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instructed and directed to have the roof of the reservoir at the Town
Pumping Station repaired, and/or replaced at the earliest conveniences.
A committee from the American region, with ueorge Hammerly and
E.B.White as spokemen and a committee fron the Hoy Scouts appeared be-
cotuncil and asked that council grant them free use of the Town Hall
Auditorium as a meeting place for the American Legion and Boy Scouts ;
the Legion agreeing to clean up and paint the room, provd&ng the Town
would repair the roof and ceiling. After much discussion, the matter
was referred to the Building_.C6Mtittee,tand.:r.eport at the next meeting
of council.
There being no further business, on motion duly made, seconded
and carried, council adjourned.
Approved: Recorder
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Regular . March 14, 1949
At a regular meeting of the Mayor and Town Council of the Town
of Leesburg, in Virginia, held in the Council Chamber on Monday, March
14, 1949 at 7: 30 o 'clock P.M. there were present: Maurice R. Lowenbach,
or. Mayor, C .W.Fiske, E.H.James, J.L.McIntosh, J.L.Oliver, Francis L.
Patton and Thelma J. Shoot., Councilmen.
In the absense of Recorder "eorge E. Ward, uouncii.man J .L.Mclnhosh
was elected to serve as Recorder rro-tem. -
The minutes of the last meeting were read and upon motion duly
made, seconded and unanimously carried, they were approved as read.
On motion of C .W.Fiske, seconded by J.L.Oliver and voted favor-
ably upon by Councilman Fiske , Oliver and Patton; opposed by Coun-
cilman James, McIntosh and Smoot; Mayor Lowenbach acting as tie-
breaker,. voted for the following resolution which was adopted:
BE. IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in
Virginia, that Parking Meters be placed in the four business blocks
of the Town, between Loudoun and Cornwall Streets on King Street
and betwwen Church and Wirt Streets, on Market Street, for a trial
period of six months from installation.
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Onmotion of r trs . Thelma Smoot, seconded by C .W.Fiske and
unanimously carried it was ordered that the shrubbery to be planted
in the beds of the Municipal rarking Lot be purchased from Mr,
Gregg at. Hill Top Gardens, Purcellville, Va .
On motion of Francis L. Patton, seconded by I:rs . Thelma J.
Smoot and uanimously carried, a vote of thanks was extended to the
Leesburg Garden Club for their assistance in planning the planting
the beds at the Municipal Parking Lot .
The Auditor-Treasurer read his monthly report for the month of
February, 1949, and presented the current bills and upon motion of
C .W.Fiske, seconded by E.H.James and unanimously carried, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in .
Virginia, that the Auditor-Treasurer be , and he is hereby authorized
and- directed to pay the following bills :
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Virginia Electric & rower Co.
Mayor' s Office & Fire House $ 2.84
General Pumping - 22.94
Harrison Pumping - - - - - - 7.77
Street Lighting - 152.63
White way Lighting 31.60
Christmas Lights 6 .30
Disposal Plant - - - - 1. �O
$225.36 ST ' •
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C&P Telephone Co. of va. -$ .45
Claude M. Payne - 5.25
F . L. Huber - 3.00
H&H Chevrolet Sales - 9.85
HOE Chevrolet Esso Station .70
The Loudoun News - - 10 .40
Ford meter Box Co. Inc . - 29.07
Penitentiary industrial Dept . — - -, 7.00
C) .S .Darley & Co. 12.52
Va.-Carolina Chemicql Corp. 15.38
Koontz Equipment Corp. 14.30
Noyes Motor Co. - 2.00
J.T.Hirst & Co. inc . 8.00
Old Dominion Appliance Co. 1.40
Board of Supervisors x.10
$`4 .49
On motion of C .W.Fiske,. seconded by J.L.Mcintosh and carried
by a 5 to 0, vote, Mrs . Smoot not voting, the Town agreed to pay
one year 's membership dues for Acting town Sergeant F.L.Huber in the
State Police Chiefs Association at $10.00 per year.
The Mayor read to Council the regular monthly report of the
Police Deartment as submitted by Acting Town Jergeant, F.L.Huber.
Councilman Fiske reported to Council having conferred with
the Postal Inspector relative to postal delivery service in Leesburg.
The possibility of bringing Natural vas to Leesburg was brought
to the attention of Council and after some discussion, the mayor
appointed Councilmen Patton and James to investigate the matter
further.
'The Committee. from the American Legion again appeared before
coucil relative to exclusive use of the Town Hall Auditorium. Fol-
lowing a lenghty discussion, Mayor Lowenbach appointed Councilman
Patton to serve temporarily with the Buildiag.._COth ittee to prepare
a formal proposal for consideration of council:
there being no further business, on motion duly made, seconded
and carried:, the council adjourned.
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Approv : ,Q / / Recorder Fro-tem.
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Regular April 11, 1949
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At a regular meeting of the Mayor and Town Council -of the Town
of Leesburg, in Virginia, held in the Council Chamber on Monday, April
11, 1949 at 7: 30 o'clock P.M. there were present: Maurice RL Lowenbec4
Jr. Mayor, ueorge E. ward, Recorder, C .W.Fiske, E.H.James, J.L.McIn-
tosh, J.L.Oliver, Francis L. Patton and Mrs . Thelma J. Smoot, Coun-
cilmen.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and upon objection
of Mrs . 'Thelma J. Smoot the following corrections were made: In the
fourtkj line of the last paragraph “oe .Committee from American Legion)
end sentence.with .word Committee; then strike out the remaining words
of the paragraph, "to prepare a formal proposal for consideration
of council" . . Upon motion of C .W.Fiske, se±onded by E.H.James and
unanimously carried, the minutes were then approved as corrected.
The Auditor-Treasurer read his monthly report for the month of
March, 1949 and his quarterly report for the quarter ending March 31,
1949 and upon motion of Mrs. Tkelma J. Smoot, seconded by C .W.Fiske,
and unanimously carried, the following resolution. was adopted:
WHEREAS, the Auditor-treasurer has this day presented to the .
Council of the- Town of Leesburg, in Virginia , a quarterly statement T:
of all receipts and an analysis of all disbursements for the months "^.
January, February and March, 1949;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of
Leesburg, in Virginia, that the said quarterly report of the Auditor-