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2J TUESDAY APRIL 28, 1964 ~- Vehicles & Traffic Code of the City of Martinsville be amended and revised by replacing Section 9-178 thereof with the following: Sec. 9-178. Same--F'enalty for reckless driving. .- EJery person convicted of reckless driving under sections 9-174, 9-175, 9-176 or 9-177 shall for the first violation be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or confinement in jail not exceeding twelve months, or both, in the discretion of of the jury or of the court trying the case without a jury. For second or subsequent conviction for the offense of reckless driving under sections 9-174, 9-175, 9-176 or 9-177 committed within twelve months before or after the date of another act of reckless driving for which he has been convicted, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dc, lIars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment ir- jail for not leSE: than ten days nor more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. An emergency existing, this ordinance shall be in force from date of adoption. Virginia Code reference 18.1-9; 1950 Code 46.1-192; 1962 Supplement In discussing portions of the Traffic Code, particularly as to current practices and requirerrlents with regard to pedestrian cross-walks, Council unanimously directed that tlschool crossings" and pedestrian crossings in the downtown business area, where not controlled by IIstop-light", be clearly marked and identified. - Attorney M. Harrison Joyce, representing the Whittle Family Irrevocable Trust, and Attorney Douglas K. Frith, representing Lanier Farm, Inc., each appeared before and informed Council that pre-trial conferences have been scheduled for Saturday, June 27, 1964, by a duly-constituted court to hear--and act upon--the separate petitions filed by the Whittle Trust and Lanier Farm, Inc., seeking the annexing to the City of Martinsville of certain of their properties. These petitions, - according to the representatives of the petitioners, are of record before the court--having been filed prior to the City's annexation petition dated May 4, 1962--and are the same as thoEle presented to City Council under the following dates, as follows: