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REGULAR JULY, 14, 1952.
At a regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Leesburg
in Virginia, held in the Council Chamber, on Monday July, 14, 1952, at 7:30
o'clock P. M., there were present, E. S. Dailey, Mayor, Horace M. Hallett,
Recorder, Vernon L. Claggett, Emmerson H. James, Harry F. Newton, and Thelma
J. Smoot, Councilmen.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and upon motion of Emmer-
son H. James, seconded by Vernon L. Claggett, and unaminously carried were
approved as read. '
The Auditor-Treasurer read his monthly report for the month of June,
1952, his quarterly report for the quarter ending June 30, 1952, and his
annual report for the fiscal year ending Junie, 30, 1952, and upon motion
of Thelma J. Smoot, seconded by Emmerson H. James, and unaminously carried
the following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, the .AuditoraTreasurer has this day presented to the 'Council of
the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia a quarterly report of all receipts and analy-
sis of all disbursements for the months of April, May, and June 1952,
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED, 'by the Council of the Town of Leesburg
in Virginia, that the said quarterly report of the Auditor-Treasurer be and
it is hereby approved and accepted by said Council,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Council that the Auditor-Treasurer be and
he is hereby authorized and instructed to have a copy of the said quarterly
report published once in a newspaper, published in said Town and also post
a copy of said report, in front of Court House in said Town.
The Auditor-Treasurer presented the current bills for the month of June
1952, and upon motion of Thelma J. Smoot, seconded by Emmerson H. James, and
unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, that
the Auditor4reasurer, be and he 'is hereby authorized and directed to.pay the
following bills: .
Virginia Electric & Power Co $ 235.73 v
C. & P. Telphone Co. • 1.15.✓
S. Reed Galleher Tres; Loudoun County . . . 5 .69
Raymond R. Rodrick 66.84'
• Noland Company 15.96..
Loudoun News 1.50 -
Max Davis & Company 9.80 /
Arlington Stone Company 11.25 ✓
Union Clothing Company ' . 1 167.00 ✓:
Geo. H. Hardy 3.00
Claude Honicon 108.00 /
Leesburg Hardware 4.35 '
Colonial Motor Sales 4.00 ✓
J. S. Whitmore 6.78 / •
L. S. Huthinson Esso'#1 . . . _. . . . . . .85 /
Newtmi & Kaufman 8.40 .
Carolina Chemical Corp. 15.38-v
National.Safty Engineers 29.00 ✓
Clem Marshall Assn; 34.50 / '
J. T. Hirst & Co; Inc; 286.42 '
Loudoun-Times'Mirror 59.00
Colonial Motor Sales, Inc; 1660.00 /
Garrett Insurance Agenoy • 219.821
Joseph T. Martz . • 3.10
John Allen Johnston 150.00
Coleman C. Gore 9750.00 ✓
- 3280.40z.ss-
Upon motion of Emmerson H. James, 'seconded by Vernon L. Claggett, and
° nnaminously. carried, .Council authorized, and directed the Auditor-Treasurer
to have installed on the 'new police car a set of turn signals. .
Upon motion of Emmerson H. James, seconded by Vernon L. Clagett, and
unaminously carried Council directed the Auditor-Treasurer to write to Mr.
• H. E. Loffler , and request him to have his lot cleaned up by the 'Collage.
Upon motion of Harry F. Newton, seconded by Vernon L. Claggett, and
carried by a vote of 3 to 0 Mrs. Smoot not voting, the Auditor-Treasuuer
. was authorized and directed to have a pipe installed under West Cornwall
Street., at Liberty, to take off the storm water in that section.—
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- Council Directed the Auditor-Typo£ to have a white line painted in
✓ front of the Town Hall in the cents o see if it would help in correcting the
condtion at the corner where car were driving in the center of the street at
this intersection;
Upon motion Of Vernon L. Claggett, seconded by Emmerson H. James, and
unaminously carried the following 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 'have a
drive way installed across the Town8 side walk at the Presbyterian Manse, and
that the Leesburg Presbyterian Church iss to pay for the said installation.
Upon motion of Emmerson H. James, seconded by Vernon L. Claggett; and
unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, that
v George E. Ward, Auditor-Treasurer, Raymond L. Hough, PUMPING Station Operator .
and Sgt; Victor N. Jackson of the Police Department be given a vacation of two
weeks or_ pay at the regular rate in lieu thereof.
Upon motion of Vernon L. Claggett, seconded by Emmerson H. James, and tm-
aminously carried the following 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 increase
V ' the .hounrly.rate of the Town labor force from 75 cents to 85 cents Ter. hour
effective as of this date.
Mr. C. C. Saffer of Saffer Bros; Company, appear before Council and stated
that he had requested the Virginia State Highway. Department, to scrapethe street
in front of his place and on down as far as the Leesburg Ice and Fuel Company,
and that he had been told by the Highway'Department that it being in the limits
of the Town of Leesburg, that the request must come from the Council of the Town,
And upon motion of Emmerson H. James, seconded by Harry F. Newton, and
unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted: :
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in.Virginia, that
the Recorder; be and he 'ia hereby'authorized and directed to write to the Virginia
lz State Highway Department, 'arid'requedt that they scrape the street in front of
Saffer Bros; -Mill arid 'on to the Leesburg Ice & Fuel Company. '
At this"regular meeting of 'the 'Council of the Town of Leesburg In Virginia
held on the 1¢ day o£'July 1952; at'7:30 P. M. at the Mayor's Office of the
Town of Leesburg in'Loudoim'COuaity, 'Virginia, the regular meeting place of said
Council E. S. Dailey; Mayor, 'Horace M. 'llett, Recorder, Emmerson H. James
Thelma 'J. SmOot, Harry F. 'Newton , and Vernon L. Claggett being a quorum of the
Council of the said'Town; 'arid; .
WHEREAS-it being"brought"to the attention of the Council that the offices
of the members of the 'Beard'of Zoning Appeals heretofore appointed by the Cir-
" cuit Court of Loudouin'Counity are daOant by reason of the resignation of E. S.
• Dailey, Dr. W. O. Bailey, :Willi.am'F; Peach, and Roy Flippo, :and,
WHEREAS; the Counicil•desiresthe Court :to.appoint a new Board of Zoining .
Appeals, the'following reeolution'was passed on the .motion made by Vernon L. -
Claggett, seoonded by'Thelma J. 'Smoot, by a,unanimous .vote of the members of
the Council then present. . . . • -
BE IT RESOLVED; tLa•t" John —Tr CLemens, Regiland,R. Gheen,, Richard Burbank,
John Allen Johnston'and'Howard B. 'Gill be and they.are here by selected a Board
of Zoning Appeals for 'the 'Town of'Leesburg in-Virginia for the term begining
July 14, 1952, and oontinuing'for'a'period of three years, and the said Board
and each member theieef'on appointment by the Court shall have the authorities
and be vested with all the powers granted to members of Boards of Zoning Appeals
under authority of laws of Virginia.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Stilson.H. Hall, Attorney for said Town, is
requested to-present to the Judge of the Circuit Court of Loudoun County,
Virginia, a petition for the purpose of requesting the Court.to appoint a Board
of Zoning Appeals for said Town as provided'by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that the Recorder of said Tawn. sha17 Toward to Stilsoh •
H. Hall, Attorney, two certified copies of this res, ution:
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Mayor. Recorder.