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RESOLUTION NO. 269
WHEREAS Lot Thirty-three (33) in Block Two (2) of the Original Townsite of
Seward, Alaska was included in that certain action brought for foreclosure of tax
liens by the City of Seward, plaintiff, against R. M. Bevan et aI, defendants,
being action No. A-15,834 now in the files of the Superior Court for the State of
Alaska, Third Judicial Division, and as a result of said action the City of Seward
received a d~ed to said lot, dated January 27, 1961, issued by the Clerk of said
Superior Court, which deed has been duly recorded; and
WHEREAS it now appears that John E. Cephas was erroneously named owner of
said lot all through said foreclosure proceedings and publications made pursuant
thereto; and
WHEREAS said foreclosure proceedings were brought for delinquent taxes unpaid
for the years 1955, 1956 and 1957, and taxes on said property have not been paid
from the year 1955 to date, except for taxes for 1958, which were paid by Neville
F. Hodson; and
WHEREAS just recently it has been discovered that in fact John E. Cephas was
not the rightful owner of said property, and that said property was purchased by
Neville F. Hodson from the United States Internal Revenue Service pursuant to its
foreclosure of its tax lien against the owner of said property, to-wit: Barbara
Rogers; and Certificate of Sale of Real Property showing Neville F. Hodson to be
the rightful owner of said property was recorded in the office of the Recorder
for Seward Recording Precinct, Alaska, on October 16, 1956; whereas the instrument
purporting to be a deed from Barbara Rogers to John E. Cephas covering said prop-
erty, recorded April 11, 1955, was recorded after the time of the filing of the
tax lien of the United States Internal Revenue Service on May 14, 1954, in said
Recorder's Office; and
WHEREAS it appears that the building on said lot was gutted by fire
on August 31, 1954, but nevertheless the assessed valuation placed on said
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property by the City of Seward has been as follows: For the years 1955, 1956,
and 1957: I,and $675.00, Improvements $4,000.00; for the year 1958: Land
$675.00, Improvements $100.00; for the years 1959, 1960 and 1961: Land $675.00,
Improvements $1625.00; so that the assessed valuation so placed on said improve-
ments for the years 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960 and 1961 was inequitable; and
WHEREAS, Neville F. Hodson has made petition that the assessed valuation
placed on the improvements on said lot be changed to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
for each year 1955 to date, and that the penalty and interest on the delinquent
taxes be waived, and that the City of Seward issue a deed to said property to
Neville F. Hodson, for the reasons hereinbefore stated and for the additional
reason that he was not properly informed of the delinquent status of the taxes
on said property; and
WHEREAS it is in the interests of equity that the assessed valuation
placed on the improvements on said lot be changed and that otherwise the
petition of Neville F. Hodson be granted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Conmon Council of the City of
Seward, Alaska, that the assessed valuation placed on the improvements situated
upon Lot Thirty-three (33) in Block Two (2) of the Original Townsite of Seward
for the years 1955 to and including 1961 be fixed at Four Hundred Dollars
($400.00) in place of the valuations heretofore pla.ced thereon; and that the
penalty and interest on all delinquent taxes on said property be and they are
hereby waived by the City of Seward; and that the City Manager and the City
Clerk of the City of Seward shall forthwith issue a quit-claim deed to
Neville F. Hodson covering all the right, title and interest of the City of
Seward in and to said property.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Common Council of the City of Seward this
2nd day of July, 1962.
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Perr R. Stockton
Mayor
Attest:
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Beatrice E. Watts
City Clerk-Treasurer