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<br />TUES Ill.Y
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<br />AUGUST 11, 19.5"3
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<br />The regular semi-monthly meetinc of the Council of t}lC City of I.lartinsvillc,
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<br />Vircinj.a, w:i th l:iayor R.S. Hodnett presidin[~, was held in tho Council ChaIJ1ber,
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<br />all mombers, as follm'.'3, beinc present:
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<br />Ma~'lor and Councilnan E. 3. ~.To'l!lett, :end Councilnen C. P. C:':'2.i;;, J. E. Goode,
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<br />l.:irl'ltes of the rec::n1s.r Co~ncn meetinG held Jul;'l 28, 1953, 1Jl)or~ being rE'?d, were
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<br />::>:mtinuinc its con~;idcr'"tio;'l of the req'~e3 t. of JOG.:'." theatre ;-.~3.n3(;ement for -;,-,he
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<br />reJe2.l of t,he City's amusc-cnfj adl'li:::sioIl ta:: O':'d:~nanco or for t.he rerluction in
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<br />th8 aI!lu;.:;erf(~n-t.. acirnis;=-:ion -L2.X, rlO"f~"{ Jellied un.dcr SLiJJ: OC'(J.:LD2.ncc, Council hCc.'\rc .3
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<br />rcmewec. r,~)"ea1 of said T1ttGl.r;ement t11:',)~J~'h
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<br />counsel,
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<br />J o1:n Eac-tley, At to:ney ,
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<br />who suggested that inst8ad of the c1..lrrent
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<br />ten per cent
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<br />an acrnlSSlon
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<br />tax of
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<br />tviO cents (2t) 1)8 J.e-vie": ell"! each local adult admission n::e1 a. t::C( of one (~en~,3 elf)
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<br />en eac}1 child cJ}rlis~,ior.:..
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<br />CO'.moil, hovicNcr, t~1!'ouc:h ;,layer Hodnett, inforrnecl the
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<br />:Jet.it.icne::.'s that j~t \'Fe.S the COj:"15en~~'lS of C01mciJ's thinJ:in;: that Clny chance in the
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<br />present a"'r::ission ~,2'::: orG:,ncnce, such as sm:r;es-sec' by the petitioners, \'rould
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<br />serious1;)' distL::.rb the City's Fresent t:,y: :~':Tucture 8ncl :l,',a,;euch a,~ the Council
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<br />does nnt .rant to dis tUl"[) .,
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<br />t.a.:c ~~ trr:,c~~/l_:re 1)Jltil 8 COJ::-,--;}ete <lrl<:3, th()roar~h -SeX
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<br />stUTJ, Yih~,ch the Co~mG;l hoc: Cl'r::e:'E"t conC:JJcted tLi::: cor:rinf F;:,JJ, is :flc'lJe ':}JC
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<br />CO"JT1C5.1 cO~l}_<l nC;T. cor;!.~,.)ly vritll tl1c tJ:,cDtre r;1;Jl:c1gsInel1tl:; ~""CCl\_H?st.
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<br />In 2nticircltion of the .fortl1f~[):-;::'n(" '1c1ac}rennj 2cJ. rC)2s::;cS:~c,.::nt, nT~ lOC.ciJ. ta:x.2ble
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<br />, tll.rOL:,: ~r':. '::.:~i_ -r-;y =',,~~~.l1c'1ce::-- l.:a tll0\YS en,
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<br />the Department of T:.lZ2.c-ion of the Corm';ocTircDJ.th 0' 7:!:~
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<br />to furnish the
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<br />tec11c:1..c2~1- and c:.C...-l5SC1....:;..
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