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TUES DA. Y MAY 27, 1952 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with ;'IIayor J. R. Walker pt'esiding, was held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday, ~;lay 27, 1952, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., all oombers, as follows, being pt'esent: Mayor and Councilman J. R. Walker, and Courcilmen R. S. Brown, Jr., C. P. Craig, R. S. Hodnett, and W. T. Turner. Minutes of the regular Council rooeting held May 13, 1952, and of the special Council - meeting held May 20, 1952, upon being read, were appro\red. Council deferred its regular order of busiress to hear A ttarney John Hartley, representing the local theatre owners-operator, ask the Council for permission, wil.ich was granted, to appear at a later date before Council in an appeal and petition for the abolition of the City's Amusement Admission Tax Ordinance as it affects local theatre operations. ~-- ~~ ~ Resuming the regu18r order of business, Council received a report from the Planning Commission in which the Commission, after conducting a public hearing on May 26, 1952 on the matter, reaffirmed its earlier recolT'Jnemation that the width of Mulberry Road from Parkview Street to the Corporate Limits be established as (and at) forty-eight (J..j.81) feet. The Commission also reported and recolTL:1ended that the name "Red Hill Lane" ,<- street be changed to "Windsor Lane". Council unanimously accepted said recommendation and ordered same effected. Next, City l1anager Mathewson pt'eserrted to Council a proposed lease aE,Teerrent which he recommended be executed by and with the local Police Club, Inc., for the supervising of fishing and boating activities at the City's Smith Lake. Council, in approving said agreement, empowered the City ManaGer to execute same in accordance with his recOlTLTnendation.