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~h 1O, 1908. Ak a regular meeting of the Common Oounoll ~areh loth there were present-- Messrs. W. O. Oorbitt, President, John H. Hall~ Vice-president, H. L. Watts, J. T. Hanvey, R. E. Warren, Chas, R. Wel%on, J. E. Johnson, ~. D~ Buohaa~u, O. O. Culpepper, Ohas. J; Withy, E~ B. Hawks, C. H. Tabb, 12. The minutes of the regular meeting February ttth were read and approved. REPORTS OP COMMITTEES. Auditing-- ommended the On motion, Repo~ted having examined bills against the City for month of same for payment to amount of the bills were allowed. ~inmnee-- Hon, and they roe- Common Council. ~entlemen?-Your Pinanoe Committee respeetfullyrepo~ts herein eonoering the several m~tters referred to the Joint P~anee Oommlttee February llth, December 17th and September lyth, as follows: Referred by Common Counoii Pebruary llth. The advisability of reducing the tax on market stalls and of increasing the same 'o~g~oeer¥ stores selling me&ts and vegetables. We believe the proposition not~ to be advisable. The advisability of providing safes for the City Hall officers in ease the Clerk's offiee is not to built in the near future. Progress as to same. A request of Tae Board of Health that the b~lanee ef $500 not spent for running a sewer main on north end of Dinwiddie street be appropriated for a mmin on either Bart, ~$the or Harrison sis. Progress as to same. Advisability of s tax on bill boards, and Progress as to smme~ having ~ more equitable tax on merehants. PailUre of the Portsmouth Ooal& Ice company an~ of I. O. Brin~ley to give bon~s for execution of:thei~ ~0n~raots with ~he~_Oity~ as re~uire~ to do. ~e n~ve looKe~ into t~is matter: there seems to se m ~s~e~st~i~ ~bou~ it. Aeeo~m- ~i~we sUb~ m e~le~ion from th~ Por~smou~Oo~ & fee Oompa~ eoneern~ its bond. To provide For print~ the Mayor% mr~ml message. We have ordered m hunted copies of the same to be p~ted. A reeo~endation-of the Mayor that a departmen~ be not pe~itted to ~e~ money more than one-twelfth of its ~uml appropriation, plus ~e~e~ed balance for ~e p~eeedi~ month, with- out the eonsen% or the Oo~eil therefor. It is reeo~ended that the ~eeo~endation of the Mayo~ be adopted and that ~e Joint Ordi- nanee Oo~ittee be inst~eted to prep~e ~n ordnance eoveri~ ~he ~tter. . ...... ~e Auditor*s and T~easurer,~s reports fo~ January. %. The Clerk says that he has examined %hose reports and fo~d them %o be coffee%. Refe~ed by Bo~md of Aldermen DeeembeP lyth. A request of the School Board for an appropriation of $38,000 instead of $~0,000 for the build-