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297 April S, 1924 The following commu~uication wms read from the City Attorney: ~"Portsmouth, Va., April Sth, 1924. Eon. P~tsmouth, Virginia-. Gentlemen:- At t~emesting held NareJa ll, 1924, I was requested to give my opinion as to the legal, stattm of T~uxtun. I find thmt ~e T~t~property was acquired ~y ~helUn~ed S~tes He~i~ potation by p~c~se; the property hmving been conveYed'~o t~t-OorD~Xen'by'd~d~-d~ted in-0cteB~r~ 19~, mnd duly a~tte~ t0 record. The uni~ ~ is ~ cor~ratien~tered ~der t~ ~ws ef ~He $tm~"ef"Ne~ Ter~ wit~-certaim powers to be e~=cised in f~thermnce of, and in co~or~ withand'~er the ~ar~ing out ef the provisie~sef an Act mpproved~y 16','1918, ~itle~'~Act~ ~'a~tho~Ze"the P~esident to provide war ,' ~d of ~A~t'e~'OS~r~s~ approved J~ 4, 1918, ~i~ ~pp~O~i~tie~ enml ~gent deficiencies on' ~cce~t-0f~War e~penses. ~t-~f Eay-l~, 1918, (~0 Starts at ~rge ~0), authorizes the Pr~id~n~-~ff ~e Uni~d States, in order te provide ho~es for i~triml workers engaged in ~'~strie~' ~e~timI to the tiehml defense, te acq~e ~nd on w~ch ho~s my be const~c~ed. SectionS- ~ She' Act vides t~t the powe~ ~mnted s~~ cease with the temi~tie~'ef- the"Wa2',~Pt ~t ~e pewe~ te ogre f~r, sell or rent the pro~rty~di~osed ef shm~ cen~i~e ~2e~t~r,'~ndmll p~0pe~ty ~mll be sold ms soen~ter the con~umien of the w~ ~ i~ cmn~A~mgeSU~B~ ~one; It ~rther provided ~t before the smles ~e cons~ted, the s~e ~e ~esidemt b~the~Aot approved ~e 4, 1918 {40 Statutes'mt'~2~e~B}-~a~th~ized te c~emte a corpormtien for the ~pose of c~ing ~u~ the prov~le~'o~'tX~e X~'f~t citedl The ~esident, ~oodrow ~ilso~, by a~ executive order iSsued~J~ 18,-1~18, ~d~rected tNe Secre- tly of Labor to exerczse ~il.pewers ~nd auther~ty_veste~ mn ~mBy t~e ~e~ two Xcts, and by ~other executive orde~ issued 0ctob~r 29th, l~lS,'mpP~ov~dthe-~ e~ the~Se~e~y of ~b~ in ea~i~ the creation of th~ United Stat~m HeusingC~rDe~m~i~ ~udde~ig~t~d s~id 0e~Per~tion ms ~ ~e~cy tl~eu~mch the Secretmry'of ~ber ~rci~-~he po~er ~d mmthority conferred ~oon h~ ~ the ~ecutive Order of J~e 18,' 1~8'~ ~ese~ ~e facts cence~g the cregtie~ of the'He~ing. Cer~ratien, ~d it ~s b~en~I~ t~ the"U~lted Sta~es wms the' reml party in interest, ~d tt~at the ~epe~ty held by the He~im~ Oer~tizn ~mm net s~Ject te t~tien. Con, ess lmter Dy ~ act mppro~rch'21; 1~2, (12-Btatutes at ~rge ~ended.the.act of ~y 10, 1~18, ms ~ended ju~ 19i l~lg, ~d pe~ited the s~le of the prep~ty ~ed'Dy'the HousLug'Oorpo~ti~m. The Gene~ml Ass~iyef Virgin~ By~-mct ~ppr~ed ;!8} l~lS~(Acts l~i p~e ~88'}, gave the consent of the Stmte ~'Vm~g~i~,~i~ a~Ce~dance A~ticlel, Section 8, Clguse l~ of the United Stmtes 0on~tit~tiem;-~o the'~G~i~ltie~ ~y the U~i~ed States of l~d for militm~ ~d ~val purposes; ~d Ce~ i~s'j~l~d~ction 6vet land to th~ U~ted States so long ~ the United Stmte~ s~ll e~ or-oCcupy said Imnd, or amy =ri~t e~ interest thereim~ The act furthe~ provides t~t sele~ ~ tN~"~aid*l~d, e?a~ =i~t er interest ~here~m is held im fee by the U~ited Sta~s,gnd ne l~ ~u~h rights ~= imterest s~l be ex,pt and ex~nermted from t~tien, bet~ state ~iclpal;~ T~ms you will see ~gt by the two acts last ~eferred the aut~rity ef the United States over the T~- tun property e~sed when the United States parted~h all interest, ~e U~ited StmteS Hoeing Oorpormtien sold the T~ p~eperty~t~'th~ .~e 0orpermtien on Feb~y ~st, of tl~s y~r, ~he desd~ving ~ee~ d$1~ve~ed en ~t d~. E~e~th~ p~p~y on t~t-dm~ again becks ~ part ef the St~te'of'Vi~gi~m~d being the cerpormte l~ts of the City of Pert~outh is subject to the j~isdictiem of the Oity, Section 22~0 of the Code of 1919 provides thmt, 'The beginni~ ef the t~ ye~ for the mssessmen~ of taxes om real ~state sh$11 be Feb~u~ ~e ef r~ml estate e~t day ~h~be'assessed for t~s for ~e yemr t~e~o'e emsuzng.' (See also ~de~ v~ Oomo~e~lth 102 rm. 908, ~d'O~onwealth v. ~=mll~ 0e.l~Va; 2~8)i ~lmien;the T~pro~e~ty is assessable for Stmte ~d oity'tm~m'~er the year l~2A. 'I info~edb~ the Oe~isszemer of the Revenue t~t he will place it upon the mssessment Becks for this year, Yo~s very tru~ R. O. Bm~c~, Ci~ Attor~eyi.~ 0n ~etien of ~. Brooks, the ee~icatien was referred to ~e Ci~Y~n~e~' ~nd City Attorney for coherence with the Oe~issiener of the Revenue to see ~at the T=~t~ property is prope~ mssessed. The reports of the City Collector, Ci~ Treas~e~, and~Oit~-A~itor for the month of Mar~, 19~, were p=e.s~ted mn& were ~efe~red to ~e Fin~ce CeriSes. ltEW BUSINESS A petition from G.H. Catbreath to be refunded taxes paid on' let Nc. 2V. ~815'At!anta Avenue, for the Years 1922 and 1925, he owning only lots 25 and 25, was referred to the Finance Conm~ittee. A petition w~s read from W. W. Fentress, representing Heffman Cig~ Company, Inc~, t~ be refunded $21.50 ~aid the City of P~rtsmouth August 2nd, 1921. fe~'~UtSmobile truck On motiem, the petition was referred to the Finance Cemmittee~ A bill ef ~he Commonwealth of Virginia to amount of $118.0~, t~'at the rat~ of the basi~ premiums chargeable against amount of pay "roll as~fi~ed'~v~th~he~L~dust~ial Co~mission of Virginia, for the twelve months endi~ Dec. $1, t92S, was referred to the Finance Committee.