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~56 TUESDAY JULY 25. 1961 Upon motion, duly seconded and carried, Council adopted the folLowing ordinance amending A.rticle XII, Chapter 9, of the Code of the City of Hartic:svilJe, b;y adding Section 9-178.1 thereto to correct a present conflict vrith tho State Code as amended by the Virginia General Assembly \lith respect to cOiwictions for reckless driving and drunk driv1ng arising from the same act or occurrence: BE IT o..qnAINED, by the Council of the City of Hartirwville, V:i1rginia, in regular meeting as:3embled this tvlenty-fifth day of July, 1961, that Chapter 9 of Article XII of the Code of the City of Hartinsville, Virginia, 1956, and as amended, be and is hereb:r amended to conform to Section 19.1-259.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, and as amended, by addi?:1G the fol'.mJing section: Section 9.178.1. T,{nencver any person is charGed '^lith a violation of Section 9-169 and with reckles~3 driving growing out of the same act or acts and is convicted of one of these charges, the cOlrrt shall dismiss the remaining charge. An emergency existing, this ordinance sl~ll be in force from date of passage. A special Council conunittee, composed of Councilman E. E. Stone and Thomas J. Burch, recommended that the City provide additional plaYGI'ound facilities for tlLHtle Leagucll recreational activities, particularly at l5ro.....m. Street Field, Patrick Henry Elementary School, and Clcarview School, to implement present facilities mmed by the City and the field on Brool::dale Street owned and sponsored by the Civitan Club. Council requested that City Hanager Hirst confer \-lith the Com:nittee to develop cost figures on these proposed improvements. Council discussed .various aspects relating to the operation \4ithin the City's corporate limits of ice cremn trucks, especially in the residential area; hOHever, Council took no action.