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• Approved and ordered this 7th day of December , A.D. 193 7
At the Executive Council Chamber, Victoria, LMuhmantGovemot
PRESENT:
The Honourable Mr. Pattullo in the Chair. a Hart Mr. Mr. Weir Mr. Wisner Mr. Llackherson Mr. MacDonald Mr. Pearson Mr. Gray Mr. Mr. Mr.
To His Honour The Lieutenant-Governor in Council:
The undersigned has the honour to report
THAT the Commissioner of the Corporation of Burnaby has submitted a Petition to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor in Council dated the 30th day of November, 1937, a copy of which is attached hereto, shewing that Mrs. Mary Lathers, of Burnaby, B.C., is the owner of property described as Lots One (1) and Two (2) of Block numbered One (1) of the South portion of District Lot numbered Seventy-nine (79 S.), Group One (1), New Westminster District, Lap No. 1995, in the Municipality of Burnaby, and that the said property was sold for taxes in December 1935 for delinquent taxes and costs which together with interest on the upset price to date amounts to Two Thousand one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and four cents (42,197.04), this sum being necessary to redeem the property and pay taxes to the 31st day of December, 1935, and that the 9th day of December, 1937, is the final date of redemption;
AND showing that the tax.'s in past years havebeen very severe as evidenced by the 1933 assessment of Twenty-seven thousand tv27,000.00) Dollars which has been reduced to Ten Thousand (410,000.00) Dollars in the years 1936-1937;
AND further showing that the owner, Mrs. Mary Mathers, widow of the late William J. Lathers, is now in straightened financial circumstances and cannot redeem the property Which has been the family home since 1911 without some help, has offered the sum of One Thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty-nine cants ($1,697.59) in full settlement of all taxes owing on the said property up to the 31st day of December, 1935, which sun represents the net amount owing after deducting penalties and interest to 31st December, 1935, and interest on the upset price to date;
AND PRAYING THAT the said Corporation be given power to accept from the said Mrs. Mary Mathers the said sum of One Thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty-nine cants (41,697.59) in full settlement of all taxes up to the 31st day of December, 1935, levied upon the property described aforesaid:
AND TO RECOMMEND THAT pursuant to the provisions of Section 504 of the "Municipal Act", being Chapter 199 of the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1936", the prayer of the said Petition be granted: 2
AND THAT a certified copy of this Minute, if approved, be transmitted to Hugh M. Fraser, Commissioner of the said Corporation, at Edmonds, H.C.