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~ TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13. 1962 ,- appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in the matter of the City's annex- ation suit--to annex property located in Henry County--which was dismissed by the annexation court judges on October 29, 1962: WHEREAS, the annexation suit styled City of Martinsville vs. County of Henry in the Circuit Court of Henry County, Virginia, authorized by ordinance of petition adopted by Martinsville City Council May 4, 1962, has been dismissed by a majority holding of the judges constituting the court hearing this case; and - WHEREAS, Irvin W. Cubine, City Attorney of the City of Martinsville, and his associate counsel are of the opinion that the dismissal decision should be appealed as being catrary to the law for such cases made and provided; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting this thirteenth day of November, 1962, that it doth herein and hereby authorize and direct its City Attorney and his associate counsel to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia for a writ of error in this case and to do what is necessary to effect and prosecute such an appeal. In connection with the Appalachian Power Company's purchase offer and/or lease proposal submitted October 23, 1962--for the purchase or leasing of the City's electric utility system--Council received from City Manager Hirst a special report on the City's electric utility system, dated November 13, 1962, and the following report, entitled "Report On Offer To Purchase Or Lease The Electric Distribution System", prepared under date of October 26, 1962, for the City by Southeastern Consulting Engineers, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, which reports Council took under study: Introduction On October 23, 1962, Appalachian Power Company submitted to the Mayor and City Council of Martinsville two proposals regarding the Cityfs electrical distribution system. The first of these proposals consisted of an offer to purchase the system outright, and the second consisted of an alternate offer to lease the system for a period of thirty years. The complete text of these proposals is included in Exhibit A, which is attached to this report. The City has requested an analysis of Appalachian Power Company's proposals in order to determine the merits of selling or leasing the electrical system. It is the purpose of this report to present the