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) () '\ ~i \ I ( .' TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12. 1967 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, September 12, 1967, beginning at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, the following members being present: Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D.; Vice-Mayor E. E. Stone; Harry L. Boaz; and Francis T. West. Councilman W. D. Hartford was the only member absent (being out of town) . After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held August 22, 1967. Council acknowledged the presence of, and extended a warm welcome to, Mr. T. Ellis Hodgin, who became Librarian of Martinsville Memorial Public Library on September 11, 1967, as an appointee of City Manager Noland. By writter report dated September 1, 1967, a duly-constituted Board of Viewers (composed of Messrs. Thomas J. Burch, J. E. Jones, and O. B. Hensley), appointed August 22, 1967 to perform the prescribed duties in connection with the Richardson-Wyatt petition to close a portion of Burl Street (unopened), informed Council that said Board has viewed the property petitioned to be closed and, further, that in the Board's opinion no inconvenience will result to anyone from the abandoning and closing of this portion of Burl Street. Council, there- upon, unanimously accepted the Viewers' report and findings; however, and subsequently, upon the appearance later in this meeting of Mr. Willi&~ B. Muse, who claimed that as a property owner affected thereby he had not been notified of these proceedings in accordance with requirements (by Section 15.1-364 of the CODE OF' VIRGINIA, 1950, and as amended), Council delayed further action on this matter, pending compliance with statutes and pertinent regulations as