney for Norfolk 0ounty in regard to what was pro- posed about the Olerk's office, and the 0ommo~wealth Attorney himself had suggested that the 0om- mittee set forth in writing to' the Board of Supervisors the pro~ositions made personally concerming such matters. Therefore, the ch~irma~.ad~ed, he had been led to believe that the propositions of the 0omm*ttee would be accepted by the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Bri~son then moved-that the propositio~s made to the Norfolk County Board of ~upervisors concer~ingthe ~lerk's office be-concurred in. ' After some discussion of the m~tter Mr. ~ontague moved to amend, that the first proposition o~ly be adopted. The amendment by ~r. Montague was adopted, ~he t~ioense Tax Ordir~noe for' 1910-11, On motion, it w~s agreed that only amendments and substitutes for the sections of last Year's Ordinance be re~d. ~t w~s f~.rther agreed that the several sections might be discussed, when it was so desired, but that there should be no adoption of them at this meeting. On motion also, members of the Retail Merchants' Association present were accroded the privi- lege of the floor. ~ongwith the License Tax Ordinance there was read also a communication from the Re~ail Mer- ohants'~Assooiation'in which protest was-made against the adoption of the section concerning the tax on merchants, as recommended by the Joint Fimance 00mmit~ee; they requested as a substitute ~he~efor that there should be a flat rate of $I2,50 on thermate of business of~merch~nts and ~ per oenm. additional ~nnually on the rental value of such .plaoe~ mn ~exc~ss of $100. thereof. This, the first section, was discussed by Messrs. Brinson, Welton, ~anghorne, Williams, and by Nr. Morris of the Retail Eerc~nts' Association. Mrj Norris held out for the ehamge proposed by his Association, and the other gentlemeu were opposed to the change. Then the reading of the sections was continued to %he end, with only ome or two suggested ver- bal changes made without objection to same. On motion, adjourned.