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l24 TUESDA Y JUNE 30~ 1953 The regular semi-mont~ meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, held in lieu of the meeting scheduled for June 23, 1953, am with Mayor R. S. Hodnett presiding, was held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday, June 30, 1953, at 7:30 P.M., all members, as follows, being present: Mayor and Councilman R. S. Hodnett, am Councilmen C. P. Craig~ D. H. Goode, W. T. Turrer, and J. R. Walker. Minutes of the regular meeting held June 9, 1953, and of the special meetings held June 15, 1953, June 19, 1953, and June 25, 1953, upon being read, were approved. In accordance with duly advertised public notice, a public hearing was declared and conducted by the Council on a proposed budget for the City of Martinsville for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, as placed on first reading June 15, 1953, during the course of which hearing the following persons addressed the Council: (a) Attorney John Hartley, representing local theater management, who requested a reduction in local amusement admission taxes as applied to adult admissions or, preferably, the elimination of local amusement admission taxes altogether; (b) w. B. Muse, who asked for information concerning the proposed Albert Harris School athletic field; (c) Taylor Finney, who requested the construction of water lines for Beaver Street; and (d) J. H. Saunders, who requested a water line for Katherine Street. There being no other visitors to be heard, Councilman J. R. Walker moved for the adoption of the budget a s recommended and placed on first reading with the exception that his motion included the transferring of $20,000 from the Garage- Shop construction account of the General Fund to the Street construction account for the widening of Bridge Street from Church Street to Chestnut Streets. Upon Councilman W. T. Turner's second, and upon a recorded vote which was unanimous, Council adopted said budget as presented and amended.