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RESOLUTION RE: <br />CHARLOTTESVILLE HOUSE <br />OF DELEGATES DISTRICT <br /> <br />ON NOTION THE MEETING ADdOURNED. <br /> <br />RES I [~ENT ~/ <br /> <br />COUNCIL CHAHBER - NOVEHBER 17~ 1964 <br /> <br />PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: <br /> <br />HR. B. J. HAGGERTY <br />MR. L. B. MOUNT <br />HR. J. R. PONTON <br />MR. B, A. RENNOLDS <br />MR. L. L. SCRIBNER <br /> <br />TAKE NOTICE <br /> <br /> A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON <br />THE 17TH INST. AT 3:30P. M. OICLOCK. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION RE= CHARLOTTESVILLE HOUSE OF DELEGATES DISTRICT. <br /> <br />BY ORDER OF <br /> <br />J. s. (SIG.ED__) <br /> CL£R~ <br /> <br />L. B. HOUNTSlGNED) <br /> PRESIDENT <br /> <br /> THE COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING <br /> <br /> MEMBERS PRESENT= HR. HAGGERTYj HR. HOUNT, MR. PONTON~ HR, RENNOLDS AND <br /> <br /> MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT: NONE. <br /> <br /> ON MOTION BY HR. SCRIBNER, SECONDED BY HR. HAGGERTY, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION <br /> ~AS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED= <br /> <br /> WHEREAS THE 1960 FEDERAL CENSUS GAVE THE CiTY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE <br /> <br /> 29,427 PERSONS, AND <br /> <br /> WHEREAS THE CITY ANNEXED 3.928 SQUARE MILES FROM ALBEMARLE <br /> <br /> COUNTY ON JANUARY 1, t963 WHICH THE ANNEXATION COURT DETERMINED HAD AN <br /> APPROXIMATE POPULATION OF 4~386, BASED ON THE 1960 CENSUS or ALBEMARLE <br /> COUNTY, AND <br /> <br /> WHEREAS BY THESE OFFICIAL FIGURES THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE <br /> <br /> ON JANUARY 1, 1963 HAD A POPULATION OF 33,813 AND AN ESTIMATED POPULATION <br /> <br /> ON NOVEMBER 1, 1964 OF 36,500 PERSONS, AND <br /> <br /> WHEREAS THE COUNCIL Or THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE BELIEVES <br /> <br /> THAT THE LEGISLATIVE NEEDS OF ITS CITIZENS CAN BEST BE MET IN THE GENERAL <br /> <br /> ASSEMBLY BY A REPRESENTATIVE ELECTED SOLELY BY CHARLOTTESVILLE VOTERS. <br /> <br /> NOb/THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> <br /> CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES HEREBY STATE ITS FIRM CONVICTION <br /> <br /> TO THE PRIVILEGES AND ELECTION COMMITTEE OF THE House oF DELEGATES THAT <br /> <br /> BY REASON OF ITS 33~813 POPULATION BASED ON THE 1960 CENSUS AND ANNEXATION <br /> ORDER, THE EXISTING REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE, FOR THE CITY, IS <br /> CONSTITUTIONAL AND GIVES ITS CITIZENS THE CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL VOICE IN <br /> THEIR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS THAT THE LAW REQUIRES AND THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE. <br /> <br /> THEREFORE THE COUNCIL RESPECTFULLY URGES THE PRIVILEGES AND <br /> <br />ELECTION COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT CHARLOTTESVILLE <br />RETAIN ITS PRESENT HOUSE REPRESENTATION OF A DELEGATE ELECTED SOLELY BY <br />ITS CITIZENS. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE <br /> <br />THAT COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SENT TO THE HONORABLE JOHN WARREN COOKE~ <br />CHAIRMAN~ THE OTHER HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF PRIVILEGES AND ELECTION <br />COMNITTEE~ SENATOR EDWARD OD HcCuE, JR. AND DELEGATE C. ARMONDE PAXSONo <br /> <br /> <br />