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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHIN13TON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
FRANcIS E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS
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The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Pettit, read in full and consid-
ered:
WHEREAS, Washington County and Washington County Institution District at its
meeting of September 6, 1950, by notion authorized the execution of a Cooperation Agreement
the Washington County Housing Authority relative to the Donors, Project; and
WHEREAS.. a Cooperation Agreement was entered into by the said County and County
Institution District and said Housing Authority; and
WHEREAS, at the meeting of September 6, 1950, the said County and County Instit
tion District adopted a motion to "ratify and sign the Cooperation Agreement with the Washing-
ton County Housing Authority relative to the Donora Borough Housing Project"; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement as executed has been examined and considered by said
County and County Institution District;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Washington County and Washington County
Institution District that the Cooperation Agreement dated September 61, 1950, between the Wash-
ington County Housing Authority and the Washington County and Washington County Institution Di
triet providing for services and facilities to be furnished to a project of one hundred ten
(110) dwelling units to be developed in the Borough of Donora and for payment in lieu of taxes
by the said Authority, is hereby ratified, confirmed and approved as executed.
Mr. Lane moved that the foregoing resolution be adopted as introduced and read,
which motion was seconded by Mr. Pettit. Upon roll call those voting "Aye" were as follows:
Commissioners Pettit, Lane and Lowstuter.
There being no further business to come before the Board at this time, the meet-
ing adjourned.
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November 30, 1950
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Office of the County Commissioners
Washington, Pa., October 30, 1950
Board of County Commissioners in regular session, those present being Messrs.
Pettit and Lane.
Motion duly made and seconded that the polling place in Smith Township, lst Pre-
cinct, be changed frm the School House to the Fireman's Hall, Slovan, Pa., and that rental be
set at $5.00; said change being made because the school vas unsuitable.
Motion carried.
Motion duly made and seconded that the polling place in Cecil Township, lst Pre-
cinct, remain in the Everett Campbell Building and that the rental be set at $15.00.
Motion carried.
Motion duly made and seconded that the polling place in North Franklin Township,
2nd Precinct, be changed to George Barbour Resides laud that the rental be set at $15.00; said
change being necessitated due to the fact that the former polling place burned down.
Motion carried.
Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer is hereby directed to
cancel the County Treasurer's Tax Sale of April 3, 19".. for non-payment of a 1938 County and
City delinquent taxes plus sale costs, covering a property assessed in the name of Antonio
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
FRANGIS E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS _
iInserra and described as vacant Lot 73, Harrison Place Plan, Lincoln: Street, Monongahela, Third
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Ward, Washington County, Pennsylvania, inasmuch as this is an incorrect assessment to Antonio
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lInserra, who does not own Lot 73. The rightful owner of Lot 73 is Joseph Inserra and the said
j Joseph Inserra paid his taxes for the year 1938 on Lot 73, Harrison Place Plan, Lincoln Street,
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tax receipts were shown from which we obtained the following data:
(a) County Tax paid on July 29, 193$, to the County Treasurer by
receipt number 934, Clerk 10 in the amount of $2.40
(b) The City Tax paid to Rachel A. Gibbons, Tax Collector by re-
ceipt number 897 under date of June 30, 1938, amount $5.71+
f (c) The School Tax paid to Rachel A. Gibbons, by receipt number'
t 721 paid under date of October 15, 1938, in the amount of $7.68
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The Tax Claim Bureau, the Office of the Prothonotary and the Tax Assessment Offil
:are hereby directed to mark their records accordingly. �
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Notion carried.
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Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treaswer is hereby directed to t
i cancel the County Treasurer's Tax Sale of April 3, 194/+, for non-payment of 1938 County and
;School delinquent taxes plus sale costs on property assessed to Ellwood M. Mellott and describ
!as two (2) acres of land, !
Borth - 0. T. Brashear Estate
i East - Charles L. Ferguson
situate in Hanover Township, inasmuch as, this is an incorrect assessment to Ellwood M. Mellott
[as Ellwood M. Mellott had only one acre of ground conveyed to him from Deed Book Volume 629,
1page 277. By deed dated January 3, 19/.0, E. M. Mellott and Ida Mellott, his wife, conveyed '
,this one acre lot to Hugh Neptune and Ess% Neptune, his wife, by deed being recorded in Deed
¢Book Volume 639, page 593. The Redemption Docket in the Prothonotary's Office, Volume 2, page
1180, shows that on August 8, 191+5, Ellwood M. Mellott, by Hugh Neptune, redeemed one acre of a
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land in Hanover Township valued at $100.00, being part of the same lot conveyed to the County
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!Commissioners at the County Treasurer's Tax Sale on April 3, 19". Therefore, the Washington k
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County Tax Claim Bureau does not have title to one acre of land which remains on the assessment �
!records.
The Tax Claim Bureau, the Office of the Prothonotary and the Assessment Office
are hereby directed to mark their records accordingly.
Motion carried. 1
Motion duly made and seconded that the Board for the Assessment and Revision of
;Taxes authorize the preparation of refund voucher in the amount of $1.66, in favor of Anna S.
!Ynako 1007 Lookout Avenue Charleroi Pennsylvania., cover -
� , , y , covering County Taxes four the years 191.�8
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!1949 on a $100 differential in assessed valuation of Lot No.113 in the McGowan -Allen -Colvin Plan;
in the Borough of Charleroi, carried for the said years on the assessment record in said borough
in the name of Carl Sokol Estate, the difference of $100 in valuation being the result of the
!Carol Sokol Estate having been assessed with a House and all of Lot No. 113, whereas, the deed
jdescription covers only the Northern Part of the said lot, the descrip#e8 having been properly
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!carried on the assessment record for the years 1950 and 1951, i.e., "Northern Part of Lot No.
i113 McGowan -Allen -Colvin Plan. $100 rather than all of Lot No. 113 at $200.
Motion carried.