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FRIDAY MAY 4. 1962 ----- Arter further discussion, upon motion, duly seconded, and by a recorded vote, Council unanimously declared that an emergency exists and so stated in the unanimous adoption of the following ordinance requesting the court of jurisdiction to order the re-establishment of the City's corporate boundaries in accordance therewith I IN THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY CF -. MARTTISVIIJE, VlRGINJl The 4 day of May, 1962 AN CRDINA1<<:E to petition the Oircuit Court of Henry County, Virginia, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 8, Title 15, of the Code of Virginia, 1950, 1956 Replacement VOlume, as amended for the annexation of certain territory lying and being in Henry County, Virginia; setting forth the necessity for and expediency of such annexation and the metes and bounds and size of such area; to indicate genEn'ally the subdivisions, the farm areas, the vacant areas, the residential areas, and the industrial areas and others sought to be annexed, together with any other general information deemed relevant as to the possible future uses of the property within the annexation area; to state generaJ.J.y the terms and conditions upon vhich annexation is sought and the provisions planned for the future improvement of the annexed territory, including provisions for public utilities, and services therein; and to authorize the institution and oonduct of the necessary legal proceedings to effectuate said annexation. - BE rr ffiDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville as follows: 1 . That the City of Martinsville hereby declares that it is necessary and expedient to annex, in pursuance of the provisions of Chapter 8, Title 15, of the Code of Virginia, 1950,1956 ReplacEll1ent VOlume, as amended, certain territory in Henry County adjacent to the present corporate limits of the City of Martinsville. 2. The territory of the County of Henry to be acquired by the proposed annexation, is accurately described by the following metes and bounds: BEGINNING at a point said point being in the s~ right-of-way line of Spruce Street (formerly Old Danville Road) and also being 481.92 feet east of the intEn'section of Corn Tassel Trail and Spruce Street, said point being also in existing City Corporate limit line; thence with the southern margin of the Old Danville Road as it meanders in an easterly direction 4200 feet, mOre or less, to where Mulberry Creek crosses said road; thence continuing with the south margin of the Old Danville Road 1420 feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of the propEn'ty of Le.n1er Farm, Inc.; thence with the IaniEn' Farm, Inc., property in a southerly direction, following an area show as "reserved" on General Plan for Sulxiivision of Lanier Farm, Inc., prepared by E. S. Draper and Associates, August, 1938, said original map being of record in the Henry County Circuit Court Clerk's Office in Map Book 114; Page 11214, ,-