The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

due and payable in any year, unless
previous to September lst of each year
some other provision has been made
for paying them"
6. Chap. 5, Sec. 5, p. 400, City Char
| ter.
Common council shall, on or before
October 1st of each year, transmit to
! county auditor statement of all taxes
levied by them, and county treasurer
| shall pay such taxes as fast as collect
ed, to treasurer of city"
I. Chap. II, Sec. 5, D. 454, City Char
| ter.
"Any time after contract is let for
sprinkling and before the ISt of Sep
TENDER following, board of public
works shall make assessment for
amount. required to defray costs of
such sprinkling and deliver to audi
tor before November 1st of each year. "
s. Chap. 3, Sec. 4, p. 1896, CityChar-
| ter.
"If before January 1st of each year
! the amount expended or to be eX-
pended chargeable TO any city fund
Shall be equal to the three-fourths
; of tax authorized or revenue eStimat-
ed from such funds, he shall at once
! report to common council and shall
not sign any contract chargeable to
such fund until the amount of taxes
actually collected be ascertained, and
during the remainder OF the fiscal
year shall not sign any contract, the
expenses of which shall exceed the
revenue actually collected for the
funds"
8. Chap. 4, Sec. I, p. 406, City Char
ter.
Common council may, during the
fiscal year, by a two-thirds vote, issue
bonds of city. seven per cent, one
year, in anticipation of taxes and re-
venues of such fiscal year to the
amount of one third such taxes and
revenue"
If my conclusions are correct it fol-
lows that: l. April 1st of each year
labout) the city recorder shall submit
to common council, estimate of eX-
penses and receipts for the current
year, then beginning.
2. In May or June, the assessor
shall make and return to common
the current year.
g. June mot later than 4th Mon
day) common council shall review
same, and return to county auditor.
4. Any time after which common
council may levy the annual assess
ment for the current year.
And as legally provided may in var
iOuS ways anticipate the collection Of
such assessment which collection will
not be completed by the county treas
urer prior to the 1St of June following.
So that the entire amount coming to
the city in June next from tax levy OF
1894 is applicable to expenditures of
fiscal year 1894 which expires April
1St, 1895.
Expenditures
urge upon you the necessity of fol-
lowing the charter provisions as to
expenditures. When you have ascer-
tanned what the necessities of our
city will be for the fiscal year, make
your levy and see carefully to it that
each fund shall not be OverdraWn.
Undertake no work that will not be
within reach of that special fund and
let us see if we cannot leave to our
successors two years from now, a city
free from debt. Assuming our theory
as to actual floating indebtedness is
correct.
Ordering City Supplies.
lndiscriminate ordering of supplies
has ever been source of annoyance.
We should decide upon the proper
method when all orders should be
given by one person or a committee,
and every city officer abide by it.
In no other way can we know the
outcome will be satisfactory. This
matter is of far more Importance than
you gentlemen are now aware. There
must be responsible head to prevent
trouble and possible loss.
Water Supply.
The city now gets it's supply from
two wells which will be overtaXed as
soon as the heated season comes.
Both are defective and water escapes
we can find no remedy for. One and
one-half millions of gallons will be
consumed daily and as we now raise a
little sand occasionally the situation
is serious. No matter will present
itself of more Importance to this
council, and should have your early
consideration, as it is not unlikely a
new well will have to be put down in
the near future.
Distribution of Water.
Our city covering so much territory,
some portions are necessarily seeming
ly neglected as to water service. but
the past council has given this mat
ter as careful consideration as any of