"North Fulton Flashback" is a look through The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's news archives at historical events that have helped shape the region. Plan to see a distinct mixture of both serious and quirky news stories from our stash.
If you’ve ever gotten a check in the mail for a few dollars — say from a business reimbursing you after a slight overcharge — you may understand what a couple North Fulton cities felt like some 60 years ago.
A couple days before 1958, Fulton County doled out checks to local agencies, and some of them were written for laughably small amounts.
The distributed amounts were based on the tax rates each government body levied during 1957. The total amount collected, $592,919.67, was about half as much as 1956 because of a “sharp slash” in the intangibles tax rate, according to the News Year’s Eve Atlanta Constitution article.
Atlanta made out OK, as it got “the lion’s share” at $302,211.40.
But Alpharetta and Roswell’s cut?
$10.26 and $32.92, respectively.
Hey, at least they fared better than Union City.
Its piece of the pie was a whopping $5.82.
See the full article, and amounts other Fulton cities received, below.
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