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21 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27. 1960 <..,,,- The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with r~yor J. Frank Wilson presiding and with all members present (viz., Mayor J. Frank wilson, Vice-Mayor Fred T. Renick, Thomas J. Burch, E. E. Stone, and Harry L. Boaz), was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Tuesday, September 27, 1960, at 7:15 P.M. ,- After the invocation, Council approved as read the minutes of its special meetings held August 29, 1960, September 1, 1960, and September 12, 1960, and of its regular meeting held September 13, 1960, one correction being ordered in the minutes of the September 12th meeting, viz., making the wording tlperformance bondtl read "performance and payment bond". The petition on file, as submitted by Fuller Tire Company ana requesting a husiness license tax reclassification, was continued at the request of the petitioner. ,- With reference to the petitions submitted September 13, 1960 by J. S. Harris (through T. J. Childress, Jr.) and by Lester Lumber Company, Inc., Council agreed to abandon and/or exchange right-of-way on Route 220 North for and with these parties, reserving fifteen feet to the City in accordance with the description furnished by City Manager Hirst. Attorney William F. Stone, representing Cooper & Ratcliff, grocery supermarket operators, appeared before Council and appealed for a pro-ration of the local business license tax assessable against the firm for the license year beginning May 1, 1960, pointing out that on May 24, 1960, when this firm notified Council that it has been operating within the corporate limits only on a temporary basis, that Council indicated consideration of a refund would be given at the time the firm moved to its former location outside the corporatel:tmits. Council,