Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-10

intersection of streets, highways,
avenues or alleys, and at spaces op.
posite streets, highways, avenues and
alleys intersecting but not crossing,
aud at spaces opposite property owned
by the city or the United States.
A tax of 2 mills for general fund.
A tax of mill for the maintenance
OF library, in cities of the first class
aud in cities of the second class and
towns a tax of mills.
Cities of the first class, of 10000 or
over, have the right to purchase real
estate and the erection of library
building.
All cities have the right to levy
tax not exceeding mills OH the dol.
lar to pay the expense of running,
operating water works owned by the
city or town, and the interest on bonds
issued to pay for the purchase or con.
struction of works.
Cities of the first class have the fur
to right to levy tax of 2
mills for the purpose of the purchase
or construction of water works.
Cities have the right also to levy
tax of 5 mills to pay the expense of
running, operating and repair of gas
works, electric light works or power
plants owned by the city, and the in.
terest OH bonds issued for the cost of
the construction of such works or
plants.
A tax not exceeding five mills for
the purpose of paying the amount due
any individual or company operating
water works or water supplied the city.
A tax for the purpose of creating a
bond fund sufficient to pay the inter
est to accrue, above the interest an
nually levied on sending or refunding
bonds outstanding and levy for the
payment of the principal of such
bonds.
A tax of one-half mill on the dol
lar for the care, preservation and ad-
Ornment of any cemetery owned or
controlled by the city. This last tax is
the only new tax added TO the present
law, except that some of the cities had
no power to levy some of the other
taxes named.
Cities are permitted to become pur-
chasers at tax sale of property sold for
unpaid taxes, when the city has issued
bonds for the payment of special i'm.
prOyements.
Cities and towns are empowered to
levy a tax not exceeding 10 mills on
the dollar for the purpose of defraying
its general and incidental expenses.
The right to question the legality of
bonds is limited to three months after
they are ordered issued by the proper
authorities.
All objections to errors, irregnlari-
ties or pay qualities in the making of
special assessments or any error of pro-
ceedings or notice, that are not made
before the council at the time and in
the manner fixed by the statute, shall
be waived, except where fraud is
shown.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Two new legal holidays are created.
They are Washington's birthday and
all general election days.
Office of state oil inspector is abol-
ished and work give in charge of ex
ecutive council.
Salaries of superintendent of state
hospitals for the insane reduced to
$4,000.
Salary of attorney general is fixed at
$4,000.
Salary of railroad commissioners re-
duced from $1,000 to $4,000.
Expenses of members of the state
board of health and state board of
medical examiners reduce to mileage
and per diem cut dawn.
State institutions are given their al
lowance quarterly in advance.
Per capita of Anamosa penitentiary
reduced from 80 month to $3.50.
Provision made for saving the refuse
stone at the penitcntiaries.
Power of railroad commissioner to
investigate railroad wrecks eliminated.
1t is made crime for man to de-
sert his wife where marriage is solem-
,nized to avoid prosecution for seduc-
ton.
The state will annotate and publish
its own code and sell them at 50 vol
ume.
Fishing is permissible on Sunday.
Base ball and foot ball on Sunday
are permissible SO long as no private
family or place of worship is disturbed.
The salary of the Supreme Court re-
porter is done away with and he is to
be paid on the number of volumes he
issues.
Committee rooms in the state house
are not be used as sleeping apartments.
Money collected by the mulct tax
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