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104 TUESDAY, JULY-25, 1989' PEI~iITS; INCLUSION OF PERMIT NLMBER AND DATES OF ADVERTISEMENTS; FEE. The City of Martinsville shall issue permits to retail merchants for special sales as required upon the application of such merchant and shall inspect the advertisement and conducting of such sale to insure that it is being advertised and conducted in conformity with the required permit. All applications for special sale permits shall be accompanied by an inventory, including the kind and quantity of all goods which are to be offered for sale during the sale and only the goods specified' in the inventory list may be advertised at a reduced price or sold at a reduced price during the sale period. Goods not included on the inventory of special sale goods shall not be commingled with or added to the special sale goods. The City shall have the right to revoke a special sale permit upon proof that goods not appearing on the original inventory of special sale goods have been commingled with or added to the special sale goods, Each special sale permit shall be valid for a period of no longer than sixty (60) days, and any extension of that time shall constitute a new special sale and shall require an additional permiX, inventory, and fee. An additional permit beyond the initial sixty-day permit may be granted solely for the purpose of liquidating only those goods contained in the initial inventory list and which remain unsold. Any person who advertises such sale shall conspicuously include in the advertisement the permit number assigned for the sale by the City wherein the sale is to be conducted and the effective dates of the sale as authorized in the permit. The Commissioner of the Revenue is authorized and delegated the authority to administer this ordinance and is empowered to charge a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the issuance of special sale permits. After receiving an updated report from a special committee which has prepared a proposed ordinance to grant a new thirty-year franchise to Southwestern Virginia Gas Company upon the expiration of Southwestern's present franchise granted under date of September 29, 1959, and with Councilman McClain abstain- ing from voting in the following two actions, initiated by motions, duly seconded, and carried by the affirmative votes of all other members of Council, Council (1)*authorized City Manager Brown, pursuant to his request, to advertise a proposed franchise ordinance*(granting Southwestern Virginia Gas* * Note: see revision/correction on page 111, minutes of regular semi-monthly Counci~.me~.ting held August 8, 1989.