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Home My WebLink AboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 185 - 3-17-1950 - COMMISSIONERMINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHIN13TON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FFRANcIs E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS C n NO. 185 Office of the County Commissioners Washington, Pa., March 17, 1950 Board of County Commissioners in regular session, those present being Messrs. Pettit, Lane and Lowstuter. Minute Nos. 168, 169, 1709 171, 172, 173, 174, 1759 176, 177, 178, 179, 1801 181, 182, 183 and 1$4 were read and approved. The following motion was adopted with the Board of Commissioners sitting as the Registration Commissions Motion duly made and seconded that March 22, 19509 be approved as a Field Regis- tration Day in Canonsburg; and that March 23, 1950, be approved as a Field Registration Day in Daisytown, Rest Pike Run Township. Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the temporary partition in the Chambers of Judge of the Orphans' Court be removed, and the installation of suitable cloakroom and toilet facilities be made. Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the Budget for the General Fund for the of Washington for the fiscal year 1950 be finally adopted as advised by the County'Commissioner the said budget having been available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief Clerk to the County Commissioners from February 20, 1950, to this date, in accordance with the provision of the Act of Assembly of July 18, 1935, and the rate of taxation upon the valuation of proper- ties of the County of Washington, in order to tax sufficient revenue to meet required expendi- tures for the fiscal year 1950, be fixed at seven (7) mills, which makes the payment of taxes i the amount of seventy (70) cents lipon each $100 of assessed valuation of real estate and occupa- tion. Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer is hereby directed to cancel the Treasurer's Tax Sale of April 3, 19". for the 1938 School and City Taxes for proper assessed to Hugh J. and Marie McLinden, described as Vacant Lot No. 360-Monongahela Larks Ccmpaa 705 East Main Street, Monongahela 1st Ward, Washington County, Pennsylvania, inasmuch as, the assessment of Lot No. 360, Monongahela Land Company is and was an incorrect assessment to Hugh J. and Marie McLinden, who do not own Lot No. 360 but at the time did own Lot No. 359 Monongahl Land Company. The Tax Claim Bureau, the Assessment Office and the'Office of the Prothonotary are hereby directed to mark their records accordingly. Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer is hereby directed to cancel the Tax Sale of March 24, 1942, for the non-payment of the 1935 County Taxes plus sale costs, covering three lots Nos. 35, 362 37 Dawson Plan, situate in Fallowfield Township,. lin the name of John Macko, inasmuch, as this was a duplicate assessment with John Natska, the o MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS rightful owner. The County Tax for said year was paid by John Matska on property assessed as a two-story frame house and eight lots, Nos. 35, 36, 37, 3% 439 449 45 Dawson Plan. Said tax being paid by Act 83, Receipt No. 927 and paid under date of dune 5, 1937, in the amount of $9.59. The Prothonotary, the Tax Assessment Office and the Tax Claim Bureau are hereby directed Ito mark their records accordingly, Notion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer is hereby directed to cancel the Treasurer's Sale of May 7, 1947, for the non-payment of the 1941 Road Tax plus sale 1costs, covering house and three-quarters acres surface, Primrose, Mt. Pleasant Township, assesse4 a in the name of Mrs. Flora Barton Mahoney, inasmuch as, this tax had been paid by Tony Deblander,j i ;(the rightful owner, at the time of the Treasurer's Sale) to Robert Atchison, Tax Collector, by ! Receipt No. 60, dated March 13, 1942, in the amount (Face-$1.25 plus $.06 penalty) $1.31. The !Tax Claim Bureau is hereby directed to give a deed to the present owner, Anthony Deblander and Lillian Deblander, so that their title be cleared as the Treasurer's Sale was in error. The !Assessment Office, the Office of the Prothonotary, and the Tax Claim Bureau are hereby directed to mark their records accordingly. The deed issued by the County Treasurer on the above is dated April 7, 1947. Motion carried. a Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer is hereby directed to !cancel the Treasurer's Tax Sale of March 24, 1942, for the non-payment of the 1935 and 1936 !County, School and Road taxes plus sale cost cowering the property assessed to Fort Pitt Coal and Coke Company and described as blacksmith shop, power house, tipple and power plant, situate in Nottingham Township, inasmuch as, these buildings have been removed and are no longer in existence. The Tax Claim Bureau, the Assessment Office and the Office of the Prothonotary are ;hereby directed to mark their records accordingly. Motion carried. ` i Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer is hereby directed to " ,cancel the Treasurer's Tax Sale of April 3, 19", for the 1938 County, School and Borough taxes, plus sale costs for property assessed to Nick Billy and described as Lot No. 40, New Plan, Fast IBow Street and situate in Stoekdale Borough, Washington County, Pennsylvania, inasmuch as, this lis a duplieg.tion with the assessment of Phoebe Armstrong, the rightful owner of Lot No. 40, New a Plan, Tube Way. The Tax Claim Bureau, the Assessment Office and the Office of the Prothonotary !are hereby directed to mark their records accordingly. Motion carried. e ! Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer is hereby directed to cancel the Tax Sale of January 22, 1940, for the non-payment of a 1927 County Tax on the propert !assessed to Eva McKay, situate in Canonsburg 3rd Ward, described as house and lot #126, Richland I ;Avenue, inasmuch as the tax for said year has been paid. (One -fifth payment for said year had been made to the County Treasurer under Act 17 in the amount of $3.39 under date of July 29, 1941, and a payment of $2.34 was imde to the County Commissioners' Clerk and marked accordingly 1 !on the tax lien No. 190 February Term 1931, in the Office of the Prothonotary.) The balance MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCis E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS 1 1 due being paid to the Tax Claim Bureau. The Tax Claim Bureau, the Office of the Prothonotary and the Assessment Office are hereby directed to mark their records accordingly. Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer is hereby directed to cancel the County Treasurer's Tag Sale of April 7, 1947, for the non-payment of 191+1 County Tax, assessed to Frank Kolavick, on property described as Lot No. 280, West Side Land Company in East Pike Run Township. This sale was based on a supposed delinquency that was in error, be- cause Lot No. 280 was improperly assessed to Frank Kolavick for 1941 since it was then owned by Washington County, said lot having been sold to the County in January and April 1940. The Office of the Prothonotary, the Tax Assessment Office and the Tax Claim Bureau, are also hereby directed to mark their records accordingly. Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that a Refund Voucher in the amount of $202.19 be made payable to Thomas Anderson, Solicitdr for the School District of North Franklin Township. This being a refund made from County Commissioners Sale No. 918, dated April 8, 1946, property formerly owned by Edward Slater and sold to Barron P. McCune, for the sale price of $5107.40, due to an error which had been made in the amount distributed to the School District in the distribution of moneys received. Said amount to be taken from the fifteen per cent allotted to the Real Estate Department as costs. Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer is hereby directed to cancel the following tax sales, inasmuch as, these lots had been sold by Sheriff's Sale, the Plaintiff being Francis R. Dooley to Harry E. Pollock at alias Fi-Fa No. 55 May Term, 1930, E.D. The said taxes were divested by said Sheriff's Sale up to and including the year 1930. ALL IN NORTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP 1. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to George Sanders, described as lot #= Reedville. 2. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1926 and 1927 County tax plus sale costs, for property assessed to Margaret Svencer, described as Lots 02 ?1 -_2M Reedville. 3. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1926 School tax plus sale costs, for prop- erty assessed to Monroe Sykes, described as Lots 15-16-123-lU Reedville. 4. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1925s, 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to Gorgia Tyson, described as Lot #12 Reedville. 5. -Treasurer's Tag Sale 1928 for the 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to Mack Tyson, described as Lot #12 Reedville. - 6. Treasurer's Tax Sale for 1928 for the 192% 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to H. Williamson, described as Lot #, 1�Q Reed- ville. 7. Treasurer's Tag Sale for 1928 for the 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxes plus sale colts, for property assessed to Shellie Barrem, described as Lots #316-3 Reedville. 8. Treasurer's Tax Sale for 1928 for the 1925s, 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to Lasper Barfield, described as Lott Reedville. 9. Treasurer's Tax Sale for 1928 for the 1925s, 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to Lease Bennett, described as Lot #M2 Reed- ville. 10. Treasurer's Tag Sale for 1928 for the 1926 Cotmty, School and Road taxes plus costs, for property assessed to Perry Buckner, described as Lots Reedville. Reedville. 190 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHIN13TON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIs E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS 1 11. Treasurer's Tax Sale for 1928 for the 1926 and 1927 County, -School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to Hanson Cox, described as Lot #= Reedville. 12. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road ;plus sale costs, for property assessed to John Co , described as Lot #I2 Reedville. 13. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road plus costs, for property assessed to Wk. Ligon, described as Lot #301 Reedville. 14. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1922 for the 1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920 County, School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to Jos Crawford, described as liened in 1919 as: House and Lot, Weavertown, adj. Davis McCartney., Liened in 1920 as House and Lot (W.H. Crawford) . 15. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 19251, 1926 and 1927 County, School and taxes plus costs, for property assessed to Arthur Garland, described as Lot #122 Reedville. 16. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1925 and 1926 County, School and Road taxeO iplus costs, for property assessed to Garret or Garnett, W. S. described as Lots #301-302 Reed- ville. 17. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1925, 1926 and 1927 County, School and !Rad taxes plus costs, for property assessed to Odis Gill., described as Lot #Z8 Reedville. i 18. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1925, 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to Anton Iameri, described as Liened in 1925 as: Lots #226-227-228 Reedville. Liened in 1926 as: 6 lots 223-224-225-226-227-228 Reedville. 1 19. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 192% 1926 and 1927 County, School and { ftoad taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to W. H. Kane, described as Lots #2 7-2 Reedt wills. 20. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1925, 1926 and 1927 County, School and Roa 'taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to Mary V. Lee, described as Lot #M Reedville. i 21. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxer Olus sale costs, for property assessed to P. W. Mathews, described as Lots #111- Reedville. 1 22. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1925 and 1927 County, School and Road taxe4 plus sale costs, for property assessed to Bill Mose, described as Lots - 2 Reedville. 23. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1925, 1926 and 1927 County, School and Road taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to ]j. E. E. Patton, described as Lots -1 - �28-30--, 7- -5-67-68-145,-,146 Reedville. 24. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1925, 1926 and 1927 County, School and t load taxes plus sale costs, for property assessed to Emanuel ftywl, described as Lot #12 Reed- *ille. 25. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1928 for the 1926 County, School and Road taxes plus ale costs, for property assessed to Rosa Rumors, described as Lot #201 Reedville. !k 26. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1940 for the 1927 School tax plus sale costs, for prop- prty assessed to Isabel Shiva, described as House and 4 lots #160- 6, 462-163 Reedville, 1 27. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1940 for the 1928 County and School taxes plus costs, for property assessed to William Rogers, described as Lot #ZU Reedville. 28. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1940 for the 1928 County and School taxes plus costs.. For property assessed to Edward 9-602v, described as Lot #_288 Reedville. 29. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1940 for the County, School and Road taxes plus costs, �or property assessed to Frank Gallagher, described as 10 Lots #33-34-35-36-37-38-39-U-76-77 $eedville. 30. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1940 for the 19271, 1928, 3,929 and 1930 County and Schoo: axes plus costs, for property assessed to.dames Chivers, described as Lot #1= Reedville. i 31. Treasurer's Tax Sale 1940 for the 1928 County tax plus costs, for property #ssessed to Barren Conwayy Estate, described as House and 2 lots #3�2 -,I2$ Reedville. The Tax Assessment Office, the Office of the Prothonotary and the Tax Claim �Ureau are hereby directed to mark their records accordingly. i Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the following Resolutions in regard to sale of properties for unpaid taxes by the Washington County Tax Claim Bureau, be adopteds i t �1 C MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY�'COMMISSIONERS WASHIN13TON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIs E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS 191 E 1 RESOLUTION FOR NO. NAME OF PURCHASER DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AMOUNT S0I 46 Benjamin F. and Alice F. 1 Lot, Hamory Plan, Tew Town (Lot #23 in Gen- $ 53.58 Rishel eral Plan of Millsboro), East Bethlehem Town- ship, Washington County, formerly owned by G. V. Hamory 47 Arthur Severns Vacant Lot #22, Sargent Plan, Bentleyville $ 100.00 Borough, Washington County, formerly owned by Luigi Guiliani 48 Joe Matey 1* acres surface adj. Sam Schriwan, Hazel Kirk $ 50.00 and Pigeon Creek, Carroll Township, formerly owned by Charles Hollway and Charles Mahonic (each f interest) 49 Frank Kallis Vacant lot, Railroad Street, adjoining property $ 50.00 of P. Stanton Estate, situate in W. Brownsville Borough 50 Alfred Hixenbaugh' Vacant lot #8, R.R. Street, bounded on Nbrrth by $ 100.00 lot #7, South by lot #9, East Tube W". Seam- less Tube City Plan of Lots, Stockdale Borough 51 Alfred Hixenbaugh Vacant Lot P. hounded East, Tube Nay St., West $,100.00 R.R. St., Seamless Tube City Plan of Lots - Stockdale Borough 52 Mrs. Anna C. Harris Two-story frame house and lot, 500 Sixth Street $ 328.98 City of Monongahela, 3rd Ward, Washington County, formerly owned by Anna C. Harris 53 Andrew Takach Vacant lot #175, Block S.D. Allen Avenue, Jenise $150.00 Land Company, Borough of Donora, Washington County, formerly owned by Mary Science 54 Alex and Grace Gump 2 Vacant Lots, No. 186-186, McNary,Plan, Chart- $ 100.00 iers Township, Washington County, formerly owned by Walter Washington Estate 55 Jose Fernandez Busto Lot #27, Block #55, Marelda Avenue, Borough of $ 75.00 Donora, Washington County, formerlr.•owned by Bert McBurney 56 William Maddock and Lots #141 and 143, Block SD, South Allen Avenue $ 350.00 Margaret Maddock Donora, Washington County, formerly owned by Paul V. Neel 57 Joseph Gozzi Lot #13, Berry Plan, Smith Township, Washington $ 50.00 County, formerly owned by Frank Koralski 58 Earl Baudvin and Loraine Lot No. 10, Cross Creek Valley Plan of Lots, $ 27.99 Baudvin, his wife Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Penna... formerly owned by Leech Farm Coal Company 59 Elsie Brown Baker One story frame house and lot, adjoining brick $ 450.00 yard, Burgettstown, Washington County, formerly owned by Thomas Brown 60 Howard Felton and Lucy Part of Lot #57, Section B. Sauters Plan, ad- $ 50.00 Felton joining property of Carl Kuzishnik, Robinson Township, formerly owned by Constant Stella 61 Wm. and Ruth Murdock Lot #29, Hudson Plan adjoining Julia Chamar, $ 50.00 Robinson Township 62 Louis and Mamie Peters House and part of lot No. 60, Second Avenue, for-$1200.00 merly owned by George Peters, Sr., in the Borough of California 63 Floyd P. Jones 1 Acre Land, bounded South by Linnie Hodgen and $ 100.00 Dessie Jones; West by Ira Lawton property, West Middleto,wn,Township, Washington County, formerly - owned by George Brownlee estate 64 Janet MeN Workman 2 Lots #10-11, McBurney Plan, Chartiers Township $ 75.00 Washington County, formerly owned by C.M. Murray, 65 Andrew C. Dawson and Lot No. 104, Wapner Land Company Plan, Carroll $ 36.82 Naomi Dawson, his wife Township, Washington County, formerly owned by Andrew C. and Laura Anna Dawson