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bisects lot #23. “That’s always been considered in town.” He added that the boundary on Mt. Salem Avenue hear the old Washington School also appears 'to be a little off. After consultation, the council members agreed that the boundary on Piedmont Avenue (Blacksburg Road) should be just beyond the line shown on the tax map, leaving lot #33 bisected but the residence on the lot (Mary Updike’s) in town.
Lane asked if establishing official town boundaries involved any fiscal ramifications.
Washington does hot have a town tax so property levies got to the county, whether land lies within or . without the boundaries, Miller explained.
Once official boundaries are established, can the town then enact a tax of its own? asked Supervisor Latham.
“I doubt very seriously if our existing charter gives us that right,” answered Miller.
Updike^ a veteran of the council, remembered when Washington did have a town tax. “There wasn’t 10 out of the whole bunch that paid it!”
The fact that the old town tax wasn’t collected indicates that the council lacked authority to impose the levy, Miller maintained. He acknowledged, however, that the General Assembly can always be petitioned to amend Washington’s charter to allow a town tax.
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