Shanghai, Feb. 13, Mr. C. S, Frantdlin, American legal practitioner and former chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, was appointed chairman pt the newly formed committee of the Council to investigate inequalities of taxation at its first meeting held in Council chambers on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. J. B, Etherington, a representative of the Shanghai Property Owners! Association, has been added 10 the committee and has consented to Members of the commit ice present at the meeting expressed the opinion that they might be debarred from considering certain, possible recom~ mendations regarding assessments for purposes of general Municipal rate unless it was made clear by their terms of reference that the committee would be also entitled to consider assessments for Land Tox. The Council accordingly has enlarged the terms of reference of the Committee to, read:
"To consider any inequalities of taxation which in the Committe opinion exist in the rating of owner: occupied property and tenanted property or in connection with Land Tox, and to devise practical means for remedying such inequalities as may be found."
The Committee has confirmed the previous announcement made by the Couneit that views of representative Bodies or individual ratepayers will be welcomed, The names of bodies or persons wishing to appear before the Committee to express their views, should be sent in the secretary of the Comanittee not later than noon on, Friday, February M4, Those wishing to place their views In writing are requested (0 do s0 as early as possible and at all: events not later than Friday; Communications should addressed to Mr, J. C. Greig, Secretary of the Comunittee, Room 165, Secretariat, Administration Building.
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