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At a Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Common Council of the Town
of Leesburg Va.,held on February 28thtl002.
Presert,The Recorder and Councilmen, Shroff,Fouche,Norris,Roll Ins,
Bttzer,Johnston,Jivine,Cerrett and Casey.
The mayor being absent on account of sickness -the Pecorder called
the meeting to order anal appointed Mr Cascy Recorder pro tem.
The minutes of the last mcettng wer:; rea- and approved.
Mr.C.R.Lowenbach appear" in Council and stated that in wet
weather water stands on the lot of Mr.Ftsher on east Market Street
and is detrimental to the health of the citizens of that section,
whereupon,on motton,messrs. Jivtne,Casey and Johnston. were ap-
pointed a Committee to look Into the matter and make a report to
the net mcettng of the Council.
Contracts for hauli.rg the Slops and Garbage from the town for the
year beginning March 1st 1902,were opened and hr T.1.Fisher having
made the lowest bid for Hauling the same at X170, the contracts
were awarded to him and the Recorder was requested to contract
with htm,and to receive his usual compensation for so doing.
Ordered that H1.60 be refunded tc ?'r P.P.Perry on an erroneous
assessment.
The Co?rmittee-on Extension of C he Corporate ltmtts of the Town
mace their report,and thereupon they weie authorized to employ
a Surveyor to run new
lues of the town_ in accordar_ce with their
instructtors Fnd the said Co^mttte was further authorized to take
all steps necessary to have the same extended and the Charter of
the Town amended.
To the FIon.Mayor gnu Common Council of the town of Leesburg V8 -
Your Committee -appointed by resolution of October £5,1901
respectfully report
that we have dlschargeci the duty imposed under
s8td resolutt on ansa
being of opinion that section 55 of the Town
Charter ex em
pt. the Persons
taws: frog an.; pr°pert, of the
the payment t
people of he
been r of Roau taxes anu that the same has not
sed a Petttto by implication or otherwise through counsel addres-
on to the County Court asking said Court to enter
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such order in the premises as might to it appear proper. On finding the Board
of Road Commissioners inclined to controversy and feeling that the town as
rs,
an entity could not hold the relation to its citizens of loco parentis counsel
determined to withdraw said petition and file another to the name of one of her
led ctttzens,This being done,satu citizen after a few days and whtle Court was still
in session asked to have his petition withdrawn which was one. Your committee
can therefore only report that the matter of paying road tax is entirely with
the individual citizen and enc over which ;:e have no jurisdiction as a town
Council. Respectfully submitted,
11.'.E.Garrett
' CL C .R.Norrls
Oden Casey.
The foregoing report was read approved and ordered to be spread upon the minutes
of the Council
There being no further bustness,Ceuncil adiourrea.
Re.Pro tem: Rec.& P.ettng YE yor. .
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