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March 31, 1909o
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<br />meeting of the
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<br />Messrs.
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<br />Common Council Narch 31st there mere present--
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<br />John Howard Hall, H, L. Natts, T.-E. Dashiell, J. T. Hanvey, R. S. Brooks,
<br />W. C. Corbitt. Ch~s. R. Welton, J. H. Hall, Jr., J. E. Johnson, Lo Co Brinson,
<br />Charles Owins, Chas. J. W~thy, Co L. Tyler, E. B. Hawks, S.~B, nutcn~ns, 15.
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<br />The following direction for the meeting was read:
<br /> Portsmouth, Va.,
<br />Er. L. P. Slater~ City Clerk.
<br /> Dear Sir:
<br /> Please call a joint session
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<br />City Counoi! for today,
<br />ty Ferries.
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<br /> Narch ~1, 1909.
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<br />of the two br~nches of
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<br />Naroh 3tst, at ?-30 ~'. M., to consider further the lease of the'Norfolk Ooun-
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<br /> Immediately following the joint session the Board of Aldermen and Common Council will me~t sep-
<br />arately to consider such action t~ken in joint session as may require their concurrenc'e therefor.
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<br />Say that the "call" is urgent and most important.
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<br />W. C. Corbitt,
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<br />Very truly,
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<br />(Signed) C.W. Walker,
<br /> Presto, B. of A.
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<br /> The direction for the meeting having been read,
<br />Joint session of this d~te were concurred in:
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<br /> To reconsider the action of the body Narch
<br />awarded to Fergus Reid &
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<br /> To make award of t~e lease to RJ E.
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<br />the City Attorney at this meeting.
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<br /> By the following vote:
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<br /> Jno. Howard Hall,
<br /> JohnsOn, Brinson,
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<br />on motions, the following matters ad~pted in
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<br />30th whe~eb~ lease of the Norfotk~County Ferries was
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<br />and to accept the contract with him presented by
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<br />~atts, Dashiell, H~nvey, Brooks, Oorbitt, ~elton, J. H. Hall, Jr.,
<br />0wins, Withy,~Tyler, Hawks, Hntchins, 15.
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<br /> uVhe following is a copy of the contra~t between ~the Oity of Portsmouth and County of Norfolk
<br />and R. E. Jordan:
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<br /> THIS INDENTURE OF LEASE, made this, the thirty-first day of March, A. D. nineteen hundred
<br />and nine, between The City of Por~mouth. acting by and through the 0ouncil of the said The City of
<br />Portsmouth, and the 0ounty of Norfolk, acting by and through the Board, of S~psrvisors of the said
<br />Oounty of Norfolk, pa=ties of the first part; and R. E. Jordan, of the City ofNOrfolk, in the State
<br />of Virginia, party of the second part.
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<br /> WH~EAS, bv an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, as set forth and embodied in sec-
<br />tion one thousand three hundred ~ud seventy-one, of the Code of Virginia, edition eighteen hundred
<br />and eighty-seven, as amended by ~n act approved February 23d, 1898, the said Council and Board of
<br />Supervisors are authorized, if they deem best for the interest of said city and eo~ty, after adver-
<br />tising the same for thirty days previo~S-~to the d~y of the lease, to i~ase out the Ferries ~nich now
<br />ply, by'authority of law, between the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk ~nd ~eltin~o~ Roint, or Berk-
<br />ley, k~nownas Norfolk Celerity Ferries, or any part thereof, at pubiie auction, to the highest bidder,
<br />for ~ term of ten years, at the expiration of which said term they may again lease the $~me, and con-
<br />tinne to lease the s~me, for terms not exceeding ten years each, upon such terms and conditions as
<br />the said Gouneil a~.d Board of Supervisors shall de,ermine, and may require bond or bonds from the les-
<br />see or lessees in such s-~ms as they may deem best for the faithful performance of the terms of the
<br />lease, and v~th securities deemed by them sufficient, ~nieh bond or bonds Shall be made payable to
<br />~I~ne City of 2ortsmouth and Norfolk County; provided, that said Go,moil and Board of S~pervisors may
<br />lease out the said Ferries as a ~nole or in such parts as they may deem best for the interest of the
<br />said city and county; ~u& provided further, that said 0oo~cii ~nd Board of Supervisors may arrange
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