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May 2~th, 1932~ Ayes - Brooks, Hutohins, Maupin, Mayo, Ogg, O~st, Stewa~-t - Nays - None. The following letter from the Oity~ Attorney. was read: "At your last meeting you referred to me an order of the Court reducing the assessment of the property o£ Stephen E. Selby. I appeared and defended the petition upon the hearing in the oou~t and it developed that the assessors had placed lower values on the land~ than that recorded by the clerks upon the Land Book. The error occurred in copying the old values from cards instead of the new values placed upon the map by the assessors. 0onsequently! the~ourt ordered the reduction and the Oity must abide by th~ Order. Mr. Selby ~hould ce rezanded the amounts set forth in the cottrt order and shoul~ be exonerated from the pa~uent of like amounts on his taxes in'l~32.. ~ - .... ~ Motion of Mr. Maupin to concur in the City Attorney's recommendation and. appro- priate $94~9 to make said refund, was adopted. The follOW~Yng letter from the Oity Attorney was read: "At your last meeting you referred to me the petition of the Trustees of St. Paul's A~ican Methodist Episcopal Ohuroh asking fo~ the relief of taxes for the years 1922 to 1932, inclusive, amounting to $87.42 on two lots, n~mbers 23 and 24 in Block 4~ on the plan of Brighton. Sub-Section B of Section 183 of the State. Oonstitution provides that the fol- lowing proR~rty shall be exempt from taxation, state a~d local. ~Buiidings with land they actually occupy, and the f~mrniture and furnishings therein and endowment funds lawfully owned and held by churches or religious bodies, and~wholly and exclusively used for religious worsh~o, or for the residence of the minister of any such ohttvoh or religious body, together w~h the additional adjacent land ~easonably necessary for the convenient use of any such buildLug." Those two lots ~om which the Trustees are asking zo be relieved of taxes ad- join the church building located on lot ~22 at the corner of 0hestnut and Maupin Streets. The land in question is u~ed by the church in connection with their building and is held as a church yard and for zuture expansion. No revenue is derived from the property. I be- lieve, under the circumstances, that the prayer of the petition should be granted and the taxes~should be relieved." Motion of ~M. 0gg to oonoum in the 0ity Attorney's recommendation-, was adopted. Daily report of the Accounting Department for May 23rd was received and ordered filed. - NEW BUSI~ESS - Petition ffrom pinnors Point 0~vio League that the Council take some action to eradicate mosquitoes in that section was referred to the 0ity Manager. Report of J.A.D. Parrish of the auditing of ferry accounts for April, 1932 was received and ordered filed. On motion adjourned. CLERE.