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October 15: 1908. Joint Finance Con~mitt'ee. The Treasurer reported that he had received'pay for t~e $~0,000 of School, $I10~000 of Sewerage, and $50,000 of Paving and Street Improvement bonds, sold %o The Provident Savings Bank & Trust pany of Cinoir~ti, Ohio, N~y 2S: i908: concurred in by the two branches June 9th and i6th: 1908; the net amount received for said bondsbeing such ms was agreed upon when sold. The Keeper of Cemeteries m~de the following report of Lots and grmves sold in the Oak Grove cem- etery during the month of September: 1908: September 4: toN rs. Brothtand, adult's grave in No. 908: Ave. J. 5, W.L. Rowe, N. H. of No. 290, Ave. D. 8~ Charles Cotom Ricks, child's grave in No. 906, Ave. J. 14, C.A. Robertson~ S. H. of No. 755, Ave. G. 15~ Charles ~oDon~i & Adaline ~eDonai, No. 505~ Ave. C. 21, Thomms B. Johnson, No. 86, ~ve. B. 22~ Katie E. G~/bb~ No. 8~, Ave. B. 25, ~m. G. Hodges, S. H. of No. 544: kve~ D. 25: Wm. H. Jou~nee: N. H. of No. 544, Ave. D. R9~ J.E. Snelling~ No. 8S~ Ave. B. NE~ BUS,SS. Tyler moved to reconsider the action whereby a recon~endation of the Light ~ommittee to put lights on certain streets was referred to the Joint Pinan~e Committee. The motion was adopted. Mr. Hawks then moved thmt the recommendation of the Light Committee be referred ~o the Joint n~nee Committee. Mr. ~0ntm~ae of the Board of Aldermen and stated that a reference of the mmtter to ~he chairman 0f the Light 0ommittee obtained the floor, & ~in~nee Committee wms unnecessary because his depart- ment did not require an extra appropriation for the lights recommended: but could plmee them with Funds on hand. ~he~eupon, }~. Tyler moved to adopt the~ ~epo~t of %he Light Committee. ~r. J. H. gall, Jr. Moved %o amend that the question of lights be referred to the Finance and Light com~ittess jointly; and the amendment was adoptedby the following vote: Ayes--H~il: John Howard, Dmshieil~ Hanvey~ Johnson, Leigh: Brinson, Buehar~n, Hut~hins, Nays--Tyler~. 1. Corbitt~ ~eiton: Hali~ J. H. Jr., Ow~ins~ HsWks: On me%ion, the rules were suspended to hear from ~Ir. ~eAfee, President of the Norfolk & Ports- mouth Traction Company. Mr.N~eAfee presented a franchise for lighting the Oity and a propositio~ for ~mending the eonv trmot of the street raiiw~ys. O~motion, the proposed franchise and ~mend~ents $o coAt,met were refe~ed to the Li~t & S~reet nemee eo~ittees ~ointly. Jno. E. T~ylor ~nd s~dry others peri, cued for ~ li~t ~t the Corner of 0o~ ~ 0tifford. s~s, ~nd ~the petition w~s referred to the Li~t s~ ~mnce co,trees. A collection from the Board of ~rbo~. C~issioners ~de~h~% the terms of office of Pra~l~ D. Gill mud ~. C. Nmsh on smid B~rd from Portsmouth: e~imed Jarm~ry l, 190S; ~nd the election of the~ successors w~s referred to m jolt meetir~ of the two bmanehes. ~e ~dies Civic Lem~e msk~per~ssion to b~uti~- the "old jmil lot" by planting ~ss on the smme, mud mlso for mn ~ppropri~tion of $100 for p~nti~ ~rees in several pmrts of the City.