Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
oFFICIAL-PITTSBURG.
mo. 254.7

No. 254 -
| An ORDINANCE - LEVYING TAXES
| A assessing water rents and making appro
priations for the fiscal year beginning Febru
Section BE it ordained and enacted by the
| city of Pittsburg in Select and Common Coun
| ellis assembled and 1t is hereby ordained ant
| enacted bv authority Of the same, That for the
purpose of providing sufficient revenue to mee
| the ordinary expenses of the CITY, to pay the
interest on outstanding bonds and to discharge
| all other liabilities now due. or which may be
| come payable during the said year 1880, taxes
shall be and are hereby LEVIED and assessed
| upon all property and other objects OF taxation
| as follows:
City Tax-Upon all property taxable for State
| or county purposes, Is mills upon each dollar o1
valuation, except the property in said city des
| ignated as rural, upon which the tax shall be
| assessed at two-thirds of said rate, and upon al
property designated as agricultural the taz
| shall be assessed at one-half of said rate.
Old City Special Tax-Upon all property fol
| State or county purposes within the limits OF
the city of Pittsburg as it existed prior to the
| consolidation under the act OF April, 1867. All
mills upon each dollar of valuation as a special
| tax for the separate indebtedness OF said dis
| trict.
Southside Special Tax--Upon all property
| taxable for State or county purposes within the
limits of the former borough OF East Brming.
ham 1% mills, Mt. Washington 3-l0 mills. Tenn
| peranceville mill, to pay annual installments
| on bonds issued since consolidation for grading
| and paving Main street In said borough.
| Upon all goods, wares and merchandise and
upon all articles of trade and commerce sold in
| said city in any manner, and upon the gross re-
ceipts accruing from the hire or use Of any per-
sonal property in said city not herein otherwise
provided for, mill upon each dollar of said
sales or hire.
Upon the actual yearly sales of each and
every person or firm engaged in the trade, bus.
iness or occupation of retailing for his, her or
their benefit, vinous fermented or distilled
liquors, ten mills on each dollar OF said sales.
Upon the actual yearly sales OF each and
every person or firm engaged in the business or
occupation of an auctioneer, two mills on each
dollar or said sales.
all merchandise brokers. forwarding and COM
mission merchants, Is mills upon each dollar of
said commission or brokerage.
Upon the average line of discounts of brok-
ers, banks and banking institutions, one mill
on each dollar.
Upon the gross receipts of express companies.
electric light, conduit gas fuel, telegraph and
telephone companies, one mill upon each dol
lar OF SAID receipts.
Upon the gross receipts of persons engaged
In the business of keeping pool tables, billiard
tables, ten-pin alleys and bagatelle tables for
public use, 20 mills upon each dollar OF said re-
ceipts
That for the purpose Of defraying the inter-
est on bonds and for sinking funds and miscel
laneous purposes of the subschool districts In
the several wards of the city of Pittsburg,
there shall be levied upon all property taxable
Tor State or county purposes, upon each dollar
of valuation in said several wards the tax rate
affixed to each designated sub-school district
named in the estimate of receipts OF TINS oroln-
ance. except the property in said wards desig-
mated rural. upon which the tax shall be as.
seSSed at two-thirds of said rate and upon all
property designated in said wards as agricul-
tural the tax shall be assessed at one-half OF
said rate.
Section 2-And at the above rates the Board
of Assessors shall assess said taxes and the
City Treasurer shall have no power to divide
any items of tax as reported by the assessors.
Section 3-The Superintendent of Bureau of
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the schedule of water rents adopted for the
year 1888 and hospitals and dispensaries and
such other charities as are supported by public
and private contribution shall be assessed the
sum of one dollar (Sl) each.
Section 4-That the amount necessary to pay
the interest on the separate Indebtedness of
the Old City and Southside boroughs shall be
taken from the receipts from the special taxes
of the districts aforesaid and placed in appro-
priation No. /, on which warrants shall be
drawn for all interest accruing or accrued on
the debts of said districts respectively.
Section 5-That the balance of said receipts
from said special taxes latter payment of in
terest) shall be paid into sinking fund for
the district from which it Is collected, and
shall be used for the payment of the special
debt of said district
Section 6-An officers and employees of the
Department of Public Safety and Public
Works shall be paid out of the appropriate
appropriations made for those departments,
and the Assistant City Assessors shall be paid
from appropriation No. salaries of city officers.
SectlOn All balances lawfully remaining
to the credit of appropriations made for the
year 1889, on the books of the City Controller,
including those remaining to meet payments
on contracts already made. shall be transferred
to the appropriate appropriations made in this
ordinance.
Section S-The cost of advertising ordi-
nances for opening grading paving, macadam-
iZing and curbing of streets, highways, lanes
and alleys and construction of sewers and all
viewers reports as to damages and benefits.
and costs for opening, grading, paving, macad-
amizinc and .curbing streets, highways. lanes
and alleys and sewers, shall be paid from ap-
preparation No. ll-highways and sewers-and
the amounts so paid shall be assessed and col
lected as part of the cost of the same.
Section 9-That the revenue of the said city
for the year 1890 arising from the taxes, loans
and all other sources together with any moneys
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated are
hereby appropriated for the purposes herein
after set forth.
Section l0-That any ordinance or part of ordi-
nance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be. and the same is hereby repealed
so far as the same affects this ordinance.
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES AND RE
CEIPTS FOR 1890
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1890.