The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-04-19
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
An Ordinance Passed TO Levy a school
Tax OfTwenty Cents.


met in regular session last Monday
night. when the following ordinance
was enacted.
Be il enacted by the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of the town of
Milan, Tennessee,
Section /. That there shall be lev
led and collected for the year 1884
the sum of twenty (20cts) cents on
each one hundred dollars worth of tax
able property within the corporate
limits of the town of Milan, Tennes-
see, for the benefit of the public
schools in said town.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That
the tax so levied and collected shall
only be applied to the maintenance of
the public schools within the limits of
said town and shall I've so applied.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
before said tax shall be levied and
collected the proposition to levy and
collect the same shall have first been
submitted to the qualified voters of
said town. and ratified by them at
general election to be holden for that
purpose on the Goth day of April,
1884. SAID election to be holden as
other general elections are held in
said town.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
at the election to be holden as afore,
said, those in favor of the levy of the
tax shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words "For School
Tax" and those opposed to the levy
OF the tax shall have written or prin-
ted on their ballots the words mo
School Tax"
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
ifthe required majority of the quail,
fed voters of said town shall vote 10
, levy said tax at the election to he
holden for that purpose, there shall he
: appointed by the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen of said town competent
free holder living within the 3urpor'
t atellimits there of whose duty it shall
be to assess the taxable property III
said town of Milan; provided that the
assessor who may he elected to assess
the property in said corporation tol
e general corporation purposes may at
!, the same time assess said property fol-
the purpose provided in this ordinance
and from such assessments made there
:. shall be made out Il tax list on al
t the property so assessed, which tax
g list shall be given TO the tax collector
of said town for collection, which
= shall not be later than the Ist day o
December, 1884.
It Sec 6. Be it further enacted, Tha
!. when said tax is collected the same
. shall be paid over to the treasurer-a
n other money collected from the taxa
!, Die property Of said town-as "a schoo
6 fund, to be drawn only for the use Of
u the public schools III the limits of salt
# town. mH eegI S. Ii. HALE,
Mayor and Recorder.
The following accounts were allow
ed and ordered paid.
. j Ii Dickinson, for moving s t
!. fence, 10 W
a Dave Rolin, moving dead
:, carcass, q
. Senter d Coulter, brick
q pavement and grub>
bling trees 1872 OF
= E f BIankinship, police
service,
q W ID Morley, work on
q streets, 3 81
,. l. Thompson, work on
/. streets, 8 8!
# w Y Mathis, hauling, 81
II K b Mitchum Il Co., haul
. ing, II Al
. j Il Foster, nails and cem~
etery lock, &C., 4 81
f d b Clark, hauling Oft 3
}. dogs, II
w A Wade, printing, 4 o'
w b Fronaperger, taxis, o(
" q b Cole. hauling off Z
d dogs, l u
d ID B Bryant, boarding pri 5
. oners, y Of
N ~ a Taylor, nall rent ana
Il book and seal for treas
. urer, 13 |,
d j H Dickinson, police ser
"a vice, 4 5,
# Execution L j Williams,
, cost, W p Ragsdale,
h VS. Mayor and Alder
d men. 80 Z
10 Fashionable Dressmaking.
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