Taylor County approves 1944 tax assessors and pays county bills
May 2 1944 Taylor County Commissioners meet with all members present. They appoint three tax assessors H A Sealy E T Shealy and M R Williamson for six years and approve funds deposits from gas tax beer licenses and prior tax collections. Bills listed include road equipment parts, camp supplies, and salaries. meeting adjourned to June 6 1944.
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Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Taylor County
J. R. Cooper
W. M. Brown
R. L. Swearingen
L. P. Anthony
Board of Assessors
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
H. A. Sealy
E. T. Shealy
M. R. Williamson
Clrk
Superior Court
State of Georgia
P. A. Jenkins, T.C
P. A. Jenkins
T.C
Butler Library
Tresaurer Reynolds Lib
C. T. Wright
Reidsville
Lenora Cooper
G. & O. Serv. Co
Gas
Childs
Howard Benson
A. F. Fain
Court House
Ga. Pwr. Co
C.T. Wright
Oscar Dreizin
Cudahy Packing Co
Chapple Medha. Co
Stewarts Serv Sta
T. Jarrell
E. H. Bazemore
E. G. Blackwell
Sara Windham
Edwards Bros
G. L. Blackston
E. G. Blackwell, Agt
Yancey Tractor Co
Toad
Coleman, Meadows & Pate
Drug Co
Sup
J. A. Scott
Oliver
J. C. Griggs
J. W. Aultman
Jno. F
W. A. Dunn
Georgia's Revised Constitution Takes Shape Amid Reforms
Georgia's commission to revise the 67 year old constitution adjourned to mid September after four days of sessions. Provisions include debt prohibition, limited taxes, end to tax exemptions for new industries, real estate exemptions, optional poll tax at one dollar, and limits on pensions for Confederate widows. Revisions also streamline courts, transfer school superintendent appointments to boards, abolish about two thousand rural districts, and raise county school levy to 15 mills while setting min 5 mills.
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Arnall
Georgia
Arnas
B. E. Thrasher
State Budget Commission
Court of Appeals
Georgia Education Association
Congress Still Is Bogged Down Over Major Issues
Washington faces a fourth week of work on postwar policy as Congress debates surplus war property disposal. The Senate ponders a $75 billion surplus property bill while House differences persist on unemployment and land sales. Sen. O Mahoney seeks to override Clayton on land classification and veterans housing priorities. Clayton favors appraised value sales through normal channels. The two chambers must reconcile in conference before final action.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
George
O’mahonney
D-Wye
Wm. L. Clayton
O’mahoney
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
Clayton
Eatonton Jury Probes Unlawful Allotment Abuse
Putnam county grand jury in Eatonton Georgia reports rumors that parties and families are abusing the servicemen's allotment dependency law by claiming funds they do not deserve. A special committee is to probe the matter and, if confirmed, report to the FBI for aid.
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Eatonton
Putnam County
Grand Jury
FBI
Georgia
Ept
Georgian Power Company
Georgia Power Company
Brantley
Brooks
Chariton
Chatham
Clinch
Decatur
Echols
Effingham
Fannin
Grady
Lanier
Lowndes
Miller
Pierce
Screven
Seminole
Towns
Union
Ware
Wayne
Pote
Milledgeville Woman Mail Carrier Completes 33 Years
Baldwin county's only rural mail carrier Mrs. E. C. Humphries marks 33 years with the Milledgeville post office. She has never missed a delivery since starting out in the horse and buggy era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Baldwin County
E. C. Humphries
Congressional panel proposes peacetime controls on war goods
The committee recommends a broad, comprehensible framework to regulate the economy after the war, avoiding a single concentrated authority. It suggests two year terms for members and annual limits on other work, plus quarterly progress reports to Congress and 30 day advance notice before selling key war plants and materials including aluminum and aviation fuel.
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O’mahoney
Congress
Senate
House
Taylor County Tax Levy for 1944 Proclaimed
The Taylor County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues levy a total 0.011 rate on property for 1944 to cover county expenses. The net digest value is 769,144 after exemptions, with five mills for local schools in Butler Reynolds Rupert Crowell Turner Central Wesley Mauk and Cross Roads districts. Taxes to be collected by the Tax Commissioner and paid to the proper authorities. notice signed August 1 1944 and published in the Butler Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Georgia
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Butler
Reynolds
Rupert
Crowell
Turner
Central
Wesley Mauk
Cross Roads
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