HomeMy WebLinkAbout2668 - Cancellation of Taxes on a SchoonerE
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LAW OFFICES OF
ROLAND THOMPSON
210 SPURGEON BLOC.
SANTA ANA. CALIF.
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RESOLUTION NO,44j*
WHEREAS, S. M. Spalding has made application to the City
Council of the City of Newport Beach for a cancellation of taxes
on the schooner RAMONA owned by him on the first Monday in March,
1942, and docked in the City of Newport Beach, Orange County,
California on said last mentioned date; and
WHEREAS, the said S. M. Spalding has represented to the
City Council of the City of Newport Beach that said schooner
RAMONA has been chartered by the Navy Department of the United
States Government for the duration of the war, and that he is
receiving no compensation for this charter from the Government; and
WHEREAS, said S. M. Spalding has asked for a cancellation
of taxes on said boat RAMONA for the reason that it is now property
owned by the United States Government; and
WHEREAS, Sections 4986 and 4986.2 of the California
Statutes of 1941, provide in substance that all or any portion
of any uncollected tax, penalty or costa heretofore or hereafter
levied, may, on satisfactory proof, be cancelled by the officer
having custody of the records of the City on order of the
governing body of the city with the written consent of the City
Attorney, on property acquired after the lien date by the United
States of America; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
has obtained satisfactory proof of the fact that said boat RAMONA
was on or about August 19, 1942, chartered to the Navy Department
of the United States Government and the United States Government
now has sole custody and control of said boat and will continue
to have sold custody and control of said boat for the duration
of the war; and
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LAW OFFICES OF
HOLAND THOMPSON
210 SFU.GEON BLDG.
SANTA ANA. CALIF.
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WHEREAS, it likewise appearing that the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach has the right under the Statutes
aforesaid to cancel any portion of the tax lien on said boat
RAMONA by reason of the facts aforesaid, and that the City
Attorney of the city of Newport Beach has consented to such
cancellation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Auditor
of the city of Newport Beach be, and he is hereby authorized,
directed and instructed to cancel iO % of the taxes now due
and owing from S. M. Spalding to the City of Newport Beach on
the boat RAMONA for the fiscal year 1942 -1943.
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing
resolution was duly and regu]a rly passed and adopted by the
City Council of the city of Newport Beach at a regular meeting
thereof held on the d) day of Sat otvaUvr, 1942, by the following
vote, to - °"•
AYES
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ABSENT
ty Clerk ti
Mayor
Iy ROLAND THOMPSON, City Attorney of the city of
Newport Beach, hereby consent to the cancellation of taxes on
the boat RAMONA as provided for in the above and foregoing
resolution. 9, 0C, '1-9he;-
Dated this o day of'Stotftt*r, 1942.
Ly attorney