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1.10.125-126 - Petition
Petition with no date signed by some members of the Fairhope Single Tax Association. The building being used as a public school and always assumed to be for that purpose is actually owned by the FSTC. This information has just been brought to the attention of the Town of Fairhope, the school board and the public. The signers of this petition want to transfer the ownership so that it will be maintained only for the public school, and to do othe...
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1.11.38 - Letter
Form letter dated 7/19/1906 to William Call and Wife (i.e. Anne Bellangee Call) from E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, notifying them of a special election called for 7/23/1906. The election has two propositions regarding assuming debt for public services and electing a board of Water Trustees to administer the water system. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call.
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1.11.44 - Petition
Undated petition, (likely 1906-1908) stating signees support to personal carry the interest on the water works system which ran well over budget. The water woks system cost nearly $2000 and half of the sum is due. The undersigned were those who thought the plan to develop the water works system was "premature," but if those "who favored the construction" will stand behind it "with their financial backing," then the undersigned will cooperate an...
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1.11.49 - Petition
Typed and undated petition (of the hand-written petition on 1.11.44). of individuals who did not support the referendum of 7/23/1906 in which a water board was approved to incur debt to build the water works. The water works now has a balance on debt of $2000, and half is due. The undersigned, who thought the plan was premature and did not support it, will however, help make payments on the interest if those who did support it will do the same....
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1.11.50 - Petition
Undated, unsigned petition of members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation who opposed the Water Works referendum on July 1906. The Water Works has a debt of approximately $1800. The peitioners are imploring friends of the corporation to buy water scrip to help start clearing the debt.
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1.11.7-8 - Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper. 3/12/1923 edition written by Anne B. Call. Mrs. Call is addressing the situation with the People's Railroad Company (P. R. R.) and the Wharf. Mrs. Calls says the revenues from the Wharf have kept the P.R.R. afloat for ten years, and she is opposed to that continuing when Fairhope needs to invest in roads, not rails. She opposes the resumption of "up-town service" from the wharf to downtow...
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1.12.6 - Letter
Unsigned and undated letter to E. B. Gaston, likely from Anne B. Call written in 1921 requesting a referendum election of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to be held Saturday, 5/7/1921. The referendum asks if the contract between the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and the People's Railroad Company should be forfeited, and the PRR right to use the Fairhope Wharf be withdrawn. The letter refers to a list of signators of the peititon, of which...
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1.12.64 - Petition
Undated, unsigned petition to the Executive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the citizens of Fairhope asking them not to allow the Peoples Railroad Company to collect proposed wharfage fees.
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1.13.12 - Petition
Petition to the Executive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation calling for an amendment to the constitution of the corporation submitted by Fiske Warren and others to be voted on at the annual meeting on 2/4/1926.
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1.14.2 - Letter
Letter dated 1/28/1929 to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from E. B. Gaston, Secretary submitting to them a full report of preceedings at a special meeting held on 1/26/1929. Prior to the meeting, on 1/21/1929, a petition was presented to the Council calling for a referendum election to vote on whether the present form of application for lease be discontinued and the form which was used previously should be reinstated. At a ...
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1.14.26-29 - Letter
Letter written to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Anne B. Call and Delia K. Bancroft, Trustees is presenting some facts for them to consider for the referendum election which will take place on June 1, 1929, regarding applications for land. The issue at hand seems to be that the Corporation made changes to the land application and the lease which the petitioners feel that they did not have the right to make. (see 1.14....
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1.14.35 - Letter
Statement read by E. B. Gaston, Secretary, at a meeting of members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 5/28/1929, which by motion instructed to have printed and sent to every member. Gaston states that the new application for land form is needed to protect the Corporation and its lessees. There is currently a petition for referendum by some members to revert to the old application for land.
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1.14.36-37 - Letter
Letter to the members ot the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Anne B. Call and Delia k. Bancroft, Trustees presenting them with some facts to consider at the referendum election which will take place on June 1, 1929 regarding the application for land. The Corporation has been using a new form for the application for land which some members feel is unconstitutional. There is a petition to revert back to the old form of application. (see 1.1...
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1.14.38 - Ballot
Official Ballot of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Referendum Election, June 1, 1929 asking the question: Shall the present form of Application for leasehods of the Corporation lands be discontinued and the old form of application which was in use for about twenty years, prior to December 1, 1925, be readopted?
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1.15.39-40 - Petition
Petition to the Executive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation expressing how deeply those who signed it deplored the wanton destruction which had been permitted along the Bay Front (for the ball park) and requesting that in the future, in matters of such great public interest, that all Colony officers, members and lessees be given the opportunity to defend their rights and interests. There are 81 signatures on the petition.
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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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1.8.89 - Petition
Petition dated 9/23/1905 to be submitted to vote at the election next Tuesday evening. 1. Shall W. A. Baldwin be removed from positon of Treasurer of the Single Tax Corporation? 2. Shall C. K. Brown be removed as Superintendent of Public Health of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation? 3. Shall Anna B. Hail be removed as Trustee of Fairhope Single Tax Corporation?
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1.8.90 - Letter
Form letter dated 7/19/1906 addressed to Mrs. Ada Graham from Ernest B. Gaston, Secretary Fairhope Single Tax Corporation notifiying her that in obedience to a petition filed, there will be a special election on 7/23/1906. The election is about 1. A plan of securing public sevices through the intermediary of trustees. 2. The election of three Water Trustees for the administration of the water system.
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3.10.28-29 - Letter
Letter dated 6/13/1930 to E. C. Wolcott, editor Fairhope Courier newspaper from E. B. Gaston explaining that the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation had rejected the application of Jason McClantoc for land because they feared he would not keep up with the rent and he would likely be a charge on the community, as one of his brothers had already been. A petition stating that the undersigned certify that they are personally acquainted with Mr. McClan...
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6.16.1-145 - Correspondence
Correspondence (C) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1935-1960.
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