The San Francisco call., 1896-09-22
The Main Business Thoroughfare
Will Not Be Repaved
Now.
BOARD OF HEALTH RAISED.
Thirty Thousand Dollars Added to
Its Appropriations-The Rate
Is Now 90 o2.

The Board of Supervisors fixed the tax
levy for municipal purposes at 96.92 cents
on the 500 yesterday, and thus set at rest
the hopes of those who wanted Market
street repaved, and the fears of others who
thought that the Mission would lose the
high school for which it battled so
valiently. The matter came up in the
form of the following resolution, the expert
of the board having computed the rate on
the basis of $41S, 900, 600 valuation:
Under and in pursuance of acts of the Legis-
lature of the State of California, and in con-
formity thereto, and under and in pursuance
of various municipal orders and ordinances,
and in conformity thereto, there is hereby
levied tax for City and County purposes for
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1897, on all
property. both real aud personal in the City
and County of San Francisco, excepting such
property as is by law exempt from taxation,
and the sum of SO 20 cents on each 500 valua.
ton, as aforesaid, is hereby apportioned to the
funds and accounts known and designated as
follows:
General fund sc. .S5, street light fund OILS,
Street Department fund 1880, school fund
1886, library fund 0125 park improvement
fund SO, interest account park improve
ment bonds 00.67, interest account City Hall
construction bonds 00.10, sinking fund Citv
Hall construction bonds 00.67, sinking fund
park improvement bonds 1872, 1873. 00.26,
sinking fund park improvement bonds, 1874,
1875, 0O.23.
Supervisor Spreckels at once offered the
following resolution:
Resolved That 800, 1000 is hereby appropri-
ated to be used by the Board of Health OF this
City for the purposes of that board in addition
to the amounts allowed in the report of the
Finance Committee of this board filed August
3, 1896, and fixed by this board on that date.
Supervisor Taylor opposed the measure,
using strong terms in denouncing any and
all attempts to increase the amount of tax
alton, but the resolution carried neverthe-
less.
Supervisor Wagner offered a resolution
appropriating $4,000 for the repaving
street from the city front TO Sixteenth
street.
The measure was lost by the following
vote:
Ayes-King, Morgenstern, Wagner.
Excused-raylor, Dlmond.
Noes-Scully, Hirsch, Hughes, bunker,
Spreckels, Hobbs.
A like fate met Supervisor Kings effort
to give the City and County Hospital an
additional S600O and the original resoiu-
tion, with the addition of the Board of
Health's $30, GOO, was adopted. 1t was de-
cided to add the 70 mills called for by the
$4,000 TO the general fund, bringing the
levy for that purpose up to 57.57 and the
total levy for City and County purposes
to So 90.
The National Athletic Club sent in a
petition to be allowed to give ten-round
boxing exhibition during the month OF
Novem Der.
a resolution offered by Supervisor Di-
| mond, employing ]. f. Sullivan and ]. H.
Meredith as special counsel to appear be-
lore the United States Supreme Court in
the case of Delaney against the City and
| County of San Francisco, was carried. the
compensation being fixed at $3.50 for re-
tainer, a like sum to be paid in case of
| success.
q petition of the executive committee oil
| the Golden Gate Carnival for permission
| to give a series of boxing and wrestling
contests of limited number of rounds at
the Peoples Palace on the evening oi
! October was referred to the Health and
| Police Com mittee.
a resolution offered by Supervisor Tay-
lor denouncing. Messrs. Morehouse
Beamer and Arnold of the State Board OF
Equalization for raising San Francisco
valuations and commenting A. Chese.
brough, the San Francisco member, for
the stand he took against the raise, was
| passed.