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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEg.I:GIA, C'l;A'Tl‘OO(}A COUNTY:
ause of default in the payment of the
indebtedness secured bkl doog t¥: secure debt
executed by ROY CLINTON McCARY, JR.
:pd MARSHA 8. McCARY to FIRST
EDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION OF SUMMERVILLE,
GEORGIA dated July 1, 1986 and recorded
in Deed Book 209, Page 212, Chattooga Coun
;‘y‘Deod Records, the undersigned, FIRST
EDERAL SAVINGS Afl'[) LOAN
ASSOCIATION OF SUMMERVILLE,
GEORGIA pursuant to said deed and the note
there%y, secured has declared the entire amount
of said indebtedness due and payable and pur
suant to the power of sale contained in said
deed, will, on the first Tuesday in April, 1989,
during the legal hours of ni'e. at the Cour
thouse in Chltwofl;Coum.y. sell at g\xblic out
cry to thmhnl idder for cash, the proper
ty descril in said deed, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land situated, ly
ing and being in the 25th District and 3rd Sec
tion of Chattooga Counf{v. Georgia in Land Lot
74, and pooliblm Land Lot 73, and more par
ticulary described as follows:
BEGINNING at an iron stake on the
westerly side of the Gore-Subligna Public Road
marking the southeast corer of g;operty now
or formerly owned by Edward E. Scoggins;
thence northwesterly along the southwester
ly line of said Scoginu property 418 feet to
an iron stake; thence southwesterly and
parallel with said public road 209 feet to a
stake; thence southeast and parallel with said
Scoqslns line 418 feet to a stake on the wester
ly side of said Gore-Subligna Public Road;
lience northeasterly along the westerly side
of said public road 209 feet to the point of
beginning: and being the same prwrty con
veyed William R. Roper by Mae M. Pendley
in deed dated October 7, 1968, recorded Oc
tober 24, 1968 in Deed Book 117, Pn%e 485 and
re-recorded Agril 5, 1971 in Deed Book 129,
Page 590, both references being to Chattooga
County Deed Records.
The above-described pmperta/ is con:fiyed
together with all improvements located or
situated thereon, including, but not limited to,
. dgelgng' 11 be sold as th
aid property wi sold as the property
of ROY smTéN McCARY and MARSHA
S. McCARY and the proceeds of said sale will
be applied to the payment of said in
debtedness, the expense of said sale, all a?lrm
vided ir: said deed, and the undersigned will ex
ecute a deed to the purchaser at said sale as
provided in aforementioned deed to secure
debt.
First Federal Savings and Loan Associ
ation of Summerville, Geor%ia, as
Attorney in Fact for Rcte' linton
McCafi' and Marsha S. McCary
William U. Hyden, Jr.
Attorney at Law
P. O. Box 468
Summerville, Georgia 30747
3-30¢
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY:
Because of default in the payment of the
indebtedness secured by a deed to secure debt
executed by PERRY %’HII.I.IPS HIX and
TERESA A. HIX to FIRST FEDERAL SAV
INGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF
SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA dated July 16,
1984 and recorded in Deed Book 196, i‘;age
753-756. Chattooga County Deed Records, and
assumed by Michael R. Battles, the undersign
ed, FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SUMMER
VILLE, GEORGIA pursuant to said deed and
the note thereby secured has declared the en
tire amount or said indebtedness due and
payable and pursuant to the power of sale con
tained in said deed, will, on the first Tuesday
in April, 1989, during the legal hours of sale,
at the Courthouse in Chattooga County, sell
at public ou!.c? to the highest bidder for cash,
the property described in said deed, to-wit:
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: Silver Leaf, 895-2293, or write Route 1, Box 424,
Summerville, GA 30747.
LOCATED JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM 75
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situated on 9.171 acre tract. This home has 3
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with bar, laundry area, stone fireplace, vaulted ceil
ings, walk-in closets, abundance of cabinet space, cen
tral heat/air, more!
Don’t Miss This Opportunity to Purchase Property At
Auction . . . At The Price You Want To Pay!
LOCATION: From Rome, take Kingston Hwy., (Hwy.
293) to Morrison Camp Ground Road (Rock Store).
Turn left and go 1.8 miles to Gentry Road. Turn right
and go 1.5 miles to McClain Road. Turn left to proper
ty. Watch for Todd Auction signs.
TO BE SOLD IN 2 TRACTS AND AS A WHOLE
SALE TO BE HELD ON THE PROPERTY
Call Our Office For Free Color Brochure
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LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US e Rogistersd U.S. Trademark
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Al that tract or E‘arcel of land lying and be
ing in Land Lot 65 in the 6th District and 4th
Section of Chatum"mn County, Georgia and be
ing Lots Twenty-Three (23) and Twenty-Four
(24) of Block ""N'' of Oakhill Subdivision and
beu;&more particularly described as follows;
: YGINNING at an iron pin on the south
side of the rifhtvof-wnly; of India Drive, said pin
being 275 feet southeasterly, as measured
along the right-of-way of India Drive, from its
intersection with the east right-of-way of
Ridgeland Road; thence south ?)0 degrees 00
minutes east 200 feet to an iron pin; thence
south 71 degree 09 minutes 10 seconds east
200 feet to an iron pin; thence north 00 degrees
00 minutes east 200 feet to an iron pin; thence
north 71 degrees 09 minutes 10 seconds west
200 feet to the point of befiinnin A
Said property is conveyes mgegher with all
improvements {ocuwd L‘L-renn. including a
dwellir:ig. e
Said property wi sold as the property
of PERRPY mltl.lPS HIX and '[‘El{’Efi A
HIX and the proceeds of said sale will be n';l)-
plied to the payment of said indebtedness, the
expense of said sale, all as provided in said
deed, and the undersigned wfil execute a deed
to the purchaser at said sale as provided in
aforementioned deed to secure debt.
First Federal Savings and Loan Associ
ation of Summerville, Georgia, as
Attorney in Fact for Perry Philfi:)s Hix
and Teresa A. Hix
William U. Hyden, Jr,
Attorney at Law
P. 0. Box 468
Summerville, Georgia 30747
3-30¢
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY:
Because of default in the payment of the
indebtedness secured by a deed to secure debt
executed by DAVID ufl: ROGERS to FIRST
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION OF SUMMERVILLE,
GEORGIA dated October 22, 1988 and record
ed in Deed Book 225, Page 684-689, Chattooga
(‘,nunt;{ Deed Records, the undersigned,
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION OF SUMMERVILLE,
GEORGIA pursuant to said deed and the note
thereby secured has declared the entire amount
of said indebtedness due and payable and pur
suant to the power of sale contained in said
deed, will, on the first 'l'uesdnf' in April, 1989,
during the legal hours of sale, at the Cour
thouse in Chattooga County, sell at Y‘ublic out
cry to the highest bidder for cash, the proper-
Ly describe(Fin said deed, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and be
ing in Land Lot 19 in the 6th District and 4th
Section of Chattooga County, Georgia and be
ing all of Lot 21 ang a portion of Lot 20 in Ad
dition No. One (1) to Knollwood Subdivision,
shown on a plat thereof recorded in Plat Book
4, Page 266 in the office of the Clerk of
Superior Court of Chattooga County, Georgia,
and being more particuf:rly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at an established point ly
ing on the easterly side of the west leg of
Knollwood Circle located 295 feet in a norgler
ly direction as measured along said easterly
side of said west leg of said Knollwood Circle
from its intersection with the north side of
Catawba Road: thence along the easterly side
of said west leg of Knollwood Circle north 12
degrees 45 minutes east a distance of 80 feet
"ngr north 33 degrees 10 minutes east a
distance of 15 feet to a point and thence conti
nuing along the east side of said west leig of
said Knollwood Circle a distance of 15 feet,
more or less, to the southwest corner of Lot
22 in Addition No. One (1) to Knollwood Sub
division as shown on the plat recorded in Plat
Book 4, Page 266; thence south 88 degrees 30
minutes west along the south line of said Lot
22 a distance of 170 feet to the southeast cor
ner thereof; thence south 17 degrees 30
minutes west a distance of 97 feet to an
established xoint. being the southeast corner
of Lot 21 in Addition No. One (1) to Knollwood
Subdivision; thence south 14 degrees 30
minutes west 76 feet to an established point;
thence north 69 defreal 16 minutes west 166.3
feet to the point of berfinnin on the easterly
side ofdthe west l‘eg o Kmv‘;l(fwood Circle. L
Said property is impro roperty with a
residence erected thereon ancr imundod on
the north by those lands conveyed Lawrence
L.. Broom and Betty J. Broom under warran
ty deed from Michael F. King and Pamela S.
Kmfi dated December 17, 1573, recorded in
Deed Book 145, Page 133, and on the south by
those lands conveyed James D. Riley and
Elizabeth Riley under warranty deedy from
Maggie Wood Gilreath Riley dated July 13,
1976, recorded in Deed Book 157, Page 20 of
Chattooga County Deed Records.
Said rrorer;y will be sold as the property
of DAVID LEE ROGERS and the proceeds
of said sale will be applied to the payment of
said indebtedness, the expense of said sale, all
as rmvlded in said deed, and the undersigned
will execute a deed to the purchaser at uid’:ule.
::]s‘provided in aforementioned deed to secure
ebt.
First Federal Savings and Loan Associ
f\tion of ngm?rvi[lle. ‘g}eorfii‘a. as
ttorney in Fact for David Lee
William U, H)‘Yden. Jr. e
Attorney at Law
P. 0. Box 468
Summerville, Georgia 30747
3-30¢
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF CHATTOOGA COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
Krystie Anne Burton
Plaintiff
VS,
Paul Garling Burton
Defendant
CIVIL ACTION NO. 89CA-15,214
To: Paul Garling Burton
P. 0. Box 233
Higdon, Alabama 35973
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
By Order for service by publication dated
the 6th day of March, 1985,‘ you are hereby
notified that on the 13th day of February,
1989, Krystie Anne Burton filed suit against
vou for divorce.
You are required to file with the Clerk of
the Superiore(?ourt. and to serve upon plain
tiff's attorney, Terry Haygood, 17 Q’Vest
Fourth Avenue, Rome, GA 30161 an Answer
in writing within sixty (60) days of the date of
the order forspublication.
WITNESS, the Honorable Joseph E. Log
gins, Judge of this Surerior Court.
This the 6th day of March, 1989.
Sam L. Cordle. Jr., Clerk, Superior Court
for Chattooga County, Georgia
4-6¢
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY:
Because of default in the payment of the
indebtedness secured by a deed to secure debt
executed lg' ROGER D{JANE THOMAS, JR.
and ANGELA RENEE THOMAS to FIRST
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION OF SUMMERVILLE,
GEORGIA dated May 2, 1988 and recorded
in Deed Book 222, Page 374-378, Chattooga
County Deed Records, the undersigled.
HRSTY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION OF SUMMERVILLE,
GEORGIA pursuant to said deed and the note
thereby secured has declared the entire amount
of said indebtedness due and payable and pur
suant to the power of sale contained in said
deed, will, on the first Tuesday in April, 1989,
during the legal hours of sai’e. at the Cour
thouse in Chattooga County, sell at %üblic out
cry to the highest bidder for cash, the proper-
Ly describedgin said deed, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and be
ing in the 6th District and 4th Section of Chat
tooga County, Georgia and beinPg Subdivision
Lot Nos. 30 and 32 in Block “'F'* of Thomas
Subdivision No. 3, according to a plat of said
subdivision, which is recorded in P?nt Book 2,
Page 95 and being more particularly describ
ed as follows:
BEGINNING 550 feet west of Walker
Street; thence running in a southerl{ direction
150 feet to a point; thence in an easterly direc
tion 100 feet to a point; thence in a northerly
direction 150 feet to a point; thence in a wester
ly direction 100 feet to the point of beginning.
Said property being improved property
with a residence erected thereon and is the
same property conveyed Linda B. Blackmon
under warranty deed from Patricia H. Cook
dated March 3, 1975, recorded in Deed Book
150, Page 717 of Chattooga County Deed
Records.
Said property will be sold as the property
of ROGER DUANE THOMAS, JR. and
ANGELA RENEE THOMAS and the pro
ceeds of said sale will be applied to the pay
ment of said indebtedness, the expense of said
sale, all as provided in said deed, and the under
signed wilrexecut,e a deed to the purchaser at
said sale as grovided in aforementioned deed
to secure debt.
First Federal Savings and Loan Associ
ation of Summerville, Georgia, as
Attorney in Fact for Roger Duane
Thomas, Jr., and Angela Renee Thomas
William U. Hyden, Jr.
Attorney at Law
P. O. Box 468
Summerville, Georgia 30747
3-30¢
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CHAT
TOOGA COUNTY, INC. has been duly incor
porated on Feb. 13, 1989 by the issuance of a
certificate of incorporation fiy the Secretary of
State, in accordance with the applicable pro
visions of the Georgia Business Non-Profit
Corporation Code. Tfie initial registered office
of LKe corporation is located at 200 South Com
merce Street, Summerville, Georgia 30747 and
its initial registered agent at such address is
A.J. Strickfiand
3-30 p
GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY
All creditors of the estate of CHARLES
CLIFFORD STEPHENSON, deceased, late of
Chattooga County, Georgia, are hereby
notified to render in their demands to the
undersigned according to law, and all persons
indebwgnto said estate are required to make
immediate payment to me.
This 20th day of March, 1989.
Jane S. Meacham, Executrix, c/o Farrar
& Farrar, P. C., P. O. Box 736, Summer
ville, Georgia 30747
5-4 p
GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY
WHEREAS, L!fillji\lND gE%AM:fiELLAM'
on the 19th day of July, 1988, make and ex
ecute to UN{TED éOMPANIES MOR
TGAGE OF GEORGIA, INC., a certain deed
to secure a debt of $16,500.00, which deed was
duly recorded in the Office é)f the %erk of
Superior Court of Chattooga County, Georgia
in Beed Book 224, afie 30; and WfiEREAS'
there has been a de?au t in the payment of the
indebtedness secured by the above r_eferred-to
warranty deed to secure debt to United Com
panies Mortgage of Georgia, Inc., and
SATURDAY MARCH 25 10 A.M.
LAFAYETTE, GA.
60 Acre Farm — 3-Bedroom Brick Home
LOCATION: From LaFayette, follow U. S. 27 — 3 miles south to Rogers Road,
turn right, go to Old Trion Hwy., turn left, go .5 mile to property on
right. OUR AUCTION MARKERS WILL DIRECT You!!!
CHECK THESE FEATURES
e 3 Bedroom Brick Home e 1,800 Sq. Ft. Shop Bldg.
e 2 Full Baths With Upstairs Storage
* Fire Place e 2 Barns
¢ Central Heat and Air Creek Frontage
e Custom Cabinets e Long Road Frontage
e Grassland * Young Pine Timber
Property to Be Offered in Tracts and Combinations
Preview Dates: Sunday, March 18 — 2 P.M.-5 P.M.
Friday, March 24 — 11 A.M.-1 P.M. Or At Your
Convenience.
TERMS: 25% Down Sale Day, Balance 30 Days
Call Our Office for Plats and Brochures
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tained herein deriv- ND 4 o Hock Sosig. GA 20730
ed from sources Q Ve W Phone 404.764-1226
believed to be cor- or Chattanooga 265-4088
rect but not l ROBERT POTTS ]
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Announcements 40('7.' N \Y\c
sale day take 0 G.A.L. 117, 119, 120
precedence. LICENSED BONDED
Evaluation Steps Started
from front page
Leonard Barrett, chief tax
assessor, and Richard Greeson,
chairman of the tax board, said
that equipment could be
bought at a 34 percent dis
count under the retail price.
Commissioner Parker said
the State Revenue Department
would be of assistance to the
county, particularly if it ac
cepted a computer software
{)rogram being develo;l)ed bK
he state. ‘‘Personally, I thin
we need all the help we can
get,” he said Friday.
“We know what we've got
to do, where we've got to be
at ...we've just got to decide
how to get tgxere, " he told the
board. “We've got to look at
cost and quality either way we
go,”’” whether hiring a private
equalization-evaluation firm or
doing the work in-house,
Parker added.
If the county uses the state
computer program ‘‘they're
not going to let us fail except
through an act of desperation,”
said Greeson.
With proper leadership, *‘l
don’t know why we can’t do
it,” said Tom Hogg, another
member of the tax %oard.
If the county can do the
work itself, it would save the
Frofit margin that a private
irm would charge, Parker
noted.
Some Freliminary verbal
estimates for having the work
done have ranged from sl4 to
$lB per parce%. said Barrett.
Chattooga has between 11,000
and 12,000 parcels. That would
push the cost to between
$154,000 and $216,000.
Estimates last year had rang
ed between SIOO,OOO and more
than $500,000.
Parker suggested that the
board obtain proposals from
private companies on doing the
county a§>roperty equalization
and evaluation program and
begin getting the local office
adequately staffed.
“Let’'s go ahead and get
started . .. with whatever we
need to d 0..." he told the
board. *‘... We'll be behind
you and help you in any way
possible . .. We're just going
to have to bite the bullet and
do it... This may be the
toughest political bullet we all
have to bite..."
He also encouraged the
board to follow all state re
quirements. ‘‘One thing about
it, if we do it by state stan
dards, we can’t go wrong."”
Once the program is completed
and on computer, updates can
be done more easily to be sure
that pr;)ferty is kept at a pro
per evaluation, the commiss
sioner said before leaving the
meeting Friday.
“That’s the first time I've
heard any concrete support
around here,”” Hogg said after
WHEREAS, because of said default and in ac
cordance with the terms and the stipulations
contained in the aforesaid deed to secure debt,
United Companies Mortgage of Georgia, Inc.,
has declared the whole indebtedness as secured
by said warranty deed to secure debt due and
payable.
NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with
the terms and stipulations as contained in the
deed to secure de%t.. the undersigned will sell
at public outcry on the first Tuesday in April,
1989 before the Courthouse door in Chattooga
County, Georgia during the legal hours of sale,
to the highest bidder for cash the following
described property, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and be
infi in the south has)f of Land Lot 142 in the
6th District and 4th Section of Chattooga
County, Georgia. Said lands more particular
ly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a corner joining the
William McDaniel property on the east thus
running in a northerly girect.ion 200 feet, more
or less, thus westerly for 100 feet, more or less,
to a point joining the Sutherland ’property thus
is a southerly direction for 200 feet to a point
fronting the {Nelcome Hill Road, thus 100 feet
in an easterly direction, more or less, to the
point of beginning.
A sufficient conveyance of the premises in
fee simple will be executed and delivered to the
purchaser at the sale in accordance with the
provisions contained in said deed to secure
debt. Said property will be sold subject to all
outstanding taxes, assessments and
easements.
This Ist day of March, 1989.
United Companies Mortgage of Georgia,
Inc., as Attorney in Fgact for Leland
Trammell, By: J. Brg\:ant Durham, Jr.,
: Jones, Morgan Byington, Its
Attorney at Law, Post Office Drawer
5595, l{ome. Georgia 30162-5595,
(404) 291-8100 .
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ASSESSOR BARRETT (STANDING) DISCUSSES VALUATION PROGRAM WITH BOARD
From Left: Tom Hogg, Comm. Parker, James D. Millican, Richard Greeson
the commissioner departed.
Greeson seemed to favor
the state })rogram and the pur
chase of IBM equipment
through the state.
But board member James
D. Millican said the $20,000
computer program may be a
Cadillac while the free state
program could bve a
Volkswagen, ‘‘but if the
Volkswagen doesn't work,
you'd have to buy the Cadillac
anyway.” He said he favors a
“‘top-notch" system to do the
best job now and in the future
and not ‘‘just get by."”
The panel also discussed
systems it had viewed in
Pickens and Floyd Counties.
Hogg appeared to agree
with éfimf’c};n about gthe
possibility of purchasing an
already completed commercial
software program. Millican
noted that the state tax record
program wasn't fully
developed.
Barrett and Greeson
discussed the need for addi
tional staffing in the tax office
for mapping and clerical work.
“We're hurting in both those
areas,”’ Barrett said.
The panel agreed to review
applications on hand to fill a
staffing slot that has been va
cant for several years. That
work was continuing early this
week.
It also agreed to seek writ
ten proposals from private
companies for doing the coun
ty's evaluation work and to fur
ther refine estimates on the
cost of the county tax
assessor's office doing the
work with additional person
nel. The board also asked Bar
rett to contact computer com
panies for proposals and
demonstrations on software. It
also asked Barrett to seek pro
posals from foresters on mak
ing timber appraisals for the
program.
The meeting Friday was a
followup from the Monday,
March 13 meeting of the board,
Parker and three state officials.
The state people included
Gregg Reece and Herb Dyer of
the Georgia Department of
Revenue and Steve Burnett of
the University of Georgia Ex
tension Service.
“They emphasized that
we've got to get started on this
thing real soon to meet that
deadline of 1991, Parker said
following the first session. The
Summerville News had pointed
out in May, 1988 that new but
little-noticed state laws signed
in April, 1988 by Gov. Joe
Frank Harris would have a pro
found effect on property tax
assessments in most counties
of the state, including
Chattooga.
At that time, cost of the
program was estimated at bet
ween SIOO,OOO and $300,000.
Later estimates put the cost at
more than $500,000. The latest
verbal estimates were con
siderably less than the 1988
figures, however.
The legislation ends factor
ing of tax digests by the state.
Chattooga's digests have been
factored three times in the past
four years. However, counties
must now meet more stringent
assessment and evaluation re
quirements or have their state
highway money withheld by
the state, starting in 1991.
Last year was the final year for
factoring in Georgia.
ONE YEAR
It will take approximately
one year for every tract in the
county to be evaluated, Parker
said Tuesday, giving Chat
tooga little leeway in which to
have the work completed and
in effect.
Then-Commissioner Harry
Powell failed to direct that a
particular evaluation plan get
under way in the county in
1988 after the new state laws
were revealed by The News.
That task fell to Parker when
he assumed office on Jan. 1.
State officials recommend
ed that from a cost and quali
ty standpoint, the county
should consider doing an in
house evaluation program,
Parker said. Additional people
would need to be hired for the
tax assessors’ office to collect
data for the program, he added.
ESTIMATE
The meeting March 13
resulted in a “‘rough estimate”
that it would take two teams of
two people each a year to col
lect data on each of the coun
ty's 11,000 to 12,000 parcels,
the commissioner saig. That
was based on each team
evaluating 15 to 20 parcels per
SATURDAY APRIL 1,1989 9:00 A.M.
13th Annual Farm Machinery Consignment Auction
Highway 27 South — Rock Spring, Ga.
ACH Turn your Surplus Equipment into CASH. This
; ents : .
00“5‘9“"\\‘;\0“68\1’ is an opportunity for you to sell any excess
ceP‘ed., Through machinery you may have for top dollar, as well
March 2N\ar°“ N, as to choose from a large selection of good
Friday; % g p.m. used machinery.
From 8 to
Commission As Follows:
10% — $200.00 Maximum Each Item — SIO.OO Minimum Each ltem
““NO SALE” 1% of Final Bid — $25.00 Maximum Each Item
SIO.OO Minimum Each Item
SELLER MUST BE PRESENT TO REJECT BIDS ON HIS;EQUIPMENT
“4o % OTHERWISE ALL SALES FINAL ‘- g 'ine
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% : TERMS OF SALE:
Cash or Company Approved Check With Bank Letter of Credit.
Applicable Georgia Sales Tax Will Be Added to Purchase.
Auction Time The Auction Company Will Not Be Lunch
i Responsible for Damage to .
9:00 a.m. Equipment Or for Lost Items. Available
For Information Contact:
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ROBERT P OTTS or Chattanooga 265-4088
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1 day, he added.
The state would train the
personnel hired locally, Parker
said.
“It would be quite cost
efficient to do it in-house as op
posed to hiring outside peop{)e
who would come in and do the
same thing we would do,”
Commissioner Parker said.
State officials also recom
mended that a microcomputer
system be purchased at an
estimated cost of SB,OOO to
SIO,OOO, Parker said. That
figure is less than had been an
ticipated initially, he added.
The state would supply the
needed computer software *‘at
a nominal fee” to the county,
he said.
LEGWORK
“We've got a lot of legwork
to do before we purchase the
equipment,’’ the commissioner
continued.
If the State Revenue
Department accepts the coun
ty's tax digest this year, it
won't have any problems. Even
if the state rejects the digest,
the county wifl still be ab%e to
collect taxes based on that un
corrected document.
But the revenue depart
ment would then supply in
structions to the county on
what corrections must be made
to the digest in 1990. If those
specific areas haven't been cor
rected in 1990, the state could
cut off highway aid to Chat
tooga in 1991.
CUTOFFS?
But if those specific pro
blems have been corrected and
if new difficulties arise in a dif
ferent area in the 1990 digest,
there won't be a cutoff of
highway aid. But if those new
problems haven't been cor
rected for the 1991 digest, the
state would cut off highway
funds to the county.
Although a county's digest
may not be in ¢compliance with
the new state law in 1990, bas
ed on corrections ordered this
year, the law doesn't allow
state hifihway funds to be cut
off until 1991. In effect, the
state will allow counties a one
year grace period.
Making corrections in a tax
digest wilfno longer be as sim
ple as adding a flat percentage
as has been done in past years
with factoring.
OVERALL DIGEST
The new law not only re
quires that each county'’s
overall digest reach 40 percent
(or 382 percent, for practical
purposes), it also demands that
there be equity between classes
of property in the digest (such
as between residential and
commercial). Under previous
law, the total digest Ead only
to reach the ‘‘magic” 40 per
cent figure to be accepted, even
if one class of property was
assessed at 70 percent and
another at 10 percent.
The new law also requires
that property within each class
be assessed at 40 percent, not
just the overall class itself. For
example, it wouldn't be possi
ble to assess one industry at 30
percent of its value and
another at 50 percent of its
value.
APPEAL PROCESS
If property owners in the
county are unhappy with the
new evaluation, they could ap
peal to the Chattooga Board of
Tax Equalization and thence to
Superior Court. A large
number of appeals could slow
the evaluation process, county
tax officials said in the spring,
1988.
The county itself would
have recourse to a new state
appeals panel if it disagrees
with the state’s decision to cut
off highway funds. It would be
composed of 50 members —
five from each of the state’s 10
congressional districts. Of the
five, one must be an attorney,
one a licensed Realtor, one a
certified appraiser and two
laymen.
The last time the county
underwent a tax evaluation
program was in 1964.
Program Slated
NEO Guild, the young
adults group of the Dalton
Creative Arts Guild, will pre
sent its April program at 7:30
p.m. Monday. April 3. Susan
A. O'Hara, Ph.lg.. a clinical
psychologist, will present a
program on stress manage
ment. The program will be
preceded by a short mix
er/reception which will begin at
7 p.m. The meeting will be held
in Gallery I of the Arts Guild
at 520 West Waugh St.,
Dalton.
JACKSON
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