Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-04-15
Municipal Affairs.

Tuesday cvenin. last. ny the election OF
Francis Henry President, auI William
II. Cushman Clerk At a meeting on
Wednesday evening the following Standing
COMMITTEES were announced: On Finance.
Messrs. Percival and Scott; on Streets.
Nc>srs. Murphy and Steele; ON Health
and Police Mc,srs Steele and Scott; ON
Schools, Nessrs Murphy AMI rcrcival;
Fire Warlens, Messrs Scott and Pcrcival
The President, on taking the chair, stated
that the revenues Of the town last year
from all sources amounted to S5,22SS 50,
exclusive of the school fund The MUM
cipal tax of one half of one per cent upon
the taxable property within the corpora
ton, yielded 5000 81. Somewhere near
$1,000 of the revenue of the last year (tax
and licenses) was paid in the paper of the
town. This sum would have more than
paid the interest on the whole debt The
debt Of the town, at this time, amounts
with its accumulated interest, to about
SlO,23l rs. The interest upon this (com-
pounded( for the ensuing year, would re-
quire 81 ,S42. He suggested that especial
tax of one fourth Of one per cent. be levied
for the purpose Of paying the interest upon
the debt. This tax, estimated upon the
municipal tax of last year, would produce
1881 95; the deficiency could be made
up from the municipal fund. lie recon-
mended that the Board levy municipal
tax Of five mills The amount Of road tax
to be levied each year is fixed by the gen
eral law of the Territory at " one days
work for each and every one thousand dol
lars assessed for Territorial and county
purposes, the last preceding year." and
it provides that days work may be COM
mutcd by the payment Of S. in money.
The supervisors of roads, under said gcner-
al law, assess and collect the road tax The
act of incorporation of the town of Olym.
pia, section of article provides that " for
the purposes Of this act, said town shall
not be included in any road district, but
the road tax due by law within said town,
shall be collected by the Town Marshal,
at such times as he may be directed by Or
dinancc, and expended under his direction
as prescribed by ordinance lie suggest
cd that the Street Committee report an or
dinance in which the duties of assessing
and collecting the road tax imposed upon
supervisors by the general law, shall be in
trusted to the Marshal as contemplated by
the charter The ordinance should fix the
time within which the assessment ana col
lection of the road tax should be made, and
prescribe the manner in which said tax
shall be expended by tho Marshal.
The President stated, in referring to po-
lice regulations, that since the early part
of November last, two persons have been
employed in the capacity of night watch
men, at salaries Of s75and $50 respectively.
a subscription was signed by number of
our citizens, who agreed to give stated
amounts per month towards the payment
Of said watchmen for the period of six
months. Until last month the town guar
antecd to make up the amount that the
collections on subscription should fall short
of paying the salaries as above stated
At the commencement of the last month,
the Board notified the watchmen that the
town would only be responsible thence
forth for the payment of $40 per month
for night watch, balance to be obtained on
subscription. Both watchmcn have since
requested to be relieved from further duty.
In referring to the Town Hall, he said,
that during the past year said building had
been under the direction of committee of
two. The system had not worked we'll.
There should be some one person response
bic for the care of the building and en-
trusted with the duty of enforcing such
rules as the Board might prescribe.
The several suggestions of the President
were, on motion, referred to the appropri-
ate committees the Marshal was instruct.
ed to employ temporary night police force,
and the Board adjourned to next Tuesday
evening.
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ceived here during the past week, from