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1. 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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2. 1.14.57-59 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/3/1930 to the Executive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Anne B. Call, Trustee bemoaning the destruction of the trees on the beach front in order to make way for a ball park. She calls their attention to the fact that the resolution was passed, permitting the use of the site as a baseball park, making no requirements of the users to keep the grounds clean or to have the funds sufficient to complete the project. S...

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3. 1.15.101-102 - Letter

   Letter dated 5/29/1931 to Mrs. Robinson from Anne Bellangee Call discussing the matters of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The FSTC "passed a resolution to deed the parks to the town" the previous evening without a vote of the members and without an amendment to the constitution allowing such. Call fears the worst - that this starts movement towards dissolution of the Colony. Futher she believes the current mayor of Fairhope is actively ...

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4. 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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5. 1.16.2 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/2/1931 to A. E. Schalkenbach in Muscatine, Iowa to Edwin Hamilton, an attorney in Chicago, Illinois. Schalkenbach is a former Trustee of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and has asked Hamilton's opinion as to whether the FSTC can transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope without either and amendment to the constitution or a referendum. Hamilton says it must be done by referendum, and cannot be transferred by the officers. ...

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6. x.5.160-162 - Letter

   Letter dated 8/16/1979 written to "Fellow Members" from Gale W. Rowe and Craig T. Sheldon enclosing a "Letter of Censure" for their information, contemplation and/or action. The "Letter of Censure" dated 8/14/1979 is written to the Executive Council of thFairhope Single Tax Corporation from the undersigned members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation saying that the council had exceeded its authority by passing and immediately implementing ...

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7. x.5.164 - Letter

   Letter dated 8/24/1979 to members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Gale W. Rowe in response to a letter sent to the membership from Sam Dyson re: "Our Constitutional Issue". Mr. Rowe says that the question of whether or not the Council is violating the member's constitutional rights has not been addressed in the letter and that Dyson has failed to defend the motives of the Council. He concludes the letter saying "Your help is neede...

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