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<br />88 <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br />-- <br /> <br />APRIL 1l~.t 19~ <br /> <br />Article VI - Page 3 <br /> <br />Section 2. ... Failure to appear for a hearing after ten clays Vlri tten <br />notice and without excuse shall constitute reason for automatic <br />explusion. ... <br /> <br />Article IX Page 5 <br /> <br />Section 7. ... He shall prepare an annual financial report for presenta_ <br />tion not later than the Februar:{ meeting. ... <br /> <br />Article IX - Page 5 <br /> <br />Section 10. <br /> <br />TRUS TEES <br /> <br />The three Trustees, one of whom shall be the President of <br />the Company, shall fulfill all obligations required of them <br />by law. <br /> <br />No action was taken by Council on the followir~ letter from several local <br /> <br />laundering-dry cleaning establishments (requesting reduction of local license <br /> <br />tax rate on such es tab lishments ) : <br /> <br />Mr. Kent Mathewson, City Manager <br />Martinsville, Virginia <br /> <br />Martinsville, Virginia <br />April 13, 1953 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Mathewson: <br /> <br />In connection 1r.Lth the usual adoption at this time of year of the city's <br />business license ordinance we wish to submit the enclosed figures with the <br />request that you study them and present them to the City Council with the <br />request of the undersigned firms that consider2.tior. be given to amending the <br />license ordinance as it applies to laundries and dry cleaners in Martinsville <br />in order to bring the license t~~ rate applicable to such firI~ into line vdth <br />the rates bei~~ charsed other businesses in the city. <br /> <br />The enclosed cllarts show a tabulation of the license tax rates charges in eip'ht <br />other Virgip.ia cities to four of the maj or classifications listed under the <br />Martinsville ordinance and compares the amount of tax paid by various t'rpes <br />of firms in these various cities wi th the license t~~ paid in Martinsville. <br />These figures show that while there is, of course, a difference in the taxes <br />paid by all t./pes of businesses in Martinsville as compared with the other <br />cities, the differences in the laun(~y and dry cleaning group are far greater <br />than in any other group and that these firms (le.undry and dry cleaning) are <br />payinr..:: far lower taxes in the other cities in proportion to t~~es paid bv <br />other businesses in their cities than is the case in Martinsville. For <br /> <br />..' ""-""...~..~.,._.~""._,...,,"---_...,,--- <br />