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392 FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. NOES: NONE. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 19 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945, BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF A NEW ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: CH. 19, NEw SEC. 81 SECTION NUMBERED 81, ENTITLED 'MALICIOUS INJURY TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY, OR TO BUILDINGS OR PLACES OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP OR INSTRUCTION' " WAS OFFERED BY MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. WEINBERG, AND UPON THE RULES BEING SUSPENDED AS TO THE SECOND READING BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WAS ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. NOES: NONE. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 34 OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: CH. 19, sec. 34 INJURING OR DEFACING TREES OR PROPERTY", was OFFERED BY MR. SCRIBNER, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, ANO UPON THE RULES BEING SUSPENDED AS TO THE SECOND READING BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. A MOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER,SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS THAT THE PRESS BE REQUESTED ORDINANCES ORDERED PUBLISHED IN THE TO IMPRESS UPON THE PUBLIC THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCES AND DAILY PROGRESS REQUEST ONE MEMBER OF EACH HOUSEHOLD TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMING THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY OF THESE ORDINANCES, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THe CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO PUBLISH THESE ORDINANCES IN THE DAILY PROGRESS. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE FOR IMPOSING AND COLLECTING LICENSES ORDINANCE RE; AND TAXES FOR THE EXERCISE OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES WITHIN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE LICENSES AND TAXES CARRIED OVER FOR TWELVE MONTHS, COMMENCING THE FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1960 AND ENDING THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL, 1961" WAS OFFERED BY MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. SCRIBNER, AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. ON MOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER, SECONDED BY MR. COLEMAN, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: WHEREAS WE THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA ARE INFORMED THAT HOUSE BILL 167 HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE RESOLUTION RE: ON COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS WE RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THIS RESOLUTION TO THIS HOUSE BILL 167 COMMITTEE WITH THE REQUEST THAT A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD SO THAT WE AND OTHER CITIZENS MAY APPEAR AND PRESENT OUR VIEWS ON THE BILL. BE IT RESOLVED: 1. IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ARE OPPOSED TO HOUSE BILL 167 SINCE IN OUR OPINION ITS PURPOSE IS TO DELAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANNEXATION BY AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR. 2. THIS BILL BY ALLOWING SUCH DELAY REPRESENTS COUNTY INTERESTS ONLY. 3. THIS BILL SETS FORTH NO TIME LIMIT IN WHICN THE PETITION MUST BE FILED ANO THEREBY ALLOWS A MINORITY TO WAIT AS LONG AS THE ANNEXATION COURT WILL PERMIT BEFORE GALLING FOR THE REFERENDUM WHICH WOULD THEN REQUIRE AT (EAST ANOTHER THIRTY (3O) DAYS FURTHER DELAY BEFORE THE ELECTION COULD BE HELD. 4. HOUSE BILL 167 was NOT REQUESTED EITHER BY A MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE OR BY THE COUNCIL AND AFTER IT WAS INTRODUCED DELEGATE HAROLD M. BURROWS WAS REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IN CHARLOTTESVILLE SO THAT OUR CITIZENS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS TWEIR OPINIONS AND STATE WHETHER OR NOT THEY FAVORED SUCH A BILL. MR. BURROWS IGNORED THIS REQUEST AND AS A RESULT THE CITIZENS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO