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i81 On motion referred to the Oity Attorney. The following letter was read: "1~. John Ismuet Thomas h~s received from the Oo!lector a statement of taxes due £rom him on ~srsonal property a~ Executor of the estate of Cornelius Thomas, the total amount of the assessment being $900,00, the amount of the bill bding $23.85. Er. Cornelius Thomas died on September 6th of last year and his son settlSd the estate with the Commissioner of Accounts and'reported such settlements to the Examiner of Records prior to January let. When the Examiner sent me his forms for making returns, I notified him that the estate had been settled and that all taxes due had been oaid. Er. Lemuel Thomas made a personal return for this year and retu~rn for taxation to the City on personal property, making the return through Er. Hutchins Oo~nissioner of Revenue. On this return he has been assessed, and the taxes £or 1934 on'personal property will be paid by him. All the personal prooerty of Cornelius Thomas was left to his son and the tax assessed against him as an individual is on that property. E ' ~tr. Ashburn, the xamzner of Records, also made returns ~o the State an~, as soon as I £ound it out, ~ tobk it up wi-th the State Tax Commissioner with the result that he was exonerated from the payment of taxes to the State as Executor. I am therefore in his behalf requesting you to relieve him of ~he tax as Exe- cutor of the estate of his father, as Should he have to cay this tax he would be doubly taxed on the same property. Respectfully submitted, J. Lewis Thomas, For j. Lemuel Thomas." On motion refferred to-the Oity. Attorney. The following Order of Oourt was read: "VIRGINIA: IN THE 0IROUIT COURT OF THE 0ITY OF PORTS~OUTH ON THE 9th DAY OF NOVEEB~,I934. F.J.Smith, trading as~Portsmouth Casket Co~oany ] V. The City of Portsmouth THIS CAUSE came on this day to be heard upon the oetition filed herein and upon the evidence offered by the parties, and was argued by counsel, ~he cause being defended by the Oity Attorney of the Oity of Portsmouth. - AND IT APPEARING TO THE COURT that the petitioner is a manufacturing merchant doing business in the 0ity of Portsmouth, Virginia, subject, under Section 188 of the Tax 0ode to s tax on capital only, and not subject to any license tax assessed by either the State or 0ity; and that the exaction by the Oity of Portsmouth of license taxes from the petitioner for the years 1933 and 193~ was improper and in violation of the law and that he has been assessed by the State of Virginia on his o~pital invested. IT IS ADJUDGED, ORDERED, AND DEGREED THA~ TME CITY OF PORT$HOUTH do pay over to the petitioner the sum of Fifty Eight Dollars and Eighty Oents, that being the totai amount of the license t~xese~roneously assessed and collected by the Oity of Portsmouth for the years 1933 and t9~4. A 00PY, TESTE: KENNETH A BAIN, JR., OLERE. BY D.V. Major - Motion of Mr. Oast to appropriate $58.80 to make said refund, was adopted. The following letter was read: "I am offering you an o-m~nance that will remove all immorality around For Hire Oars and Taxis. By allowing not more than two for hire oars to park in any cae blocs of the C}ty of which there will be no discriminations.+ used against anybody. And will allow the 0ity to get revenue from as many as see ~ to buy license. This ordinance has been operating very satisfactorily in the Oity of Jac<' Sonv~lle,' Fla., for the past n~umber of years. Respectfully submitted by a Tax Paying Oitizen. J.A. Darden, 701FloridaAve., Oity." Privilege of the floor was granted Ar. Darden, who complained about his treatment in trying to ooerate a ~for-hire car". On motion, same was referred to the 0ity Manager for investigation and report. Letter was received from Portsmouth Eetal Trades 0ouncil, Federal Employers Local, B~otherhood Railway Carmen, International Association of Machinists, who endorsed the action of the Central Labor Union for free school books.