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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
R❑SS R. CUMMINS, FRANCIS E. PETTIT, J❑HN N. ❑INEIL, COMMISSIONERS
MGNONGAHELA PUSLISHING CG.
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Office of the County Commissioners i
Washington, Pa., March 27, 1944.
Board of County Commissioners in regular session, those present being Mr. Cummins,
Mr. Pettit and Mr. O'Neil.
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Minutes Nos. 26 and 27 read and approved.
Motion duly made and seconded that the County Treasurer be authorized to abate penalty !
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and interest on delinquent 1958 County Tax assessed in Cross Creek Township on property owned by
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Joe Mambu in the Knox Plan, Avella, Pa.
There being no further business to come before the Board at this time, the meeting was
adjourned.
THE FOREGOING MINUTE
READ AND APPROVED:
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March 50, 1944. I
ATTEST:
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NO. 29 I
Office of the County Commissioners
Washington, Pa., March 29, 1944.
Board of County Commissioners in regular session, specially called, those present being
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Mr. Cummins, Mr. Pettit and Mr. O'Neil.
Motion by Mr. Pettit, seconded by Mr. Cummins, that Dr. Thomas M. Gilland, of California, I
j Pa., be appointed a member of Washington County Council of Defense to replace H. We Linville,
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resigned. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr. Pettit, seconded by Mr. Cummins, that the following Resolution be adopted:
WHEREAS, the County of Washington has outstanding bonds in the amount
of approximately 2,537,000.00 which were issued many years ago for road
construction; and
WHEREAS, by the terms of the said bond issue, bonds in the approximate
amount of $160,000.00 mature yearly and will do so for a period of approximately
sixteen years when all the said bonds will have been retired; and
WHEREAS, in order to better provide for the redemption of the said bonds,
the County Commissioners dean it to be an advantage to the County and the
taxpayers thereof that a sinking fund commission be created under and by virtue I
of Article IV of the Act of May 2, 1929, P. L. 1278;
j NO17, THEREMRE, BE IT RESOLVED that a sinking fund commission be created
in and for Washington County under Article IV of the Act of May 2, 1929, P. L. 1278,
to be composed of the County Commissioners, the County Controller and the County
Treasurer, for the purpose of extinguishing the present county debt represented
by the County Bonds now outstanding and unpaid; all moneys applied to the
sinking fund to be under the charge of the said commission, in accordance with the
Act of Assembly aforesaid. j
Motion carried.
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Motion by Mr. Pettit, seconded by Mr. Cummins, that the following resolution be adopted:
6 WHEREAS, the County of Washington has created a Sinking Fund Commission under the
Act of May 2, 1929, P. L. 1278, for the purpose of extinguishing the county debt
represented by bonds of Washington County now outstanding and unpaid; and
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