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On motion of Nr. Nayo, the privilege of t~he floor w~s grauted who presented and spoke in regard to the following communication: 'Norfolk, Va., June 22, 1931. To theHonor~ole 0ity Council o£ the City of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Va. My dear Sirs: Oommittee of the estate of~ her brother, ' T~xes m~zk released On behalf of ~rs. Ella ~. S~nsell the Oollector of .Ci~y William J. Miars, I re~e~t ~ ye~ ~tho~ize ~d dischar~ged the ent~ mn the delinquent t~ book to this effect. "p~ker, H.A.V. (6) 2 lots 4~5-6 So. La~d Go." ~is matte= is ~portant to Mrs. Stansell ~ constituting a oo~d on he~ title to the lots which she o~s, which m~e Nos. ~5, 46 ~d ~y on Pe~y St=~et, at the ~e= Ninth Street. Mrs. St~nsell p~chased this p~ope~$y ~in a. t=ustee sale made by me ~der deed o~ trust ~de bY S. J. ~ith, and the above delin~ is ~leged to ~tach to ~he lots which she o~s ~n account of a p~chase of this p~ope~y f=om $~muel~ W.~ Hanb~y,~ Deed Bock 65, ~ge 227, ~ de~ of December l~th, l~!l~ =eco~ded on Decem'oe~ -gt~, l~lI, by H.A.V. Pa~ker. The t~es shoed, therefore, have b~n =eco~ded in the ~me o~ H.A.V. P~zke= fo= the year i~12, and ~ the ex~ination of the title of this p=ope~ty I m~e fo= sell I so loo~d fo~ them for thzt ye~ in his n~e. H.A.V. P~ker?onvey~d the p=~y te S.J. ~mith, by deed of May~6th, 1912, re- corded ~y lO~h, 1912, Des~ Book 65, ~e ~72~;~ - F=o$ these fact~ th~ t~es were p=ope~ly ~sessi~le to H.A.V. P~rke= for the ys~= 1912, the~ lots i~ question berg 3 lots n0s~~ ~, *~ ~d ~7. The~ ~re conveyed by those ~be=s~Z=om H~b~y to Pazke=, ~d f=om~ P~ke= to $mith~ The only .delin~ency ~ope~ in the ~e cZ H.~A.V. P~k~z ~o= 1912 a~e~ed as "2 lo~s ~5~ So. Ls~ud -- As I was ex~ining the ~itle to three lots, which were numbered 45,~ I did no~ thi~ thmt the entry of 2 lots Nos. ~-6 =efe=~ed to these lots ~der ~nd so disreg~m~ed that item, as, no ~ubt in my opinion applied to so~e oeher property ~e~ by M~. P~ke~A ~de~ these ciro~st~ees when I ap~ed in the office of~ theOity Collector to pay the ~es for the year 1930, I fo~d attach~ to the bill fo= 1930 a bill fo= $13.00 fo= lhese t~es ~y back in l~12; Seven, eon yea=s o~ t~xes ha~e been p~id sLuoe thcs time without ~y claim that the=e were prio~ t~xes due o~ ~his ~ope=ty~ And, it was only in the ~r 193!, when I ~ope~ed ~o_pay the t~es ~c~ I~.~ orde= ~o close up, ~nd be able to ~ke a =epcot O~ Mrs. S~sell's er~sactions ~s~e~mttee fo= the past year, t~t we were co~=ont~d with this musty bi!t ~o= the yemr 1912; and, the 0ity Collector declined to let me pay the t~es fo= 1930, u~ess t~t t~ Zo= 1912 we=e O~s~e=~ that the p~c =eeo=dS ~?~d~ to~ ~.~y th~ offigi~s resp0~i- ble fo= the collection ~f the ~i~ t~es. c0ntai~ed.no p=Oper nemmce om- an~. ~et~Gu~cy as ~o lots NoS. ~, ~6~d ~y~ I declined ~e ~y. the bmll, and~ re~e~ted ~. P~=ke= ~o D~~ it. N=. P~ke= ~eclin~ to ~y the bill, ~ I b=o~&ght sdit a~inst h~ in the Oivil Justice's Oou~t. By smne ove~sigh$~the Justice failed to si~ the w~r~t'that was in ~!1 r osseous. ~. P~2Eer ~pDeared in pe2son ~ m~e x~l aeze~e~. .'z~e posed to dismiss ice ~rz~t on .~he ~ec~moality of its not be~ ~m~.by t~e e~s3~ce, ~thou~h the w~le:~rooee~ing h~ give~ h~ full ~otioe of the cl~mm, ~a pzo~e~ ~anoe in ~ne Go~t, pzelo~red ~o de~e~d His defense w~ that he su~ese~ the t~es for that year were adj-~t~ in some ~y mt the t~e he sold t~e ~opez~y to 8~it~, thoug~ ne p~oduce~ no ~eoeipt ~o tn~ e~feo~, no= ~y ~co~t o~ the ciesi~ of t~ ~z~smctio~; no= ~y oozrobozati~ witness~o tha~ effect. ~e J~tice ~ook ~e to ~tez m dmy o= two I mp~e~d ~ in Oo~ wish the Justice who ~ issued the ~t, who was p~a=ed ~o cu=e the mrze~zm~y by sm~mng it t~ n, The Judge dmd not pe~mi~ this ~o be done, ~nd dzsmiss~ t~e w~z~t, p~tly on that ~oo~t, ~d p~z~ly because he su~ose~ t~t Mr. ~=kez h~ m~de so~ .~djustment of the t~es. No~ being s~tisfied wi~h ~his settlement of the case, I mp~e~ed to the Oit~ M~ge=, supposi~ ~h~t he h~ suffmcient a~tho=ity, ~dez_t~_ ~ot~. ~$ ~i=c~ ~o~s this o~se, to mut~=ize the 0ity Ool~ecto= ~ ~k off th~m ~&&. ~'ne ~y =eason wny.m~ is s~ill a bi~ is ~he ~efeotive condition ~f t~e ~ records when that ~it~e w~s ex~inem~ Mr. ~=ah~ smid he h~d no ~uthorz~Y to ~el~se the taxes~' He omlted into co~tation E=. R. O. B~clmy, the Oily At~ey, who stmted that if s~oh etaima zs ~h~t.we~e ~lOW~ ~o zele~e the ts~es, the office wo'~d be ~oyed wi~h so ~y e~er mpplicatm~ to zelem~ other t~xes involved ~ irre~ities somewhmt 8o, no relief w~s ~uted in that q~te~.~ I, mow, therefore, on beh~f of ~v ~clie~, ~ope~ to the airy Gm, oil itse~, ~t is, the Oity of Portsmouth, ~o o=de= ~he airy 0oliecto= to strike out these t~xes u~j~ claim, ~d ~ itie~ ~e~ ~mi~s~ Mzs~ record w~ch was given to her atto~ey by which to e~e the ~ving bee~~ , ~d not giving proper notice that there we=e any ~mxes a~ins~ the p~opez~y whio~ sho-~d ~ve been ~mid. If ~t rec~=d h~ been coffees the ~s wo~d h~ve oeen p~i~ long ~go~- Yours t=~y, Whittle Bams.~