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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2709 - Cancellation of Taxes on Boat Adele W II•Yi 1 f RESOLUTION NO. 2 3 WHEREAS, W. A. Wilgus has made application to the City 4 Council of the City of Newport Beach for a cancellation of taxes 5 on the boat ADE,LE W. II - -27 E 498, owned by him on the first 6 Monday in March, 1942, and docked in the City of Newport Beach, 7 Orange County, California, on said last mentioned date; and 8 WHEREAS, the said W. A. Wilgus has represented to the 9 City Council of the city of Newport Beach that said boat Adele W.II 10 has been chartered by the United States Coast Guard for the duratiox 11 of the war,and that he is receiving no compensation for this 12 charter from the United States Government; and 13 WHEREAS said W. A. Wilgus has asked for a cancellation of 14 taxes on said boat Adele W. II, for the reason that it is now 15 property owned by the United States Government; and 16 AREAS, Sections 4986 and 4986.2 of the California 17 Statutes of 1941, provide in substance that all or any portion 18 of any uncollected tax, penalty or costs heretofore or hereafter 19 levied, may, on satisfactory proof, be cancelled by the officer 20 having custody of the records of the City on order of the governing 21 body of the city with the written consent of the City Attorney, on 22 property acquired after the lien date by the United States of 23 America; and 24 WHEREAS the City ouncil of the City of Newport wport Beach has 25 obtained satisfactory proof of the fact that said goat ADELE W. II 26 was on or about August 9, 1942, chartered to the Navy Department 27 of the United States Government, and the United States Government 28 now has sole custody and control of said boat and will continue to 29 30 have sole custody and control of said boat for the duration of the 31 1 war; and 32 1. LAW OFFICES OF BOLAND THOMPSON 210 SPURGEON BLDG. SANTA ANA. CALIF. 1 WHEREAS, it likewise appearing that the City Council of 2 the City of Newport Beach has the right under the Statutes 3 aforesaid to cancel any portion of the tax lien on said boat 4 ADELE W. II, by reason of the facts aforesaid, and that the City 5 Attorney of the city of Newport Beach has consented to such cancel. 6 lation. 7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Auditor of the 8 City of Newport Beach be, and he is hereby authorized, directed ani 9 instructed to cancel 50% of the taxes now due and owing from W. A, 10 Wilgus to the City of Newport Beach on the boat ADELE W. II, for 11 the fiscal year 19421943. 12 13 I hereby certify that the above and foregoing resolution 14 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of 15 the City of Newport Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on �6 the let day of February, 19439 by the following vote, to —wit: 17 18 AYES, COUNCI 19 20 NOES, COUNCILMEN: e _. 21 ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: 22 TTEST: 23 City Clerk Mayor, 24 25 26 27 I, ROLAND THOMPSON, City Attorney of the city of Newport 28 Beach, hereby consent to the cancellation of taxes on the boat 29 ADELE W. II, as provided for in a abo and foregoing resolution A 30 Dated: February 17 1943. NTJj(1 A.1 31 --City Atto ney 32 LAW OFFICES OF ROLAND THOMPSON 210 5PVRGEON BLDG. SANTA ANA. CALIF.