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J5 TUESDAY AUGUST 28, 1973 setting forth the result of each of the aforementioned tests and studies, and his findings, based upon the aforesaid results, as to whether such fireman is free from respiratory diseases, hypertension, and heart disease. Said reports shall be forwarded by the City Manager to the Director of the City Department of Public Health for his review and shall thereafter remain in the custody of the Director of the City Department of Public Health as a permanent record. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that, an emergency existing, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect on August 28, 1973, at 10:00 o'clock p.m. Further, Council unanimously adopted the following resolution memorializing the public service of the late Senator William F. Stone, who died August 19, 1973, and requesting the Virginia Highway Commission to name officially the proposed Martinsvi11e By-Pass as the "William F. Stone Highway": WHEREAS, with the death on August 19, 1973 of The Honorable William F. Stone came the end of a most distinguished career not only in the legal profession but also in the public service of the people of this community as well as of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and WHEREAS, in addition to his eminent service as a member of the Virginia General Assembly, beginning in 1954 as a member of its House of Delegates and subsequently as a member of its Senate until his death, William F. Stone served the City of Martinsville as its very able City Attorney from February 1, 1947 to May 31, 1958, for which service in this capacity Martinsville City Council appropriately expressed recognition and appreciation by resolution duly adopted and recorded June 10, 1958; and WHEREAS, in further recognition and appreciation of his outstanding contributions--which were neither limited to his successful efforts in the field of higher education in Virginia nor to the planning and providing for a modern highway system in Virginia--which will continually accrue to the benefit of the people of Virginia, Martinsville City Council desires to memorialize this great public servant and his extraordinary record of public service; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-eighth day of August, 1973, that it does hereby petition and request the Virginia Highway Commission to name the proposed highway construction project, initially designated as Route 212 (and generally known as the Martinsvil1e By-Pass), as the "William F. Stone Highway" in honor of and in memory of William F. Stone; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by this Council that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the family of William F. Stone. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, and there being no other business to come before Council, Council went into an Executive Session to receive (1) a briefing from City staff members on legal matters arising from the hereinbefore-referred_to request of the Henry County Public Service Authority and to discuss correspondence f