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L the house . Mr . Jens 2arder also appeared before the Council concerning the assessment of his property , but no change was made . On motion of Councilman Eva , seconded by Councilman Fletcher , it was decided to have a special meeting , early in .;larch, with the Assessor to arrml-;e for some adjustment in the acreage unit prices . U . J. Walker , Attorney of Los Angeles , by letter , addressed the Council concerning the levy- ing of a special assessment to take care of a defaulted bond under the 1915 Act . Retly to the letter was referred to the City Attorney . The Citizens ' Advisory Board , by its Chairman , Borman ," . Pendleton , filed a report concerning its activities and especially concerning the renort of a sub—con i ttee on " The Possibi- lities of Tax Reduction Through the Public Ownership of Additional Public Utilities " . The letter was ordered riled and the discussion laid over until a further meeting . The Citizens ' Advisory Board , by its Secretary , C. G . U lenberg , filed a report on the consoli- dation of City and County Tax Assessing and Tax Collecting offices acconnanied by reports of special committees . The report was ordered filed. There was read a letter from C . W . Bowman , Recording Secretary of the San Mateo County Federa- tion of Improvement Clubs and Associations , protesting the levying of any special assess- ment for the payment of 1915 Act delinquencies . On motion of Councilman Jones , seconded by Councilman McNulty , the correspondence was filed without consideration. On motion of Councilman McCarthy , seconded by Councilman Eva, the Council unanimously adopted Ordinance No . 352 , amendin a previous ordinance , No . 327 , concerni-n„ penalties on de— linqu.ent taxes . (See Ordinance book for full text . ) The City Attorney reported concerning his interview with E. C . Stewart at Stockton, reading a memorandum to which he and Mr . Steuart had agreed . On notion of Councilman Jones , seconded by Councilman McNulty , the Council ratified and approved that portion of the agreement in which it was determined to pay certain bonds with accrued interest , and interest on other bonds up to July, 1934 . W . 0 . Tyson , local contractor , appeared before the Council to protest the city ' s resurfacing the tennis courts on the ;rounds of the Sequoia Union High School , alleging that in doing this the City was competing with private contractors . At this time , the City Manager presented the Budget for the ensuing year , that the Council might examine it and adopt it , having previously submitted a tentative budget for their consideration . Councilman Eva requested that quite a number of small items be eliminated or reduced and it was agreed to change several such items amaanting to $530 . There was also considerable discussion about the ch rce of the Water Department for water supplied for general city purposes such as Parks , Fire Department , Police Department , etc . Finally , on motion of Councilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Christensen , it was decided to dispense with such charges , effective July 1 , 1934. The notion carried with Mayor Lambert and Councilman McCarthy voting "No " . With these items out of the way , on motion of Coun- cilman Fletcher , seconded by Councilman Jones , the Budget t:..ms corrected was unanimously adopted.