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<br /> • %4 'Conimissioner:Winstead•moved thead©ptioncof the'following;resolution
<br /> 'with''respect t©'fair' tat;--• :, __ -
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<br /> ":WHEREAS. the 1961.
<br /> . �." -•,,.: •:' _ '� General;Assembly,,by•Chapter •.. _
<br /> - -,•;•-` °•1)169,•'Session laws of 196i,,has. submitted,a proposed coneti� ..
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<br /> o rt arollnafor ami:ndnient to the peopleNo ' •U r. '
<br /> ` consideration at the November. ti -"
<br /> :.' WHE ' E AS, •the'proposed constitutional"amendment ie : ;, .'
<br /> r - ,,•.' r:'''designed to.insure'fair texation,of property by'stoppii g the "
<br /> < {' granting of.tsx concessions by local'act:, and ;;;"'•.. ;'
<br /> 'WHEREAS, countieslhave-hadexperience with local-'acts: . •, . .T
<br /> • •`of this kind, and they have'discovered thaitvvhen a;;locai ace' v •u' '
<br /> :''`r"•:grants a.tax''concession'for a'ceriein,kind.of,property in•brie ' ~ 4
<br /> '';;:.county;:that:eounty then obtain s,a'tax advantage•over other•
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<br /> . _ ` counties, in'turn,, to meet.the coinpetiticni;;these'other counties.,'-
<br /> .•`• r , r ':'' must obtain a similar concession,' .with the result that the.tax:. , :'_. '
<br /> • • •• ;. ;;. base in all counties is eaten away;.and the tax burden'an-non-e'x,einpt •
<br /> '017 „property.becomes incrn Ringly'.heavy,••and
<br /> :` WHEREAS,' if it is';appropriate to tax;one
<br /> County, P kind-of:propert.
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<br /> 'then it Is,'jpleo aplroriate to tax'thatFro e .iu
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<br /> '' all counties; and if it Is appropriate to exempt or classify'a.:certain.. •,. ,:':-:-
<br /> -`}. r kind, of property inrone county;.,then:it'is:elso appropriate,to exempt, • ;- ,: .
<br /> :or'classify,that property,in all•counties,;and'' r "; ' •
<br /> WHEREAS, ;the proposed constitutional'amendment will not
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<br /> change the existing exemptions•granted to educational, s,.religiou -
<br /> `tr.�* and charitable property; *ilk continue the-special.treatment long
<br /> granted state-wide Or stored tobacco,;peanuts;.•baled cotton•held - ;' ; ' '
<br /> ' ',:.for thantifactureV mortgaged wheat, •and-property:held for, export • •
<br /> or import;"and will 'allow-the General:Assembly,in the furture to •,
<br /> • • ." : provide'speciai tax treatment_to•other kinds of.property:if the •
<br /> economic welfare of the:state requires it. $ : ; • +> . •
<br /> ;.NOW`THEREFORE BE lT.RFSDLVED:by-the Board of
<br /> 'i t . ` :‘-Caunty,`,Cot unissioners of Lee County that the`'.voters'.of the'
<br /> • County be'and'they hereby-are`encouraged to vote,FOR.fair•
<br /> ;..property taixation.by'voting liOR the;constitutional amendment: -
<br /> 2 providing thatthe power of the general Assembly to:daesify;,
<br /> ,' and:exempt.property for taxation be.,eicerclsed.;only:on''a'state-
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<br /> Commissioner Kelly seconded the ihotion and upon a vote.it was 'n
<br /> >'N.: uaianiniously,carried. Y;:"
<br /> a Mr.• James A- Pippin; fistrict Forestor,,appeared,before the Board '
<br /> :to-the'position of forestry. aide::• Commissioner''Kelly niade'a motion
<br /> ;:•that:the position;be'offered to William F...Everhardt i',;Commissioner Wiri'r:::
<br /> t . •_ ;; 'stead, seconded the motion and upon a'vote it Ina unanimously carried.
<br /> Mr. PauLL'ucas, Tax,collector, •appeared.before the'Board>and gave y.:`
<br /> •• :'a report on the collections of his office during the:inonth;of September,
<br /> 1962:
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<br /> Upon motion of Commissioner^Cox,, seconded::by.eoanmissioner
<br /> Winstead,.and upon,a-toll call vote,. wherein•Commissioners Cox,,Grocer:• =
<br /> •• : a" - Ke11y, Atkins,"and.Winetead;_;voted'"aye", the following were granted relief "
<br /> from•1961--taxes for the reasons stated1- • ' `
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