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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
LACKS $4,000 OF
100000 MARK
Receipts of Port of Richmond for
May Boost Total to Inch
of Goal.

With receipts for the month of June
still to be added. customs collections
for tho port OF Richmond this year
lack only 100000 of reaching the ST.
100000 mark, for which the local Of
flee has strivcn many years. The re-
ccipts for the month Of May. 1919, were
S72,Si7.24---a substantial increase over
the collections for the corresponding
month last year, which totaled s55.-
6S2.S0.
The government fiscal year ends
June 80. by which time. even should
the current month prove more than
year will be safely above 81 900, 900. In
point Of receipts, the port of Richmond
ranks now with the major ports of
the South Atlantic seaboard and ex-
cceds in volume of business the traffic
of tho combined ports Of Virginia
Collector b. b. Arnold has so far
received no official notice OF the
changes that will follow in the local
Office as the result OF the customs con-
solIdation that will be put into eff
feet by the Treasury Department on
July /. The several customs districts
of tho State will be united into one
with the official collector stationed al
Norfolk. The Offices in Richmond, Pc
litersburE, Alexandria and Cape Charles
will be in charge of deputy collectors
| Under the consolidation act, JIG col
lectors' Offices will be abolished in the
country at large, and will be replaced
| by y-collectorships. Orders de-
falling appointments and changes arc
expected within the next week or two
| IT is not probable that the clerical
force employed in the local collectors
office will be disturbed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
SIXTEEN WILL GET
CROSSES OF HONOR
Presentation at Home for Con.
federate Women in Honor
of Davis's Birthday.

Lee Chapter. United Daughters of
the Confederacy, Will this eyeninp
honor the birthday of Jefferson Davi,
by presenting crosses OF honor 10 six.
teen veterans and descendants of vet
Grams. Miss Mary Custis Lee. hon
orary president of Lee Chapter, and
president Of the Home for Needy Con-
federate Women. will make the pre-
sentation. which VIII take place Mt
$40 o'clock tonight at the home.
East Grace Street.
Those who will receive crosses at
the hands Of the daughter OF General
Lee are: X. H. Brown, Company A.
Nineteenth Battalion; w T. Burley,
1 Battery; Walter j. Davis.
Company ID, First Virginia Reserves;
Z. NJ Erwin. Company ID. Fourteenth
North Carolina Volunteers; w D. Cat
terwright Company ID. Fifteenth Regi-
ment Virginia Volunteers; w IL. ellis.
Company Z. Eighteenth Virginia In
iahtry; V. Hccklcr. Company b. First
virginia Volunteers; Burwcll g. Jones
Thirty eighth Battery Light Artillery;
j. +. McCook. Company II, Henry Bat
talon; l.. Il. Mallory. Company Z. Fiji
teenth Virginia Volunteers; w. H.
Maturing. Company Il, Third Virginia
Regiment: Isaac j. Mercer, Detailed
Overseer Government Foundry; James
Campbell Roy, Company B. Fifth Vir-
ginia regiment: William s. Shepherd,
| Company ID. Twcnty-third Regiment:
hlgernon Tyler. Taylor's Battery, and
Thomas q. Winn Company L. Fifteenth
Regiment Virginia Volunteers.
Rev. Landon X. Mason VIII deliver
an address. An attractive program has
been arranged By Mrs. ~ J. Montague,
president OF Lee Chapter. Besides
short talks appropriate to the occasion,
there Will be music ana refreshments
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
PROPOSES CHANGE
IN ARMORY PLANS
Major Price Objects to Rough
Brick Finish of Drill
Hall Interior.

Major L. 7. Price. Of tho First Bat
TALON. First Virginia Regiment. ap-
pcared before the Administrative BOARD
Yesterday asking the board 10 au-
thorize the substitution OF face brick
Tor the interior walls OF the drill hail
at the new First Regiment Arinorv In
place of the common brick called for
In the contract. Architects Carncal
and Johnston recommended the usa .,
NO: hydraulic pressed brick at AN :d
dltionai cost OF $3.50. on motion =,
MI Hirschbcrg the City Council wos
asked TO provide $4,000 TO make this
chanRe and TO provide for the nay OF
CITY Inspector on the Armory build
ing.
S. 7. Beveridgc and Edward /, rros,
complained to the board that the Build
ing Inspector had directed them to
uhuerpin a house on the west side of
Lodge street at Broad, the undcrpin-
ING having been made necessary by the
grading OF Lodge Street on tnotion
Of Mr.. Beck the applicants were in
formed that damages had already been
allowed to this property to cover the
cost Of undcrpinning
n bill OF Marye and Savillc Of &54323
Tor improvements 10 Oakwood Ccrno-
| terry was ordered paid. as was and allow
D
connection with that work. for super
vision. amounting to $50.
! BIDS were Invited To grade ana gravel
an alley between Sycamore and Addi-
I son Streets Floyd and Grove Avenues.
/ Tor Eranonthic sidewalk west side of
/ seventh from Clay to Leigh. south aide
OF Monument Avenue from Shcnpnrd
/ street 10 the Roscncath Road, north
and south sides Nicholson from Fulton
10 GILLIAN; north and south sides OF
Louisiana from Erin TO Marshall
The CITY Engineer was authorized 10
/ contract with the Atlantic Bituiithic
| Company 10 repair holes In sheet as
phalt around tho First Market at 8.
per square yard for surface work and
81 per square yard for concrete foundn
ton. The city Engineer reported tina,
hc could not spare "a city steam roller
for work ~ the State Fair Grounds
aa both rollers were In constant daily
Use
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
PLANS FOR SCHOOL
VIII Remove Old Springfield Inme-
hLntcly After Sesaion Ends.

Plans were fled yesterday in thu
Office OF Building Inspector Butler for
the new Springfield Public School
building to he erected this summer by
the City School Board at n coat OF
$4,000. The building will replace
old Springfield School. At Twenty
sixth and Leigh Streets. Work OF
denolishing the old building will begin
the day the school closes, and 1t is hoped
TO have the new structure ready for
use at the beginning of the mid session
in February next. The building will
be two stories. with n large basement.
providing for twenty class rooms 1t
will have two open hair class rooms on
the roof. besides play spaces there.
IT will be of brick. stone and concrete.
and Will be freproof throughout. The
& Johnston, and the contract for its
erection has been awarded to the Wise
Granite Company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
Crusade Against Cruelty.

The police, aided and abcttcd by
Agent Taylor, OF the Society for the
terday instituted campaign against
drivers and owners OF mules and draft
horses who treat animals with cruelty
or negligence. AS the hot weather
comes the police will redouble the
vigilant protection of horses and
mules. Three arrests for the mistrcat-
ment of animals were made yesterday.
Thomas Taylor. cc!ored, charged with
cruelty to n horse. was arrested by
officer Akers; William stevens. colored.
was arrested by Agent Taylor on the
same charge. and Ben Johnson. colorcd.
was taken into custody by Officers
Goldsby and Sweet for n like offcnse.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
BIC SHR|NKAGE IN
REVENUE RECEIPTS
Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1913,
Will Show Deficit OF
$25OOOO.

Collection figures for the eleventh
month OF the current fiscal year as
compiled yesterday by Deputy Collec-
tor McGavock. show that tho receipts
OF the local internal revenue Office arc
still on the toboggan, and that the
annual casting up of accounts on June
30 will find the total for the year
S25o.OO0 short Of the total collections
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1912.
No attempt is made to account for
tho quarter OF a million dollar deficit
Revenue men profess to see nothing
alarming in the situation and attribute
the shrinkagc TO n dull business year
and to shifting of trade. which can
be only temporary. Analysis OF tho
several sources OF income throw little
light on the subject. practically all
divisions showing losses.
The figures for the year will show
the heaviest loss to be in the receipts
from the tax on spirits. The shrinkage
In this division has been steady since
last May. and shows decline of APP
proximately $4,000 during tho month
just past. as compared with the receipts
for May, 1912.
Drop of ss7 900.
The total collections from all sources
during the month OF May were
s4S4.42o.59-a drop OF SG7.736.63 from
the collections for the same month i'm
1912. which We're s552,16s22 The net
shrinkage for the month of March. as
compared with March. 1912. was
ssl.9s9.9o The figures covering the
chief sources OF revenue are:
Manufactured tobacco. receipts May.
1913, $10l.471.73: receipts May 1912
8l20,7l6.se: loss :i?,245.09
Cigars and cigarettes. receipts May
1913. s3o5,o57.Ia; receipts May. 1912
S322.510.s7: loss sl7.453.0S
Manufactured spirits, receipts May
1913. s55.593li; receipts May. 1912
o.25e.S4. loss. s3i.s66.7o.
| Beer. receipts May 1913. $3.50: re-
ceipts. May. 1912, $3.50; loss, $3.50.
During the fiscal year ending June
80. 1912. the local internal revenue
office collected from all sources
s7.02714oG9 1t was the largest col
lection in the history of the office
The receipts for the eleven months OF
the current fiscal year have beer
! 5000 $3.50 Crediting the collections
of the current month on the basis OF
the receipts for June, 1912, the fsca
year ending June 80. 1913. will show
a deficit OF approximately s250,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
GARCIA INDICTED
IN WEBSTER CASE
Case Goes to Grand Jury on Same
Day 1t Is Called in
Police Court.

Joseph Garcia. who was arrested
carly Sunday morning for brutal at
tack on Mrs. Z. f. Webster. sixty-fve
years old. OF rs East Franklin Street.
was indicted for felonious assault yes
terday by the grand jury of the Hust-
inss Court He was arraigncd In Po-
lice Court earlier in the day and the
hearing or his onse continued until
June ). After considering the seri-
ousncss of the offense. Commemorative
Attorney Folkcs decided to break II
precedent and present Garcia TO the
grand jury without the Formally OF Il
Police Court hearing
Garcia. who is twenty-one years old
is thought by the police to be "a
Spaniard. He is suspected of having
couspired with other men to rob Mrs
Webster, his boarding house keeper
after beating her.
The police allege Garcin knew OF
Mrs Websters practice Of CARRYING
large sums OF money on her person
Through his attorney, Gilbert X Pol
JOCK, Garcia denied striking the wo-
man when arraigncd In Police Court
Yesterday morning. He is a barber by
trade
According to Mrs. Webster's story
Garcia came by her room late Saturday
night ana called her into the hall say
Ing he wished TO pay her his board
money. She stepped out us he re.
quested and stood "a, the head OF tn,
steps They became involved in n
dispute over the amount owed by
Garcia. ana. il is alleged. he bounced
upon the aged woman His nst strucl
her in the face. innicting ugly bruises
The force Of tie blow Knocked he,
oown the stairs. her right arm being
broken ~ two places in the course o,
the lali size was IN a highly ucrvou,
state in Police Court
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
BIRTHDAY OF DAVIS
Appropriate Exercises I'm Public Schools
of Stctc To- Dny.

The Anniversary OF the birth ~,
President Jefferson Davis. or the Con
federate States or America. Viii be
htthgly observed in the public achonI.
OF this state to-day. Coming 40 Foor
after the annual Memorial Day The
observance Of the birthday Of jcffer-
son Davis has fallen somewhat into
dlsuse. Attention was called al the
Ollie" "Of the State Board Of Education
yesterday TO an act or the General
Assembly OF 1899 1900 Eottin!, aLart
June OF each year a day Of
recreation" in the public schools Of he
state. and directing that OH that an
n!vcrsary the public Offices 81 tho
state be closed at 2 O'Clock noon and
that the Nag or the state be hoiHted
over the Capitol President Davis wan
horn June 3. 1903.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
TWENTY INDICTMENTS
Hastings Court Grand Jury Return.
Many True bills

grand jury in the Hastings Court ves
terday AZ follows: John Bicon. house
Dpr,aNlnG two indictments): Alfred
Bolling, grand larceny; John a Brown
ailaS James Dale. forgery 1.-TWO indiCt-
ments); William Brooks. malicious
"onndlng: John Blasina. criminal as
SAINT; Maggie Blunt, malicious wound
ing: alexander Coleman. malicious
wounding; Joseph Garcia. malicious
vessel; Floyd johnson. houscbrca King
Mary Lynch. selling cocaine; Luther
Moore, murder; Robert Parker, house
brcaklns; Walter Richardson. horse
stealing 1.-TWO indictmcnts): Jnrncs
Richardson, malicious wound!nr; Eliza
beth Spence. selling cocaine: Rosa
warner. selling cocaine.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
Mr.. IIn,rcs IrnproNing.

paralysis during the early hours of
Friday night. continued to show i'm
provemcnt yesterday. He has to
muscles of his right side. which were
for time rendered insensible. and
his faculties. While the physicians
are nos ready to pronounce him out Of
danger, they are grati!ied with the
prOgreSs he liz making.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
DECORATE POST OFFICE
Ne" York fian Gets Contrnc, for Painting
lntcrinr Of New Hmilding

y. Snyth of Sew York has boon
H"afaed the contract FOR decorating the In.
ltFt9' az 'hr new post-ouice building ana
"lH begin to-day the work which he Is
gwen ninety days TO complete The bid OF
iite -'FN Hoth contractor WAS a Ilt;ic more
tlan sou ana lower than competitive bids
lm3ttta rs firms ia THIS and other cities
rae walls Of the interior VIII be painted
t9. and The ceiling an attinctivc cream.
ntner color combinations VIII prcvaB In the
Treatment 20 Anteraoms ana other chambers.
TArl 80 she pairting equipment was ON tho
premises yesterday. = force of painters will
begin Wc.k to-day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
yo,,np GIrI ,Ii..inu.

Mrs. Lille Barnes. OF 1901 Beverly
street, went to the Second Police Sta
ton yesterday afternoon and poured
into the sympathetic sergeants ear
the story of her missing daughter
Jessie. According to the frantic moth
en- Jessie Is eighteen years DID, and
has been missing from her. home since
Friday morning. when she left for
work. The young girl has been the
support OF her family for several
months. and her mother fears she has
run away. The police have been asked
10 Keep a look out for her.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
UNION UNIVERSITY FINALS
CONNIE Marks grnrt ,-,civbfi,
y nnINcrhnrl of LnunuIuu III ....IInnI

H"HN'FhnFy OF Founding ~ SCHOOL.
ne c"inncrccmcnt "NcrcIecY Of tho
virginia Union univcr8ity. Witch he
ehh sunday afternoon WITH the bnc-
wrli. - ID. mrr!. The foity-e!yhui an
niycraary OF tlj" founding Of tic
sohnoi. ahd the iourtccnth annual com
mcnccncnt of the univcrsIty
me regular graduating cxcrcin.r OF
,hc aoaucny were held nt 8:Ib o'clock
hH night The alumni nrsocinliou
VIII hoiu bua!ncss rnrrtiup nj
o'clock THIS afternoon. and mo annual
alhnet VIII take place NJ 9 ",rIocL
u, 10 might T"-morrow at 10 O'clock
study Club. when a paper VIII IL. "' ,,,,
by rev. w. i. Johnnor. D. ID
INC university commencement VII
he hcld nj S.lb o'clock rnn,.rn,,
night and there VIII be nddrc D.,
various students and hy Judge .i,tc,
g Pritchard or tho United STATE. ~
cult Court OF Appeals
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
CHOKED BY BURGLAR
Woman. Awakenc,

Woman. Awakened by Man In Room, Gives
Alarm to Household.
Mrs. Jennie Sycies, OF 1914 East Marsh n n
Street. reported to the police yesterday
morning that she went through rough ex-
pericnce at the hands OF negro burglar
Sunday night, being choked by the intruder
when che screamed to alarm her husband.
She described the burglar negro. TWEEN
ty-Ivc years old. Ave feet four inches tall.
Weighing li5 pounds, and wearing light
coat, dark trousers and light cap. Detec-
tive Bryant and Patrolman Griffin were
assigned TO the case the report
was made. and later In the day headquar-
tiers detectives took up the trail.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
snttcraeld Meeting To-N,ght.

The Jefferson Ward Sattcrfcld Club
VIII hold a special meeting al Liberty
Han, Broad Street. between Twenty
Fourth and Twenty nth Streets, to-
night. John l.. Sattcrhcld. candidate
foi1 CITY Sergeant To succecd himself
and other speakers will be heard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03

DirhntInned With his story OF broken
steering gehr. Justice Crutchncld yesterday
continued Tho cas-. OF Charles H. Rose n
haurcur who won arrested for amnshing
into It standing automobile at Laurel and
franklin Streets Saturday night and injuring
Allen ~. KidG. unril June II In order to give
"a" polio. an opportunity to Investigate
further.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
I,cfuaed tn Move.

Columbus Norvell. colored, was ar
rested last night by officers Galbraith
and Wills for refusing TO move when
ordered To do go by the policemen. He
VIII DC tried this morning in Police
Court.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
TOOK STEPCH|LD
AND RACED AWAY
Mrs. Cantor Arrested After Spec
tacular Performance at Rail
way Station.
NOW CONTEMPT OF COURT
Little Girls Pitiful Condition Re-
suited in Order to Send
Her to Country.
NOW CONTEMPT OF COURT

Mrs. Mary Cantor, OF s11 North Nine
teenth Street, took the law In her own
hands yesterday morning, when Miss
Sarah Roller. a probation officer. start
ed to board train at the Byrd Street
station to take Anna Cantor, her thir-
teen-year- old stepdaughter, to the
fresh air camp, and as result, will be
arraiGned In Police Court this morning
TO answer to the charge Of contempt
OF court Mrs. Cantor's spectacular
enort to rescue the girl from the pro-
baton officers hands and her flight up
seventh street threw the early morn
ing crowds into great excitement
The pathetic situation OF the little
Cantor girl, whom the court found to
be leading the life of an overworked
servant, was first brought to the atten-
ton OF the Juvenile Protective Associ-
alton by the missionary Of the Council
of jewish Women. The child's father
is butcher and has much work to do
In the Juvenile Court, Justice
Crutchheld found her plight so pitiful
that he ordered n home to be found
for her in order that she might be
taken from her stepmother. The father
appeared. however and urged that for
the sake OF the girls religious training
her parents he given another oppor-
tuntty, promising that she should feed
on the fat OF the land. The judge con-
scented.
Teachers Moved to Pity.
short while ago, the teachers Of the
public school in which Anna Cantor
Is pupil told agents of the Juvenile
Protective Association that the girl was
literally starving. She was made to
sit up until o'clock at night at work
sometimes. they said, and sent to school
in the morning without enough food
to keep her in health. The teachers
themselves, in pity. were accustomed
to bring special lunches for her.
After hearing this report Justice
Crutchfeld ordered the girl to be
taken from her parents once more, and
when the case came up in the Juvenile
Court, determined to send her to the
fresh air camp of the Instructive Wis
itinG Nurses Association in Clarke
County. In some way, the stepmothcr
learned Of the fact that the probation
officer was to start to Clarke County
yesterday morning with little Anna.
so she went 20 the station to regain the
child by sheer force OF might
She took up her stand at con-
venient place, and when the officer
walked by with Anna, reached out
and snatched the child from Miss Roll
Street as hard as she could run, fol-
lowed by Miss Roller and spectators
who were brought into the chase. Mrs.
| Cantor all but made good her escape
I at Cars Street by leapinS aboard a
northbound street car, but was drag ged
1 down from the step by Patrolman Ak
! ers. She fought the officer fierccly.
but was finally sent 10 the First Police
Station in the patrol She was bailed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
E>bil,it of puuiIy work.

Patrons and friends OF Jefferson
Public School. formerly known az
Marshall School. LOCATED at Nineteenth
and Marshall Streets, are invited to
the school building tomorrow night
from to $3.50 o'clock. There will be
an exhibit of work done by the pupils.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
RuiIdinx Permit.

FuiIdinE and repair permits were
issued yesterday as follows:
Charles BattiS". TO repair frame
dw Cling. 36l1 East Marshall Street, to
cost S76o
American Terminal Warehouse Cor
po!ation. to leEair brick store and
swelling, 535 North Seventeenth Street.
10 cost Sl2o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
Judgment for $500

Judgment was entered yesterday In
the Law and Equity Court in the case
OF II. Il. Elliott against c. II. Wright.
in the sum OF $500.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
Post-OnIcc RcceInts Rise,

Post office collections for the month of
May, 1918 were $.l,ll6.is increase OF 1881
per cent over the receipts for the correspond
ing month In 1872 which were SCI ei93l
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-20
RECOMMENDS PURCHASE
OF PORTABLE SCHOOLS

Dr. Charles e. Chadsey, superintend-
ent OF schools, reported. Friday that
halliday sessions are being held in
2l4 school rooms. The enrolment
this year 10 60.697 an increase Of 5,825
over last year. Basement rooms will
be fitted up wherever conditions Of
light and sanitation permit. Annexes
have already bee nestablished in
buildings near the Rose, Jones, Rus
sell. Columbian and Cass schools.
DR.. Chadsey recommended to the
real estate committee, Friday after
noon. the purchase of 40 portable
school houses. A bill of S1.421. from
the Mershon & Morley Co., of Sag
inaw, was received for two-room port
able schools. The committee will WIS.,
1t Ypstlanti and Toledo, to find out
how the schools are used there.
Frank B. Leland told the committee
that the Society for the Study and
Prevention Of tuberculosis would
build an addition to the open-air
school II the board would enlarge the
restaurant facilities. No action was
taken. but the committee viii prob
ably recommend the expenditure Of
$500 for the purpose.
The committee opened bids for the
construction Of q new heating plant
for Central high school. The lowest
bid was that Of w. H. Traves, which
was $38.989. On account of some dit.
iculty In the past in the completion
on time Of work done by this con-
tractor, the matter of letting the con-
tract was held In allegiance. The next
bid was that OF Otto Misch at 1912.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-20
SPECIAL ELECTION

The special election. in accordance
with the resolution OF the Common
Council. to elect an alderman Of the
THIRD WARD to fiji vacancy from the
candidates nominated at the primary
OF Sept. 80. will be held In the various
districts OF the THIRD WARD on
TUESDAY. OCT. II. from Z q. m. to
y. m.
The primary OF Sept. 80 and the spe-
cial election of Oct. IA will be held In
the election houses, which will be To-
Gated as follows:
First District - Corner st. Antoine
street and Jefferson avenue.
Second District--St. Antoine street.
between Clinton avenue and Mullett
street.
Third District--Corner Montcalm and
st. Antoine streets.
Fourth District--Winder street. be-
tween st. Antoine and Hastings streets
Fifth District-Erskine street, be-
tween st. Antoine and Hastings streets.
Sixth District--Leland street, between
st. Antoine and Hastings streets.
Seventh 1District-Southwest corner
Farnsworth and St. Antoine streets.
Eighth District-Corner Smith and
Oakland avenues.
Ninth District - Corner Kenilworth
and Oakland avenues.
RICHARD LINDSAY.
A-166 City Clerk.