The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-12
CITY COUNCIL.
Taxable Property of the City $6O",oOl-
The Levy Made for 'o1-other Im-
portant Items of business.

Tue Levy 4hdht a'A ~ N'''''
portant Items of business.
Alta regular meeting of the Board oI
Mayor aud Aldermen of the city of Brook
/ haven, held at the Mayors office on the
/ Bird day of Nov, 1891, there were pres
ent Mayor J. u. DaughtIy, and Alder.
men Davis, McGrath, Drcyfus and Lewis.
ASSESSMENT ROLLS FOR 1891
J. W. McGrafh. City Assessor, present
cd To the Board the assessment rolls OF
realty aud personality tor the year l-Jl,
as copied from the respective rolls 81 LIN
coin county as the Charter directs, show
/ ing the aggrt gate valuation of taxable
real property within the cOrpordiioH to be
| S3l5 800 90, and the aggregate valuation
of the taxable pcrs, nal property within
same limits to I've S2-7, OOl.OO, making u
total of 500, 95l.OO. Said assessment
rolls having been examined were 10y Tia"
Board received and adopted aud ordered
to be filed.
LEVY OF TANES.
1t was then ordered by the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of BrOOkhaYrn.
Miss, that Il tax of four az mills OH the
dollar be levied on all the taxable real
and personal property assessed within the
corporate limits of the city of Bro0kha-
ven, Miss, for the year 1891 as a revenue
tax for general purposes, and that tax
of one and u half ~ mills on the dollar
be likewise levied on the same property
for the year 1891, as interest tax To pay
interest on school house bonds; also that
tax of four aud "a half az mills on The
dollar be likewise levied Oh the same
property for the year 1891 as II teachers
ba citv NynS OrIpTpI
to ut once prepare his taX-receipts for the
year 1891, and to he ready to collect the
taxes due the city by the LIST of january,
1~92.
The following Ordinance was passed at
regular meeting of of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of Brookhavcn, on
March :}rd, 1891. and by an oversight was
omitted to be put on the minutes of said
meeting and it is hereby adopted.
On motion, Be it ordained by the BoarI,
That the City Treasurer be and is hereby
authorized and instructed to pay the in
terest on the school house bonds number
ing from one o. to ninety 900 inclusive,
being S3l5. 90 due and payable, out of the
revenue fund, and the interest coupons,
shall be his warrant for so doing (The
levy for sad interest was mrde by the
Board at meeting held on Nov. 9th,
l190, and collected and placed to the
credit of the general revenue fund.-
On motion, BE it ordained, That the
City Treasurer be authorized and in
Structed to transfer, by IL warrant from the
Secretary, the amount of Si09 % from
the revenue fund to the credit of the
teachers fund, it being the amount that
was allowed by the Board and warrants
were issued for the same OH the Teachers
fund, instead of being issued on the reVC-
nue. fund. Said accounts were allowed
during the term from March i. 1890, up
to date, and being for fuel, rents, repairs
to public school buildings and other eX-
penses for same, and the secretary Is here
by instructed to issue warrant or war
rants ON said revenue fund, payable to
the said teachers fund for above amounts.
On motion, Be it Ordained, That the
contract for lighting lamps and cleaning
the streets be awarded to Newton Travis,
col, at eight dollars per month, to begin
from this date, and the city marshal is i'll
structed to see that the duty is faithfully
performed.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
The finance committee reported favor
ably upon the following accounts, which
upon motion, were allowed, aud warrants
ordered to issue for same payblc ont of
| the revenue fund, viz:
j. W. McGrath, for having the Assess
ment Rolls copied, as per orGcr CT
Fannie Haywood. janitreSs of white public
school, for October. 1891. ................. . %
! s f. Magee hauling lumber ..... ........... , ~
| Alex Winston, hauling Observation-Disclosures. 50
=. KOhlman, buckets, broOm>. etc. for
PUBLIC school ............. .......,....: . 3o
October ........,....... .............. y 80
j. b. Daughtry. Mayor, for half month.
OCTOBER = ~
! A. Hurst Marshal salary .................. II U0
| A. Hurst street commissioner ............. 10 Ou
! j. W. McGrath, Secretary. salary .......... : 30
| Mrs. Sarah Storm rent of Mayors Office. > OH
| F. Llcich lamp lighter. Observation-Disclosures. -
| Henry smith, lamp lighter. ..............., O0
| On motion, the Board adjourned.
J. b. DAUGHTEY, Mayor.