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The treasurer of the Norfolk and Western, I S. P. Chockley, is shown here presenting to State j Treasurer Jesse W. Dillon at Richmond a j $3,107,376.66 check for this railroad's 1956 !. taxes on rolling stock, gross transportation re; ceipts and intangibles. This is the largest single tax payment ever made by the N&W to the State of Virginia and one of the largest ever made to the State by any taxpayer.
58.6%