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4 TUESDAY DECEMBER 28, 1965 WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville has a population of 19,000 plus, and is legally entitled to a Corporation Court as are all cities in Virginia of the first class; and WHEREAS, the creation of s~ch a Court for the City of Martinsville would alleviate to a great extent the crowded docket of the Seventh Judicial Circuit; now, therefore, - BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Mar'~.... .:wille, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this 28th day of December, 1965, that it is the mature and considered opinion of this body that the need for an additional judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit is imperative and necessary; and, by this resolution, this Council requests that our members of the Virginia LegislatlITe take such steps as are necessary to bring a Corporation Court into exii3tence for the City of Martinsville, to be known as The Corporation Court for the City of Martinsville; and BE IT FUHTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to The Honorable Landon Wyatt, Danville, Virginia; The Honorable William F. Stone, Martinsville, Virginia; The Honorable Robert Clark, Stuart, Virginia, and The Honorable A. L. Philpott, Bassett, Virginia. Council unanimously adopted the following resolution authorizing the executing and filing (by the Acting City Manager) of an application for a Federal grant of $80,500.00 toward the cost of constructing specified phases of the City's sewerage system improvement program and, in addition, Council authorized the executing (by the Acting City Manager) of an agreement under Title I, Civil Rights Act of 1964: -- BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this 28th day of December, 1965, that W. H. Yeaman, Acting City Manager of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be and is hereby authorized the execute and file an application entitled, "APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL GRANT FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS UNDEH 33 U. s. C. 466 et seq.'1, said application being made to the United States of America for Federal assistance in the amount of $80,500.00 in the construction of the following phased of the City's sewerage system improvement program, viz., Jones Creek Interceptor from Point J-1 to Point J-7 and the South Askin Outfall, both as indicated on exhibit attached to and made a part of said application. ,.- ! In acknowledging receipt of bids for the following construction projects, Council accepted the lowest bid(s) submitted, i.e., that the Prillaman & Pace, Martinsville, Virginia: