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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1925-01-21 At a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Aibsma~le County, held ar the Court House of said County on the 21st 'day of January 1925. Present[ J.M.Fray, Chairman, C.Purcell McCue, P.H. Gentry, J.E.~bell, C.A.~iller and ~.H.Langhorne. The minutes of the last ~eeting w~e read and approved. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County,- We, the undersigned, three of the four viewers appointed at a meeting of your Board held on the 19th day of November, 1924, to view the road known as the ~01d Secretary Road" and report in writing whether, in our opinion, any, and if any, what inconvenience would result from discontinuting the same, beg leave to make report as follows:-- That on the 2~th day of November, 1924, we met at the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, and after being first duly sworn by W.L, Maupin,.Clerk of said Court, we proceeded to view said road. We carefully examined not only that portion of the road proposed to be closed, to-wit: where said road passes through the property now owned by Virginia-~estern Power~Company, but we also went over said road from the Moore's Creek ford at the Charlottesville Woolen ~ills to a point several hundred years below the bridge of the C.&.0~ Railwa~ ever the ~ivanna River below the ~oolen Eills. ~e beg to report, further that in our opinion no inconvenience will result to anyone if said road is discontinued and closed throughout su much of its length a.s is now embraced within the boundaries of the land now owned by Virginia-Western Power Company. ~espectfuily, S.A.Calhoun ~ohn B.Minor November 25th 1924. S.S.Teel .At a regula~ meeting of the Bo~rd of Supervisors for Albemarle County, held on Wednesday, the 21st day of January t925, Virginia--Western Power Company, by Perkins & Battle,[ its Attorneys~ a~peared before the Board, asking that an 6rder be entered discontinuing the road kno%;m as the "Old Secretary Road~ where said road passes through the~property now owned by Virginia Western Power Company, and situated in Albemarle County~ just east of the City of Charlottesville. And said pe2itione~ presented satisfactory evidence to the Board tha~ notice of closing said road had been posted on the 6th day of October 192~, thst'being the first day of the 0c~ober Term of the Circuit Court of Albemarle C ~ oun~y, A copy of said notice having been posted at the front door of the Court House of Albemarle County, and other copies ha~ing been posted at two public places in the neighborhood~of the road propesed to be~closed; that after said notice had been posted for at least twenty days this Board did, in its meeting held on the 19th day of November,-1924, appointed four viewers to view said road and ~eport in writing whether ih their opinion any, and if any, what inconvenience would result from discontinuing the same; that three of said viewers, namely~ S.A.Calhoun, John B.~inor and S,S.Teel have made report in writing, under date of November 25th 1924, that in accordance with the foregoing order of this Board they have viewed said road, and that in their ~pinion no in- coSvenience will result to anyone ~f said road is discontinued and closed through ~ ~ m~nh n~ ~t~ ~..~ht as i~ now embraced within the boundaries of the land Viewers named above .was presented to this meeting, s~ud the Clerk of ~he Board was ordered to fi~le the same. And it furthe~ appeared .to the Board that there are no land proprietors along the road proposed to be discontinued~ other than Virginia- Western Power Company, the Petitioner· In consideration whereof it is ordered by this Board that said Secretary Road" be, mnd is hereby, discontinued and closed throughout so much of its length as is now embraced within the boundaries of the l~nd now ov~ed by the Virginia-Western Power Company. On motion duly Seconded it is ordered that the County TraffiE Officer be in uniform. On motion of C.Purcell EcCue and seconded by W,H,Langhorne it' is ordered that a committee be appointed to see what can be done about ,completing the ~harlottesville & Covesville road. On motion duly seconded Layman H.Naylor was elected Supt. of the County Home at a salary of $500.00 per year and the necessary findi~gs, t~m'of office beginning March 1st 1925 upon condition that ~r. Hopkins ~nd family have ~ntil April 1st, 1925 to move. On motion of C.Purcell McCue and seconded by P.H. Gentry[i~ iS ordered that J.P,Clay be. given an extension of time to April 15th 1925 to comp~$te the North Garden and B~tesville Road. On motion of C,Purcel! EcCue and seconded by ~.H.I~nghorne it is Ordered that Seth Burnly take over the work of R.E.Lee. On motion of C,A~.~iller ~ud seconded by C.Purcetl EcCue it is o~dered that $100.00 be appropriated to bury Ers. Jones. On motion of C.Purcell EcCue and seconded by ~¥.H.Lmnghorne it is ordered that the land assessors he paid $8.00 per day by the County in addition to what they are paid by the State. On motion of C.Purcell ~¢cCue and seconded by "~¢.H.La~nghorne it is ordered that an~ of the old county funds 19B£ model be sold to R.E.Le~ at the price of $t40.00. On motion duly seconded it is unanimously ordered tl~t $~00.00 Forest be appropriated for Fire Protection. Polled vote: Fray, Miller, ~cCue, Gentry, ~&belZ & I~nghorne. On motion of C.Purcetl ~cCue and seconded by W H ~ · .L~ngnorne be it resolved that the $~00.00 returned by R.E.Lee from th~ emergency fund be turne~ over to ~ ~eth Burnley, County Engineer, as an emergency fund.. G.Stuart Hamm, T- - reasurez, presented to the Board a statement together with all warrants paid by him during the month of Ne~ember 1924. The Board ez~mined the warrants ordered the statement to be filed. R.E. Lee, Supt of Roads report for the month of December was presented examined and ordered to be filed. The following claims were presented, examined and ordered to be certifie.d to the reasu~er of payment, viz Albemarle Telephone Co Everett Waddey Co Conway Printing CO C .G.Greer Emergency Supply Co ~g. L. ~aup in g,~las on Smith ~. S. Huf fman Irving Way Hill Co Dr. L.G.~oberts Sensibaugh-Ritchie Co J.R. Tate Hugh Estes Melton Jonea G. Ne lson Jones B.Z. IrvinE Dr. J.S.Dm~is Dr. H.B.Mulholland l~rs C.S.Woods Adline Brown J.N~son Smith P.E.Elliott L.~. Burruss Dr. L.G.Roberts Dr. W.A.Kyger Thomas Shifl2tt ~s. Thomas °hif!ett G .E .~Iaupim C,E.Mor~n The Michie Co Clerk, Tres. and Farm Demon $44.45 Deeds books etc. 123.00 legal forms 4.50 Salary 30.00 Supplies for Clerk 14.00 Reimbursements 2.~8 Salary ~or attending Board 30.00 Posting notices 6.00 Auto fo~ sheriff 8.50 Acct for J.H~Yones 30.00 i bulb .27 · repairs to stools 2.00 Reg. at Lindsey 8.10 Salary 33.33 delivering witnesses 4.50 Lunacy 2.00 " 5.00 " 5.00 '" witness .50 " ~ .50 " 3.00 " 2.00 ~ 2.50 ~ 5.00 " 5.00 " .50 ~ .50 services to Ers. Jones 45.00 reimbursement for Long call 1.35 Va. Code 1924 30.00