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90 TUESDAY APRIL _28. 1953 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Vice-Mayor C. P. Craig presiding in the absence of Hayer R. S. Hodnett, was held in the COlillcil Chamber, City Hall, April 28, 1953, at 7:30 P.M., the following members being present: Vice-Hayor and Councilman C. P. Craig and Councilmen D. H. Goode, W. T. Turner, and J. R. Halker. Minutes of the regular Council meeting held April 14, 1953, upon being read, were approved. In considering the proposed Fire Code for the City, as presented recently to the Council, Council called for a Public Hearing on same at the Council's next regular meeting to be held May 12, 1953. The petition filed \rlth Council at its April 14, 1953 meeting by local launderL~g and dry cleaning firms, requesting a reduction in the local license tax rate applied heretofore and currently to such establishments, was carried forward, also, to the May 12th (1953) meeting for further consideration at that time. In reviewing a notice from the state Corporation Commission that the Lee Telephone Company, which serves Martinsville, has filed application with the Corrrrnission for permission to increase telephone rates in Martinsville, subject to a public hearing in Richmond on May 21, 1953, COlillcil, as representatives of the local citizens and public, issued a cordial invitation to officials of the Lee Telephone Company to meet with the Council at its next regular meeting to be held May 12, 1953 to answer such inquiries as citizens may present at t.l1.e COlillcil meeting about the proposed rate increases. In acknowledging with appreciation a letter from Honorable W. R. Broaddus, Jr., Hember of the Virginia General Assembly, in which letter Hr. Broaddus called