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SPECIAL
MEETING
PRESENT
Council Minutes
Town of Pulaski, Virginia was held in the Municipal
Pulaski, Va., April 3, 1953
A special meeting of the Town Council of the
Building at 4 p.m., April 3, 1953.
There were present:
Vice-Mayor W'. F. White, presiding
Councilmen: I.R. Carper, 0. 0. Crowell,
J.C. Crumbley,Jr., J.L.Kesling,
~.` W.Marshall, J.R.Martin.
Absent: C.V. Jackson.
Also present:
Town Manager: Julian F. Hirst
Clerk : Louise D. Logan
Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore
The Town Manager advised that the Virginia
Department of Highways required either a bond from the Town,
saving the Commonwealth harmless from any injuries or
damages as a result of construction work by the Town
on State roads, or a minimum of X300.00 cash deposit,
and that the Town planned to do construction work on
Peppers Ferry Road in connection with the Pico Terrace
mater Line reclocation.
ORDINANCE On motion duly made by I. R. Carper, seconded
SAVINGHARMLESS by 0. 0 Crowell and unanimously carried, the following
VA.DEPT.OF ordinance xvas adopted:
HI G~'AYS
AN ORDINANCE TO OBLI GATE THE TOWN OF PULASKI TO HOLD
HARMLESS THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FOR ANY AND ALL
DAMA(~S ARISING OUT OF THE GRANTING BY THE VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OF PERMITS TO THE TOWN OF PULASKI,
VIRGINIA, FC}R USE 0 F RI GHT O F WAYS 0 F THE VIR GIN IA
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS BY THE TOWN OF PULASKI FOR
INSTALLATION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
OF PUBLIC UTILITIES ALONG, ACROSS, OVER AND UPON SAID
RIGHT OF WAYS .
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the,Town of
Pulaski, Virginia, that the Town does hereby bind and
obligate itself to hold the Commonwealth of Virginia
harmless for any and all expense, damages, or in3ury,
which may be sustained by the Commonwealth of Virginia
growing out of the granting to the said Town of Pulaski
by the Virginia Department of Highways permits for
installation, construction, reconstruction, maintenance
and operation of certain public utilities along, across,
over, and upon the Highway System of Virginia, the said
obligation to be binding upon the Town in the following
form:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the Town
of Pulaski, a municipal corporation of the State of
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Council Min. Contd. Pulaski, Va., April 3,x,1953
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Virginia, is held and firmly bound unto the COMMON~i'EALTH OF`'
VIR QINIA, in the full and just sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
01,000.00) current money of the United States, to be paid o
the said Commonwealth of Virginia, to the payment whereof i~3
hereby binds itself firmly by these presents, sealed with i#fs
seal and dated this 3rd day of April, A.D. 1953.
W HEREAS, it becomes necessary from time to time for°the
Town of Pulaski to obtain permits from the Virginia Departmennt
of Highways to install, construct, reconstruct, maintain, acid
operate certain public works along, across, over and upon tl~le
highway system of Virginia; and
UWHEREAS, expense, damage or injury may be sustainedby
the Commonwealth of Virginia growing out of the granting to4~aid
Town of Pulaski by the Virginia Department of Highways of sa~~.d
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permits for the work aforesaid; and `
W'~iEREAS, one of the conditions of such permit or pefnits
is that the Town of Pulaski shall idemnify the Commonwealth&of
Virginia against all damages and injuries to the highways ar~a
bridges and to persons or property lawfully upon such highwa~'s.
NOVA, THEREFC3RE, the Condition of this obligation is ;such
that if the said Town of Pulaski shall in all respects comp7.~' with
all the conditions of permit or permits that have been, or will
be, granted said Town of Pulaski, and shall indemnify and safe
harmless the Commonwealth of Virginia against and from all 1~Dss,
cost expense, damage or injury to highways and bridges and
persons and property lawfully on such highways, growing out ~bf
the granting of such permit or permits to said Town of Pulas~~i,
then this obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain n
full force and virtue.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall be n
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full force and effect immediately upon its passage.
On motion duly made by I. R. Carper, seconded by J.CN1
Crumbley, Jr., it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that an agreement with Fby Aust,~dated 31,r.
March, 1953, covering water line extension as approved by Council
Conttd.
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Council Minutes Contd. Pulaski, Va., April 3, 1953
in meeting of March 27, 1953, be approved and that said
agreement be filed by the Clerk of the Council with
permanent records of the 'down.
The meeting ad3ourned at 4:15 p.m.
. Approved:
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ice-Mayor
Approve d
Clerk of Co cil
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