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January 12th, 1932. General Cemetery City Sinking Street Improvement Park Trust Water -Ourrsnt Interest Escrow Sinking i,367.OO ?62.53 22,~12.8& The following letter from "At your meeting held on December 8th, referred to me: the 0ity Attorney was read: 1931, the following matters were 1 - Petition of John T. Lawa~enoe asking a refund of taxes paid in error. 2 - Petition of Eurril Cook asking a refund of taxes paid in error. I find that ~r. Lawrence should have been assessed on his property at-~51~ Lincoln Street at $1550.0o, as made by the assessors,~but, by error, the Oommissioner of Revenue copied the book at $~,550.00. Mr. Lawrence should be refunded $26~50, ~nich has been paid by him for the 1931 taxes. Nr. Eurril Cook should be relieved of taxes amounting ~o $5.30 for the year 1931, assessed on building ~1324Prentis Ave. This building was demolished orio~ to January 1, 1931, smd should not have been assessed.,, Eotion oft ir. Hutohins that recommendation of the City Attorney be concurred in and that an appropriation of $26.50 be allowed to make said refund, was adopted. The following letter from the Git? Attorney was read: "At the last sgssion of the Legislature, an act was passed allowing cities and counties the amount of the delinquent state taxes charged on the delin e in the respective localities~ ' ' .~ . . ~ nt tax books Tazs act was declared unconstitutional by the Attorney Gen eral and the money has been paid into the tta~e Treasury. As it was the intention of the Legislature to give the e~mount of these taxes to the localities, I thLuk that it will be proper for a bilt to he presented at this time providing for the payment to the localities of the m6ney Collected since its last session. I am enclosing herewith a proposed bili which I think might be used as a gui~e for our representatives in the Legislature. I suggest that you request ou~ represen- tatives to have a bill of such purport passed., P~oposed bill - ~BE !TtENAGTED By the General ASsembly'of Virginia, that the sum of Three Thousam. d ~ght Hu.nd~ed and Fif?¢-Five Dollars and Ninety-Fo~r Gents ($3855.9~) which has o~en paid into the State Treasury by the Clerk of the Oourt of Hustings for the Oity of Portsmouth for the period from June 2?, 1930 to Decem- ber 31, 1931, as collections from taxes upon delinqnent lands said city and sums paid to redeem the same, shall be paid to anm the same is hereby ~opropriated to the City of Portsmouth to be used By it for school pttrposes. And all sums of money which shall, after the first day of January, 1932, and before the first d~y 9f ~an~marY~1934, be paid into the S~ate Treasury by said Clerk o~ tae Gourt ox Hustings for the City o~ Portsmouth as collections fmom taxes upon delinquent lands in said city and sums paid to re- deem the same shmll be paid, and the same is hereby appropriated into ~he Treasury of the City of Portsmouth to be used by said city fc~ school purposes. Should any part of this act be declared unconstitutional, such invalid part shall not affect th~ other ps.vt or Darts thereof.~ On motion of Iir. Nayo, said bill was approved and ordared to be sent to ou~ representatives in Legislature. Bill of State $155.00, was on motion of Nr. collection of Dog Taxes. - NEW BUSINESS - Game ~rden for destroying sixty~two tagless dogs at $2.50 each Eau.Din allowed to be paid f~om funds in hand of Treasurer from tax charged Statement from Commissioner of Revenue announcing the relief of $406.51 t931 in error. On motion, same was referred to the City Attorney. The following letter from the School Boardwas, on motion, ordered filed: The Oity Council, Portsmouth~ Virginia. Ge. ntlemen: At the meeting of the "January 8, 1932. School Board on January ~, 1932, I was directed to ex-