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Aorll 26th. 1948. - Mavt!~. t948. Approved - ~~ ~%-- Presiden On motion adjourned. City Clerk. Hay~lth, 1948. were present: At a regular meeting of the City Council, held Eay llth, 1948, there Leslie T. ~ox, ~-~ed A. Duke, George L. Grimes, Arthur P. Henderson, Carl C. Houghton, Jr., Jar~es N.Howard, Eo Robie Sturtevant. H. E~l ~eiseman~ Pea~le J. Wilson~ C. E. ~a~ren, W. Guy Ancell, City get and R. C. Barclay, City Attorney. ~oved. ~inutes of regular meeting held April 2Vth, 1948, were read and ap - The Committee on Western Branch Road made the following report: the p'~pos e ~In accordance with your instructions, the cormnittse appointed for of studying Western Branch Road begs to report: I Having found Western Branch Road a desirable and much used artery for the swift and orderly mo~en~ent of traf- fic your committee recon~aends that the Cotuucil reaffirm its previous position that Western Branch Road from Air Line Turnpike to Hi~ St. be maintained and contin- ued as an avenue for travel, and 2 That the sum of ~4,000.00 be appropriated for the pur- pose of widening ~nd resurfacing the same from County Street to High Street. Such work is necessary in the interest of safety and the an ount reco~uended will, in the opinien of the City Engineer, ~o P.J. Bergeron, be sufficient. Respectfully submitted, H. ~. Weisem~, Carl C. Houghton, C. E. Warre~no~ ~ ~r. Weiseman, the report was adopted ~nd s~ appropria- 0n mot_on of "' tion of $4,000.00 for said purpose was plac~ed on its first r eadingo · The ~yor stated that he had the contract for the new ferry boat and stated ti~a~ he preferred the Council's~ authority for him ~o sign the same. ~otion o f ~r. Ho~d that the ~ayor be authorized to szgn the con - tract for a new ferry boat, was adopted, and by the fell'owing vo~e: Ayes: Nays: Fox, ~ke, Grimes, Henderson, Houghton, Howard, Sturtevant, Weiseman, I~ilson, ~arren None The following communications from th~ City Nanager were received: 1st - "The City Engineer received today copies of the new Building Code and ~ am submitting ~ herewith and suggest that the Council suspend its rules and adop~ the ordinance at t~s meeting. The printer has provided that the ordlnar~ce is adopted as of Eay llth, 1948~ I further recommend that the Building Code be placed on sale at $~.00 per copy, whi~ is $1.00 more than the actual cost to the City.- The necessity of copying the ordinance in the ordznance bgok$ should be dispensed with, and a printed copy should ba kept on file by the City Cl~rk, certm- fying its adoption."