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Febru~ry 28th, 19~. those mentioned in my letter of January 2$th, who were relieved from service as of December 31st, 1932 due to the reduced budget for 1933 and the five relieved from duty in the police Department, and it is my recommendation that the following payments be made in order to low for thirty days pay from the' time they were' officially advised that their positions were abolished: George A. White $ 9~.O.0 Miss Elizabeth Wingfield 73.34 Mrs. Addie B. Johnson ~.16 H.S. Hart Total $ 308.50 Mr. Hart's time is arrived at by allowing him twenty days pay less the amount earned by him as substitute fireman during the first twenty days of January. As explained in my letter of January 2$th, Mr. M.L. Parker is b~ing employed temporarily as an inspector in the Engineering Department. Mr. D.T. Ballentine has been given another position in the Engi- neering Department. Miss Minn~ Williams was furloughed at her request. Mr.' W. T. Brown will be given temporary work for three or four months and Mr. J.M. Broughton was paid' for one month after he was relieved. The others mentioned in my letter of January 24th were relieved from Service for cause, s~ Motion of Mr. Ogg to. appropriate the sum of $308.50 to make said payments was adopt- ed, and by the following vote: Ayes - Brooks, Fox, Hutchins, Mayo, Moore, Oast, Ogg - Nays - None. 6th - "We have two old school buildings in a delapidated condition which are un- slghtly and dangerous Lu their present condition. One is on Lincoln and Elm Streets, and the other on Glasgow Street. In view of the condition of these buildings I ~ecommend that the buildings be sold an~the ground cleared and used as playgrounds for children. These buildings are in such condition that they can not be used and their removal will greatly improve appearances in these localities and the grounds are very much needed for playgrou~%s. I believe that sufficient can be realized from sale of the mater- ials to pay the cost of clearing and fixing these lots for playgrounds.~ Motion of Mr. Fox to concur in the Manager's recommendation was ~dopted. 7th - "There has come to my attention several abandoned pieces of property where the buildings are in a delapidated state, and upon which no taxes have been paid for several years. This property is assessed upon the Land Book~ of the 0'ity as foll~ws: John E. Rapelye - Lots 2-4-6-8-10-12-1~-16 and 18, Blk. $1500 to 1530 0amden Avenue. ~ Oatherine J. Oakes' Estate - 2i~-219 Glasgow S~ree~ Hester Borum- 43~ Randoloh Street George A. Bailey E~'~at'e--~ 617 Harrison Street. J~D. ~inlaw - Lot ~5~ - $1818 Maple Avenue. L The taxes hpon the last three pieces are' as much, or more, than the property is worth and I think it should be soI~ to ~he highest bidder. The taxes on ~he Rapelye and Oakes~ property amount to the respectmve sums of $I,095.~ and $51~.21. ~ Thms property should be sold and if it does not sell for a sufficient amouut to pay the taxes, I recosmend that. the O ity purchase it, as it can be used to good advantage for playground p~rposes. I therefore r~quest that the Oit~ ~t~orney be dir'ec~ed ito institute chancery proceedings forthe sale of this property." Notion of Mr. Brooks to concur in the Manager's recommendation was adopted. 8th - "For your information, I wish to advise that the Oity Collector has been in- structed ~ud is now preparing a statement that Will shOW the names of all individuals and com- panies owing taxes and the amount of tax~s owed by years. It will take some little time to prepare this statement and when prepared, a cody will be supplied the Oouncil I feel that this statement Will be useful and helpful in~ stimulati~ the collection of back t~xes." On motion o~lered filed. 9TJm- "I~ checking the Oity 0ollector's office, preparat$r~ to the starting of Mr. A.E. P~s~v. ker...as Oity 0ollecto~, the Oity Auditor finds, according to the records in the 0otlec- tot's office, that several t~xpayers were permitted to PaY their 1~32 taxes after December ~th, 1932 without paying the interest aud penalty prescribed by law on taxes that are not paid by December 1st. We also find that several~ taxpayers paid some of theLr 1931 taxes during the year 1932, some as late as November 1932, without paying the peo~lty and interest prescribed by law for not paying the taxes when due. A check of the records in the 0cllector's office shows that the ~932 col- lections included collections made on 193t taxes in the amount of $3,21~.09 on which no penal- ties or interest were apparently collected. ~The penalty and interest on these taxes would amount to approximately $338.00. The check murthe~ shows that from December yth, 1932 through january 24th, 1933 that 19~2 taxes Were collected mn the amount of $16,161.86 without the pen- alty and interest due thereon being collected. The penalty o~ these taxes would amount to ap- prcximately'$850.OO. It is possible that some of the collections ~rom December 7th, 1932 through December l~th, 1932 included some payments which were in the Collector's office prior