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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
JOHN D. BERRYMAN, ROSS R. CUMMINS, JOHN N. O'NEIL, COMMISSIONERS
Question called for: Voting "Yes", Messrs. Berryman and Cummins, voting "No", Mr. O'Neil,
because of his not being familiar with Mr. Miller's qualifications and past construction record,
This being a majority, the motion was declared carried.
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Minutes No. 80 & 81 were read and approved by the Board.
Mr. O'Neil called attention to the Act of 1939 - P.L. 507-508, relating to real property pur-
chased by the County Commissioners at County Treasurer's Tax Sales, particularly Section 16, sub-
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i section (c), beginning "Such property shall not, so long as it remains the property of the county
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be charged in the duplicate, etc., etc.".
After discussion of the provisions of the Act governing such matters, the Board directed that
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immediately upon the approval of the Court, that all records in the County Commissioners' Office
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relating to those properties sold at Treasurer's Tax Sale, be corrected and revised, proper notation
to be made of their sale to Washington County, the assessors in the various districts to be notified
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I of the transfer of the properties to the County by reason of the Tax Sale.
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I There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned,
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i THE FOREGOING MINUTES READ AND APPROVED:
i June 10, 1940
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ATTEST:
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NO. 83 Office of the County Commissioners,
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i Washington,, Pa., June 10, 1940.
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j County Commissioners in regular session, those present being Messrs. Berryman, Cummins and
O'Neil.
Upon petition duly presented to the Board, f"J. R. Nease was named as Assessor in and for the
1st Ward of the City of Washington to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harry Williams,
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regularly elected assessor therein.
The matter of the various -resolutions of county organizations in connection with a proposed
Traveling Library, which have been presented to the Board of Commissioners, was discussed and the
Board directed that a letter go forward to each organization from whom a resolution was received,
advising that the County Commissioners did not feel justified in making provision in the 1940
budget for the proposed traveling library, due to present financial conditions,
j Minute No. 82 was read and approved by the Board,
Motion was duly made, seconded and carried to authorize the County Treasurer to accept de-
linquent county tax for the year 1936, against the Martin Burns Estate, Smith Township, at face,
without penal�;y and interest, and that the County Treasurer be given an excerpt of this munute,
There being no further business before the meeting, it was adjourned.
THE FO?3EGOING ?FTINUTES READ AND APPROVED:
June 15, 1940
ATTEST: Jz.