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Mmy 13, 1908. for such lighting~ ~nd that they present such data te the Council at the earliest time praetieable, with the view of having the frmnehiseadvertised for sale and sold in the manner provided by law for the se, me. We further recommend that ac%ion in referenee to the applie~tion for an elco%rio conduit on Queen street be held in abeyanee until the Joint Light Committee shall have reported as to ~he fran- ehise for lighting the City. S. T. Mont~gue, Respectfully, E. B. E~wks, On motion , the ~eport of the Committees was adopted. UN~INISED BUSINESS~ First. Matters adopted by the Co.on Counoil April l~th and referred to the Board of Aldermen for eoneurreneeo To sell the "old jail lot" at publie auction, the sale to be subJee% te eenfirm~tiom by the City Counei!. To appropriate $13.~2 additional towards laying a sewer pipe at the e~ner of South and Middle streets. To diseontinne paying fo= housing the eld guns of Grimes Battery after Nay first, Next. To authorize the Joint Cemete~-j Committee to advertise for-bids fo~ repairing and whitewashi~g the eemetery walls, out of the regular mppropria%ion to ~he Cemetery Department. Te request the Board of Supervisors of Norfolk Connt¥ to permit the City to build a Olerk's of- flee on the Court House yard. All of the above were. eonou~red in. Second. Matters adopted by the Bo~rd of Alde~menApril 21st and referred to the Common Couneil ~or eoneurrenee. To appropriate $100 for paying the expenses of the Battleship Committee to ~ashing~on in the im~st of butlding m battleship or eollier at ~his navy yard. Ooneurred in. Third. Oommunieations from She "llth, May, 1908. ~The Oo~cneil :.-. ~At my request the City Colleetor has sub,trod a partial lis~ el- del~quen~ es am~ti~ to ove~ $10,000 a~ which have been delin~e~t fo~ ove~ ~o yea~s. ~e mme~t due on eaeh pieee of p~ope~ty is from~$200 te $2~100, a~ ~e Gelle~e~ i~orms he emn not eolleet the taxes ~f~ whieh he gl~es me ~ list ~ the us~l ~er p~evided by 1~ ~e p~eper~ ~s, ms ~equi~ed b2 Srdi~ee, adve~is~ for sale and bid in by the City. SSeetion 47t of the City ord~nees~e~ul~es~ the Col!ee~o~ ~e give the Audito~ a list of such preper~y ~d the Auditor then to hmve the s~e ~orded whe~ She ~ seeu~es an a~sclnte title the prop~ty~ "~e Collee~o~ is ready ~d will~ te give the list ~o the Audlte~ bu~ as this o~di~ee h~s been ~ ~ tette~ for yem~s, ~ ~ opinion the ~ers of ~e p~eperty should be given fill n~tiee before action is t~ ~der it~ or some e$he~ method used ~ eollee~ the ~xes due. ~e Collec- tor also ~o~s me there ~e other ~easo~ ~ ~his e~dinanee should ~o~ ~e e~oree~ "~e~efe~e, before d~eet~ the Oolleeto~ to eo~ with ~e ~eqmi~em~ts of the~ see~iom 471, I desire to ~ ~eur wishes ~ ~e m~tter and also have the ~p~e~ ef the Oit~ ney if' the~e is a~ better way teeolleet these del~quent taxes t~ p~ovided ~y so.ion 4~. ~ 0 BlOek~ hav~g been exa~ned by several ~11~ builders and p~no~eed ~safe, I ~ve o~de~d the removel of the said ports of the buildi~s. ~os. H. ~e~, oEer of the b~l~ ~0% Ormwfo~d st~ea~shaV!~ ~e~sed to orde~ i h~ve, as directed by City ord~ee, o~der~ the to remove said ~uildi~ ~04 O~a~o~ st~eet~ ~I w~, ~e~eFo~e, ask ~m~ an ~ro~iation off $~0~ or as~ ~ereof ~s.~y ~e nee~sm~y, be ~de to eove~ the eos~ of removml of ~e buil~ng~