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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
R❑SS R. CUMMINS, FRANCIS E. PETTIT, J❑HN N. ❑'NEIL, COMMISSIONERS
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N0. 156
Office -of the County Commissioners
Washington, Pa., April 8, 1946
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Board of County Commissioners, in. regular_ session, those present-beingMr. Cummins,
Mr, Pettit and Mr. %wstuter.
Minute No. 155 read and approved.
Motion duly made and seconded that Martin S. Yoders, of Buffalo, Pa., be appointed
as Tag Collector in Hopewell Township, - to fill-- the vacancy caused by the resignation of
C. H. Dunkle, regularly elected Tax Collector therein, a petition requesting such appointment
having been presented to the Board by the residents of said township.
Motion carried.
There being no further business,to come before the Board at this time, the meeting
was adjourned.
THE FOREGOING MINUTE
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April 12,, 1946
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NO. 157
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Office of the County Commissioners
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Washington.. Pa., April 12, 1946
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Board of County Commissioners in regular_session, those present being Mr. Cummins,
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Mr. Pettit and Mr. %owstuter.
Minute No. 156 read and approved.
Motion duly made and seconded that refund be made to Mary C. OtBrien, 803 Allison
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Ave., Washington, Pa., in the amount of $55.63, covering Personal -Property Tax for the years
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1943 and 1944 on 150 shares Texas Co. and 20 shares Continental -Can., non-taxable stocks
inadvertently included in her return -for the said years and tax paid on same to the County.
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Motion carried.
Motion duly made and seconded that refund -be made to Friendship Motor Co.,
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761 Meldon Ave., Donora, Pa., in the amount of $4.43, covering Personal. Property Tag for the
years 1943, 1944 and 1945 on 3820 shares Duquesne Mining Co., non—taxable stocks inadvertently
included in their return for the said years and tax paid on same to the County.
Motion carried.
Motion duly made and seconded that refund be made to George Ferrier, 71 Kenric Ave.,
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{ Donora, Pa., in the amount of $8.80, covering Personal. Property Tax for the years 1943, 1944
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and 1945 on 8,000 shares Duquesne Mining Co., and 4,000 shares Duquesne Mining Co. in 1943,
non-taxable stocks inadvertently included in his return for the said years and tax paid on
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHIN13TON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
R❑SS R. CUMMINS, FRANCIS E. PETTIT, J❑HN N. O'NEIL, COMMISSIONERS ON -
....NGAHELA PUBLISHING CO.
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carried.
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Motion duly made and seconded that refund be made to Eva B. lickerhw4 c/o Mrs. D. C.
Parkinson, Stahlman Apartments, Monongahela, Pa., in the amount of 5.21, covering Personal Property
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Tax for the years 1944 and 1945 on 5 Shares Midland Steel Prod. Co., 10 shares having been returned �
whereas only 5 were actually owned, but inadvertently included in her return for the said years and
tax paid on same to the County.
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Motion carried. i
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ti Motion duly made and seconded that refund in the amount of $1.09 be made to Mike and j
Elizabeth Horvath, East Pike Run Township.. covering 1943, 1944 and 1945 County Taxes on Lot No. 284,
t%stside Land Company Plan, by reason of the Courts adjudication that the Commissionerst Tax Sale
of said lot was void.
Motion carried.
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There being no further business to come before_the meeting at this time,_ it_was adjourned. j
THE FORE4OINQ MINUTE
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NO. 158
Office of the Count_ y Commissioners
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washington, Pa., April 15, 1946
Board of County Commissioners in regular session,_ those present being Mr. Cummins,
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I Mr. Pettit and Mr. Lowstuter.
{ Minute No. 157 read and approved.
Deputy Controller Dental called into the meet pure opening
epu y meeting for the purpose of _o bids in
accordance with advertisement of the County Controller_for the_ furnishing_ of Two (2) 1946 Plymouth
Sedans, and reported that no bids had been received.
Motion duly made and seconded that the following Resolution be adopted: i
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Washington County taken.. cognizance gnizance of recent
i action of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, with regard to smoke removal
from the City of Pittsburgh; and
WHOMO.. the Board of Commissioners of Washington County deems this action very commendable,
but in connection therewith feels that should the proposed date of October lst, 1946, be decided f
i upon as the deadline for the changeover great harm may result to one of Washington County's most
important industries, namely the mining of coal, with the likelihood_of.displacing a great number
of the I.4j,000 miners now employed; now., therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Commissioners of Washington County request the Council of the City
1 of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to consider postponement of the date that the
changeover is made compulsory until October 1st: 1947.
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Lotion carried.
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There being no further business to cometefore the Board at this time, the meeting was i
adjourned.
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April 22,, 1946
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