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Aor_l 26th. 1948. - ~Iav~l~.%~ 1948. Approved - ~~ ~-- Presi den~ On motion a dj ourned, City Clerk. .~ay Ilth, 1948. were present: At a regular meeting of the City Council, held May llth, 19~8, there Leslie T. Fox, ~med A. ~ke, George L. Grimes, ~rthu~ P. Henderson, Carl C. Houghton, Jr., J~nes N.Howa~d, E. Robie St~tevant~ H. Earl ~eiseman, Pea~le J. Wilson, C. E. ~?a~ren, W. Guy Ancell, Czty Mar~- get and R. C. Barclay, City Attorney. ~roVede Hinutes of regular meeting held April 2Vth, 19~8, were read and ap - The Committee on Western Branch Road made the followmng report. the purpose ~n accordance with you~ instructions, the committee appointed for of studying Western Branch Road begs to report: I - Having fotu4~ Western Brsmch Road a desirable and much used artery for the swift and orderly moVement of traf- fic you~ committee recon~ends that the Co~ucil reaffimm its previous position ~nat Western Branch Road fr~n Air Line Turnpike to Hi~u St. ce maintained and contin- ued as an avenue for travel, and 2 - That the s~ of ~,000,00 be appropriated for the pur- pose of widening smd resurfacing the same from Cotuuty Stmeet to High Street. Such work is necessary in the interest of safety an~d the sm ount recormmended will, in the opinion of the City Engineer, ~. P.J. Bergeron, be su~fici~t. Respectfully submitted, H. E. Weisema~u, A. p. Henderson C~l C. Houghton, C. E. Warren." Jr · On mot._on of ~e_seman, the report was adopted and s~ appropria- tion of $4,000.00 for said purpose was plac~ed on its first reading, The Mayor s tared that he had the contract for the new ferr~y boat stated tha~' he preferred the Councml s~ authority for him to sign the same. Motion o f ~. Howard that the Mayor be authorized to sign the con - tract for a new ferry boat, was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Fox, ~ke~ Grimes, Eenderson, oug~ton~ Sturtevant, Weisemmu, Wilson, warren Nays: None The following commztuications f~om th~ City M~uage~ were received: 1st - "The City Engineer received today copies of the new Building Code and D am ~ubmitting ~ herewithand suggest that the Council suspend its rules and adopt the ordinance at this meeting. The printer has provided that the ordinance is adopted as of ~ay llth, 1948, i further reco~end that the Building Code be placed on sale~ at $5.00 p~r copy, ~hi~h is ~l.00 more than the actual cost to the City. ~_e necessity of copying the ordinance in the ordinance book should be dispensed with, and a printed copy should be kept on file by the City Clerk, certi- fying its adoption.~