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Few Appear At Public Hearing On Tax Increase The Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors split 3-3 on a motion to raise personal prop erty and real estate taxes 50 cents per $100 a evaluation and leave merchants capital tax unchanged. Supervisors Bruce. Carter and Dillon favored the increase in real estate and personal property tax but wanted no increase in merch ants capital tax. Supervisors Gates. Jenkins, and Vaughan favored an increase in merchants capital tax as well as personal property and real estate taxes. The board was unanimous in ,ts opinion that some increase would have to be made, and the deadlock concerned only the ource from which to get the ex tra revenue.
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