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date: 1953-09-02
title: September 2, 1953 Minutes
source: 1953-09/1953-09-02_September 2, 1953_Minutes.pdf
pages: 1
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September 2, 1953
CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 2, 1953

A call meeting of the Stockbridge City Council held at the City Hall on Sept. 2, 1953 at 8:00 o'clock p.m.
with the following members present: Perry G. Foster, Mayor; Councilmen B. Knowles Jr., J. T. Mays Jr.,
Raleigh G. Moseley, A. P. Ward and G. S. Keen.

Meeting called to order by the Hon. Mayor Perry G. Foster.

After a discussion of setting the tax rate for 1953, a motion was made by J. T. Mays Jr. and a second by A.
P. Ward that the rate be set at .15 mills for $1.50 per c or $15.00 per m, which is the same as last year.
This was carried by a vote of the Council.

Upon a motion by Raleigh G. Moseley and a second by B. Knowles Jr. and carried by a vote of the Council
to purchase a 1½ ton Ford truck, with dump body, which is a 1950 model from J. B. Keen, which he has
recently taken over from James Carter. Mr. Joseph Mann was financing for the said James Carter and Mr.
Mann agrees to finance or let us take over the note of James Carter, which will run $100.00 per month,
total price being $1,250.00.

Upon a motion by J. T. Mays Jr. and a second by B. Knowles Jr. and carried by a vote of the Council to
adjourn.

G. S. Keen, Clerk
