10-Q

FORM 10-Q

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549

[ X ] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended  January 31, 2016

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

Commission file number 1-3647

J.W. Mays, Inc.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York	11-1059070
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9 Bond Street, Brooklyn, New York	11201-5805
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 718-624-7400

Not Applicable(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes     X      No         .

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes     X      No         .

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ____    Accelerated filer ____    Non-accelerated filer ____    Smaller reporting company    X   .

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes            No   X   .

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of the issuer's common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class	Outstanding at March 2, 2016
Common Stock, $1 par value	2,015,780 shares
	This report contains 25 pages.

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J. W. MAYS, INC.

INDEX

				Page No.
Part I - Financial Information:
	Item 1. Financial Statements
		Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – January 31, 2016 (unaudited)
			and July 31, 2015	3
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Retained Earnings
			– Three and six months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited)	4
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
			– Three and six months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited)	5
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
			– Six months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited)	6
		Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements		7 - 15
	Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results
			of Operations and Financial Condition	16 - 18
	Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			19
	Item 4. Controls and Procedures			19
Part II - Other Information:
	Item 1. Legal Proceedings			20
	Item 1A. Risk Factors			20
	Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds			20
	Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities			20
	Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures			20
	Item 5. Other Information			20
	Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K			20 - 21
	Signatures			22
	Exhibit 31 Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
		31.1 - Chief Executive Officer		23
		31.2 - Chief Financial Officer		24
	Exhibit 32 Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
		18 U.S.C. Section 1350		25

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Part 1 - Financial Information
       Item 1 - Financial Statements

J. W. MAYS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	January 31		July 31
	2016		2015
	(Unaudited)		(Audited)
ASSETS
Property and Equipment - Net (Notes 5 and 6)	$	48,634,085	$	48,191,392
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (Note 4)		4,534,381		4,085,704
Receivables (Note 4)		720,050		638,643
Real estate taxes refundable		16,474		–
Income taxes refundable		597,866		695,265
Deferred income taxes		3,437,000		3,531,000
Security deposits		88,584		83,012
Prepaid expenses		1,465,145		1,477,996
Total current assets		10,859,500		10,511,620
Other Assets:
Deferred charges		3,901,664		3,859,594
Less: accumulated amortization		1,730,284		1,560,205
Net		2,171,380		2,299,389
Receivables (Note 4)		–		30,000
Security deposits		1,244,472		1,328,952
Unbilled receivables (Notes 4 and 8)		2,421,224		2,613,246
Marketable securities (Notes 3 and 4)		1,168,462		1,461,504
Total other assets		7,005,538		7,733,091
TOTAL ASSETS	$	66,499,123	$	66,436,103
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Long-Term Debt:
Mortgages payable (Note 5)	$	5,709,650	$	5,786,525
Note payable - related party (Note 7)		–		1,000,000
Security deposits payable		606,997		693,576
Payroll and other accrued liabilities		121,223		121,223
Deferred revenue (Note 13)		437,500		1,020,833
Total long-term debt		6,875,370		8,622,157
Deferred Income Taxes (Note 1)		7,586,000		7,386,000
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable		100,192		39,759
Payroll and other accrued liabilities		2,561,484		2,597,104
Deferred revenue (Note 13)		1,166,666		1,166,667
Other taxes payable		12,000		5,972
Current portion of note payable - related party (Note 7)		1,000,000		-
Current portion of long-term debt (Note 5)		153,511		150,763
Current portion of security deposits payable		88,584		83,012
Total current liabilities		5,082,437		4,043,277
TOTAL LIABILITIES		19,543,807		20,051,434
Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock, par value $1 each share (shares - 5,000,000
authorized; 2,178,297 issued)		2,178,297		2,178,297
Additional paid in capital		3,346,245		3,346,245
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities - net of deferred taxes of
$73,000 at January 31, 2016 and $101,000 at July 31, 2015		142,579		196,033
Retained earnings		42,576,047		41,951,946
		48,243,168		47,672,521
Less common stock held in treasury, at cost - 162,517
shares at January 31, 2016 and at July 31, 2015 (Note 11)		1,287,852		1,287,852
Total shareholders' equity		46,955,316		46,384,669
Contingencies (Note 14)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	$	66,499,123	$	66,436,103

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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J. W. MAYS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND RETAINED EARNINGS

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	January 31						January 31
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)
Revenues
Rental income (Notes 4 and 8)	$	4,315,940		$	4,412,233		$	8,593,334		$	8,752,590
Recovery of real estate taxes		–			–			–			10,625
Revenue to temporarily vacate lease (Note 13)		291,667			291,667			583,334			583,334
Total revenues		4,607,607			4,703,900			9,176,668			9,346,549
Expenses
Real estate operating expenses		2,571,056			2,470,736			4,979,655			4,794,934
Administrative and general expenses		1,264,471			1,139,437			2,320,453			2,122,730
Depreciation and amortization (Note 6)		407,400			443,822			814,150			884,807
Total expenses		4,242,927			4,053,995			8,114,258			7,802,471
Income from operations before investment income,
interest expense and income taxes		364,680			649,905			1,062,410			1,544,078
Investment income and interest expense:
Investment income (loss) (Note 3)		(80	)		26,353			7,142			32,544
Interest expense (Notes 5, 7 and 10)		(58,874	)		(92,345	)		(123,451	)		(201,037	)
		(58,954	)		(65,992	)		(116,309	)		(168,493	)
Income from operations before income taxes		305,726			583,913			946,101			1,375,585
Income taxes provided		83,000			255,000			322,000			608,000
Net income		222,726			328,913			624,101			767,585
Retained earnings, beginning of period		42,353,321			40,181,936			41,951,946			39,743,264
Retained earnings, end of period	$	42,576,047		$	40,510,849		$	42,576,047		$	40,510,849
Income per common share (Note 2)	$	.11		$	.16		$	.31		$	.38
Dividends per share	$	–		$	–		$	–		$	–
Average common shares outstanding		2,015,780			2,015,780			2,015,780			2,015,780

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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J. W. MAYS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	January 31						January 31
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)
Net income	$	222,726		$	328,913		$	624,101		$	767,585
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities:
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period,
net of taxes (benefit) of ($17,000) and ($10,000) for the three
months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively,
and ($28,000) and $23,000 for the six months ended
January 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.		(34,050	)		(12,823	)		(53,454	)		29,339
Comprehensive income	$	188,676		$	316,090		$	570,647		$	796,924

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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J. W. MAYS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Six Months Ended
	January 31
	2016			2015
	(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	$	624,101		$	767,585
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		814,150			884,807
Amortization of deferred charges		170,079			181,870
Realized (gain) loss on sale of marketable securities		38,538			(386	)
Other assets - unbilled receivables		192,022			(17,813	)
- deferred charges		(42,070	)		(414,970	)
Deferred income taxes		322,000			353,000
Deferred revenue		(583,334	)		(583,334	)
Changes in:
Receivables		(51,407	)		(40,394	)
Real estate tax refundable		(16,474	)		-
Income taxes refundable		97,399			(68,926	)
Prepaid expenses		12,851			(21,586	)
Accounts payable		60,433			(50,343	)
Payroll and other accrued liabilities		(35,620	)		207,873
Other taxes payable		6,028			4,320
Cash provided by operating activities		1,608,696			1,201,703
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures		(1,256,843	)		(871,925	)
Security deposits		78,908			39,262
Marketable securities:
Receipts from sales or maturities		238,663			270,974
Payments for purchases		(65,613	)		(302,246	)
Cash (used) by investing activities		(1,004,885	)		(863,935	)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Increase - security deposits		(81,007	)		20,107
Increase - mortgage debt					652,274
Mortgage and other debt payments		(74,127	)		(73,609	)
Cash provided (used) by financing activities		(155,134	)		598,772
Increase in cash and cash equivalents		448,677			936,540
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		4,085,704			1,892,760
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	4,534,381		$	2,829,300

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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J. W. MAYS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.

Accounting Records and Use of Estimates:

The accounting records are maintained in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The estimates that we make include allowance for doubtful accounts, depreciation and amortization, income tax assets and liabilities, fair value of marketable securities and revenue recognition. Estimates are based on historical experience where applicable or other assumptions that management believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results may differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The interim financial statements are prepared pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q. The July 31, 2015 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. The interim financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in the Company's latest Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2015. In the opinion of management, the interim financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair statement of the results for interim periods. The results of operations for the current period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year ending July 31, 2016. The computation of the annual expected effective tax rate at each interim period requires certain estimates and assumptions including, but not limited to, the expected operating income for the year and future periods, projections of the proportion of income (or loss), and permanent and temporary differences. The accounting estimates used to compute the provision for income taxes may change as new events occur, more experience is acquired, or as additional information is obtained. To the extent that the estimated annual effective tax rate changes during a quarter, the effect of the change on prior quarters is included in tax expense for the current quarter. On September 13, 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final income tax regulations on the deduction and capitalization of expenditures related to tangible property (“tangible property regulations”). The tangible property regulations clarify and expand sections 162(a) and 263(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), which relate to amounts paid to acquire, produce, or improve tangible property. Additionally, the tangible property regulations provide final guidance under IRC section 167 regarding accounting for and retirement of depreciable property and regulations under IRC section 168 relating to the accounting for property under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System. The tangible property regulations affect all taxpayers that acquire, produce, or improve tangible property, and generally apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The Company implemented the tangible property regulations with the filing of the federal tax return for the year ended July 31, 2015. For the year ended July 31, 2015, after implementing the tangible property regulations, the Company incurred a federal net operating loss of $8,191,403. The Company was able to carryback $1,582,003, generating a federal income tax refund receivable of $537,881. The remainder of the federal net operating loss approximating $6,609,000 will be available to offset future taxable income. In addition, as of July 31, 2015 the Company had state and city net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $9,000,000 available to offset future state and city taxable income. The net operating loss carryforwards will expire, if not used, in 2035. New York State and New York City taxes for years through July 31, 2015 are calculated using the higher of taxes based on income or the respective capital-based franchise taxes. In April 2014, the New York State governor signed into law legislation overhauling the New York State franchise tax on corporations. The changes in the law will be effective for the Company’s year ending July 31, 2016. The state capital-based tax will be phased out over a 7-year period. As of July, 2015, the Company anticipates New York State taxes will be based on capital through 2022, and New York City taxes will be based on capital for the foreseeable future. Capital based franchise taxes are recorded to administrative and general expense.

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	Due to the application of the capital-based tax while the net operating loss still applies, or due to the possible absence of State taxable income in the years beyond 2022 to which the State loss can be carried, the Company has not recorded the New York State or New York City tax benefit of its net operating loss carryforwards. Also, to reflect its expectation that reversal of temporary differences will not result in New York State or City tax based on income, as of July 31, 2015 the Company decreased the deferred tax asset, deferred tax liability, and deferred taxes on unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities by $380,000, $771,000 and $26,000, respectively, resulting in a State and City deferred tax benefit of $365,000. Recent accounting pronouncements: In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2013-11, "Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Carryforward Exists.” The Company adopted ASU 2013-11 in the fourth quarter of fiscal year ended July 31, 2015. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on these condensed consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued an update (“ASU 2014-09”) establishing ASC Topic 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 establishes a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most of the existing revenue recognition guidance. ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services and also requires certain additional disclosures. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual reporting in fiscal years that begin after December 15, 2016. ASU 2015-14 extended the implementation date for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2017. The adoption of the update on August 1, 2018 is not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.
2.	Income Per Share of Common Stock:
	Income per share has been computed by dividing the net income for the periods by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the periods, adjusted for the purchase of treasury stock. Shares used in computing income per share were 2,015,780 for the six months ended January 31, 2016 and January 31, 2015.
3.	Marketable Securities:
	The Company categorizes marketable securities as either trading, available-for-sale or held-to-maturity. Trading securities are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in income. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities with unrealized gains and losses recorded as a separate component of shareholders' equity. Held-to-maturity securities are carried at amortized cost. Dividends and interest income are accrued as earned. Realized gains and losses are determined on a specific identification basis. The Company reviews marketable securities for impairment whenever circumstances and situations change such that there is an indication that the carrying amounts may not be recovered. The Company did not classify any securities as trading or held to maturity during the six months ended January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015.
	The Company follows GAAP which establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the valuation techniques and creates the following three broad levels, with Level 1 valuation being the highest priority:
		Level 1 valuation inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date (e.g., equity securities traded on the New York Stock Exchange).

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Level 2 valuation inputs are from other than quoted market prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (e.g., quoted market prices of similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted market prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active).

Level 3 valuation inputs are unobservable (e.g., an entity’s own data) and should be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015.

Equity securities are valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded that the Company has access to.

Mutual funds are valued at the daily closing price as reported by the fund. Mutual funds held by the Company are open-end mutual funds that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These funds are required to publish their daily net asset value (“NAV”) and to transact at that price. The mutual funds held by the Company are deemed to be actively traded.

In accordance with the provisions of Fair Value Measurements, the following are the Company's financial assets measured on a recurring basis presented at fair value.

	Fair value measurements at reporting date using
	Total								Total
	January 31,								July 31,
Description	2016		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		2015		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Marketable securities -
available-for-sale	$	1,168,462	$	1,168,462	$	–	$	–	$	1,461,504	$	1,461,504	$	–	$	–

Fair Value of Investments in Entities that Use NAV

The following table summarizes investments measured at fair value based on NAV per share as of January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015, respectively.

			Unfunded	Redemption Frequency	Redemption
January 31, 2016	Fair Value		Commitments	(if currently eligible)	Notice Period
First Eagle Global CL I	$	258,304	n/a	Daily	None
Parnasus Core Equity Investor CL	$	287,101	n/a	Daily	None
			Unfunded	Redemption Frequency	Redemption
July 31, 2015	Fair Value		Commitments	(if currently eligible)	Notice Period
First Eagle Global CL I	$	271,462	n/a	Daily	None
Parnasus Core Equity Investor CL	$	305,626	n/a	Daily	None
Columbia Flexible Income CL A	$	271,076	n/a	Daily	None

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As of January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015, the Company's marketable securities were classified as follows:

	January 31, 2016								July 31, 2015
			Gross		Gross						Gross		Gross
			Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair				Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value		Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
Noncurrent:
Available-for-sale:
Mutual funds	$	474,669	$	70,736	$	–	$	545,405	$	719,245	$	131,639	$	2,720	$	848,164
Equity securities		478,214		144,843		–		623,057		445,227		168,113		–		613,340
	$	952,883	$	215,579	$	–	$	1,168,462	$	1,164,472	$	299,752	$	2,720	$	1,461,504

The Company's debt and equity securities, gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that the investment securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at January 31, 2016 are as follows:

	January 31, 2016				July 31, 2015
			Less Than				Less Than
Mutual funds	Fair Value		12 Months		Fair Value		12 Months
	$	–	$	–	$	271,076	$	2,720

Investment income consists of the following:
	Three Months Ended					Six Months Ended
	January 31					January 31
	2016			2015		2016			2015
Gain (loss) on sale of marketable securities	$	(38,538	)	$	–	$	(38,538	)	$	386
Interest income		756			662		1,665			1,287
Dividend income		37,702			25,691		44,015			30,871
Total	$	(80	)	$	26,353	$	7,142		$	32,544

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4.	Financial Instruments and Credit Risk Concentrations:
	Financial instruments that are potentially subject to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of marketable securities, cash and cash equivalents and receivables. Marketable securities and cash and cash equivalents are placed with multiple financial institutions and multiple instruments to minimize risk. No assurance can be made that such financial institutions and instruments will minimize all such risk. The Company derives rental income from forty-nine tenants, of which one tenant accounted for 18.73% and another tenant accounted for 15.50% of rental income during the six months ended January 31, 2016. No other tenant accounted for more than 10% of rental income during the same period. The Company has one irrevocable Letter of Credit totaling $230,000 at January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015 provided by a tenant as a security deposit.
5.	Long-Term Debt – Mortgage:

			January 31, 2016				July 31, 2015
	Current
	Annual	Final	Due		Due		Due		Due
	Interest	Payment	Within		After		Within		After
	Rate	Date	One Year		One Year		One Year		One Year
Bond St. building, Brooklyn, NY	3.54%	2/01/20	$	153,511	$	5,709,650	$	150,763	$	5,786,525
The Company, on August 19, 2004, closed a loan with a bank for a $12,000,000 multiple draw term loan. The loan consisted of: a) a permanent, first mortgage loan to refinance an existing first mortgage loan affecting the Fishkill, New York property, which matured on July 1, 2004 (the “First Permanent Loan”), b) a permanent subordinate mortgage loan in the amount of $1,870,000 (the “Second Permanent Loan”), and c) multiple, successively subordinate loans in the amount of $8,295,274 (“Subordinate Building Loans”). The Company, in February 2008, converted the loan totaling $12,000,000 to a seven (7) year permanent mortgage loan. The interest rate on conversion was 6.98%. On January 9, 2015, the Company refinanced the loan for $6,000,000, which included the outstanding balance as of January 2015 in the amount of $5,347,726 and an additional borrowing of $652,274. The loan is for a period of five years with a payment based on a twenty-five year amortization period. The interest rate for this period is fixed at 3.54% per annum. The mortgage loan is secured by the Bond Street building in Brooklyn, New York.

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6. Property and Equipment – at cost:

	January 31		July 31
	2016		2015
Property:
Buildings and improvements	$	76,854,272	$	76,289,486
Improvements to leased property		1,478,012		1,478,012
Land		6,067,805		6,067,805
Construction in progress		1,331,099		639,042
		85,731,188		84,474,345
Less accumulated depreciation		37,208,925		36,413,975
Property - net		48,522,263		48,060,370
Fixtures and equipment and other:
Fixtures and equipment		144,544		144,544
Other fixed assets		235,623		235,623
		380,167		380,167
Less accumulated depreciation		268,345		249,145
Fixtures and equipment and other - net		111,822		131,022
Property and equipment - net	$	48,634,085	$	48,191,392
Construction in progress includes:
	January 31		July 31
	2016		2015
Building improvements at 9 Bond Street in Brooklyn, NY	$	188,387	$	144,041
Building improvements at 25 Elm Place in Brooklyn, NY		1,054,132		495,001
Building improvements at Jamaica, NY		88,580		–
	$	1,331,099	$	639,042

7.	Note Payable - Related Party:
	On December 15, 2004, the Company borrowed $1,000,000 on an unsecured basis from a former director of the Company, who at the time was also a greater than 10% beneficial owner of the outstanding common stock of the Company. The former director passed away in November 2012 and the note is currently an asset of the estate of the former director. Interest payments pursuant to the note have been assigned to a trust provided for by the will of the deceased former director. The loan has been repeatedly renewed to its current maturity date of December 15, 2016 at an interest rate of 5% per annum. The note is prepayable in whole or in part at any time without penalty. The constant quarterly payment of interest is $12,500. The interest paid was $25,000 for the six months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
8.	Unbilled Receivables and Rental Income:
	Unbilled receivables represent the excess of scheduled rental income recognized on a straight-line basis over rental income as it becomes receivable according to the provisions of each lease.

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9.	Employees' Retirement Plan:
	The Company sponsors a noncontributory Money Purchase Plan covering substantially all of its non-union employees. Operations were charged $98,296 and $195,718 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2016, respectively, and $115,675 and $210,495 as contributions to the Plan for the three and six months ended January 31, 2015, respectively. Multi-employer plan:
	The Company contributes to a union sponsored multi-employer pension plan covering its union employees. The Company contributions to the pension plan were $16,440 and $29,593 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2016, respectively, and $13,571 and $23,908 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2015, respectively. Contributions and costs are determined in accordance with the provisions of negotiated labor contracts or terms of the plans. The Company also contributes to union sponsored health benefit plans. Contingent Liability for Pension Plan:
	Information as to the Company’s portion of accumulated plan benefits and plan assets is not reported separately by the pension plan. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, upon withdrawal from a multi-employer benefit plan, an employer is required to continue to pay its proportionate share of the plan’s unfunded vested benefits, if any. Any liability under this provision cannot be determined: however, the Company has not made a decision to withdraw from the plan. Information for contributing employer’s participation in the multi-employer plan:

Legal name of Plan:	United Food and Commercial Workers Local 888 Pension Fund
Employer identification number:	13-6367793
Plan number:	001
Date of most recent Form 5500:	December 31, 2014
Certified zone status:	Critical Status
Status determination date:	January 1, 2014
Plan used extended amortization provisions in status calculation:	Yes
Minimum required contribution:	None
Employer contributing greater than 5% of Plan contributions for year ended December 31, 2014:	Yes
Rehabilitation plan implemented:	Yes
Employer subject to surcharge:	Yes
Contract expiration date:	November 30, 2016

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10.	Cash Flow Information:
	For purposes of reporting cash flows, the Company considers cash equivalents to consist of short-term highly liquid investments with maturities of three (3) months or less, which are readily convertible into cash.

Supplemental disclosure:	Six Months Ended
	January 31
	2016		2015
Interest paid, net of capitalized interest of $18,127 (2016)
and $5,359 (2015)	$	123,677	$	233,622
Income taxes paid	$	23,654	$	323,926

11.	Common Stock:
	The Company has one class of common stock with identical voting rights and rights to liquidation.
12.	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income:
	The only component of accumulated other comprehensive income is unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale securities. A summary of the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for the three and six months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	January 31						January 31
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)
Beginning balance, net of tax effect	$	176,629		$	171,574		$	196,033		$	129,412
Other comprehensive income, net of tax effect:
Unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale
securities		(51,050	)		(22,823	)		(81,454	)		52,339
Tax effect		17,000			10,000			28,000			(23,000	)
Unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale
securities, net of tax effect		(34,050	)		(12,823	)		(53,454	)		29,339
Ending balance, net of tax effect	$	142,579		$	158,751		$	142,579		$	158,751

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13.	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement:
	On June 16, 2014, the Company entered into a Second Amendment of Lease (the "Amendment") with 33 Bond St. LLC ("Bond"), its landlord, for certain truck bays and approximately 1,000 square feet located at the cellar level within a garage at Livingston and Bond Street ("Premises"). Pursuant to the Amendment, (1) a lease option for the Premises was exercised extending the lease until December 8, 2043, (2) the Company, simultaneously with the execution of the Amendment, vacated the Premises so that Bond may demolish the building in which the Premises is located in order to develop and construct a new building at the location, and (3) Bond agreed to redeliver to the Company possession of the reconfigured Premises after construction. As consideration under the Amendment, Bond agreed to pay the Company a total of $3,500,000. Upon execution of the Amendment, the Company recorded $3,500,000 to deferred revenue to be amortized to revenue to temporarily vacate the premises over the expected vacate period of 36 months. Bond tendered $2,250,000 simultaneously with the execution of the Amendment, and the balance due of $1,250,000 on June 16, 2015 has been received by the Company. In connection with the Amendment, the parties also agreed to settle a pending lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County, Index No. 50796/13 (the "Action"), in which the Company sought, among other things, a declaratory judgment that it validly renewed the lease for the Premises, and Bond sought, among other things, a declaratory judgment that the lease expired by its terms on December 8, 2013. Pursuant to a stipulation of settlement, filed on June 16, 2014, the Action, including all claims and counterclaims, has been discontinued with prejudice, without costs or attorneys' fees to any party as against the other. The stipulation of settlement also contains general releases by both parties of all claims.
14.	Contingencies:
	There are various lawsuits and claims pending against the Company. It is the opinion of management that the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. If the Company sells, transfers, disposes of, or demolishes 25 Elm Place, Brooklyn, New York, then the Company may be liable to create a condominium unit for the loading dock. The necessity of creating the condominium unit and the cost of such condominium unit cannot be determined at this time. Because of defective workmanship and breach of contract, the Company commenced litigation against a contractor to pay damages and return in full $376,467 of a deposit paid when work commenced to replace a roof on the Fishkill, New York building. As of January 31, 2016, this deposit is included in other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in security deposits. Based on limited information available at this time, the Company cannot predict the outcome of this matter and expects to vigorously pursue this contractor until the deposit is returned and damages are paid.

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Item 2.

J. W. MAYS, INC.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes thereto contained in this report. In this discussion, the words “Company”, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to J.W. Mays, Inc. and subsidiaries.

Forward Looking Statements:

The following can be interpreted as including forward looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “outlook”, “intend”, “plans”, “efforts”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “expects” or words of similar import typically identify such statements. Various important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements are identified under the heading “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” below. Our actual results may vary significantly from the results contemplated by these forward-looking statements based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, availability of labor, marketing success, competitive conditions and the change in economic conditions of the various markets we serve.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We believe the critical accounting policies in Note 1 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements disclose our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions and conditions. (See Note 1 on page 7 and 8 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements herein and Note 1 on pages 9 through 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2015).

Results of Operations:

Three months ended January 31, 2016 compared to the three months ended January 31, 2015:

In the three months ended January 31, 2016, the Company reported net income of $222,726, or $.11 per share. In the comparable three months ended January 31, 2015, the Company reported net income of $328,913, or $.16 per share.

Revenues in the current three months decreased to $4,607,607 from $4,703,900 in the comparable 2015 three months primarily due to non-payment of rent from a retail tenant, who vacated the building in December 2015, at the Nine Bond Street building in Brooklyn, New York.

Real estate operating expenses in the current three months increased to $2,571,056 from $2,470,736 in the comparable 2015 three months primarily due to increases in real estate taxes, maintenance costs and payroll costs partially offset by decreases in licenses and permits.

Administrative and general expenses in the current three months increased to $1,264,471 from $1,139,437 in the comparable 2015 three months primarily due to New York State and New York City capital based franchise taxes of $64,053 which were included in 2016 and there were none in 2015. Also legal and professional costs increased in 2016.

Depreciation and amortization expense in the current three months decreased to $407,400 from $443,822 in the comparable 2015 three months primarily due to expiring depreciation on the Fishkill, New York building.

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Interest expense exceeded investment income in the current three months by $58,954 and by $65,992 in the comparable 2015 three months. The decrease was due to a lower interest expense due to a lower interest rate on the refinanced mortgage with a bank in the 2015 year, partially offset by a loss on the sale of securities in the 2016 year.

Six months ended January 31, 2016 compared to the six months ended January 31, 2015:

In the six months ended January 31, 2016, the Company reported net income of $624,101, or $.31 per share. In the comparable six months ended January 31, 2015, the Company reported net income of $767,585, or $.38 per share.

Revenues in the current six months decreased to $9,176,668 from $9,346,549 in the comparable 2015 six months primarily due to non-payment of rent from a retail tenant, who vacated the building in December 2015, at the Nine Bond Street building in Brooklyn, New York.

Real estate operating expenses in the current six months increased to $4,979,655 from $4,794,934 in the comparable 2015 six months primarily due to increases in real estate taxes, maintenance costs and utility costs partially offset by decreases in licenses and permits.

Administrative and general expenses in the current six months increased to $2,320,453 from $2,122,730 in the comparable 2015 six months primarily due to New York State and New York City capital based franchise taxes of $121,053 which were included in 2016 and there were none in 2015. Also legal and professional costs increased in 2016.

Depreciation and amortization expense in the current six months decreased to $814,150 from $884,807 in the comparable 2015 six months primarily due to expiring depreciation on the Fishkill, New York building.

Interest expense exceeded investment income in the current six months by $116,309 and by $168,493 in the comparable 2015 six months. The decrease was due to a lower interest expense due to a lower interest rate on the refinanced mortgage with a bank in the 2015 year, partially offset by a loss on the sale of securities in the 2016 year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources:

Management considers current working capital and borrowing capabilities adequate to cover the Company’s planned operating and capital requirements. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents amounted to $4,534,381 at January 31, 2016.

In November 2014, the Company entered into a lease agreement with an existing tenant to occupy an additional 5,640 square feet of office space at the Jowein building in Brooklyn, New York. Rent commenced in February 2016.

In May 2015, the Company entered into a 20 year lease agreement with a new tenant (cancellation clause after the 10th year) to occupy 17,425 square feet of office space at the Jowein building in Brooklyn, New York. Rent is anticipated to commence in the summer of 2016. The amount of brokerage commissions and construction costs will be approximately $500,000 and $2,000,000, respectively. The construction is presently expected to be completed in the spring of 2016.

A tenant who occupies 2,000 square feet of office space at its Jamaica, New York building, terminated its lease as of December 31, 2015. The loss in rental income will be $42,000 per annum. The Company is actively seeking through brokers, tenants to occupy the vacated space.

The Company was in litigation with a retail tenant who occupied 7,401 square feet at its Nine Bond Street Brooklyn, New York building for non-payment of rent since June 2015. The tenant vacated the premises in December 2015. The Company has only accrued rent in the amount of the security deposit held, which is two months’ rent. The annual loss in rent will be approximately $37,500 per month, until this tenant is replaced. The Company is actively seeking through brokers, tenants to occupy the vacated space.

Cash Flows From Operating Activities:

Deferred Charges: The Company incurred expenditures in the amount of $42,070 for brokerage commissions for an existing office tenant at the Company’s Nine Bond Street building in Brooklyn, New York whom renewed their lease for an additional five years.

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Payroll and Other Accrued Liabilities: The Company had a balance due at January 31, 2016 for brokerage commissions of $495,853 of which $132,556 was paid in the six months ended January 31, 2016.

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:

The Company had expenditures of $88,580 for the six months ended January 31, 2016 at its Jamaica, New York building for renovations for an existing tenant. The cost of the project will be $105,859 and was completed in February 2016. The Company also had expenditures of $31,040 for elevator upgrades which were completed in January 2016.

The Company had expenditures of $559,132 for the six months ended January 31, 2016, for a new office tenant at its Jowein building, in Brooklyn, New York. The cost of the project will be approximately $2,000,000 of which $1,054,132 has been paid. The project is anticipated to be completed in the spring of 2016. The Company also had an expenditure of $135,000 for a new roof. The total cost of the project was $135,000 and was completed in September 2015.

The Company had expenditures of $274,645 for the six months ended January 31, 2016 for construction costs at its Fishkill, New York building. The projects were completed in January 2016.

The Company had expenditures of $124,100 in the six months ended January 31, 2016 for new roofs at the Company's Nine Bond Street, Brooklyn, New York building. The cost of the project was $124,100 and was completed in September 2015. The Company also had expenditures of $44,346 for a new boiler. The total cost of the project will be approximately $240,000 of which $188,387 has been paid. The project was completed in February 2016.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

This section, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, other sections of this Report on Form 10-Q and other reports and verbal statements made by our representatives from time to time may contain forward-looking statements that are based on our assumptions, expectations and projections about us and the real estate industry. These include statements regarding our expectations about revenues, our liquidity, our expenses and our continued growth, among others. Such forward-looking statements by their nature involve a degree of risk and uncertainty. We caution that a variety of factors, including but not limited to the factors listed below, could cause business conditions and our results to differ materially from what is contained in forward-looking statements:

●changes in the rate of economic growth in the United States;

●the ability to obtain credit from financial institutions and the related costs;

●changes in the financial condition of our customers;

●changes in regulatory environment;

●lease cancellations;

●changes in our estimates of costs;

●war and/or terrorist attacks on facilities where services are or may be provided;

●outcomes of pending and future litigation;

●increasing competition by other companies;

●compliance with our loan covenants;

●recoverability of claims against our customers and others by us and claims by third parties against us; and

●changes in estimates used in our critical accounting policies.

Other factors and assumptions not identified above were also involved in the formation of these forward-looking statements and the failure of such other assumptions to be realized, as well as other factors, may also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Most of these factors are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond our control. You should consider the areas of risk described above in connection with any forward-looking statements that may be made by us.

We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are advised, however, to review any additional disclosures we make in proxy statements, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, annual reports on Form 10-K and any Form 8-K reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk:

The Company uses fixed-rate debt to finance its capital requirements. These transactions do not expose the Company to market risk related to changes in interest rates. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments. At January 31, 2016, the Company had fixed-rate debt of $6,863,161.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures:

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported accurately and within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Part II - Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time we are involved in legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In our opinion, the outcome of such matters in the aggregate will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no changes to our risk factors from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended July 31, 2015.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable

Item 5. Other Information

None

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a) List of Exhibits:

			Sequentially
Exhibit			Numbered
Number		Exhibit	Page
(3	)	Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws		N/A
(10	)	Material contracts		N/A
(11	)	Statement re computation of per share earnings		N/A
(12	)	Statement re computation of ratios		N/A
(14	)	Code of ethics		N/A
(15	)	Letter re unaudited interim financial information		N/A
(18	)	Letter re change in accounting principles		N/A
(19	)	Report furnished to security holders		N/A
(31	)	Additional exhibits - Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
		(31.1) Chief Executive Officer		23
		(31.2) Chief Financial Officer		24
(32	)	Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350		25
(95	)	Mine safety disclosure		N/A

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(b) Reports on Form 8-K – Two reports on Form 8-K were filed by the registrant during the three months ended January 31, 2016.

Items reported:

The Company reported results of the submission of matters to a vote of security holders. Date of report filed - November 18, 2015.

The Company reported its financial results for the three months ended October 31, 2015. Date of report filed - December 3, 2015.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		J.W. MAYS, Inc.
		(Registrant)
Date:	March 2, 2016	Lloyd J. Shulman
		Lloyd J. Shulman
		President
		Chief Executive Officer
Date:	March 2, 2016	Mark S. Greenblatt
		Mark S. Greenblatt
		Vice President
		Chief Financial Officer

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Lloyd J. Shulman, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of J.W. Mays, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America;
(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:    March 2, 2016

/s/ Lloyd J. Shulman

Lloyd J. Shulman

President

Chief Executive Officer

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EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Mark S. Greenblatt, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of J.W. Mays, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America;
(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:    March 2, 2016

/s/ Mark S. Greenblatt

Mark S. Greenblatt

Vice President

Chief Financial Officer

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EX-32

EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of J.W. Mays, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended January 31, 2016 as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), we, Lloyd J. Shulman and Mark S. Greenblatt, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to our knowledge:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:    March 2, 2016

/s/ Lloyd J. Shulman

Lloyd J. Shulman

Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Mark S. Greenblatt

Mark S. Greenblatt

Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to J.W. Mays, Inc. and will be retained by J.W. Mays, Inc. and furnished to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
ASSETS
Property and Equipment - Net (Notes 5 and 6)	$ 48,634,085	$ 48,191,392
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (Note 4)	4,534,381	4,085,704
Receivables (Note 4)	720,050	$ 638,643
Real estate taxes refundable	16,474
Income taxes refundable	597,866	$ 695,265
Deferred income taxes	3,437,000	3,531,000
Security deposits	88,584	83,012
Prepaid expenses	1,465,145	1,477,996
Total current assets	10,859,500	10,511,620
Other Assets:
Deferred charges	3,901,664	3,859,594
Less: accumulated amortization	1,730,284	1,560,205
Net	2,171,380	2,299,389
Receivables (Note 4)		30,000
Security deposits	1,244,472	1,328,952
Unbilled receivables (Notes 4 and 8)	2,421,224	2,613,246
Marketable securities (Notes 3 and 4)	1,168,462	1,461,504
Total other assets	7,005,538	7,733,091
TOTAL ASSETS	66,499,123	66,436,103
Long-Term Debt:
Mortgages payable (Note 5)	5,709,650	5,786,525
Note payable - related party (Note 7)		1,000,000
Security deposits payable	606,997	693,576
Payroll and other accrued liabilities	121,223	121,223
Deferred revenue (Note 13)	437,500	1,020,833
Total long-term debt	6,875,370	8,622,157
Deferred Income Taxes (Note 1)	7,586,000	7,386,000
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	100,192	39,759
Payroll and other accrued liabilities	2,561,484	2,597,104
Deferred revenue (Note 13)	1,166,666	1,166,667
Other taxes payable	12,000	$ 5,972
Current portion of note payable - related party (Note 7)	1,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt (Note 5)	153,511	$ 150,763
Current portion of security deposits payable	88,584	83,012
Total current liabilities	5,082,437	4,043,277
TOTAL LIABILITIES	19,543,807	20,051,434
Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock, par value $1 each share (shares - 5,000,000 authorized; 2,178,297 issued)	2,178,297	2,178,297
Additional paid in capital	3,346,245	3,346,245
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities - net of deferred taxes of $73,000 at January 31, 2016 and $101,000 at July 31, 2015	142,579	196,033
Retained earnings	42,576,047	41,951,946
Stockholders' Equity before Treasury Stock	48,243,168	47,672,521
Less common stock held in treasury, at cost - 162,517 shares at January 31, 2016 and at July 31, 2015 (Note 11)	1,287,852	1,287,852
Total shareholders' equity	$ 46,955,316	$ 46,384,669
Contingencies (Note 14)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	$ 66,499,123	$ 66,436,103

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Common stock, par value	$ 1	$ 1
Common stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	2,178,297	2,178,297
Treasury stock, shares	162,517	162,517
Unrealized Gain on Available-for-sale Securities - Net of Deferred Taxes [Member]
Deferred taxes	$ 73,000	$ 101,000

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND RETAINED EARNINGS - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Revenues
Rental income (Notes 4 and 8)	$ 4,315,940	$ 4,412,233	$ 8,593,334	$ 8,752,590
Recovery of real estate taxes				10,625
Revenue to temporarily vacate lease (Note 13)	$ 291,667	$ 291,667	$ 583,334	583,334
Total revenues	4,607,607	4,703,900	9,176,668	9,346,549
Expenses
Real estate operating expenses	2,571,056	2,470,736	4,979,655	4,794,934
Administrative and general expenses	1,264,471	1,139,437	2,320,453	2,122,730
Depreciation and amortization (Note 6)	407,400	443,822	814,150	884,807
Total expenses	4,242,927	4,053,995	8,114,258	7,802,471
Income from operations before investment income, interest expense and income taxes	364,680	649,905	1,062,410	1,544,078
Investment income and interest expense:
Investment income (loss) (Note 3)	(80)	26,353	7,142	32,544
Interest expense (Notes 5, 7 and 10)	(58,874)	(92,345)	(123,451)	(201,037)
Interest Income (Expense), Net	(58,954)	(65,992)	(116,309)	(168,493)
Income from operations before income taxes	305,726	583,913	946,101	1,375,585
Income taxes provided	83,000	255,000	322,000	608,000
Net income	222,726	328,913	624,101	767,585
Retained earnings, beginning of period	42,353,321	40,181,936	41,951,946	39,743,264
Retained earnings, end of period	$ 42,576,047	$ 40,510,849	$ 42,576,047	$ 40,510,849
Income per common share (Note 2)	$ 0.11	$ 0.16	$ 0.31	$ 0.38
Dividends per share
Average common shares outstanding	2,015,780	2,015,780	2,015,780	2,015,780

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME [Abstract]
Net income	$ 222,726	$ 328,913	$ 624,101	$ 767,585
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities:
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period, net of taxes (benefit) of ($17,000) and ($10,000) for the three months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and ($28,000) and $23,000 for the six months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.	(34,050)	(12,823)	(53,454)	29,339
Comprehensive income	$ 188,676	$ 316,090	$ 570,647	$ 796,924

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Parenthetical) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME [Abstract]
Unrealized holding gains arising during the period, tax	$ (17,000)	$ (10,000)	$ (28,000)	$ 23,000

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	$ 624,101	$ 767,585
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	814,150	884,807
Amortization of deferred charges	170,079	181,870
Realized (gain) loss on sale of marketable securities	38,538	(386)
Other assets - unbilled receivables	192,022	(17,813)
- deferred charges	(42,070)	(414,970)
Deferred income taxes	322,000	353,000
Deferred revenue	(583,334)	(583,334)
Changes in:
Receivables	(51,407)	$ (40,394)
Real estate tax refundable	(16,474)
Income taxes refundable	97,399	$ (68,926)
Prepaid expenses	12,851	(21,586)
Accounts payable	60,433	(50,343)
Payroll and other accrued liabilities	(35,620)	207,873
Other taxes payable	6,028	4,320
Cash provided by operating activities	1,608,696	1,201,703
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(1,256,843)	(871,925)
Security deposits	78,908	39,262
Marketable securities:
Receipts from sales or maturities	238,663	270,974
Payments for purchases	(65,613)	(302,246)
Cash (used) by investing activities	(1,004,885)	(863,935)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Increase - security deposits	$ (81,007)	20,107
Increase - mortgage debt		652,274
Mortgage and other debt payments	$ (74,127)	(73,609)
Cash provided (used) by financing activities	(155,134)	598,772
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	448,677	936,540
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	4,085,704	1,892,760
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 4,534,381	$ 2,829,300

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Accounting Records and Use of Estimates

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Accounting Records and Use of Estimates: [Abstract]

Accounting Records and Use of Estimates:

1.

Accounting Records and Use of Estimates:

The accounting records are maintained in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of the Company's financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The estimates that we make include allowance for doubtful accounts, depreciation and amortization, income tax assets and liabilities, fair value of marketable securities and revenue recognition. Estimates are based on historical experience where applicable or other assumptions that management believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results may differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The interim financial statements are prepared pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q. The July 31, 2015 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. The interim financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in the Company's latest Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2015. In the opinion of management, the interim financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair statement of the results for interim periods. The results of operations for the current period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year ending July 31, 2016. The computation of the annual expected effective tax rate at each interim period requires certain estimates and assumptions including, but not limited to, the expected operating income for the year and future periods, projections of the proportion of income (or loss), and permanent and temporary differences. The accounting estimates used to compute the provision for income taxes may change as new events occur, more experience is acquired, or as additional information is obtained. To the extent that the estimated annual effective tax rate changes during a quarter, the effect of the change on prior quarters is included in tax expense for the current quarter. On September 13, 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final income tax regulations on the deduction and capitalization of expenditures related to tangible property (“tangible property regulations”). The tangible property regulations clarify and expand sections 162(a) and 263(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), which relate to amounts paid to acquire, produce, or improve tangible property. Additionally, the tangible property regulations provide final guidance under IRC section 167 regarding accounting for and retirement of depreciable property and regulations under IRC section 168 relating to the accounting for property under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System. The tangible property regulations affect all taxpayers that acquire, produce, or improve tangible property, and generally apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The Company implemented the tangible property regulations with the filing of the federal tax return for the year ended July 31, 2015. For the year ended July 31, 2015, after implementing the tangible property regulations, the Company incurred a federal net operating loss of $8,191,403. The Company was able to carryback $1,582,003, generating a federal income tax refund receivable of $537,881. The remainder of the federal net operating loss approximating $6,609,000 will be available to offset future taxable income. In addition, as of July 31, 2015 the Company had state and city net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $9,000,000 available to offset future state and city taxable income. The net operating loss carryforwards will expire, if not used, in 2035. New York State and New York City taxes for years through July 31, 2015 are calculated using the higher of taxes based on income or the respective capital-based franchise taxes. In April 2014, the New York State governor signed into law legislation overhauling the New York State franchise tax on corporations. The changes in the law will be effective for the Company's year ending July 31, 2016. The state capital-based tax will be phased out over a 7-year period. As of July, 2015, the Company anticipates New York State taxes will be based on capital through 2022, and New York City taxes will be based on capital for the foreseeable future. Capital based franchise taxes are recorded to administrative and general expense. Due to the application of the capital-based tax while the net operating loss still applies, or due to the possible absence of State taxable income in the years beyond 2022 to which the State loss can be carried, the Company has not recorded the New York State or New York City tax benefit of its net operating loss carryforwards. Also, to reflect its expectation that reversal of temporary differences will not result in New York State or City tax based on income, as of July 31, 2015 the Company decreased the deferred tax asset, deferred tax liability, and deferred taxes on unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities by $380,000, $771,000 and $26,000, respectively, resulting in a State and City deferred tax benefit of $365,000. Recent accounting pronouncements: In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2013-11, "Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Carryforward Exists.” The Company adopted ASU 2013-11 in the fourth quarter of fiscal year ended July 31, 2015. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on these condensed consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued an update (“ASU 2014-09”) establishing ASC Topic 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 establishes a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most of the existing revenue recognition guidance. ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services and also requires certain additional disclosures. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual reporting in fiscal years that begin after December 15, 2016. ASU 2015-14 extended the implementation date for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2017. The adoption of the update on August 1, 2018 is not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Income Per Share of Common Stock

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Income Per Share of Common Stock: [Abstract]

Income Per Share of Common Stock:

2.	Income Per Share of Common Stock:
	Income per share has been computed by dividing the net income for the periods by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the periods, adjusted for the purchase of treasury stock. Shares used in computing income per share were 2,015,780 for the six months ended January 31, 2016 and January 31, 2015.

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Marketable Securities

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Marketable Securities: [Abstract]

Marketable Securities:

3.	Marketable Securities:
	The Company categorizes marketable securities as either trading, available-for-sale or held-to-maturity. Trading securities are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in income. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities with unrealized gains and losses recorded as a separate component of shareholders' equity. Held-to-maturity securities are carried at amortized cost. Dividends and interest income are accrued as earned. Realized gains and losses are determined on a specific identification basis. The Company reviews marketable securities for impairment whenever circumstances and situations change such that there is an indication that the carrying amounts may not be recovered. The Company did not classify any securities as trading or held to maturity during the six months ended January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015.
	The Company follows GAAP which establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the valuation techniques and creates the following three broad levels, with Level 1 valuation being the highest priority:
		Level 1 valuation inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date (e.g., equity securities traded on the New York Stock Exchange).

	Level 2 valuation inputs are from other than quoted market prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (e.g., quoted market prices of similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted market prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active).
	Level 3 valuation inputs are unobservable (e.g., an entity's own data) and should be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available.
Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015. Equity securities are valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded that the Company has access to. Mutual funds are valued at the daily closing price as reported by the fund. Mutual funds held by the Company are open-end mutual funds that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These funds are required to publish their daily net asset value (“NAV”) and to transact at that price. The mutual funds held by the Company are deemed to be actively traded.

In accordance with the provisions of Fair Value Measurements, the following are the Company's financial assets measured on a recurring basis presented at fair value.

	Fair value measurements at reporting date using
	Total								Total
	January 31,								July 31,
Description	2016		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		2015		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Marketable securities -
available-for-sale	$	1,168,462	$	1,168,462	$	–	$	–	$	1,461,504	$	1,461,504	$	–	$	–

Fair Value of Investments in Entities that Use NAV

The following table summarizes investments measured at fair value based on NAV per share as of January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015, respectively.

			Unfunded	Redemption Frequency	Redemption
January 31, 2016	Fair Value		Commitments	(if currently eligible)	Notice Period
First Eagle Global CL I	$	258,304	n/a	Daily	None
Parnasus Core Equity Investor CL	$	287,101	n/a	Daily	None
			Unfunded	Redemption Frequency	Redemption
July 31, 2015	Fair Value		Commitments	(if currently eligible)	Notice Period
First Eagle Global CL I	$	271,462	n/a	Daily	None
Parnasus Core Equity Investor CL	$	305,626	n/a	Daily	None
Columbia Flexible Income CL A	$	271,076	n/a	Daily	None

As of January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015, the Company's marketable securities were classified as follows:

	January 31, 2016								July 31, 2015
			Gross		Gross						Gross		Gross
			Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair				Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value		Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
Noncurrent:
Available-for-sale:
Mutual funds	$	474,669	$	70,736	$	–	$	545,405	$	719,245	$	131,639	$	2,720	$	848,164
Equity securities		478,214		144,843		–		623,057		445,227		168,113		–		613,340
	$	952,883	$	215,579	$	–	$	1,168,462	$	1,164,472	$	299,752	$	2,720	$	1,461,504

The Company's debt and equity securities, gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that the investment securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at January 31, 2016 are as follows:

	January 31, 2016				July 31, 2015
			Less Than				Less Than
Mutual funds	Fair Value		12 Months		Fair Value		12 Months
	$	–	$	–	$	271,076	$	2,720

Investment income consists of the following:

	Three Months Ended					Six Months Ended
	January 31					January 31
	2016			2015		2016			2015
Gain (loss) on sale of marketable securities	$	(38,538	)	$	–	$	(38,538	)	$	386
Interest income		756			662		1,665			1,287
Dividend income		37,702			25,691		44,015			30,871
Total	$	(80	)	$	26,353	$	7,142		$	32,544

   

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Financial Instruments and Credit Risk Concentrations

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Financial Instruments and Credit Risk Concentrations: [Abstract]

Financial Instruments and Credit Risk Concentrations:

4.

Financial Instruments and Credit Risk Concentrations:

Financial instruments that are potentially subject to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of marketable securities, cash and cash equivalents and receivables. Marketable securities and cash and cash equivalents are placed with multiple financial institutions and multiple instruments to minimize risk. No assurance can be made that such financial institutions and instruments will minimize all such risk. The Company derives rental income from forty-nine tenants, of which one tenant accounted for 18.73% and another tenant accounted for 15.50% of rental income during the six months ended January 31, 2016. No other tenant accounted for more than 10% of rental income during the same period. The Company has one irrevocable Letter of Credit totaling $230,000 at January 31, 2016 and July 31, 2015 provided by a tenant as a security deposit.

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Long-Term Debt - Mortgage

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Long-Term Debt - Mortgage: [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt - Mortgage:

5. Long-Term Debt – Mortgage:

			January 31, 2016				July 31, 2015
	Current
	Annual	Final	Due		Due		Due		Due
	Interest	Payment	Within		After		Within		After
	Rate	Date	One Year		One Year		One Year		One Year
Bond St. building, Brooklyn, NY	3.54%	2/01/20	$	153,511	$	5,709,650	$	150,763	$	5,786,525

The Company, on August 19, 2004, closed a loan with a bank for a $12,000,000 multiple draw term loan. The loan consisted of: a) a permanent, first mortgage loan to refinance an existing first mortgage loan affecting the Fishkill, New York property, which matured on July 1, 2004 (the “First Permanent Loan”), b) a permanent subordinate mortgage loan in the amount of $1,870,000 (the “Second Permanent Loan”), and c) multiple, successively subordinate loans in the amount of $8,295,274 (“Subordinate Building Loans”). The Company, in February 2008, converted the loan totaling $12,000,000 to a seven (7) year permanent mortgage loan. The interest rate on conversion was 6.98%. On January 9, 2015, the Company refinanced the loan for $6,000,000, which included the outstanding balance as of January 2015 in the amount of $5,347,726 and an additional borrowing of $652,274. The loan is for a period of five years with a payment based on a twenty-five year amortization period. The interest rate for this period is fixed at 3.54% per annum. The mortgage loan is secured by the Bond Street building in Brooklyn, New York.

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Property and Equipment - at cost

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Property and Equipment - at cost: [Abstract]

Property and Equipment - at cost:

6. Property and Equipment – at cost:

	January 31 2016		July 31 2015
Property:
Buildings and improvements	$	76,854,272	$	76,289,486
Improvements to leased property		1,478,012		1,478,012
Land		6,067,805		6,067,805
Construction in progress		1,331,099		639,042
		85,731,188		84,474,345
Less accumulated depreciation		37,208,925		36,413,975
Property - net		48,522,263		48,060,370
Fixtures and equipment and other:
Fixtures and equipment		144,544		144,544
Other fixed assets		235,623		235,623
		380,167		380,167
Less accumulated depreciation		268,345		249,145
Fixtures and equipment and other - net		111,822		131,022
Property and equipment - net	$	48,634,085	$	48,191,392

                Construction in progress includes:

	January 31 2016		July 31 2015
Building improvements at 9 Bond Street in Brooklyn, NY	$	188,387	$	144,041
Building improvements at 25 Elm Place in Brooklyn, NY		1,054,132		495,001
Building improvements at Jamaica, NY		88,580		–
	$	1,331,099	$	639,042

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Note Payable - Related Party

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Note Payable - Related Party: [Abstract]

Note Payable - Related Party:

7.

Note Payable - Related Party:

On December 15, 2004, the Company borrowed $1,000,000 on an unsecured basis from a former director of the Company, who at the time was also a greater than 10% beneficial owner of the outstanding common stock of the Company. The former director passed away in November 2012 and the note is currently an asset of the estate of the former director. Interest payments pursuant to the note have been assigned to a trust provided for by the will of the deceased former director. The loan has been repeatedly renewed to its current maturity date of December 15, 2016 at an interest rate of 5% per annum. The note is prepayable in whole or in part at any time without penalty. The constant quarterly payment of interest is $12,500. The interest paid was $25,000 for the six months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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Unbilled Receivables and Rental Income

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Unbilled Receivables and Rental Income: [Abstract]

Unbilled Receivables and Rental Income:

8.	Unbilled Receivables and Rental Income:
	Unbilled receivables represent the excess of scheduled rental income recognized on a straight-line basis over rental income as it becomes receivable according to the provisions of each lease.

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Employees' Retirement Plan

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Employees' Retirement Plan: [Abstract]

Employees' Retirement Plan:

9.

Employees' Retirement Plan:

The Company sponsors a noncontributory Money Purchase Plan covering substantially all of its non-union employees. Operations were charged $98,296 and $195,718 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2016, respectively, and $115,675 and $210,495 as contributions to the Plan for the three and six months ended January 31, 2015, respectively. Multi-employer plan: The Company contributes to a union sponsored multi-employer pension plan covering its union employees. The Company contributions to the pension plan were $16,440 and $29,593 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2016, respectively, and $13,571 and $23,908 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2015, respectively. Contributions and costs are determined in accordance with the provisions of negotiated labor contracts or terms of the plans. The Company also contributes to union sponsored health benefit plans. Contingent Liability for Pension Plan: Information as to the Company's portion of accumulated plan benefits and plan assets is not reported separately by the pension plan. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, upon withdrawal from a multi-employer benefit plan, an employer is required to continue to pay its proportionate share of the plan's unfunded vested benefits, if any. Any liability under this provision cannot be determined: however, the Company has not made a decision to withdraw from the plan. Information for contributing employer's participation in the multi-employer plan:

Legal name of Plan:	United Food and Commercial
	Workers Local 888 Pension Fund
Employer identification number:	13-6367793
Plan number:	001
Date of most recent Form 5500:	December 31, 2014
Certified zone status:	Critical Status
Status determination date:	January 1, 2014
Plan used extended amortization provisions in status
calculation:	Yes
Minimum required contribution:	None
Employer contributing greater than 5% of Plan
contributions for year ended December 31, 2014:	Yes
Rehabilitation plan implemented:	Yes
Employer subject to surcharge:	Yes
Contract expiration date:	November 30, 2016

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Cash Flow Information

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Cash Flow Information: [Abstract]

Cash Flow Information:

10.	Cash Flow Information:
	For purposes of reporting cash flows, the Company considers cash equivalents to consist of short-term highly liquid investments with maturities of three (3) months or less, which are readily convertible into cash.

Supplemental disclosure:	Six Months Ended
	January 31
	2016		2015
Interest paid, net of capitalized interest of $18,127 (2016)
and $5,359 (2015)	$	123,677	$	233,622
Income taxes paid	$	23,654	$	323,926

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Common Stock

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Common Stock: [Abstract]

Common Stock:

11.	Common Stock:
	The Company has one class of common stock with identical voting rights and rights to liquidation.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income: [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income:

12.	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income:
	The only component of accumulated other comprehensive income is unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale securities. A summary of the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for the three and six months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	January 31						January 31
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)
Beginning balance, net of tax effect	$	176,629		$	171,574		$	196,033		$	129,412
Other comprehensive income, net of tax effect:
Unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale
securities		(51,050	)		(22,823	)		(81,454	)		52,339
Tax effect		17,000			10,000			28,000			(23,000	)
Unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale
securities, net of tax effect		(34,050	)		(12,823	)		(53,454	)		29,339
Ending balance, net of tax effect	$	142,579		$	158,751		$	142,579		$	158,751

 

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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement [Abstract]

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

13.	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement:
	On June 16, 2014, the Company entered into a Second Amendment of Lease (the "Amendment") with 33 Bond St. LLC ("Bond"), its landlord, for certain truck bays and approximately 1,000 square feet located at the cellar level within a garage at Livingston and Bond Street ("Premises"). Pursuant to the Amendment, (1) a lease option for the Premises was exercised extending the lease until December 8, 2043, (2) the Company, simultaneously with the execution of the Amendment, vacated the Premises so that Bond may demolish the building in which the Premises is located in order to develop and construct a new building at the location, and (3) Bond agreed to redeliver to the Company possession of the reconfigured Premises after construction.
	As consideration under the Amendment, Bond agreed to pay the Company a total of $3,500,000. Upon execution of the Amendment, the Company recorded $3,500,000 to deferred revenue to be amortized to revenue to temporarily vacate the premises over the expected vacate period of 36 months. Bond tendered $2,250,000 simultaneously with the execution of the Amendment, and the balance due of $1,250,000 on June 16, 2015 has been received by the Company.
	In connection with the Amendment, the parties also agreed to settle a pending lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County, Index No. 50796/13 (the "Action"), in which the Company sought, among other things, a declaratory judgment that it validly renewed the lease for the Premises, and Bond sought, among other things, a declaratory judgment that the lease expired by its terms on December 8, 2013. Pursuant to a stipulation of settlement, filed on June 16, 2014, the Action, including all claims and counterclaims, has been discontinued with prejudice, without costs or attorneys' fees to any party as against the other. The stipulation of settlement also contains general releases by both parties of all claims.

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Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Contingencies: [Abstract]

Contingencies:

14.	Contingencies:
	There are various lawsuits and claims pending against the Company. It is the opinion of management that the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
	If the Company sells, transfers, disposes of, or demolishes 25 Elm Place, Brooklyn, New York, then the Company may be liable to create a condominium unit for the loading dock. The necessity of creating the condominium unit and the cost of such condominium unit cannot be determined at this time.
	Because of defective workmanship and breach of contract, the Company commenced litigation against a contractor to pay damages and return in full $376,467 of a deposit paid when work commenced to replace a roof on the Fishkill, New York building. As of January 31, 2016, this deposit is included in other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in security deposits. Based on limited information available at this time, the Company cannot predict the outcome of this matter and expects to vigorously pursue this contractor until the deposit is returned and damages are paid.

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Marketable Securities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Marketable Securities: [Abstract]

Schedule of financial assets measured at fair value on recurring basis

	Fair value measurements at reporting date using
	Total								Total
	January 31,								July 31,
Description	2016		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		2015		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Marketable securities -
available-for-sale	$	1,168,462	$	1,168,462	$	–	$	–	$	1,461,504	$	1,461,504	$	–	$	–

Schedule of investments measured at fair value

			Unfunded	Redemption Frequency	Redemption
January 31, 2016	Fair Value		Commitments	(if currently eligible)	Notice Period
First Eagle Global CL I	$	258,304	n/a	Daily	None
Parnasus Core Equity Investor CL	$	287,101	n/a	Daily	None
			Unfunded	Redemption Frequency	Redemption
July 31, 2015	Fair Value		Commitments	(if currently eligible)	Notice Period
First Eagle Global CL I	$	271,462	n/a	Daily	None
Parnasus Core Equity Investor CL	$	305,626	n/a	Daily	None
Columbia Flexible Income CL A	$	271,076	n/a	Daily	None

Schedule of classified marketable securities

	January 31, 2016								July 31, 2015
			Gross		Gross						Gross		Gross
			Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair				Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value		Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
Noncurrent:
Available-for-sale:
Mutual funds	$	474,669	$	70,736	$	–	$	545,405	$	719,245	$	131,639	$	2,720	$	848,164
Equity securities		478,214		144,843		–		623,057		445,227		168,113		–		613,340
	$	952,883	$	215,579	$	–	$	1,168,462	$	1,164,472	$	299,752	$	2,720	$	1,461,504

Schedule of investment securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position

	January 31, 2016				July 31, 2015
			Less Than				Less Than
Mutual funds	Fair Value		12 Months		Fair Value		12 Months
	$	–	$	–	$	271,076	$	2,720

Schedule of investment income

	Three Months Ended					Six Months Ended
	January 31					January 31
	2016			2015		2016			2015
Gain (loss) on sale of marketable securities	$	(38,538	)	$	–	$	(38,538	)	$	386
Interest income		756			662		1,665			1,287
Dividend income		37,702			25,691		44,015			30,871
Total	$	(80	)	$	26,353	$	7,142		$	32,544

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Long-Term Debt - Mortgage (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Long-Term Debt - Mortgage: [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt

			January 31, 2016				July 31, 2015
	Current
	Annual	Final	Due		Due		Due		Due
	Interest	Payment	Within		After		Within		After
	Rate	Date	One Year		One Year		One Year		One Year
Bond St. building, Brooklyn, NY	3.54%	2/01/20	$	153,511	$	5,709,650	$	150,763	$	5,786,525

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Property and Equipment - at cost (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Property and Equipment - at cost: [Abstract]

Schedule of property and equipment

	January 31 2016		July 31 2015
Property:
Buildings and improvements	$	76,854,272	$	76,289,486
Improvements to leased property		1,478,012		1,478,012
Land		6,067,805		6,067,805
Construction in progress		1,331,099		639,042
		85,731,188		84,474,345
Less accumulated depreciation		37,208,925		36,413,975
Property - net		48,522,263		48,060,370
Fixtures and equipment and other:
Fixtures and equipment		144,544		144,544
Other fixed assets		235,623		235,623
		380,167		380,167
Less accumulated depreciation		268,345		249,145
Fixtures and equipment and other - net		111,822		131,022
Property and equipment - net	$	48,634,085	$	48,191,392

Schedule of property and equipment construction in progress

	January 31 2016		July 31 2015
Building improvements at 9 Bond Street in Brooklyn, NY	$	188,387	$	144,041
Building improvements at 25 Elm Place in Brooklyn, NY		1,054,132		495,001
Building improvements at Jamaica, NY		88,580		–
	$	1,331,099	$	639,042

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Cash Flow Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Cash Flow Information: [Abstract]

Schedule of cash flow information

Supplemental disclosure:	Six Months Ended
	January 31
	2016		2015
Interest paid, net of capitalized interest of $18,127 (2016)
and $5,359 (2015)	$	123,677	$	233,622
Income taxes paid	$	23,654	$	323,926

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income: [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	January 31						January 31
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)
Beginning balance, net of tax effect	$	176,629		$	171,574		$	196,033		$	129,412
Other comprehensive income, net of tax effect:
Unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale
securities		(51,050	)		(22,823	)		(81,454	)		52,339
Tax effect		17,000			10,000			28,000			(23,000	)
Unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale
securities, net of tax effect		(34,050	)		(12,823	)		(53,454	)		29,339
Ending balance, net of tax effect	$	142,579		$	158,751		$	142,579		$	158,751

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Accounting Records and Use of Estimates (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Reduction in deferred tax asset on revision of tax code	$ 380,000
Reduction in deferred tax liability on revision of tax code	771,000
Reduction in deferred taxes on securities, revision of tax code	26,000
State and City deferred tax benefit	365,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards	$ 6,609,000	$ 8,191,403
Net operating loss utilized		1,582,003
Tax refund		537,881
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards		$ 9,000,000

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Income Per Share of Common Stock (Narrative) (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Income Per Share of Common Stock: [Abstract]
Average common shares outstanding	2,015,780	2,015,780	2,015,780	2,015,780

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Marketable Securities (Schedule of financial assets measured at fair value on recurring basis) (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Marketable securities -
Available-for-sale	$ 1,168,462	$ 1,461,504
Level 1 [Member]
Marketable securities -
Available-for-sale	$ 1,168,462	$ 1,461,504
Level 2 [Member]
Marketable securities -
Available-for-sale
Level 3 [Member]
Marketable securities -
Available-for-sale

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Marketable Securities (Schedule of investments measured at fair value) (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
First Eagle Global CL I [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 258,304	$ 271,462
Parnasus Core Equity Investor CL [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 287,101	305,626
Columbia Flexible Income CL A [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value		$ 271,076

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Marketable Securities (Schedule of classified marketable securities) (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Available-for-sale - Cost	$ 952,883	$ 1,164,472
Gross Unrealized Gains	$ 215,579	299,752
Gross Unrealized Losses		2,720
Available-for-sale - Fair Value	$ 1,168,462	1,461,504
Noncurrent [Member] | Mutual Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale - Cost	474,669	719,245
Gross Unrealized Gains	$ 70,736	131,639
Gross Unrealized Losses		2,720
Available-for-sale - Fair Value	$ 545,405	848,164
Noncurrent [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Available-for-sale - Cost	478,214	445,227
Gross Unrealized Gains	$ 144,843	$ 168,113
Gross Unrealized Losses
Available-for-sale - Fair Value	$ 623,057	$ 613,340

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Marketable Securities (Schedule of Securities in a Continuous Unrealized Loss Position) (Details) - Mutual Funds [Member] - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair Value		$ 271,076
Less Than 12 Months		$ 2,720

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Marketable Securities (Schedule of investment income) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Marketable Securities: [Abstract]
Gain (loss) on sale of marketable securities	$ (38,538)		$ (38,538)	$ 386
Interest income	756	$ 662	1,665	1,287
Dividend income	37,702	25,691	44,015	30,871
Total	$ (80)	$ 26,353	$ 7,142	$ 32,544

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Financial Instruments and Credit Risk Concentrations (Narrative) (Details)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($) tenant	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of tenants | tenant	49
Irrevocable letter of credit | $	$ 230,000	$ 230,000
Rental income [Member] | Tenant One [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	18.73%
Rental income [Member] | Tenant Two [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	15.50%

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Long-Term Debt - Mortgage (Schedule of long-term debt) (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Due After One Year	$ 5,709,650	$ 5,786,525
Bond St. building, Brooklyn, NY [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Due Within One Year	153,511	150,763
Due After One Year	$ 5,709,650	$ 5,786,525
Final Payment Date	Feb. 01, 2020
Current Annual Interest Rate	3.54%

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Long-Term Debt - Mortgage (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 09, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016	Aug. 19, 2004
Fishkill, New York Property [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of loan			$ 12,000,000
Term of loan		7 years
Interest rate, percent		6.98%
Bond St. Building, Brooklyn, N Y [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of loan	$ 6,000,000
Amount outstanding	5,347,726
Additional borrowing	$ 652,274
Term of loan		5 years
Amortization period of loan		25 years
Interest rate, percent		3.54%
Bond St. building, Brooklyn, NY [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate, percent		3.54%
Permanent Subordinate Mortgage [Member] | Fishkill, New York Property [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of loan			1,870,000
Multiple Successively Subordinate Loans [Member] | Fishkill, New York Property [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of loan			$ 8,295,274

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Property and Equipment - at cost (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment - net	$ 48,634,085	$ 48,191,392
Construction in progress	1,331,099	639,042
Building improvements at 9 Bond Street in Brooklyn, NY [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Construction in progress	188,387	144,041
Building improvements at 25 Elm Place in Brooklyn, NY [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Construction in progress	1,054,132	$ 495,001
Building improvements at Jamaica, NY [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Construction in progress	88,580
Property [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	85,731,188	$ 84,474,345
Less accumulated depreciation	37,208,925	36,413,975
Property and equipment - net	48,522,263	48,060,370
Buildings and improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	76,854,272	76,289,486
Improvements to leased property [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	1,478,012	1,478,012
Land [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	6,067,805	6,067,805
Construction in Progress [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	1,331,099	639,042
Fixtures and equipment and other [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	380,167	380,167
Less accumulated depreciation	268,345	249,145
Property and equipment - net	111,822	131,022
Fixtures and equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	144,544	144,544
Other fixed assets [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	$ 235,623	$ 235,623

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Note Payable - Related Party (Details) - Related Party Note Payable [Member] - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 15, 2004	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from related party	$ 1,000,000
Minimum percentage of beneficially owned common stock	10.00%
Periodic payment of interest		$ 12,500
Interest expense		$ 25,000	$ 25,000
Interest rate		5.00%

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Employees' Retirement Plan (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Employees' Retirement Plan: [Abstract]
Pension contributions	$ 98,296	$ 115,675	$ 195,718	$ 210,495
Employer contributions	$ 16,440	$ 13,571	$ 29,593	$ 23,908

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Cash Flow Information (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Cash Flow Information: [Abstract]
Interest paid, net of capitalized interest of $18,127 (2016) and $5,359 (2015)	$ 123,677	$ 233,622
Income taxes paid	23,654	323,926
Capitalized interest	$ 18,127	$ 5,359

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income: [Abstract]
Beginning balance, net of tax effect	$ 176,629	$ 171,574	$ 196,033	$ 129,412
Other comprehensive income, net of tax effect:
Unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale securities	(51,050)	(22,823)	(81,454)	52,339
Tax effect	17,000	10,000	28,000	(23,000)
Unrealized gains (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect	(34,050)	(12,823)	(53,454)	29,339
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax effect:
Ending balance, net of tax effect	$ 142,579	$ 158,751	$ 142,579	$ 158,751

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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement (Details) - 33 Bond St. LLC [Member]	Jun. 16, 2014 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 3,500,000
Tendered amount with execution of the Amendment	2,250,000
Balance due	$ 1,250,000

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Contingencies (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Fishkill, New York Property [Member]
Damages filed	$ 376,467