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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD
_Leto
RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. OCTOBER 29, 1968
Pursuant to a recess order on October 15, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
met on October 29, 1968, at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and. Board of Aldermen's
Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were present:
Richard W. Elliott, Mayor - Presiding
Bill A. Hannaford - Alderman At Large
J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Alderman Ward. One
Linder Owens - Alderman Ward Two
Harry S. Sisk - Alderman Ward Three
James N. King - Alderman Ward Four
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Hugh C. Wiley, Jr. - City Clerk
Kenneth W. Welch - Tax Assessor
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Wayne C. Leech - Supt. of City Schools
Eddie Mack Morgan - Member of School Board
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After the meeting was called to order, the following business was transacted:
This being the time and place set for the hearing on the tax rolls the
following were present to protest their assessments:
W. E. Robertson
William H. Tate
Ralph Bryson
Lee N. Bolen
Roy T. Arnold
Maggie L. Garner
William E. Strickland
Phillip D. Bryant
John S. Madkins, Jr.
William R. Brown, Jr.
Carl Metts
Mrs. C. M. Scott
also, the following taxpayers protested their assessment on the 1968 tax rolls
either in writing or through a member of the Board:
Lottie Threlkeld
B. H. McElreath
H. G. Duvall, Sr.
and
The Oxford Swim Club
After hearing the objections and arguments of each of the above, the
following adjustments were made on the City 6f Oxford tax rolls, upon the motion
of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously:
William H. Tate (assessed to Luther McDougal): 1968-reduced assessment
on building at 311 Murry from $11,000 to $10,000.
Lee N. Bolen: reduced assessment on building at 2211 Lee Loop
from $7,000 to$6,500.
Roy T. Arnold: reduced assessment on building (home) from $8,500
to $8,000.
Maggie L. Garner: reduced assessment on building (home) from
$2,500 to $1,500.
William E. Strickland: reduced personal assessment on Strickland
Furniture Store from $8,000 to $5,000.