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1.11.19-28 - Reports
No full date given on report from the Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation in response to a memorial (memorandum) from C. L. Coleman, H.S. Grew and others to the Executive Council. This was a significant report on the affairs of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation around 1905. This report is in answer to questions asked in the memorandum. The trustees noted that many of the answers to questions are already part of the public re...
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1.11.89-93 - Letter
Letter from William Call, Secretary to the Fairhope Single Tax Corportation on 2/4/1914. States that it is required in the constitution that the secretary make full statements of the condition of the corporation in its various deparments, but notes that this can only be done through the reports of the heads of departments. He is addressing the need for better book-keeping by the Corporation. That a set of books for the corporation other an th...
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1.13.43-45 - Reports
Unsigned Report of the three Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, addressed to the members, likely written by Anne Bellagee Call in 1926 or early 1927. (E.B. Gaston's trip to Copenhagen in summer 1926 is referenced in the letter as a recent event.) The Trustees approve of the measures the FSTC Executive Council has recently taken to "stop the wave of (land) speculation that has menaced us." The Trustees warn that the Corporatio...
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1.14.49 - Letter
Undated letter to J. H. Webb, attorney from the Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation asking him for his interpretation on various areas of their constitution. 1. Should the constitution be an instrument to define the powers that SHALL be exercised by the corporations officers or to define the powers that SHALL NOT be exercised, leaving the officers free to do anything not expressly forbidden? 2.Could the officers of theFairhope Sing...
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1.14.50-51 - Letter
Undated draft of a letter written to the Executive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees. This letter is in reference to an action taken by three of the Executive Council to remove trees and shrubs in order to use the beach for a ball park (see 1.14.47-48). The Trustees are proposing a rule requiring the membership to have cognisance of the intention of the Council in regard to any change in the physical property of the...
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1.14.72-73 - Letter
Letter dated 8/11/1930 to A. E. Shalkenbach from Anne B. Call. Both are Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and Call is writing Shalkenbach about FSTC business because he is away from Fairhope tending his sick mother. The issue has to do with "Mr. Gaston's latest idea" to "deed the parks to the town and get rid of that much property to pay taxes on." Call wants Shalkenbach's opinion on whether he thinks a constitutional amendmen...
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1.14.75 - Letter
Letter dated 8/21/1930 to A. E. Schalkenbach in Chicago, Illinois from Anne Bellagee Call in Fairhope. Both are Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and Call is continuing her correspondence while Schalkenbach is away from Fairhope tending his sick morther. The issue is the proposal to transfer the parklands from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. She is urging Schalkenbach to consult with single tax l...
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1.15.19-22 - Annual Report
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Council annual meeting minutes printed in the Fairhope Courier newspaper discussing progress and status of the FSTC in 1930. Incudes report of the treasurer, secretary and the trustees. Issues include the impact of the worldwide depression on the Colony, the recommendation to transfer the wharf and parklands to the Town of Fairhope, and discussion of the process used to build the ball park at the beach. From t...
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1.15.43-48 - Letter
Letter dated 1/26/1931 to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees ( A. E. Schalkenbach, Anne B. Call and Delia Knowles Bancroft) criticizing the Executive Council on a number of issues. They feel that there has not been strict adherence to the Constitution of the Corporation, that the method employed of appraising the annual rental value was inconsistent with the method prescribed in the Constitution, they feel that...
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1.15.5-6 - Letter
Report dated 1/18/1930 to the members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees giving their assessment of the state of the Corporation. Issues discussed include the improving success of rent collections, rent appraisement, status of members' spouses in the FSTC, nominating procedures, and Colony socials.
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1.15.75 - Letter
Letter dated 4/21/1931 to the Executive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees (D. K. Bancroft, Anne B. Call and Alice M. Smith) saying that a constitutional amendment would be necessary to effect the transfer the park lands of the Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. They have had two attorneys give this opinion. They ask, if the Council believes tthe legal advice to be erroneous why they haven't accepted the Trustees ...
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1.15.85 - Letter
Letter dated 5/13/1931 to A. E. Schalkenbach from Anne Belllangee Call on the topic of the transfer of the parklands from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. Call is a FSTC Trustee and reports that the motion to consider an amendment to the FSTC constitution to allow transfer of Colony-owned property to other entities failed at the previous night's Council meeting. Call wants Schalkenbach, who is a former FSTC Trustee ...
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1.15.9-10 - Meeting Minutes
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Council meeting minutes printed in the Fairhope Courier newspaper dated 1/15/1930. This, the annual pre-election meeting, has lengthy reports from the Treasurer, Trustees, and the secretary. Of note is the "falling off of wharf business" since the Cochrane bridge (the causeway) opened in June, 1927. Receipts fell from $6,854 in 1925 to $46 in 1929. Further, several tracts have been surrendered back to the Corp...
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1.16.14 - Letter
Letter dated 6/13/1931 to A. E. Schalkenbach from Anne B. Call letting him know how much Mr. Johnston, attorney, will charge to take their court case through the Circuit Court and before the Supreme Court of Alabama. This is in regards to their dispute as Trustee and previous Trustee with other Fairhope Single Tax Corporation council members with regards to the transfer of the park lands to the Town of Fairhope. They have received many legal opin...
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1.16.1-95 - Correspondence
This folder is a continuation of the correspondence of Anne B. Call (folder 2 of 2) which pertains to the conveyence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation park lands to the Town of Fairhope and the dispute between the Secretary and the Trustees (see Report to Members 1.15.19-22 for a summary of both positions) and the actions that followed. Legal interpretations of the FSTC constitution were asked for and given by both sides. The transfer was ap...
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1.17.1-80 - Correspondence
Correspondence of Anne B. Call 1931-1932 including her summary of the transfer of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation park lands to the Town of Fairhope, her position on the matter as Trustee at the time of the transfer, the Deed conveying the park lands to the Town of Fairhope (see 1.17.17-19) and legal documents (see 1.17.22-54) prepared by Smith & Johnston, Solicitors for the Complainants (A. E. Schalkenbach, E. Yancy Cohen and W. R. F. Call) ...
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30.14.1-29 - Correspondence
Papers of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated February 1929. Included is the Treasurer's Report for that month, resignation letter of A. E. Schalkenbach as a trustee of the FSTC and Secretary E. B. Gaston's response, official report of the annual FSTC elections, a petition and notice about a referendum election concerning the application for FSTC leases, a Statement to Members of Fairhope Single Tax Corporation concerning the amendment, a ...
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3.20.18-24 - Correspondence
On February 27, 1929, J. H. Webb responded to a request from Anne B. Call with important answers regarding the constitution and legal answers to membership questions and elections.
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5.12.1-193 - Correspondence
Correspondence (T) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1935-1953.
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