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3~ TUES DAY JANUARY II, 1955 ",- taken out of operation for test and repairs, if rel~irs are necessary, or for other failure of this pipe line to satisfactorily deliver water, we assume the responsibility for reimbursing the City of Martinsvi11e at the rate of $30.00 per day as payment for the cost of operating the Beaver Creek Pumping Station to suppJy water to the City of Martinsvil1e from that emergency source instead of from the Beaver Creek Dam by gravity and/or siphonage for which purpose it was constructed and for which purpose the said pipe line was installed. ,- It is recognized herein that the Cit,v is in no way accepting or implying the acceptan::e of this pipe line by permitting us to test this line as outlined above by initiation of the use of this line as a conduit for c orIVeying water to the City water filter plant. 1Nhen the line has been satisfactorily tested and accepted in accordance with the provis ions of the specifications by your Consulting Engineers and in the presence of representatives of the parties mentioned above who are to witness the test, that the pipe line will then be subject to acceptance and from such date of acceptance our bond in 100 percent of the contract will remain in force for a period of nvelve months as provided in the original contract. It is further understood that the City may cut off this line in order to deliver water from its Fiillergency Beaver Creek Pumping Station in the event of unsatisfactory operation of the sec lJion of line covered by our contract. ~~~ 0" rx i Until such date as final acceptance has been made by your Consulting Engineers as described above, we agree that we are not to receive the retained percentage which is the balance due on our contract, pumping costs as mentioned above to be de due table from funds due and payable to us. Ver;l truly yours, M. J. Bles Construction Company M. J. Bles, CNmer ~- Approved: W. M. Johnson Wiley and Wilson Consulting Engineers Approved: W. F. Stone, City Attorney City of IvIartinsvil1e, Virginia Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimousl.Y carried, Council appointed Mr. Thomas J. Burch to rrembership on the City's Board of Zoning Appeals for the unexpired term of Mr. Claude E. Taylor, Jr., resigned. With emergency clause attached, Council adopted the following amendment to the City's Electric Rate or Tariff (Ordinance), relaxing restrictiorm now imposed with regard to electric water heaters: