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EQUALIZATION AND REVIEld BOARD MEETING
April 10, 1961
The Board of Equalization and Review held thdr adjourned meeting on April 10, 1961 at
9:00 A. M. with the following members present:
J. M. Hall, Jr., Chairman Erncst R. Mayhan
John Van B. Metts Peter H. Braak
Leon E. Broadhurst
Mr. Love acted as Secretary to the Board with Mr. H. S. McGirt and Mr. R. E. Blake, County
Assessors also present.
Mr. Hall called the meeting to order and the following decisions as noted were made.
J. G. Pittman, Federal Point Township - This property was reduced from the assessment of
$500.00 to $125.00 on aceount of an error being made in the acreage.
Property belonging to the Wilmington Merchants Parking Company located in Block 152 was
_ reviewed thoroughly and was ordered by the Board that the property which has that part
? which now faces Market Street and shows a depth of 132 feet be reduced to 62 feet. The
remainder of the property facing Second Street was placed in line with other Second Street
property on that side of the street.
Property belonging to Doctors Eaton and Roane, Block 223 on which is located a service
station was found to be in order and no reduction was made. Other property belonging to
Doctors Eaton and Roane located in Block 223 on which there are sevcral stores one of
which has been vacant since construction of the building on that particular section which
is vacant, it was ordered that a 20% depreciation be given on account of the vacancy.
Lewis E. Hubbard, Block 216, Lot 10, Carolina Beach - Due to the fact that this property .•
had been drastically washed away, the appraised value was reduced on account of high tides
and storms from $2,150 to $500. The assessment was made from $1,075 to $250.
Property belonging to J. Frank Collier, Block 216, Carolina Beach was reduced and due to
the fact that this property had received eonsiderable amount of damage due to high tides
and storms, the appraisal was ordered reduced $500.00 per lot and the assessment to
$250.00 for the lot.. In Block 217 - this property having aiso suffered damage, the
appraisal as to the road has been changed, and the property was ordered reduced $1,540
and the assessment to $750.00 with the Lwxception of lots 1,2 and 3- apparently these
lots have not suffered damage. Those lots in Block 217 which face Canal Drive were order-
ed to be given 20% additional depreciation due to consideration it was thought that this
would put this property in line with other property in the area.
C. C. Brown, Block 217 Lot 8 Carolina Beach. This property was ordered reduced in appraisal
value from $2,450 to $1,500 and in assessment from $1,225 to $750.
Mrs. June R. Meeks, Block 46, Lots 3/4 Carolina Beach. It was ordered+that this property
be reduced from $150 a front foot to $130 per front foot to justly assess it as compared
with other surrounding property.
Mrs. Lee Omie Cumber's property at 202 Nun Street was again reviewed and ordered that the
si.de porch be deleted; and the back porch was ordered changed due to construction and due
to err.or 1n original appraisal.
As all complaints have been heard and acted upon, the meeting was adjourned for the year
1961.
/S/ T. D. Love, Secretary
Wilmington, N. C. April 17,1961
CALL TO ORDER -
The regular semimonthly meeting of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners
was held today at 9:00 A. M. with the following members in attendance: Chairman J. M. Hall,
Jr., Commissioners Peter H. Braak, L. E. Broadhurst, Ernest R. Mayhan and John Van B.
- Metts, Jr., County Auditor T. D. Love and County Attorney L. Bradford Tillery.
INVOCATION -
Chairman Hall called the meeting to order and asked Reverend Ray Noland, Pastor
of Grace Baptist Church, to open the meeting with a prayer for guidance.
MINUTES APPROVAL - '
Upon motion of Mr. Broadhurst, seconded by Mr. Nayhan, the minutes of April 4th,
were unanimously approved as written.
BEER PERMITS -
Upon motion of Mr. Broadhurst, seconded by Mr. Mayhan, the fo2lowing applications cu.c..>
for the Beer Permits were unanimously referred to the Sheriff for his investigation and con-
sidr.ration:
Mrs. Thelma:Farrar Erown
',Ivon .E. 'James,.
Paul Woodrow Bryan
Stephen W. Rogers
T/A Junction Drive/lnn
T/A Middle of the Island
T/A Southerlands Grocery
T/A Rogers Food Store
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RFD 2, Box 398, Caro?ina
Wrightsv-ille Causewa each
Myrtle Grove Sound !
RFD 3, City
FAT STOCK SHOW AND SALE - ? ' r-
Mr. Braak advised the Board that the lOth Annual Fat Stock Show and Sale would ?
" be h¢ld at the County Livestock Arena on the 19th and 20th ?of April. Conforming with pre-
vious years, the Board had authorized furnishing the hogsfor-the barbecue dinner served to
the guests. After investigating the market prices and the type shoats at the County Farm,
it was found that money could be saved by selling a. group of the hogs which had reached
their maximum value and using the proceeds to buy,:the barbecue size hogs, ther¢fore they
had sold $160.80 worth which has been deposited in the general County Home Fund. Mr. Love,
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