Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-23

To the President and Council OF the City
| OF Butte-Your committee appointed at
the last meeting OF the City Council to con.
fer with the Commissioners OF Silver Bow
| County relative to the matter Of collecting
city taxes and assessment OF the same beg
leave to report that your committee had a
| conference with the Board OF Commits.
~sioners and that it was agreed by and
4 between said Commissioners Inc your
COMMITTEES:
First, that as to the tax roll, the city
would pay for one-half the cost OF printing
the same in the form ruled to show the
city taxes separately; that as to other
| blanks, such as receipts to be issued Dy
County Treasurer on paym OF city taxes
that the city would pay for the same,
| and as to any other blanks to be used Tor
| the city alone, the city was to pay for the
same.
Second. as to the matter of compensa-
| ton of the county officers, the Assessor,
Clerk and Treasurer, this matter was lett
to your honorable body to arrange with
said officers as to their compensation Tor
| the extra work imposed by reason OF the
| assessment and collection OF the city taxes.
W. o. SPEER,
Chairman Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Alderman Pettes the re-
port was accepted and the agreements
| made by the Committee were ratlted by
the council. In the same connection and
| as a part OF the. j Judiciary Committce.s re-
port City Attorney Speer presented n SUD
| mittedan ordinance defining the duties OF the
City Treasurer and an ordinance giving the
Street railway the right OF way on Broad
vay, The roll was called and ordinance No.
sc in relation to the City Treasurer. hav-
ing been read at length, was passed. Ord1-
nance No. %. the Street railroad ordi-
nance, was passed without being read.
Ordinance No. 81, defining the duties OF
the Street Commissioner and his assistant
was read at length. As it was important
that the ordinance should be passed with
out delay, the rules were suspended n 1t
passed by a unanimous vote.
SPECIAL STREET TAX.
Ordinance No. 9S, in relation to the levy
of a special street tax of So on a able
bodied male citizen between the ages OF 81
and As was read at length. THE levy is to
be expended ON street work. 1t provides
that the City Treasurer shall collect
this tax as far as he al and when anyone
refuses to pay the same he shall FUR
nish the Street Commissioner with a list OF
them, and it is made the duty OF the latter
to see that the delinquents work their Tax
out on the streets, and be allowed % Tor
a days labor. Every man who prefers to
work out his tax has to furnish his own
tools. Exemption was made in the case OF
iremen. The rules were suspended at the
conclusion of the reading OF the ordinance,
and it received the unanimous consent OF
all present. Two ordinances in relation to
the powers and duties of the Mayor and
CITY Council were read by title and referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
A LEGAL CONTEST IN VIEW.
Leave being given him, Mr.. James w.
| Forbis addressed the Council as represent
| ative of the Thornton estate, and stated
that in pursuance with instructions
from the General Land Office,
IA hearing was ordered before
| Judge Irvine on the 23d and
| 18th of June to determine the question
| whether the Pacific Slope lode and the
Thomas lode were valuable mineral lodges
| before the townsite patent was issued. 1t
was to see, in fact, whether these patents
| had been applied for in good faith. The
| city of Butte had been made q party to
| the Inquiry, and it was necessary that the
| Council should appoint some one to accept
| service on behalf OF the city, and also
that the city should he represented by
counsel at the hearing. On motion the
City Attorney was delegated authority to
| represent the city and take all necessary
steps to preserve the interests OF the city.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Forbis
stated that the patent OF the Thomas lode
was granted the 26th OF April, 1875, and
that to the Pacific Slope claim on May %,
| 1874. The townsite patent was dated
September %, 1877. The inquiry, he
said, goes to the good faith in which
the patents were taken out, and the
claim lie one oil considerable interest to the
city.
MINOR MATTERS.
On motion OF Alderman Pettes q resoIu
.-.....o1 fhof tho citv clerk he an.