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62 TUESDAY JANUARY 24. 1961 set.;erage system improvements program. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council appointed :Mrs. Frank W. Buckner, of 413 East Church Street, to membership on the Human Values Commission for a three-year term expiring January 31, 1964. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council adopted the following resolution appointing City Attorney Irvin W. Cubine as attorney and agent, with authorization to institute condemnation proceedings against l~s. Erie Sue Ramsey, in connection with right-of-way acquisition necessary to the reconstruction of Routes 57 and 58, in East Martinsvil1e, which resolution supersedes a resolution of similar intent adopted April 21, 1960: WHEREAS, Marvj.n L. Hill, duly anpointed Right-of-1.Jay Negotiator for the City of Mlrtinsvil1e, the Corrrrnonvlealth of Virginia, and the Federal Government, in connection ,,6th the improving and widening of U. S. Route 58 and Virginia Route 57 vrithin the corporate limits of the City of Martinsvil1e and between Booker Road and Bob Gregory Street, by letter dated April 19, 1960, advised the Council of the City of Martinsville that he has exhausted all available means within the limitations of his authority, without success, tm'lards purchasing the fee simple title to that certain parcel of land owned by Mrs. Erie Sue Ramsey and known and described as Parcel No. 043 as right-of-way for the aforementioned construction project; and WHEREAS, said strip or parcel of land is necessary for the construction, re-construction, alteration, and T1'aintenance of said street; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Mlrtinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting held January 24, 1961, that on behalf of the governments hereinabove mentioned Irvin W. Cubine, ar attorney at law, be and js hereby appointed attorney and agent \.rith authorization to irstitute and conduct condemnation proceedings to acquire said land in fee simple, together with necessary easements, and as its attorney to make oath to the petition, all in accord vri th the statutes in this State and the provisions of the Charter of the City of Hartinsvi11e, Virginia, in such cases made and provided. At City Hanager Hirst's suggestion, cmlncil scheduled a conference with representatives or Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers, tentatively for the afternoon of February 7, 1961, to consider nroblems and plans for meeting