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<br /> ~ .- Report of the Accounting Department for the month of February was received
<br />and ordered filed.
<br />
<br />February 19th,
<br />
<br /> The City Collector presented the~fol!o~ing:
<br />
<br />"As requi~red by Oity Charter, I inclose a list of .unpaid 1940 taxes,
<br />1941, totaling as follows:
<br /> Real Estate $102,?72.01
<br /> Personal Property 18~323~79
<br />
<br />als of
<br />
<br /> Total
<br />I respectfully request tl~t
<br />
<br />$121,095.80
<br />you adopt the usual
<br />
<br />resolution regarding these
<br />
<br />taxes.~
<br />
<br />On motion of Mr. Hutch_ins, the following resolution was adopted:
<br />
<br />"WHEREAS, the accouters and records of the office of A.E. Parker,
<br /> City Collector, were audited by L.O.Brinson, City Clerk & Auditor,
<br /> as *f February l~th, 194t, and according to the report of the City
<br /> Clerk and Auditor, were found correct, as shown by the books of
<br /> the 0ity; and
<br />- WHEREAS, it appears that it is the duty of the City Council-to
<br /> h~ve examined yearly, ~he list of uncollected taxes, and to credit
<br /> the Collector such t~axes, as in their opinion, could not have been
<br /> collected ~th due diligence; and
<br /> WHEREAS, it appears that A.E. Parker~Oity Collector, should be
<br /> credited with all ~t~xes~levied in 1950, remaining uncollected on
<br /> the nineteenth day of February 194!, the amount of~ which is shown
<br /> in said report of L.C. Brinson, Cit~ Clerk & Auditor.
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved by the Council of the City of Ports-
<br /> mouth, that A.E. Parker, Oity Collector, be credited-~th all un -
<br /> collected taxes levied in 19~O, remaining in his o~fice on ~ebruary
<br /> 19th, 1941, and that he be relieved of responsibility for not having
<br /> collected the same, but nothing herein contained shall be construed
<br /> as relieving the payment of said taxes by the persons owing same,
<br /> or in relieving A. Eo Parker, City Collector, from his responsibility
<br /> for any sums so: collected.#
<br />
<br /> Bill of ,J. Shirley ttope, State Game Warden, for destroying fifty tagless
<br />dogs at $2.50 each, totaling $125.00, was presented, and on motion of Mr~ Hutchins, the Treas~
<br />urer was authorized to pay same from funds dn her hands from collection of Dog Taxes.
<br />
<br /> Oompensatlon report of the Commissioner of Revenue, for ~ebruary, was re -
<br />ceived, ~and on motion of Mr. Fox, approved for payment.
<br />
<br />~ne following letter was read and referred to the City Attorney:
<br />
<br /> "When we e~oplied for license for the sale of beer and the operation of a
<br />stag hotel at 100 High St., the 0ity Collector compelled us to pay a full year's tax as fol-
<br />
<br />lows:
<br />
<br />Merchant's License
<br />Tobacco
<br />Restauran~
<br />Soft Drink
<br />Beer Off and On
<br />Hotel License
<br />
<br />$ 20.60
<br /> 3.00
<br />
<br /> 2.50
<br /> 100. O0
<br /> co
<br />
<br /> All o f the se licenses were paid under protest on the 9th of February, as
<br />evidenced by slip ~1652 from the Oity Collector's office.
<br /> Inasmuch as ~he City permits a license to be p~o-rated, we will t~b~.nk you
<br />to kindly ~efund to us the difference between the ~moumtwhich we were oom~elled to pay and
<br />that which is in accordance with the City Ordinance.
<br />
<br />Re spectful!y,
<br />
<br />George Riris and George Shakal!is, 100 High St."
<br />
<br /> Report of F.B. Hill, for auditing the ferry~books and accounts, for Janu -
<br />ary, 1941, was received and ordered filed.
<br />
<br />Union Telegraph Company, and he believed a satisfactory
<br />enos to Portsmouth telegrams.
<br />
<br />Fox sta~ed that he had a conference with an official of the ~estern
<br /> solution could be worked out in refer-
<br />
<br />On motion adJour~edo
<br />
<br />Clerk.
<br />
<br />Apprc veal -
<br /> ~President.
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