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3~ MARCH 5, 1955 . TUESDAY The re gular semi-monthly me eting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Vir ginia, with Mayor R. S. Hodnett presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, on Tuesday, March 8, 1955, at 7:30 P.M., all members, as follows, being present: Mayor and Councilman R. S. Hodnett; and Councilmen C. P. Craig, B. H. Hill, W. T. Turner, and J. R. Walker. Minutes of the regular Coureil meeting held February 22, 1955 and of the special Council meeting held March 3, 1955, upon being read, were approved. Mayor Hodnett, through City Manager Mathewson, presented to Council his draft of a letter to be sent out to the :City's Tax Study Advisory Group, notifying the group or committee that Dr. J. D. Lucas, Dean of Students at the University of Chicago Law ~:~ ~~ i School and consultant to the committee, will meet in Martinsville with the committee this forthcoming March 21st-22nd. N~yor Hodnett advised the group that he has appointed Councilmen Craig, Hill, and Turner to sit wi th the group in a liaison capacity. The letter and plan of procedure, as outlined by the Mayor, were approved by Council. Mr. J. Ford Burgess, of this City, appeared before Council and inquired whether he might have the option of complying with the City's proposed subdivision ordinance and be reimbursed in accordance therewith--in lieu of complying just with existing sub- division regulations--in developing his subdivision known as Burgess Court. Council indicated favorable action on Mr. Burgess' proposal, pending working out details between him and City Manager Mathewson. In response to Mr. J. S. Hackler's request of February 23, 1955, Council granted Mr. Hackler permission to construct and install a six-inch water line for a distance of approximately 550 feet along Pumphouse Road (connecting the six-inch water mains on