MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORD

MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORD271I L1\!l1'1S4K-TOM L. KETCHIHGS co., NATCHEZI~--------~~~~~~~----------------------------------------------~RECF.SS REGULAR MEEl'ING 7:00 P. M: OCTOBER 3, 1951Pursuant to a re8ess order entered on October 1, 1957, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen meton October 3, 1951 at 7: 00 P. M. in the Mayor and Board of .Aldermens' Chamber in the CityHall when and where the following were present:Pete McElreath - Mayor, Presiding:Frank W. Belk - .Alderman Ward OneJames N. Roberts - Alderman Ward TwoHarry S. Sisk - Alderman Ward ThreeWill A. Hiclanan - Alderman Ward Fouro. B. Roberts - AttorneyOmar D. Craig - AttorneyGill W. Johnson - Superintendent Electric DepartmentC. P. Fulmer - ClerkAfter the meeting was called to order the following business was transacted:( ,The Mayor and Board of Aldermen. pursuant: to an. order- ma.ci& at a recess regular meeting ofsaid Mayor and Board of Aldermen held on September 12, 1951, at the City Hall in Oxford,Mississippi, and in accordance with a notice published in The Oxford Eagle, a weekly newspaperissued in Oxford, Mississippi, did .set on October 1, 1951, at the time and place sostipulated heard objections to real and personal rolls of said City of Oxford, Mississippiand the assessments therein contained, and, in all respects, conformed to the requirementsof law concerning such meetings.After no objections were had to the assessment rolls of the City of Oxford, and the assessmentstherein contained and the grand total of the personal roll showing #1,122,!l1 andthe grand total of the land roll $4,659,UB6 and the total number of exempt homes at 189with a total assessed value of $2,260,920 not exceeding for any one home the amount fixedby the Home Exemption Act of 1938 and the total assessed value of all other real property,it is hereby ordered and adjudged by the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City otOxford, MiSSissippi that said rolls and the assessments therein contained, be and they arehereby approved as determined.The assessment rolls having been ~ proved and upon motion made by Alderman Lovelady,seconded by Alderman Hiclanan and passed unanimously, it was ordered by the Mayor andBoard of Aldermen that the follOwing tax rates be and the same are hereby imposed andlevied for the year 1951 on all taxable property within the municipality of Oxford,Lafayette:County, Mississippi, as of the first day of January, 1951. The one (1) millfor the Recreation Program is subject to an election to be called within the next 30days, and to be collected only if a majority of the qualified electors of the City ofOxford voting vote for said one mill, and if a majority of the qualified electorsvoting vote against sriq one mill, it will not be collected~ This being understoodby the Park Commission.rPURPOSE OF FUNDSRecreation Program - Park and Recreation (Subject to election)Corporation Fund:General Current expenses of the municipality of Oxford, LafayetteCounty, Mississippi, as a whole, this fund being known as theCorporation FundStreet Fund:Street Maintenance and SanitationRATE IN MILLS1 mill6 mills3 millsi~------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~--------------------