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a recent Virginia Supreme Court decision involving the carry-over of surplus funds may require the Rappahannock supervisors to adopt a capital improvements program for the county, according to a report from accountant Walter Cox.
At last Thursday's meeting of the board of supervisors. Cox announced that the state’s high court had held a tax levy set by Isle of Wight supervisors to be excessive because it provided a budget surplus. The court ordered the Isle of Wight board to reset the levy and refund the difference to county tax payers, according to Cox.
“I don’t know how this will apply to counties,” said Cox. He added that a bill providing for balanced local budgets had been reinKramer
Ranks High
The town of Washington's Peter Kramer is listed as one of the city of Washington’s best furniture makers in a feature article carried in the January 28 edition of HomeLife. the Washington Star newspaper’s Sunday magazine.
Profiled with seven other area craftsmen, Kramer is the only furniture maker to rate a full page, color photo. His work is described as "the kind of simple, functional furniture that might have been crafted by a skilled workman” of the 18th century. The article notes that Kramer produces “reincarnated 18th century furniture," not reproductions.
In addition to Peter himself, the photographs included in the article show a Windsor with a “comparatively inexpensive" price tag of $350 and a chair', both of primitive, Early American design. The cover of HomeLife carries a shot of Kramer’s tools, complete with wood shavings.
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