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180 TUESW OCTOBER 24- 1961 Council was reminded that it is in order for the Council to suggest nominees to the City Circuit Court for appointment to the 1962 Board of Assessors. Council was advised, too, that several letters of application have been received for the position of clerk-typist to the Board of Jssessors. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council authorized the Commissioner of the Revenue to select and appoint a person for this position, at a beginning salary of $225.00 per month. 11rs. Elinor D. Stoutamire, of 716 Circle Court, presented to Council a claim, in the amount of $500.00, which Mrs. Stoutamire stated is due her from the City because the Council allegedly made un-usable a barn and other improvements by its recent refusal to permit Hrs. Stoutamire to keep a horse on her property at 716 Circle Court. City Attorney Cubine advised the Council that it has no legal right to pay such a c1atm, whereupon Council unanimously rejected the claim and refused payment. A special committee from Council reported that it has viewed Orchard Street Extension, from Rives Road to Hairston Street, in connection with an amended petition requesting curb-and-gutter construction (on a shared-cost basis) along only a portion of this street and, further, recommended that curb-and-gutter be constructed from Rives Road towards Hairston Street to a point determined most feasible to provide maximum curb-and-gutter construction without creating surface water drainage problems. Council accepted this reconnnendation, leaving to the judgment of the Department of Public Works the point where construction should terminate. City :Manager Hirst presented to Council the City's Department of Public Welfare estimated financial requirements for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1963, and