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2 TUESDAY OCTOBER 12, 1954 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsvi11e, Virginia, with Mayor R. S. Hodnett presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, on Tuesday, October 12, 1954, at 7:30 P.M., with all members, as follows, being present: Mayor and Councilman R. S. Hodnett, and Councilmen C. P. Craig, B. H. Hill, W. T. Turner, and J. R. Walker. /"-' Minutes of the regular Council :meeting held September 28, 1954, upon being read, were approved. Attorney R. R. Young, Jr., representing local manufacturers, appeared before Council in connection with a recent petition that the gross receipts license tax on local manufacturers be suspended. Attorney Young also requested immediate consideration of ~~~ at;:; rr i the manufacturers I petition by the special Tax Study Advisory Group. Council pointed out, however, that it was not the purpose of the Study Connnittee or Council's intent for the Committee to conduct hearings for the various types of licensed busimsses but, rather, with the help and assistance of qualified authorities on gross receipts license taxation to determine any inequities and recoDDIlend necessary adjuseroonts between the several catagories of local businesses. Through Correspondeme nth City Manager Mathewson, Dr. Roland Egger, Director of the Bureau of Public Administration of the University of Virginia, informed Coun.::il that because of his being called back into government service the Bureau of Public Administration of the University of Virginia would not be able to assist the City of Martinsville in its license tax study as had been anticipated. Dr. Egger suggested and recommended that the tax study proceed ....- with the technical research afforded by the State Department of Taxation and with the assistance of one of the following authorities on gross receipts license taxation: