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TS eat LoTR. SS ad ost Anything At A Glance QSPMrem ind undo 7 fied is the sewer tax structure. Many of our local residents renting rooms and spartments are generally disgusted with the presen. method of asses-, sing the tax and feel that some, sort of relief or modification ig Reeded. Some of our neighbor-; towns faewed the sams siti. fine = eg Wwns [aces Wit Same S53. ation or dilemma when they in| wae made two years age when situation to the satisfaction of fee local tax rate was revised al] concerned. Take for example apwards to 70c on the one han- an apartment owner op4 dred dollars of arated six'upartments. In Em- Dbesinessman and that’s the way For the first apartment he is| % will be unless Council can, charged $10 annually, and for, be persusded otherwise. It is, each additional apartment the waderstocd that a number of fee is $4.06. You can readily, merchants will enter an offi- set that a great tajustice and: protest Monday night w hardship is being worked oni Council holds its regular local property-cwners. Compare’ . It is common know- the difference im rates: In Em- that taxes are at an all- qitsburg = siz-apartment house high and hitter resent- ‘costa $150 ..... i Thurmont, ment fs generated sach aad s7- the rate is $30.00 for the same * Se I ant ery time another increase ic convenience or service. Appar-' fartate . propesed. It is the contention ently an imposition is being o and consensus of the local busi- made on Emmitsburg apart- ever $3.00. 5+ .. “vtihae fee ness interests that the town is ment operators. P. S.: In addi- + One evening, as I: ont & * too szeal] for anyone to ever tion Thurmont’s tax rate is 60c. eabin, just talking, I played get rich bere and for that mat- oo the hundred as compared & very old 45 sutematic, ter they feel that taxes have : sae Fees es sre apartment operator a “break.”' with Emmitsbarg’s 70c_on the “ é g : i sents a hardship on the busi-: 7 killed Malt” . wen Te ts highiykely there pty waa typical Parva eg) 7) wii be a delegation af tie bullets from that —— wewly-formed Jaycees and the lo- ef Dillinger st a cuieneye “\ eal Chamber of Commerce at. One would, have teen . . ‘ Monday's meeting to protest our other bullets from: fhe increpse. It is felt gerier- boys alse would have | ‘ ‘that the alarming , way tal Resor dee q5 Mr. Mr. W.C.Sulllvan Tele. Room... Mr. Ingram “eae EMMITSBURG CHRONICLE EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND MARCH 4, 1960 i f | | l — ' ! ‘ q Sa EE ES TR mR Te EFS -. 7 ? t ‘ peut sete a