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Rappahannock County.”

ADDED George Davis: “Most people are worried about a bona fide transfer of property to members of their family. There’s no question that a person ought to be able to...transfer lots to members of the family. That is a situation we’ll have to reckon with, and I feel certain that your fears on that line will be taken care of.”

But the questions continued. Mrs. Lucio Kilby had more questions about the definition of “subdivsion”; Edward Pawley wondered if tax provisions would be made for agricultural land which included floodplains—or, as he put it, “extremely rich and fertile bottomlands.”

Newbill Miller noted to Pawley that the current county tax rate is levied on one fifth of appraised value—which is approximately 80 per cent of “true value*1—and that the country has no “land use breakdown.” |

Added ^Miller: “Land use taxation is a different subject, which I hope the county approaches in the near future.”

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