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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
JOHN D. BERRYMAN, ROSS R. CUMMINS, JOHN N. O'NEIL, COMMISSIONERS
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NO. 139
Office of the County Commissioners,
Washington, Pa., December 9, 1940.
Board of County Commissioners in regular session, those present being Messrs. Berryman#
Cummins and O'Neil.
A petition sued by residents and property owners of Somerset, Forth Strabane and South
Strabane Townships was presented to the Board by Mm. H. Stith, Eighty Four, Pa., objecting to
the proposed relocation of L. R. 181 (Traffic Route 31) at Eighty Four, Pa. In the absence of
any final plan from the Pennsylvania Department of Highways, the Board was unable to make a
definite statement as to their position in the matter at this time but directed that receipt
of the petition be acknowledged and the petition filed in the Washington County Road Department
Office for future reference.
Minutes No. 134-135-136-137-138 were read and approved by the Board.
There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
THE FOREGOING MINUTES READ AND APPROVED: '
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NO. 140
Office of the County Commissioners,
Washington, Pa., December 12, 1940,
Board of County Commissioners in regular session, specially called, members present being
Messrs. Berryman, Cummins and O'Neil.
The following Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Washington,
State of Pennsylvania, relative to the issue by the said County of a note for Fifty Thousand
( 50,000.00) Dollars as a temporary loan, was presented, duly seconded and adopted by said
Board, to -wit:
WHEREAS, It has become necessary for said Board to borrow the sum of Fifty Thousand
(450SO00.00) Dollars for the purpose of meeting current expenses for the year 1940, and to be
payable out of taxes and other current revenues which have been assessed and are to be levied
and collected by the County during the year 1941, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of County Commissioners of the said County of Washington, that
for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of current expenses of the County, the proper
officials of the said County are hereby authorised and directed to negotiate a temporary loan
on such terms as may be agreed upon by them, payable out of taxes which are to be levied and
and collected during the year 1941, and so much of said taxes as may be necessary to repay said
loan, with interest, is hereby set aside and designated for that purpose, and issue a note there-
for, payable August 5, 1941, with interest from date of said note at the rate of one and one-
half (lam) per cent. per annum, free of all taxes levied by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
which said taxes the County of Washington assumes and agrees to pay, said note to be negotiated
and issued as follows:
THE WASHINGTON UNION TRUST COMPANY, Washington, Pa., $50,000.00
There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
ROM
December 30, 1940,
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