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4( TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24. 1959 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor John W. Shultz presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Tuesday, Fe~ 24, 1959, at 7:30 P.M., the following members being present: Mayor and Councilman John W. Shultz; Vice-Mayor and Councilman E. E. Stone; and Councilmen Rives S. Brown, Jr., and Thomas J. Burch. Councilman C. C. Donavant was absent. After the invocation, Council approved as read the minutes of its regular meeting held February 10, 1959. Before taking up its regular order of business, Council heard from a group of citizens residing on Crescent Street who asked that their petition for curb-and-gutter, as filed ~"i~ ~W ',!Ji before the 1958-59 budget adoption, be included in the construction program in the 1959-60 budget. Upon receipt of a re-draft of a proposed gas franchise, prepared as a result of the recent conference between City officials and representatives of Southwestern Virginia Company, Council indicated that it will meet informally in the near future to consider this re-draft and other matters pertaining to a proposed gas franchise. Council continued for further study a schedule of capital outlay projects, as recently .presented by City Manager Hirst. Council also continued for further study a report by City Manager Hirst on anticipated financial effects of annexing territory requested in 1958 by petitioners living in the Forest park-Druid Hills areas, should the court rule in favor of the petitioners. As a result of the 1958 reappraisal and reassessment of local taxable real estate, City Manager Hirst reported that a tax rate of $1.80-to-$1.85 per one hundred dollars