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- 10 5 July 8, 1930 At a regular meeting of the 0ity 0ouncil held July 8th there were present: Messrs-- Vernon Brooks,~E. W. Maupin, Jr., J. Alden Oast, J. R. Stewart, A~chibald Ogg, 5. Also the Oity Manager. The minutes of the regala~ meeting June 24th were read and were approved. The following communication was read from the 0ity Man&get: lst~ "Attached you will find report in regard to the assessment, submitted to me this day by Mr. 0heston H. Markham, Cle~. to the Assessors. I respectfully recommend that the Council take much-action necessary to h~ve proper corrections madeon~theland b6oks, I suggest that the matter be-referred to Mr. B~rclay tocheck the report made by Mr. Markham, and have the corrections made pr,mptly so that we may be in position to collect the money due the City this year. ~u~ther~repo~ts will be made as the hr. Rank ~ Hanra~an, City 'Manager, 0ity. ~o~k progresses." "July ~th, 1930. Dea~ Sir:-- ~ herewith ~espectful'lysubmit to you report of the present assesmment now being made effective Januskry~lst, 1931~ insofar as the detail work regarding property hereto- fore left off the Oommissionerof the Revenuers Land Book, also property formerly carried in'the unknown'account. In conformity with the Stare law the Commissioner of the Revenue is empowered to place any property omitted fr°m his Land Book on the w~rrent issue and for a previous two yea~period. Some of the items are those which the City of Portsmouth o~n only collect for one and two ~ears. My attached list is smranged so as to allow you to see which items a~e~in the various classes. The values placed opposite the items carried in the unknown account are assess- ment's which were placed by,he fo~mer Board of Assessors. I wish to lay stress on the fact that the Commissioner of the Revenue is the only power who can place assessments on property that has never beem assessed ul~til the new ~ssessmen% becomes effective in 1931, and, I would suggSst that the City Attorney be in- structed to ha~e these heretofore unassessed i~ems placed on ~he Land Book for 193O, with the proper omitted assessments for previous years ~s prescribed by law. I have in'my possession descriptions and names of the various otasses of property mentiomed~a~ove, which ~ shall be glad to ~urn over to youupon calt, and which in my opinion w~ll ~ot~pp~oximate~y Fifty Thousand ~($50,00G, 00) Dollars. for one yea~ with sm average om app~oximatety Forty'Thousand ($~,00~,~0~ Dollars pe~ year for a three yea~ period. The Assess rs~so TM far n~ve fmnmshed about ~half~of~the city which data as turned in by them is being tranSferrEd'to.permanent record by my office force. Respectfully submitted, O. H. Markham, 01erk to the Assessors." Mr~ Stewart mo~ed that the matter'be'referredto the 0ity Attorney and he be authorized to certify to the Gommmsszonerofthe Revenue f6r taxation such property in the said list as is found to'be correct~. The motion was~adopted. UNFINISHED BUSINESS The daily financial report of the Accounting Department for the day ended July ?, I93O, was received and was ordered to be filed. A report was received from the City 01erk & Auditor stating that he had examined the Treasurer's report, the statement from the several Banks, and the Accounting Department re- port for the month of June, 1930, and-found that they agreed. On motion, the report was ordered to be filed. A bill was ~eceived from R. H. Myers, Jr.,to amount of $4y.62, for coti~ction of City ~?rs~n~al PropertylTaxes ~mounting to $~6.19, commission 10%, same having be~n ~pproved by ~ne ~i~y Oollecto=. bill. On motion of Mr. Maupin, a~ special appropriation of $~?.62 was allowed to pay said NEW BUSINESS The following'communication was read from the 0ity of Portsmouth, Virginia: City Oouncil, Portsmouth, Va. the Deputy Olerk of "July 8th, 1930. the 0curt of Hustings for