The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-04

will give $50, OBJ 90. which will not be
more than will be required.
Condition of the fund raised to pay cou-
pons of bonds of the city, issued to the
/ Il. & C.. r. b.: 1-le" 20 faf
There was due from said fund to ~
the city, May !, ls66,,-....-s....+sll.s 5s IS
conpens due Nov 1855 i58
$3.50 "a IL Ill -
crrs anon n b of special levy OFF, -. :.
hae i516f "a
Balance due from said flu nd TO .city.s 2I96 40
Amount required TO be raised on account
nsofisahd fund, viz. nnnn a5sH ~
Bal eala tos dH ,ss e city Ma ISIS ss 20
Coupons due May 1, istS-...::.... 1,l55 90
ups 20 Ap7aoa q saE-.-s ~ s4,5es 10
As this tax can only be raised on
the faxaRle property of the original
city oOff Evansville and its enlarge
ments. excluding Lamasco and its en-
llargemehts, and as the aggregate of
said property is 81, ST ,235, a'leyy of
five cents on each 800 Of the value,
of said property, which would pros
duce the sum of Sc, 438 OIL, subject to
DEDUCTIONS Of abatement and costs Of
collection. .sye
The Mayor recomme nded for general
purposes, in view of the wants of the
city, superinduced by the vast inn
provements going on, a levy OF 20
cents on each 800 of the assess
ment. ~ ..5a tf
The Mayor gave, also, candid,
succinct and highly interesting state
ment of what the city has done and
what it is doug. as we'll as some
things which it desired to do.
Dir. Heilmanl suggested that spe-
cial levyioP 10 cents on the 500 for
school purposes be made. Mayor
Baker thoughtit would not be advis-
able TO do 50 this year. After fur
Their discus SION tie Mayor read TIE
annexed acts. on tie subject, and
showed that Sach q q x. would not be
indispensable until O6i6ber. 1868:
1t was agreed TO levy a general tax
of Is cents on@each 800 OF the asst
sessment, and 81 poll tax For the
E., l. 81 q. Straight Line Railroad |
Fund a.levy of Is cents on each 500 |
was made, and ior payment Of cou
pons of bonds issued to the Il. d G. |
Railroad a levy of five cents on each
500 was made, and for school pur-
poses special tax of ten cents on
each 800 OF the assessment. @p~h /
II, 5HornbroOks was authorized to |
purchase for the use of the city two |
of Fairbanks scales, for the purpose |
of weighing coal, at, $175 each. |
County Commissioner Decker, on |
behalf of the Board of County Com |
missioners, asked the City Council to
pass am ordinance to prohibit steam
boats from landing paupers at this
city. 1t was referred to Robert A. ]
Hill. the Attorney for the County !
Board, to draw up an ordinance to be !
submitted to the Council.
On motion it was ordered that rs
feet OF the wharf above Walnut Street
be appropriated to the use of Captain
Liter at S25 per month.
The wharf report for the week end
ing August 81, showed that ffty-two
boats had landed, and that the total
collections amounted to S401 0S.
The wharf report for the month of /
August showed that one hundred and /
seveDty-nine steamboats, had landed
Total collections for the month were
$949 90.
The following bills were presented
and allowed
A. Darling, keeping prisoners for
the month of August, $50 30.
John McInnerney, on sidewalks,
1913 80. 4q
Liant Bros on account of sewers
to be paid in bonds at one and two
years, So. 1859.
The Mayor submitted sundry side
walk reports which were approved
and ordered to be assessed up.
The, subject Of public cisterns was
at, some length and then
postponed until Monday night.
It was agreed to take propeller
and make voyage Of exploration up
the river, at 81 o'clock Wednesday
morning. ,sr,
On motion the Council adjourned.