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  1. 10.19.1-34 - Legal Documents

    Copies of iterations of the bills introduced to the Alabama State Legislature in Spring, 1979 to dissolve the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation.

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  2. 1.10.134 - Petition

    Petition (likely written in 1904-05) of selected members of the Leaseholders Protective Union which is supporting an amendment to the constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. These individuals are removing their names as being in favor of the amendment and say they "are satisfied with the present constitution" and "opposed to the useless and harmful agitation against" the FSTC. Signed by Fred Mathison, A. H. Mershon, C L. Mersho...

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    1.10.134
  3. 1.10.140 - Note

    Back side of folder containing James Bellangee's papers concerning a 1905 amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Constitution and the contentious publication of the issue. Note says "came to personal blows." E. Q. Norton of the Daphne Standard newspaper E. B. Gaston of the Fairhope Courier newspaper James Bellangee Mobile Daily Times newspaper Unknown who wrote this note on the file folder or when.

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    1.10.140
  4. 1.10.90 - Flyer

    Flyer dated 7/16/1913 by E. B. Gaston in which he extends James Bellangee an apology and his great regret for publishing in the Fairhope Courier newspaper incorrect information about Bellangee's position on Fairhope Single Tax Corporation constitutional changes. This was likely posted on a public billboard.

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    1.10.90
  5. 1.11.45-46 - Letter

    Letter (likely a draft) dated 1906 from James Bellangee to "Dear Sir" but probably to Joseph Fels. Bellangee is reporting about the upcoming special referendum election of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation on 7/23/1906 to fund a water works by creating a Water board to absob debt on a temporary basis in order to get the needed project completed. Bellangee is against this referendum and see it as going against the constitution of the FSTC and ...

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    1.11.45-46
  6. 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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    1.11.89-93
  7. 1.13.62 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/21/1928 to Anne B. Call from William H. Holly, attorney from Chicago, IL responding to her letter of 6/19/1928 in which she asked him whether or not the Executive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation has the authority (as per their constitution) to examine the husbands or wives of members before permitting them to sign the constitution and become members themselves. His response-"I am quite sure that the courts would ...

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    1.13.62
  8. 1.14.11-17 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/27/1929 to Anne B. Call from James H. Webb, attorney Mobile, AL responding to her letter of 2/23/1929 (see 1.14.3-5) in which she as Trustee of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation asked him to offer his interpretation and opinion on various Articles of the Constitution of corporation. Mr. Webb restates 16 questions and answers each one. He advises against the publication of his letter.

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    1.14.11-17
  9. 1.14.33 - Letter

    Letter dated 3/19/1929 to Anne B. Call from James H. Webb, attorney, clarifying the role of the Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation according to its Constitution.

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    1.14.33
  10. 1.14.3-5 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/23/1929 to J. H. Webb, attorney Mobile AL, from Anne B. Call who as a Trustee of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation is seeking his opinion and clarification as to the meaning of certain Articles of the Constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. She asks him to answer questions related to membership, the role of the Trustees, the petition and referendum process, annual reports, the ballot process and rent computation.

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    1.14.3-5
  11. 1.14.74 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/15/1930 to Anne Bellangee Call from A. E. Shalkenbach in Chicago, Illinois (where he living temporarily caring for his sick mother). Both are Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and are continuing their discussion about whether the FSTC should giving Corporation owned parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Shalkenbach's opinion is that no transfer should take place for two reasons. First, he thinks the Town of Fairhope...

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    1.14.74
  12. 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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  13. 1.14.76 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/28/1930 to Anne Bellangee Call from A. E. Schalkenbach writing from Chicago, Illinois, where he is tending his sick mother. Both are Trustess of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and are corresponding about the issue of possibilty transferring the FSTC-owned parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Call has asked Schalkenbach to consult with single tax lawyers in Chicago (a prominent hub of the single tax movement) about whether...

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    1.14.76
  14. 1.15.104-106 - Letter

    Letter dated 5/22/1931 to Anne Bellangee Call from William H. Holly, an attorney in Chicago who is writing an opinion on whether the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation can transfer their parklands to the Town of Fairhope without an amendment to the constitution or a general referedum. Call is a Trustee of the FSTC and has asked Holly for his opinion on the matter. Holly writes that the trustees and Executive Council are prohibited from selling FS...

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    1.15.104-106
  15. 1.15.108-111 - Letter

    Letter dated 5/29/1931 to Anne B. Call, a Trustee in the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Samuel M. Johnston, an attorney in Mobile, Alabama. Call has asked several lawyers, including Johnston to give their opinions on whether the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation can transfer their parklands to the Town of Fairhope without either a referendum of the FSTC membership or an amendment to the constituttion. Johnston's opinion is that one of the t...

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    1.15.108-111
  16. 1.15.112-113 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/6/1931 to Anne Bellangee Call, a trustee for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Samuel M. Johnston, an attorney in Mobile, Alabama. Johnston is further clarifying his previous letter in which he gives his opinion that the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation cannot transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope without either a referendum of the membership or an amendment to the constitution. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Cal...

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    1.15.112-113
  17. 1.15.119-120 - Letter

    Letter dated 5/28/1931 to William H. Holly, an attorney in Chicago, Illinois, from Anne Bellange Call, a trustee of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Holly has, at Call's request, written an opinion stating that to transfer parklands from the FSTC to the Town of Fairhope, either a referendum of the membership or an amendemnt to the constitution is required. The FSTC lawyer, J. H. Webb, has issued an opinion to the contrary, and the motion to...

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    1.15.119-120
  18. 1.15.31 - Letter

    Letter to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Board of Trustees for the year 1930 (Albert E. Schalkenbach, Anne Bellangee Call and Delia K. Bancroft) discussing the proposal to deed the park lands to the Town of Fairhope. Petitioners to the proposed Constitutional Amendment to be voted on 5/12/1931 believe there are no powers in the present Constitution granting the right to give away any of the properties of the Corporati...

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    1.15.31
  19. 1.15.33-34 - Letter

    Statement of Anne B. Call outlining four reasons why she believes the park lands of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation should remain the property of the Corporation rather than deeded to the Town of Fairhope. She cites sections of the Constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to support her opinions.

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    1.15.33-34
  20. 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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    1.15.43-48

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