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VIRGINIA: At an adjourned meetin~i of the i~oard of Supervisors of Chesterfield County, held at the ]ourt House on February 2Z+, 1959, at 7:30 ].~r. Irvin O.Horner, Chairman I,'~r. tt .T .Goyne M~. i~. J.Brit ton ,~r.Stanley [(.Ha~'~e, Jr. I,]r. H. K. Ha germ an Mr. Marshall F.Driskill This day t~re comes a delegation composed of Mr.'~Virt Coleman, Mr. Joel Tyson and Mr.To~n Billingsley~ bringing a petition signed by five of the eight families of Tomahawk Lane, which roa~ name was recently changed from Byrd and which petition requested the change from Tomahawk to Carriage Lane. Mr. Coleman and Mr. Tyson expressed the feelings of the majority of the people on Tomahawk Lane and Mr. Billingsley said that everyor~ had had a chan~e to express his desires as to a proposed name, and that the name of Tomahawk Lane was the name that most people wanted at this time. Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of ~r. Goyne, seconded by Mr. Hagermal it is resolved that this matter be referred again to residents on said street as to the proposed name change. This day Mr. Jack Williams, License Inspector for the County, comes before the Board citing the various duties of his office and requesting a secretary to aid in the work of hie department. Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of ~hr.Driskill, seconded by Mr.Britton, it is resolved that Mr.Williams be and he hereby is authorized to hire a secretary. And be it further resolved, that the Treas~rer of the $ounty be and he hereby is reqaested to trans?er from the unappropriated surnlue ~800.O0 to £tem 2c-lO9 to defray the cost of this clerical assistant. It is here noted that Mr. Goyne votes "No". On motion of Mr. Goyne, seconded by Mr.Driskill, it is resolved that the License Inspector be and he hereby is requested to make a re~ort of his activities each month. This day there was presented a petition signed by many of the residents of Ban ~!iew Drive an~ Mt. Bolla Road in Crestwood Farms,which petition requested that no change in the street names be effected at this time. The County Enginee~r pointed out that some different designations of these right angle roads would be desirable in order to number said houses on said road. It is generally a~reed that this matter be studied furvher. This day the ExecutiveSecretary read a letter from Mt.B.C. Gladden, Agent for the Atlantic Coast Line FAR., requesting a street light at the intersection of South Street and the Railroad property in the Ettrick Sanitary D~trict. It was generally agreed that this m~ter would be referred to Mr. Ha~erman. On motion of Mr. Britton, seconded by Mr. Driskill, ~t is resolved that the A.a.A. ~indow Cleaning Company be employed to wash all exterior w~ndows i~side and out of the Co~rt Ho~e buildings for the sum of ~160.OO. On mosion of Mr.gritton, seconded by Mr.Driskill, it is resolved that the Kane Plumbing Company, Inc., be employed to remodel the heating system in the old Clerk's Office for tho price of 9~259.O0. On motion of Mr. Driskill, seconded by Mr. Goyne, it is resolved that the firm of Chewnin? and klilmer be employed to make certain improvements to the electric and lighting syst~m of the old Clerk's Office for the sum of $3OOO.O0. On motion of Mr. Britton, seconded by Mr.Goyne, it is resolved that this Board accept the $5OO.00 bond from the '.;orthington Farms Corporation for the hard- surfacing of 350 feet of ~.~cDowell ~oad, from Ludwig Road to Holliday .~{oad. And be ~t further r~ ~olw~d, ~hat theVirg~nia Department of Highways, be, and ~t hereby is request, ed to t~ke this road ~into the Secondary System of roads. The Executive Secretary reported th. at the follov,~in roads had been accepted into Lhe State Second~ry Syst,~.~m of r'oad~-~: ?load cra ft Subdivision i~rown Road - From a point on Brown '.load (Route 789) 0.04 rails southeast of the int.~rsection of ftayned i[oad (itoute 175g) thence t.07 $ile southeast to Cowan f~oa4 (iloube 8~3). Length 0.07 mile. ~,loodcroft Road - From a joint on Brown ]load (Route 789) 0.04 mile northwest of $owan i[oad (Route 8~+3) and running northeast 0.16 mile to a dead end. Length 0.16 mi~e. On motion of Mr. Goyne, seconded by Mr.Hague, it is resolved that this Board pay by order of the Court ~200.00 to Miss Anna ~. Ward, for determining the ~alidity of signatures appearing en the petitions filed with the C(~urt on October 2~ 1958, for the purpos~ of calling a referendum on the sale of alcoholic beverages other than beer in Chesterfield County.