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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
JOHN D. BERRYMAN, ROSS R. CUMMINS, JOHN N. O'NEIL, COMMISSIONERS
NO. 285
Office of the County Commissioners,
Washington, Pa., March 27, 1942.
Board of County Commissioners in regular session, those present being Messrs. Berryman,
Cummins and O'Neil,
Motion duly made and seconded that the following Resolution be adopted by the Board in con-
nection with action taken under date of March 25, 1942, with respect to the imposition of a
Federal Income Tax on income from municipal securities:
WHEREAS, The Secretary of the Treasury, of the United States has submitted a proposal to
impose on the income from municipal securities a tax; and
WHEREAS, The imposition of such a tax would increase the cost to the County of Washington of
the refinancing of outstanding securities, and the cost of new securities which may be authorized
for essential and necessary county improvements; and
WHEREAS, Any such increase in cost would result in an increase in, -real estate taxes and would
impose an additional burden upon the taxpayers of the county; and
WHEREAS, The increase in cost may be so prohibitive as to prevent entirely the refinancing of
existing securities or the raising of new money to finance necessary county improvements; and
WHEREAS, The imposition of a tax on the income of municipal securities is, in actual fact, the
imposition of a tax on the municipality which issues the securities; now, therefore,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the Senators and the Member
of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and to the Members of the House Ways and Means
Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, and the Pennsylvania Association of County Commission -
ers. motion carried.
WHEREAS, Prank Laeaste was assessed in 1920-21 with Hot #4431, in the Donora Improvement Com-
paW Plan, West Bethlehem Township, and the said lot was sold for non-payment of taxes to the
County of Washington in 1922; and
WHEREAS, The said Frank Laeaste never had title to said lot, which title was first in the
name of Tony Despot and later in the name of Walter Lazonsky, the true and present owner,thereof
and against when said lot was II<ssessed since, and all tax paid thereon, the assessment being
erroneously described as the "Barnard Plane; now, therefore,
Motion is hereby made and seconded that the said Treasurerts Tax Sale of the said lot to the
County of Washington in the year 1922, and the subsequent sale thereof by the County be, and the
same is hereby cancelled. Motion carried*
Motion duly made and seconded that in all cases where property has been sold to the County
for the non-payment of taxes and is being redeemed under the Act of July 28, 1941, P.L. 555, the
Real Estate Clerk, W, W.Croner, is hereby authorized and empowered to execute the necessary agree-
ment therefor on the part and in the name of the County of Washington. Motion carried.
Minute No. 282 was read and approved by the Board.
There being no further business before the meeting, it was adjourned.
THE FOREGOING MINUTES READ AND APPROVED:
April 6, 1942
ATTEST:J�'�,'
BE IT RESOLVED, By the Commissioners of Washington County, that they declare t£seir opposition
to any proposal toimpose a Federal tax upon the income from municipal securities; and