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RESIGNATION - <br />MR. T. d. MICHIE <br /> <br />WELFARE REPORT <br />PRESENTED <br /> <br />GENTLEMEN= <br /> <br />1 HAVE BEEN APPOINTED A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DIS- <br />TRICT OF VIRGINIA AND EXPECT TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE AND ASSUME MY DUTIES <br />AS SUCH ON JULY 29, ~961 WHICH WI,LLBE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY <br />COUNCIL. FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS ANY FEDERAL JUDGE FROM HOLDING ANY STATE <br />OR MUNICIPAL OFFICE. IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY FOR ME TO RESIGN AS A MEMBER <br />OF CITY COUNCIL AND I DO HEREBY RESIGN AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL EFFECTIVE UPON <br />THE DELIVERY OF THIS RESIGNATION TO THE MAYOR. <br /> <br />! HAVE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS AND IN RESIGNING <br />! WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT DESPITE CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS ! <br />HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE. -I HAVE PARTICULARLY ENJOYED MY <br />ASSOCIATION WITH THE FINE MEN WITH WHOM I HAVE SERVED AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL <br />~LL OF WHOM HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY DEDICATED UNSELFISHLY TO THE GOOD OF THE CITY. <br />IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH YOU GENTLEMEN AND YOUR <br />PREDECESSORS WITH WHOM I HAVE WORKED AND I SHALL ALWAYS BE PROUD TO CALL ALL OF <br />YOU MY FRIENDS. <br /> <br />JN MY TIME EVERY CITY COUNCILMAN HAS WORKED WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR WHAT HE DEEMED <br />TO BE THE GOOD OF THE CITY. AND SO IN COOPERATION WITH THE CiTY MANAGER AND <br />THE OTHER CITY OFFICERS J THINK WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS DESPITE THE <br />DIFFICULTIES TO WHICH I HAVE REFERRED ABOVE. ~ AM SURE -THAT YOU WILL ALL <br /> <br /> CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD IN THE SAME WAY AND J REGRET THAT J WILL NO LONGER <br /> <br />BE WORKING WITH YOU TO THE END OF BETTER GOVERNMENT AND GREATER PROGRESS IN <br /> <br />THE CITY. <br /> <br />SINCERELY YOURS, <br /> <br />THOMAS Jo M~CHIE (SIGNED) <br /> <br />TdM:cL <br /> <br />ON MOTION BY MR. LEE~ SECONDED, BY MR. MOUNT~ THE FOREGOING RESIGNATION WAS <br /> <br />ACCEPTED WITH DEEP REGRETS. <br /> <br />THE WELFARE-REPORT FOR THE HONTH OF JUNE, 1961 WAS PRESENTED AND ORDERED <br /> <br />FILED WiTH THE MINUTES OF THIS HEETINGo <br /> <br />ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. <br /> <br />COUNCIL CHAMBER - AUGUST 1, 1961 <br /> <br />PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: <br /> <br />MR, B. J. HAGGERTY <br />MR. R. E. LEE <br />MR. L. B. MOUNT <br />MR. L.'Lo SCRIBNER JULY 31~ 1961 <br /> <br /> TAKE NOTICE <br /> <br /> A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD TOMORROW MORNING <br />THE 1ST iNST. AT 9:30 A. M. OtCLOCK. <br /> <br />1. To ELECT A COUNCILMAN TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY THE <br /> <br />RESIGNATION OF T. d. HICHIE. <br /> <br /> BY ORDER OF <br /> <br />J. S. RUSHz__J_J.R. (SIGNED) <br /> CLERK <br /> <br />L. L. SCRIBNER (SIGNED) <br /> <br />PRESIDENT <br /> <br /> THE COUNCIL MET iN SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS <br />PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. LEE, MR. MOUNT AND MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT: NONE, <br /> THE MAYOR STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WAS TO FILL THE VACANCY IN <br />THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMAN CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF JUDGE THOMAS J. HICHIE. <br /> ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY HR. MOUNT, MR. JOHN ROBERT PONTON WAS <br />ELECTED AS COUNCILMAN TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF JUDGE MJiCHIE, EXPIRING <br />AUGUST 31~ 1962, BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY~ HR. LEE, <br /> <br />MR. MOUNT AND MR. SCRIBNER. NOES: NONE. <br /> ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. <br /> <br />PRES I ~E~IT' <br /> <br /> <br />