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Ja~n~ry i4: -~90~ <br /> <br /> _ ~app~yzng medicines the Hayer made the <br />in correction with aoprovai of the award of contract for ~ ~ ~ <br /> <br />follo~ng remarks: <br /> <br /> "All of the above items approved, but the cont~et awarded to Levy & Jacobs should have speci- <br />fied the total s~m to be expended for clothing, ~nU this is approved for an amount not e~eeeding ~300 <br />(~mount paid for olothir~ last year being $261.84). <br /> ~'in ae much as the cost of grmtis prescriptions will be fully ~00 lees th~n in 1906, I do not <br />disapprove the contract awmrded to L. Aug° Bilisoly, but am still of the opinion that all but a few <br /> proprietary medicines should be eliminated from gratis p~eseriptions and that the Physician to the <br />Poor be the only doe%or to issue them. <br /> ~This year fully 7B per cent~ of the total mmount expended w~e for proprietary medicines. <br /> "I beg to call your attention to the fact that the Street Department has expended ~1,600 more <br />than the origir~l mppropriation for street elemning, and ~ a good part, or nearly all of ~ne last <br />$600, was expended before the ~ppropriation was m~de and approved. <br /> '~ile this extra sum was, no do~ot, well mnd properly expended the Street Co~nittee should have <br />mntieipated their wants, or your Honorable Body ~llcwed the ~ppropriation at ~n earlier date. <br /> "~ have notified the Auditor that hereafter he must draw no warrants unless he has a sufficient <br />sum to the credit of the deoartment on ~cco~ut against ~hioh the wart-mn% is drawn.~ <br /> <br />Fifth. Reports of Officers and other unfinished business. <br /> <br />The regular reoorts of 0ffieers for month of December were presented mnd were ordered to ~ake <br /> <br />the usual course. <br /> <br />Keeper of Cemeteries made the following report of lots sold in the Oak Grove Cemetery durir~ <br /> <br />the month of Deeember.~ 1907: <br /> <br />December 9, %0 JoD~ E. Ross, S. H. of no. 503% Ave. <br /> 16, W. ~. Lav~enoe: No. 82: Ave B. <br /> <br />N~BUSINESS. <br /> <br />A oomm%~ieation was read from Captain Harry A. Brir~kley in regard to the necessity of providing <br /> <br />a storage room for ~ans of Grimes Bmttery~ and as Captain Srio-kley was present, the rules were sus- <br /> <br />pended to allow him to explain the necessity more fully. <br /> <br />CaPtain Brinkley stated tha~ before his eompar~ could obtain the new guns ~nd equipment it would <br /> <br />be required: under the "Dick biil~ to assure the ~overnment officials that the guns would be properly <br /> <br />pro%octet, and that not much time was left for giving such ~ssurance. <br /> <br />~herenpon, on motion of Nr. King~-the Public Prope~r%y Co~m~,~e_ wes authorized to advertise for <br /> <br />bids %o build a house for the guns in accordance with the plans recommended by the Co~ittee for same, <br /> <br />and the Joint Finance Committee was instruoted to =sport an mppropriationfor the house as soon as <br /> <br />practicable. <br /> <br />A communication was read from G. Hatton in which he deeiines to serve as a member of the Board <br /> <br />of Quarantine Commissioners to which he was lately elected, ~nd the eieetion of a member to said of- <br /> <br />fiee was referred to a joint session of the two branches. <br /> <br />The Auditor of Pub!ic Accounts reported that he had turned over to the City Treasurer $729.50, <br /> <br />the said amount being the City's proportion of capitation %mx. due from the State for 1906. <br /> <br />No action ~s taken in the ~tter. <br /> <br />The fcllowir~ report was made by the Clerk of the Court: <br /> <br /> "J~nuary 14, 1908. <br /> ~To the Honorable of the Council <br /> of the City of Portsmouth. <br /> "Gentlemen:- <br /> "I herewith submit the followir~: <br /> "Astatement sh~-ing the reeeipt~ forms for fines in possession of the Clerk of the Court of Hus- <br />~ings for the City of Portsmouth, also the receipt forms that ha~e been distributed by him amor~ the <br />justices of s~id City since the first dzy of July~ 1907, to the 31st day of Deeember: 1907. <br /> "Receipt forms in possession of the Clerk of the Court of Hustings for the City of Porte- <br />mouth: Virginim. ~'~aber of book: 1656~ <br /> "~,int fe~ms delivered to J. Davis ~eed~ ~or of the City of Portsmouth. virginia. <br /> <br /> <br />