HomeMy WebLinkAbout69-060RESOLUTION NO. b9-~G~
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION REQUESTING LIMITATION OF PUBLIC
OWNERSIIIP OF LAND WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
WHEREAS, a very large proportion of the land of the United
States, particularly in the western part thereof, is in public
ownership; and
WHEREAS, the concept and practice of the principles of
private ownership of land, and the development of the same by
private enterprise was and still is the foundation of the great
economic development of this nation, unmatched anywhere in the
lx world; and
12 '; WHEREAS, the tax base so developed and the tax income
131, generated by private ownership for the support of public institu-
14 bons contribute substantially to the interest in and the main-
15 tenance of good government; and
16 WHEREAS, while it is recognized that public ownership is
17 justified in some circumstances to a reasonable extent, it is
1g also recognized and emphatically demonstrated that, when public
19 ownership becomes predominant in a given area, it very often
20 effects an economic stranglehold upon that area, choking off the
21 !! substance on which men live,
22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors
23 j of the County of Butte, State of California, as follows:
24' That the Congress of the United States be urged to enact
2g, legislation and the several states affected be urged to enact
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concordant legislation that would limit the public ownership of
land in each and every county or like political subdivision withi
the United States, to not more than fifty per cent of the total
land of said counties, if the governing body of any said counties
or like political subdivision does, by a four-fifths vote of, its
i membership, request the above indicated limitation.
BE TT FURTHER RESOLVED that a commission be created
consisting of equal representation from the county, state and the
federal government. The duty and authority of said commission to
be to decide, after public hearings, what lands are to be sold,
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the manner in which said lands will be sold, and when.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it be provided that the
transfer of ownership as above requested be consummated within ten
years from and after the date of the enactment of the requisite
legislation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte, State of California, this lstday of April, 1969,
by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dunaway, Maxon and Chairman McKillop
NOES: Supervisor Howsden
ABSTAINING: Supervisor Reynolds
ABSENT:
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JA cK LOP, Chai an o e
B e County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
CLARK A, NELSON, County Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk of the
Boarpd Hof ~Superv)is~ors