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hyd~t be installed at the was referred tothe ~ Joint Wa' A~d the Seventh Ward Loc a~ appropriation of $4.221.11 carry fo~'d the work of s~ Also $0 e~et a special strai~ten the lines of Oossa, 0n mo~ons. ~e request : 0o~ttee. ~d t~t for the o~ the Joint 0r~n~ce Oo~t~ee. November 9,., 1909. and First Avenue. and the said request hrou~ 0o~ueilmen Walker and Neiggs. that ~ to meet outst~_aing obligations and to ~dule of same submitted. rd aud th? 0ityEngineer authority to may of u~aformwi&th. ~t. ll was referred to the Joint Finauce ? 0ossaek street of uniform~idth, to The Keeper of 0emeteries cemetery during the month of 0 October 5. to Kenneth Ba 6~ W. A. Davi~ Ave. J. 17, G. F~ Earl< 22, Sturtevant No. 915, Ave. 27. David F. G~ 28. Richard A. 50. TrestianB. 90?. Ave. J. ets and graves sold in-t~e Oak Grove A petition was read from t~ first, mt $8. per men,h. ~nd sai On mo~mon of ~r. Weiton. th~ twelve (t2) fire-alarum-boxes in t ~o have its hall rent ~id .from August Joint Fin~ee 0onm~ittee. ~thorized to advertise for bids to put The .T~easurer asked for permi~enew notes in the several 0ity bar~s, and the permission by the following resolution: Resolved. that the ~reasu~er b~e and he is here~y authorized to renew notes in The B~ of Port.curb. ~e Mercers ~nd ~ers Ba~. ~d-~e First Natio~l B~ of Portsmouth. to ~o~t of forty-One thous~d seven h~dred ~ forty-~o dollars ~d nineS-one c~ts ($49.742;91). or as ~ch of tha~ ~o~t as may be necessary, in order to procure ~ds to meet Da~en~s on Oi~ e~rent e~e~em, the said notes to be rep~ ~om the revenues of the current year. And by the follo~ng vote: Ayes--Eall~ ~no. Howard; Watts. E~vey. ~orbitt. ~elton~ Hall. J~ H. Jr.. Jo~son. Leigk. B~nson. 0~ns. Withy. T~er. ~wks. Eutchins. 14. On motion of Mr. Jno. Howard Hall. the Joint Street 0ommittee was requested to examine and re- port the e~ct status of the rei~sal of General Manager Hathaway of the Traction Oompany to furnish school children with half f~re street c~r tickets. The chairman of the Joint Finance Oommittee presented the report of Mr. Wm. E. Gleason who au- dited the books of the City officials, and congratulated said officials on the favorable account N~. Gleason gave of them and of 0fry affairs, as developed by said examination. N~. Hutch_ins said t~t reference to the Joint Finance 0ommittee of the bill of Osoie Dashiell for $124 due him and ordered by the 0curt. would keep ~. Das~ell out of ~s money fo= one month. ~. therefore, he wo~d move a reeo~i~eration by ~he 0o~eil of its ae~on in =efe~ing the bill ~o $~ 0o~i%tee. ~e me,on was N~. Hutehi~ then mov~ that ~. ~iell be ~ ~. ~wks re.rko& that he ~s opposed to such aetmon as mt would be viola~ ~ fixed ~e of the 0o-~eil to pay the bill ~tho~t first ~efe~i~ it to the Joint ~ee 0o~ttee for i~on. Nhereupon. ~. Eute~ns wig&row his motion. On motion effigy. Eawks~ the 0ity Atto=ney was _nstr~cted to advise the 0ouncil by its next meet- ing what authority the ~ocal Boa~ds of the Sixth and Seventh wards have to e~?end moneys~ m~e con- tracts, and de street work. On motion of the eh~irma~ of the Finance Oommittee. the TreasUrer was instructed to provide for taking-up the $2.550~ borrowed of the Sinking Fund~ and~ if necessary, make notes in the banks for the purpose. Onmotions. the 'following other matters were refer~ed to-- Finance 0o~ttee-- A petition of g. 0. Emmerson to have the Emmerson estate relieved of tax lien on its property on the east side of 0=mwford street, for years 1884-?-8-9. A bill of the Oity Attorney for $12~79. expenses to Eiehmond by inst~etion of the 0~ncil to appe~ before ~e 0orporatio~ 0o~ssion in interest of ~e A reques~ of the S~ool Bo~ fo~ ~o more so~ool~ ~ the Six~ ~d Seventh w~ds for colored Bond of 2. J. Wilson. polieem~.e!ee~. (With Fire Go, tree). A petition of R. A. Alexs~der ~d e~her Wago~en and Tille~en for increase of pay. A petitio~ of the O~istt~ Gh~eh te be relieved from payment of 0i~y t~es on ~eir ch~ch bulling a~ perth east eo~er of Washington an~ Go~ streets. To pr0vmde for the O~ty's D~o~o~ion of-sala~es of the Oorpo~m~on ~d the 0i~eui~ judges for ~he y~ be~ngFeb~a~ l~ 1910. . ~o~ Of ~on~ ~o ~e_giv~b~0i~offiee=s ~or th~= inc0~ng te~s. An mDproprmatmon of $1.O00. to pure, se fo~horses for~the combination chemical wagons to be use~ in the Sixth ~ Seventh ~ apprcpria~on of $87. to buil~ a vestibule e~ancefor the incinerator. Street 0ommittee--