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Financing Electric-Municipal Buildings In Tennessee, Victor C. Hobday
Financing Electric-Municipal Buildings In Tennessee, Victor C. Hobday
MTAS History
The purpose of this publication is to advise municipal officials with respect to the sharing of a joint building by the general municipal government and an electric distribution system. It is an expansion of an article on the same subject that appeared in the Technical Section of the November 1952 issue of Tennessee Town & City magazine.
The information contained herein is oriented particularly toward officials responsible for the general government of Tennessee's municipalities, but it may also be of some value to officials of electric distribution systems.
Accounting Procedures For State Street Aid Funds, William T. Chaffin
Accounting Procedures For State Street Aid Funds, William T. Chaffin
MTAS History
Public Chapter No. 1 of the 1953 General Assembly, effective July 1, 1953, grants to municipalities the proceeds of one cent of the state gasoline tax. The enabling act, however, restricts expenditures to street aid purposes and puts forth various requirements that municipalities must meet related to financial and accounting procedures.
Equalizing Assessments Of City Properties: What, Why And How, Cecil Morgan
Equalizing Assessments Of City Properties: What, Why And How, Cecil Morgan
MTAS History
This publication can serve as a guide to city officials in carrying out an assessments equalization program. In addition to discussing the records required, the procedures to follow and some of the problems involved in such a program, this bulletin reviews the tax equalization experience of six Tennessee taxing jurisdictions. The final section draws attention to the importance of having a good public relations program accompanying a tax equalization program.
Tennessee's Stepchildren, The Municipalities, Alice L. Ebel
Tennessee's Stepchildren, The Municipalities, Alice L. Ebel
MTAS History
The purpose of this manual is to acquaint municipal, county, and state officials, and state legislators, with the cities' financial needs and the necessity of a better allocation of state-collected revenue. This manual, while not as complete as we would like it, should prove a handy reference manual for all municipal officials, and one in which they can readily find use in discussing municipal financial needs with state legislators, and county and state officials.