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I MINUTES OF REGULAR METING REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 3 , 1933 8 : 00 P . M . Upon roll call , the following Councilmen were present : Mayor Si' J . Dusel , H. A. Beeger , R. N. Jones , C . J. Hildebrant , Paul A. McCarthy , George W. McNulty , City Clerk, B . E. Myers . Absent : Council- man C . G. Lambert . Minutes of December 19 were approved on motion of Councilman Hildebrant , seconded by Councilman McNulty . The City Treasurer submitted to the Council letters from various bondholders asking for interest on bonds which had been defaulted July , 1932 , and referred to instructions given him back in June to the effect that he was not to pay any interest on such defaulted bonds . He was instructed at this time that there was no money available to pay such accrued interest and that he was to notify the bondholders to that effect . E. H . Adams , representing the Seventh Day Adventists , appeared before the Council to ask that the tabernacle now standing on Brewster Avenue between Arch Street and the highway be allowed to remain until January 15 , at which time he said it would be taken down . Permission was given . E . J . Willets , representing the Associated Oil Company , asked that he be given a permit to erect a service station at the northwest corner of Middlefield Road and the Bayshore Highway , said station to be of steel construction . On motion of Councilman Hildebrant , seconded by Councilman McNulty , Mr . Willets was granted the permit . On motion of Councilman McCarthy , seconded by Councilman Hildebrant , the following resolution was adopted unanimously . WHEREAS , it has come to our attention that certain Federal Agencies contemplate submitting to 'Congress certain amendments to the Revenue Act of 1932 , which amendments will , in our opinion result in a tax burden upon States , State Agencies and/or publicly owned utilities , and , WHEREAS , we are of the opinion that any tax created by Congress which results in the imposition of any burden upon States , State Agencies and/or publicly owned utilities is contrary to public policy , NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Redwood City , State of California , protests any Federal taxation which imposes , or may be interpreted to impose , a burden upon States , state Agencies and/or publicly owned utilities . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we recommend the adoption of the following amend- . ments to . the Revenue Act of 1932 . 1 . In the enforcement of the Revenue Act of 1932 the Federal Government shall not impose an obligation upon any State or territory or political subdivision thereof , or the District of Columbia, or on the officers or employees of the aforesaid . 2 . The term 'political subdivision ' includes any district created under the laws of a State or territory for the purpose of con- structing or operating any public utility . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senators Johnson and Shortridge and Representative Arthur M. Free of the Congressional District of California , be and they are hereby urged to assist in protesting any such tax and to submit the above amendments to their respective bodies for immediate passage . r