The record-union., 1891-02-10
CITY TAXES.
Levy Made by the Board Of Trustees
for the Next Fiscal Year.
The Rate for City Advertising Adopted
Two Petitions for Saloon
Licenses.

weekly session was the report of the COM
mittee appointed to fix schedule of
prices to be charged by the local newspa-
pers for city advertising. The commit
tee, composed of Mayor Comstock. City
Auditor Mckee and o. B. Turrell, set the
following rates: One square (156 ems
nonpareiD, first time, 81; second time, rs
cents; each subsequent time, 80 cents.
The report was adopted by the unani-
nous vote of the Board
THE PROPOSED GAMING ORDINANCE.
The ordinance introduced at the last
regular meeting in regard to gambling
was read for the second time by the
Mayor.
Trustee Wolf said he understood that
bill had been introduced in the Legisla-
ture covering most all of the points made
In the proposed ordinance. He consid
cred that State law would be stronger
than city ordinance, and thought the
board had better wait until they ascer-
tanned what action the Legislature would
take.
Trustee Mclaughlin said he did not
care whether or not the ordinance was
brought up again. There was no use
passing ordinances when they could not
be enforced.
The Mayor made no objection to post
poning action on the same, and it was
laid over till some future date.
SALOON LICENSES ASKED FOR.
A petition was received asking that
Louis Caffaro be granted license to
open and conduct n saloon on the north
west corner of Second and streets. The
petition was signed by II. f. Dillman, l..
Elkus, w. Haberkorn, Seth Gainsley,
James A. Barwick, Jacob Schmid, Frank
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4. Simoni, P. B. Fountain, c. Balze, J.
L. Shuls, Carl Strobel, Manuel j. Santos,
j.. A. Cunningham, j. G. Treichler,
Charles Mclaughlin, p. Vanzetti, w. w.
Wilson, d. c. Berg, Lawrence Lagomar-
sino, II. w. Harkness, George Schroth,
Mannix, Charles j. Quinn and Eugene
Sullivan.
Action on the matter was deferred one
week.
F. e. Graessler and M. J. eastman also
presented a petition to establish bar and
billiard hall at 3l5 X street. 1t was
signed by Samuel Nathan, c. Nelson, NJ.
Dawes, Frank Wickwire, Isidore Jebad.
Louis Phillips, w. J. Hall, j. FL StoclSer,
d. III. Johnston, W. +. Mailer, Samuel
Zelmer, b. f. Pendery and S. S. Nathan
There was no remonstrance against the
granting OF the request, and the petition
ers were authorized to procure license.
DOES NOT WANT A SEWER.
George l.. Bronner made protest
against the construction of a sewer in
the alleys between X and l., Fourteenth
and Sixteenth streets. He claimed the
property-owners were burdened too
much by taxation for street work, and
thought the sewer made tor the use of
the brewery at Sixteenth and X streets
could be utilized to carry off the sewer
age of two additional blocks.
AInTo
Bronner that he would build sewer in
the alleys unless the property-owner
presented q remonStrance.
FESTIVITIES IN CHINATOWN.
Trustee Mclaughlin wanted to know
what right the Mayor or Police Commis-
sioners had to grant the Chinese permis-
sion to celebrate their New Year by dis
charging fireworks. He considered that
the Mayor was exceeding his authority
when he gave the Cinnamon such per-
mission, and should have instructed them
to make their request to the Board of
Trustees.
The Mayor said George Rider came to
him and asked that permission be granted
the Cinnamon to discharge fireworks on
the first two nights of their New Year.
and also on February 18th.
Trustee Wolff said he believed it was
the custom for the Mayor to grant such
permission. He did not remember of the
Board ever having been consulted on
such subject.
THIS YEARS TAX LEVY.
The following tax levy was proposed
on each one hundred dollars worth of
| taxable property in this city, for the cur
rent expenses for the fiscal year COM
mencing on the first Monday in April.
1891: For the general tax, one hundred
cents; for the fire department tax, twen-
ty-two cents; for the street sprinkiing
tax, ten cents; for the street repair tax.
fourteen cents; for the police tax, eight
cen cents; for the library tax, tour cents:
for the sewer tax, five cents, for the levee
and drainage tax, ten cents; for the street
improvement bond redemption tax, five
cents; total, 81 20 on each 500.
Trustee Mclaughlin thought the street
repair and levee funds would fall short,
but he could see no way of remedyinp
the matter. Extra sprinkling would
have to be done this year, on account of
the large number of streets which had
been graded and graveled last fall. The
I board ought to require the sprinklers
this year to wet down the graveled streets
at least twice day.
The Mayor thought the Ievee tax
should be made IL cents and the street re-
| pair tax II cents, and he made motion
to that effect.
Trustee Mclaughlin moved to amend
by adopting the rates as fixed by the
board last Friday.
levy as first proposed was agreed upon.
1t was ordered published in one of the
local newspapers for ten days.
SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER.
The Auditor was authorized to have
printed supplement to the great regis
ter, in time for use at the March election.
After allowing the usual batch of bills,