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10.10.1-170 - Correspondence
Miscellaneous correspondence, legal documents, council proceedings, rent studies, land surveys, leases, and audits and financial statements of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1974-1985. Includes correspondence between Norbonne C. Stone, attorney of the FSTC and J. Don Foster, attorney representing individuals in the Fairhope Single Tax Lessees' Association, Inc., (aka the Rezner suit). Also includes transfer requests for Brown's subdivisio...
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10.13.1-108 - Correspondence
Miscellaneous material of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation concerning how rents are calculated on Colony lands. Includes a publication written by R. Lucier Rockwell and Ruth E. Rockwell detailing the Somers method used by the FSTC. The affadavit of Wayne C. Curtis, Ph.D., an economics professor is included, as well as minutes and correspondence of the Rent Study Committe of the FSTC and other detailed data regarding rent calculations.
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10.14.1-105 - Correspondence
Questionnaires and correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1976. A questionnaire was sent to lessees on 6/1/1976; this box contains the results and analysis of that process. In addition, the box contains building permits issued by the City of Fairhope during this time.
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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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10.22.1-32 - Records
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation rent studies using the "Coleman Method" of valuation. Some discussion of the Somers method is included, as is correspondence with the Corporation's attorney with regard to rent calculations.
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10.3.1-121 - Reports
Miscellaneous correspondence, records, receipts and meeting minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1962-1985.
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10.4.1-71 - Correspondence
Miscellaneous correspondence, audits, financial statements and receipts of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1962-1985.
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10.8.1-96 - Correspondence
Miscellaneous correspondence, documents, printed material, notes and directories of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1958-1979. Includes a bound paper (likely a college paper) "Baldwin County, Alabama in Governmental Perspective" by Harry T. Toulmin, 5/12/1968. There is also a paper from G. T Stewart, Troy State University (AL) titled "Economic and Legal Aspect of the Single Tax Colony; also likely a paper for a college-level class. ...
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1.12.10 - Letter
Letter dated 5/4/1923 from the Alabama Public Service Commission in Montgomery, Alabama postpoining a hearing against the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The complaint is "why you should not be required to maintain the wharves and pier at Fairhope in good operating condition and with due regard to public safety." From the correspondence of Anne B. Call
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1.12.35 - Letter
Notice of hearing dated 4/16/1923 from the Alabama Public Service Commission against the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The complaint involves safety issues with the Fairhope Wharf. The issue will be heard on 5/8/1923 in Montgomery, Alabama. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call
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1.13.46-47 - Letter
Copy of a letter dated 4/5/1926 to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from J. H. Webb, attorney for the FSTC. Webb is giving his opinion about questions raised by the Corporation concerning rights to bid on street projects on Colony-owned land. In addition, Webb issues his opinion about the wisdom of the FSTC raising rents if the lessee tries to sell the improvements and lease for a price higher than the real value. Webb advises against raisi...
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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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1.14.75 - 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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1.14.76 - 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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1.15.104-106 - 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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1.15.78-80 - Letter
Letter dated 4/25/1931 to Anne B. Call from A. E. Schalkenbach enclosing a draft letter to the Mayor of Fairhope which he asks her to type and send for his signature. The letter to the Mayor deals with the transfer of parklands from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. Schalkenbach is writing the Mayor to notify him that, in his opinion, without a change to the FSTC contstitution, such transfer of Colony property is ille...
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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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1.15.87-88 - Letter
Letter dated 5/14/1931 to William H. Holly, an attorney in Chicago, Illinois, from Anne Bellangee Call requesting his opinion on whether an amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation constitution is required before the FSTC can transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call.
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1.15.90-92 - Letter
Letter dated 5/15/1931 to the Board of Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (Anne B. Call, Delia K. Bancroft and Alice M. Smith) from J. H. Webb, attorney for the FSTC in response to their query about certain constitutional issues. Among the questions is the matter of whether a constitutional amendment is required to allow the FSTC to transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Webb says an amendment would not be necessary and neither...
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1.16.11 - Letter
Letter dated 6/10/1931 to A. E. Schalkenbach, a former Trustee of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, from Anne Belangee Call, a current Trustee. Both have been working on the issue of the constitutionality of the transfer of parkland from the FSTC to the Town of Fairhope, an issue which has passed the FSTC Council Call is updated Schalkenbach on the current situation in Fairhope, and says she has asked attorney Samuel M. Johnston to give her ...
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