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Nay 28th, 1~46 Thanking you very much, Tours truly, Mrs. O. F. Evans, ]16 Fourth St." The following letter was read and referred to the City Attorney: "I am a poor widow 90 years old and have been living here in this old house 40 years and kept the taxes paid up regularly every year until my husband died in 1938, and I had spent about all I had saved for old age. on him, trying everything tomake him better for about ten years, so heleft me with nothing bu~ a liferight in this house that t am still liv- ing in and last year they raised the Taxes $5.00 more on me and all I have to support me is the little rent I get from my roomers which I try to ~ent out and now they are vacant and b~rd to rent out and the house and all surroundings has come down and I have to spend about half of my rent to pay taxes and keep everything up so I can get a little rent to try to live. My health is very bad so I am not able to keep up all the time. I called for City Doctor some- time ago, and he came one time. Please help me to take off the extra $5.00 they put on me since I have been a poor widow and I will thank you so much. Mrs. Hardy, 711 South St." The following letter was read and referred to the City Attorney: "I, Josephine Body, have been assessed and have paid for personal property at 9~2 County St. and also 940 County Street. 940 is correct and I have no personal property at 942 ~ounty. This is a double assessment ~nd should be relieved. Yours truly, Josephine Body. The following letter was read and referred to ~he Zoning Commission: "I wish to protes~ against rezoning ~roperty of Alfred E. Young at the southwest corner of Effingham and Randolph Sts., from Residential to Industrial, which~was ap proved by the Planning Commission on May 2nd, as this pr0per~y is Just 18 inches from the building line of my residence property on Effingham St. an~ a business of any kind that close to my home would be very objectionable. Thanking you for your consideration of my complaint, I am, Respectfully, William Ruffin, 1~14 Effingham St.'~ Motion of Mr. Weiseman for the 0ouncil to thank the City Manager, City At- torney and other officers and employees wko took part in the recent Annexation proceedings, was adopted. in Montreal. fro~ June 15th, adopted. Mr. Fox stated that the Oity Managers~ Association will meet June 15th - and City Manager Motion of Mr. Wilson Shat~he/be granted a two weeks leave of absence, that the Mayor be authorized to act in h%s stead, while he is absent, was On mo~ion adjourned. City Clerk. Approved - re s ident.