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U COUNTY WATER CONNECTIONS APPROVED. COMMUNICATION RE: RETAIL LICENSE TAX REFERRED TO CITY ATTY. PETITIONS RE: PARK LANE, SHERWOOD RD. & PORTION OXFORD RD. REFERRED TO ST. COMM. MRS. MASON BYRD MEMBER SCH. BD. — 1ST WARD MR. JUNIUS FISHBURNE He MR. HARRY WRIGHT MEMBERS AT LARGE MR. N. T. SHUMATE MEMBER WELFARE ADV. BD, SECONDED BY MR. HADEN, AND UPON BEING READ WAS CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. ON MOTION COUNTY WATER APPLICATIONS FOR MR. JOHN VAN LIEW IN MEADOWBROOK HEIGHTS, DR. J. N. CLORE ON MEADOWBROOK LANE AND MR. R. A. BROWN ON ROUGEMONT AVENUE WERE APPROVED. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. CLERK PRESIDENT COUNCIL CHAMBER — JUNIE 18, 1951 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE rOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. BARR, MR. HADEN, MR. HAMM, MR. HILL AND MR. TEBELL. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 4, 1951 WERE READ AND APPROVED. ON MOTION A COMMUNICATION REQUESTING REFUND -OF RETAIL LICENSE'TAX ON SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR OPINION AS TO WHETHER SUCH LICENSE COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PERSON IF THE COUNCIL SO'DESIRES. ON MOTION THE PETITIONS REQUESTING THE ACCEPTANCE OF PARK LANE, SHERWOOD ROAD AND THAT PORTION OF OXFORD ROAD IN THE SHERWOOD SUBDIVISION, WERE REFERRED TO THE STREET COMMITTEE FOR STUDY AND REPORT. THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE MEETING OPEN TO RECEIVE NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP TO THE CITY SCHOOL BOARD, ADVISING OF THE EXPIRATION OF TERMS OF THE MEMBER FROM THE FIRST WARD AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AT LARGE. MR. TEBELL NOMINATED MRS. MASON BYRD TO SUCCEED HERSELF AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD FROM THE FIRST WARD FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. MR. BARR NOMINATED MR. HARRY WRIGHT AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD FROM THE FIRST WARD FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. MRS, BYRD WAS ELECTED BY THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE, FO1t VACANCIES CREATED BY EXPIRATION OF TERMS OF THE TWO MEMBERS AT LARGE, MR. HADEN NOMINATED MR. JUNIUS FISHBURNES MR. HILL NOMI NATED MIR. HARRY WRIGHT AND MR. BARR NOMINATED MRS. BENJAMIN BUNN. MR. FISHBURNE RECEIVED FOUR VOTES, MR. WRIGHT RECEIVED FIVE VOTES AND MRS. BUNN RECEIVED ONE VOTE. THEREFORE, MR. F i SHBURNE AND iv1R. WRIGHT WERE ELECTED MEMBERS AT LARGE FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. N. T. SHUMATE AS A MEMBER OF THE WELFARE ADVISORY BOARD TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF MRS. ELIZABETH BEARD, RESIGNED. =� THE STREET COMMITTEE REPORTED THAT IT HAD STUDIED THE MATTER REFERRED TO IT AT THE LAST REGULAR WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF A PORTION OF HARMON AVENUE INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY TOP SURFACE THAT PORTION OF HARMON AVENUE REFERRED TO IN THE PETITION IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE