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<br />COMMUNICATION FROM THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFfiCE, WASHINGTON, D. C. - RE: SEWER
<br />CONNECTION CHARGE IN CON~ECTI~N WIT~ GOVERNMENT:~~OPERTY WAS SUB~ITTE6 AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"You~ CLA'iM fOR $1,271.25~ REPRESENTING SEWER CONNECTION CHARGE AND SERVICE IN
<br />CONNECTibN WITH UNITED STATES GOVER~MENT PROP~R~Y LOCATED ON,~EST 1ST AVENUE, IN'EUGENE,
<br />OR~GON, LEVIED BY NOTICE OF ,ASSESSMENT, DATED NOVEMBER 15, 1949, HAS BEEN CAREFULLY
<br />EXAMINED AND IT IS FOUND THAT NO PART THEREOF MAY BE ALLOWED fOR THE REASONS HEREIN-
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<br />AFTER STATED.
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<br />, THE. RECORD SHOWS' THA T NOT I CE OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENT, DATED OCTOBER 25, 1949 WAS
<br />ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH LOT 5 AND THE EAST ONE-HALF OF LOT 6, MCCLAREN'S PLAT, LANE
<br />COUNTY, OREGON AS DESCRIBED ON P~GE I, VOLUME.4 OF THE RECORDS OF TOWN PLATS? LANE
<br />COUNTY, OREGON.
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<br />THE RECORD FURTHER SHOWS THAT BY LE~TER DATED OCTOBER 28, 1949, FORMAL PROTEST WAS
<br />MADE BY THE FOREST SUPERVISOR, DEPARTM~NT OF AGRICULTURE, WILLAMETTE NATI?NAL FOREST,
<br />OF THE PROPOSED,CHARGE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT THE FOREST SERVICE OFFICERS CO~LD NOT
<br />SIGN A PETITION' INVOLVING EXPENDITURE Of GOVERNMENT fUNDS; AND THAT THE INVOLVED PROP-
<br />ERTY WAS, AT THAT TIME, ADEQUATELY SERVED BY ANOTHER CONNECTION TO A CITy SEWER.
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<br />IT !S A WEL~ SETTLED RULE THAT LANDS OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES CANNOT BE TAXED
<br />BY A SiATE O~ By'ANY OF THE POLitiCAL SUBDIVISIONS OF A STATE. THIS'RUL~ A~PLIES WITH
<br />EQUAL FORCE WHERE THE TAX IS A SPECIAL TAX OR ASSESSMENT FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL
<br />AS IN THE,CASE OF A GENERAL PROPERTY TAX A~AI~ST LANDS OWNED ~Y THE UNITED STATES. A
<br />SPECIAL ASSES~MENT Is A TAX WITHIN THE RULE PRECLUDING A STATE FROM TAXING LANDS OWNED
<br />BY THE UNITED" STATES, BECAUSE IT I~ AN EXERCISE Of THE SOVEREI~N POWER OF TAXATION ~ND,
<br />LI KE OTHER TAXES, I S AN INVOLUNTARY EXACTION.
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<br />SINCE THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THE CONNECTION CHARGES AND OTHER SERVICES WERE UN-
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<br />AUTHORIZED; AND THAT GOVERNMENT PROPERTY MAY NOT BE MADE THE OBJECT OF A TAX OR
<br />ASSESSMENT BY A STATE THERE APPEARS TO BE NO AUTHORITY fOR THE ALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM.
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<br />THEREFORE CERTIFY THAT NO BALANCE IS.FOUND DUE YOU FROM THE UNITED STATES."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED,BY ALLEN THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND
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<br />PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED..
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<br />COMMUNICATION fROM THE TIMBERLANE LUMBER COMPANY - RE: REQUEST TO USE BASEMENT OF A
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<br />BUILDING FOR DUPLICATING, PAPER ASSEMBLING, MAILING MACHINES, ETC'~ UNTI~'SUCH AREA IS ZONED
<br />TO INCLUDE SUCH COMMERCIAL PURPOSES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ A' FOLLOWS:
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<br />tlPERMISSION IS HEREBy'REQUESTED TO USE THE BASEMENT OF A'BUILDING LOCATED AT
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<br />1209 PEARL STREET FOR THE USE OF OUR DUPLICATING, PAPE~ ASSEMBLING, AND MAILING MACHINES,
<br />AND GENERAL STORAGE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE AREA IS REZONED TO INCLUDE SUCH COMMERCIAL
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<br />PURPOSES iN THAT AREA.
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<br />FOR M~NY YEARS, DR. L. L. BAKER HAS MAINTAINED A DENTAL OFfiCE IN THE UPP~~ LEVEL
<br />OF THIS BUILDING AND. IT, IS NOT fELT ~HAT THE ADDITIONAL USE OF THE BUILDING WILL BE
<br />DETRIMENTAL TO ANY OTHER PERSONS CONCERNED WHILE IT WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO MORE EFFICIENT
<br />OPER4TLON OF THAT DEPARTMENT OF OUR BUSINESS IT BEING JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR
<br />PRESENT BUI LD'I NG. tI
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, $ECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO THE
<br />PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.' M9T10N' CARRIED.
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<br />COMM~NICATION FR9M.~R. R. B. ~OHNSON, 394 BLAIR BLVD., REQUESTIN~ ADDITIONAL 18 MONTHS
<br />TIME TO O~ERATE A BEAUT~'PARLOR AT 1163 WEST 4TH AVENUE. IT IS I~POSSIBLE fOR HIM TO BUILD
<br />THIS BUILDING DUE TO GOVERNMENT REG~LATIONS AT THIS TIME.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY ~LL~N, SECONDED BY SMITH THAT THE REQUEST OF MR. JOHNSON BE GRANTED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />COMMUNICATION FROM CHAMBER OF COMME~CE - RE~ OFF-ST~EET PA~KING ~A~ SUBMITTED AND
<br />READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"As YOU KNOW, THE, EUGE,NE CHAMBER Qf COMMERCE HAS ATT,EMPTEp'TO STI MULATE 'I NTER'EST
<br />IN THE NEED FOR 'IMPROVED PARKING 'IN THE, DOWNTOWN DISTRICT OF EUGENE, ,AND AN ACTIVE OFF-
<br />STREET PARKING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN APPOINTED - MR. MAURIE. JACOBS, CHAIRMAN _ WHICH HAS
<br />ALREADY CARRIED ON A VERY EXT~NSIVE, ED~CATIONA~ AND FACT-F,INDING STUDY ON THE SUBJECT
<br />OF OFF-STREET PARKING. '
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<br />THE BOARD OF D~RE~TORS, Of THE CHA~BER Of COMMERCE ARE VERY APPRtCIATIVE OF THE
<br />CONTINUING INTER'EST' OF THE EUGENE' CITY COUNCIL IN THIS SUBJECT, AND THEY ARE HOPEFUL
<br />THAT A fURTHER STEP CAN BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.
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