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April i5~ 1~08~
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<br /> Fourth, Reports of Officers and other ~f~n~ohed business.
<br /> ~he regular reports of Officers for month of Narch were presented and were ordered to take the
<br />usua~ course.
<br /> The AuditOr reported cancelled coupons t~ amount of $18,545.95, and the City Collector sent in
<br />the Delinquent Tax Lists for year 1907, and the said reports were referred to the Joint Finance
<br />Committee°
<br /> A communication was read from E. L. Smoot of Washington, D. C., in regard to a City ef Ports-
<br />mouth $100 bond held by him, the said bond not signed by the President of the Oity Council. The commun!ca~on was referred to the Joint Finance CommitTee.
<br /> The Keeper of 0emeteriss made the following report of lots and graves sold in the 0a~ Grove
<br /> cemetery during the month of~r~n, 1908:
<br /> !&arch 4, to Josephine Scott Bright, N. H. of No. 503, Ave. F.
<br /> 4, Lewis Donaldson, S. H. of No. 81, Ave, a. ' ·
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<br /> 5, Geo. S. F~r~, an adults' gray? in No. ~08~ Ave. J.
<br /> 5. Ida F. Culpepper & 2allie Elliott, NO~ 34b, Ave, D.
<br /> ~, J.E. Traver, N. H. of No. 759, Ave. G.
<br /> 2 , G.W. Barber, No. 471~ Ave. F.
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<br /> NE~ BUSINESS.
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<br /> The chairman of the Finance Committee requested a~u adoption of the following resolution:
<br /> Resolved, That the Treasurer .be and he is hereby authorized to renew anote for seven thousand
<br /> dollars ($?,000), due April l~, 1908, in the Bank of Portsmouth; to curtail and renew a note of fi~-
<br /> ~" 1~08; and to curtail and
<br /> teen thousand ($15,000), due in the Merchants and Farmers B~nk May ~,
<br /> new a note of eight thousand dollars ($8,000), due in the Bank of Portsmouth M~y l?, 1908; and the
<br /> said notes to said amounts are to be renewed upon the same terms and conditions as were proposed by
<br /> the several banks and adopted by the City Council January
<br /> The resolution was adopted by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes--Hall, John H,, Dash~e_l, Hanvey, ~arre~, Corbltt, Wslton, Hall, J. H. Jr.
<br /> Johnson, Leigh, Buchanan, Culpepper, Withy,
<br /> An invitation was read from the Sec.eta~j of the Business Nen's Association for the "Battle-
<br /> ship 0ommittee" of the Council to meet ~t the rooms of the Association with the other committees
<br /> buil~
<br /> working to have a battleship or eoliier~at this navy yard, April 20th, 8 o?clock P. ~.
<br /> On motion, the invitation was accepted and the 0ommittee from the Council requested to attend.
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<br /> On motion of chairman of the ~ub ~c Property 0ommittse the Board of ~upervisors of Norfolk
<br /> county was requested to give permission to the City to build a Glerk~s office and Council 0hamber
<br /> on the south east corner of the Court House yard.
<br /> On motion, the 0ouncil decided to go into an election to fill a vacancy on the body caused by
<br /> the ~eath of Mr. Jno. J. King.
<br /> Whereupon, ~r. ~ithy nominated L. C. Brinson to fill said vacancy, and, there being no other
<br /> nominations, he was elected by the following vote:
<br /> For L. C. Brinson--Hall, job~ H., Dashiell, Hanvey, Warren, Corbitt, Wetton, Hail, J. H.
<br /> Jrt, Johnson, Leigh, Buchanan, ~ulpepper, ~ithy, 12.
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<br /> The chairman of the Public Property 0ommittee moved that the City Attorney be inst~abted to
<br /> draw a contract with W.L. Walker for bu_Id~ng a storage house for the guns of Grimes Battery.
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<br /> The motion was adopted.
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<br /> The follo~Ing other matters were referred
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<br /> Joint Finance Committee: A requisition of the Board of Harbor Commissioners for $600 to meet
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<br /> its expenses for the current year.
<br /> A petition of Mrs. Laura A. A. Cart to have refunded her $!2~50, because of an erroneous as-
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