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FLAGS PRESENTED TO COUNC I L COUNCIL EXTENDS APPRECIATION TO'~)OTH'ANNIVERSARY CoMMo RESOLUTION APPROPo CARRIED OVER - DEFICIT IN OPERATIONS 200TH ANNIVERSARY COMM, RESOLUTION APPROP. CARRIED OVER - LOAN TO 200TH ANN. COMM. PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE HISTORICAL PAGEANT "LET FREEDOM RING~t WAS STAGED WITH A LOCAL CAST OF 650 PERSONS AND WAS SEEN BY ~6~61] PEOPLE IN THE SIX NIGHTS IT RAN DURING THE WEEK OF JULY ~6-~:>~. THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA VISITED US DURING THE WEEK AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TELEGRAPHED SPECIAL GREETINGS. THE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES OF THIS WEEK DREW THE ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDED US ALL WITH A CELEBRATION LONG TO BE REMEMBERED. EVENTS AHEAD DURING THE REMAINOER OF THE BICENTENNIAL YEAR~ SEVERAL OBSERVANCES AND ACTIVITIES MIGHT BE APPROPRIATELY HELD, SOME OF THESE ARE ALREADY BEING WORKED ON~ AND OTHERS WE PRESENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SALUTE TO SISTER CITIES WE ARE PREPARING RESOLUTIONS SALUTING OUR THREE SISTER CITIES WHICH WERE FOUNDED ON THE SAME DATE AS CHARLOTTESVILLE -- ON DECEMBER 23~ ~762. AFTER SIGNING THE BILL CREATING CHARLOTTESVILLE~ GOVERNOR FAUQUtER SIGNED BILLS ESTABLISHING THE TOWN OF HANOVER~ THE TOWN OF MECKLENBURG (NOW SHEPHEROSTOWN~ W. VA.) AND THE TOWN OF ROMNEY (NOW IN WEST VIRGINIA). WE RECOMMEND THAT A DELEGATION COMPRISING MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION VISIT OUR THREE SISTER TOWNS TO PRESENT THESE RESOLUTIONS FROM THE PEOPLE OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ON THE OCCASION OF OUR JOINT BIRTHDAY. FLAG AND SEAL BELIEVING IT APPROPRIATE THAT A FLAG AND SEAL BE DESIGNED FOR THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVlLLE~ WE HAVE APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO PREPARE A SUITABLE DESIGN FOR A FLAG FOR THE CITY AND A SEAL THAT IS EMBLEMATIC OF OUR HISTORY. WHEN THE DESIGNS ARE COMPLETED~ WE SHALL PRESENT THEM TO THE COUNCIL WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THEIR ADOPTION. ANN I VERSARY DAY ON DECEMBER 23~ THE ACTUAL BIRTHDAY OF THE CITY~ IT wOULD BE HIGHLY APPROPRIATE TO MARK THE OCCASION WITH THE SIMULTANEOUS RINGING OF ALL CHURCH BELLS~ THE FIRING OF A 20C)-GUN ARTILLERY SALUTE~ AND THE BROAD- CASTING ViA TELEVISION AND RADIO OF HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ANNIVERSARY YEAR~ INCLUDING EXCERPTS FROM THE ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AND t~LET FREEDOM RINGt~. MR. JOHN HUNDLEY ADORESSED THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTEO A 50 STAR UNITED STATES FLAG~ A VIRGINIA FLAG AND A CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG. A MOTION BY MR. $CRtBNER~ SECONDED BY MR, MOUNT~ THAT THE SINCERE APPRECIATION OF THE COUNCIL BE EXTENDED TO THE ~EMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSIONs THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ~LL OTHER PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THE CELEBRATION FOR A FINE JOB WELL DONE~ WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER~ SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT:.MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION= BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT ~10,344.64 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO COVER THE DEFICIT IN THE OPERATIONS OF THE ~00TN ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION. ON MOTION BY MR. ~OUNT, SECONDED BY ~Ro PONTON~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION= BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT ~4~1~2.0OBE ANO THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED AS A LOAN