The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-19
MAYOR APPROVES
MANY MEASURES
Administrative Board Authorized to
Negotiate For Sale OF Pine
Camp.
FUNDS FOR sUpERANNtATED
Question ms to Expediency Of supply
ing City Water to Nom Residents
Is Put to Administrative Board.

Mayor Ainslie wound up week of
hard work Saturday afternoon by APP
proving large number of ordinances
and resolutions adopted by City Coun-
Gil. The papers were returned to City
Clerk Bent T. August late In the day.
Among the papers of general inter-
est were that -sbolishing the Board
of Health, and that requesting the
Administrative Board to report to
Council as to the expediency Of supply
ing non-residents with city water.
The mayor also approved the meas
IRE authorizing the Administrative
Board to negotiate for the sale of
Pine Camp, and to purchase a city
farm with the proceeds: and the reso-
luton ratifyinE the mayors action in
accepting a deed Of dedication of GER
tain land by the Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad Company
to the city, for the purpose of widen
ing and extending Monument Avenue
and other streets in the West End.
Other papers signed by the mayor
were:
Authorizing the continuation of the
employment of DIR. T. E. Stratton as an
assistant to the district physicians for
twelve months.
Authorizing the purchase OF an au-
tomobile by the Health Department at
a cost not to exceed $500
Authorizing the purchase of an auto
wagon for the Electrical Department
at cost not to exceed $5s1.s4
Authorizing the acquisition of land
to open an alley from North Avenue
eastwardly to Cannon's Creek alta cost
of s5,2s5.00.
Authorizing acquisition of property
for right of way for sewer in Wood
land Heights and Swansboro.
Approval of the official bonds OF Ora =
ham b. Hobson. of the Administrative
Board, $4,000; and william A. Shields.
cashier OF the Police Court $4,000.
Authorizing the acquisition OF land
to widen Williamsburg Avenue from
Tenth Street to the National Cemetery,
at cost not to exceed $4,000.
Acquisition of land to open a street
between lakewood Avenue and Dickin-
! son Street. the cost not to exceed 1920.
Appropriating 1000 to the account
opening and widening streets"
Requesting the Administrative Board
and the City Attorney to report TO the
Council whether or not 1t Is expedient
for the city to supply non-rexidents
with city water, and. If so. to what
extent and on what conditions.
Authorizing the acquisition of land
for park purposes. bounded by Ken
sinston, Tiiden. and Leonard Streets
and the Roseneath Road.
Appropristins S.. 900 to the Tubsrcu-
losis Camp Society for improvements
and repairs at Pine Camp.
Appropriating $s.445 for improving
Taylor Street. between South Lombar-
dy and Temple Streets. and installinS
sewers, water and gas mains.
superannuated or inhrm employees OF
the city.
Establishment of the true line OF
Ninth Street between Board Street and
the south line of the alley between
Broad and Marshall Streets.
Authorizing the opening OF portion
of Perry stree, In Woodland Heights.
Authorizing the sale OF property
owned by the city to W. s. Forbes,
fronting 176 feet on r Street and run
ming back between parallel lines along
Thirty fourth Street to an alley. for
IS, 600.
Adopting the classification of the
several subjects of taxation as the
same are by the act OF the General As
| sembly, approved April ls. 1903. and
the acts amendatory thereof. or may
hereafter be classified for purposes of
taxation.
Authorizing the acceptance of the
dedication OF land owned by Edwin
Peasants on the northern side OF the
National Cemetery Road for opening
streets and alleys.
Abollshing the Board of Health as
required by the city charter, and trans
fering the control and management Of
the Health Department to the Admin =
istrative Board.
Accepting the dedication OF an ALE,
by John r. Swartwout extending from
Bacon Road southwardly so as to- con-