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TUES U/\"Y SE~f:E.J!~ER 10 ~ .)957 The regula~ semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia with Mayor John W. Shultz presiding, was held in the Coune n Chamber, City Hall, on Tuesday, S!,:ptember 10, 1957, at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, as follows: Mayor and CounciJman John W. Shultz; Vice-Mayor and Councilman E. E. Stone; and COlL'1.ciLilen Clarence C. Donavant, B. H. Hill, and J. R. 'Walker. After the invocation, Council approved as read the minutes of its regular meeting helc August 27, 1957, and its special meeting held August 29, 1957. Reviewing the purchase transaction recorded in the mirmtes of Council's August 29th special meeting, reGa.rding the property of Mr. a.nd Mrs. E. A. S"lle at the southeast corner of Church and Hoss Streets, Council apprCJITed for City Manager Hirst's signature the executing of five seven-thousand-dollar ($7,000.00 each) notes which will be made and run concurrentlJr for one year, bearing 4.75% annual interest. According to an understanding with Mr. and Mrs. Sale, Council indicated that it would redeem one note each year and rene~ the remaining notes for another year until all are paid off although, conditions warranting, the Council cmld redeem all of the notes at the end of the first year or arw succeeding years. After receiving a report from the Planning Commission, recommending denial of Mr. V. P- Lester's petition requesting the rezoning of certain property on Starling Avenue near Granville street, Council learned that the petition "b.as been 'In.. thdrawn. Coum iI, therefore, took no action on the matter. In receiving copies of the new City Code (liThe Code of the City of Martinsville, V:irginia, 195611), COUIlC il directed that the sale price of each copy to the public shal: be ten ($10..00) dollars and by a recorded and unanimous vote set up an item of revenue -'-._- "'---'~--"'-'-"'-""'.--~~"_._'--------"--,,,,-,-,.._-"---,._._---~_._._.,-~~