The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-25
ANACONDA NEWS.
CITY TAX LEVY FIXED
Ten Mills on Each Dollar for
City Purposes.
SEWER TAX LEVY ADOPTED
Proportionate Rates as Published in Dis
tricts 3. 4 and @ Confirmed-Discuss-
ing the Dog Tax Question-Peti-
tons and Communications.

The city council met in adjourned
session last night. The principal bust
ness was the fixing of Il tax levy for
the ensuing year. The levy was fixed
at 10 mills upon each dollar of as
sessable property in the city. Eight
and one-half of this is for general
administration purposes and one and
one-half mills for interest and sink
ing fund purposes. A few petitions
were also received and the dog nuis-
ance discussed. The fixing of the
special tax levy in improvement dis
tricts Nos. 3. 4 and 6 was also made.
The fines that Mayor Lesser imposed
on some of the aldermen a couple of
weeks ago had a good effect, for
promptly at s O'Clock there was a
quorum present. The aldermen in their
seats were Mcguire, Hamill. FitzPat-
rick, Davidson, Gangner, Devine and
Pozega.
Before the reading of the minutes.
the matter of Mrs. Anderson, who
asked that 81 be returned which she
had paid to redeem her two horses,
which had been i~mpounded. was taken
up. The council refunded the money.
A petition was received from the
Copper City Commercial company ask
ing permission to place a row of show
cases on the sidewalk on the south
side of Commercial avenue. The pc
tition was granted.
A petition was received asking per-
mission to erect a pole eight feet high
in front of a lodging house. where the
old Anaconda ~estaurant formerly was.
The post is to be used as a sign post.
The petition was granted.
A communication was received from
Tim Dowd protesting against the kill
ing of his dog, which was one of the
animals which attacked Mrs. McMil-
Ian. He said the dog was gentle and
quiet. and worth 800 any time" He
asked to be heard by the council. The
communication was laid on the table.
The resolutions levying special i'm
provement taxes in sewer districts Nos.
8, 4, ) and s were read, and objections
were called for. There were no objec-
tions and the resolutions were taken
up separately. Nos. 8, 4 and 6 levying
the following taxes were passed. No. 3
-$16.S so for each % foot lot: No. 4, $3.50
for each 25-foot lot; No. 6, $3.50 for
each 25-foot lot.
Mr.. Davidson and Mr.. Gangner said
there had been a great deal of COM
plant against the tax in district No.
5, which was fixed at $3.50 for each
25-foot lot. The consideration of the
resolution for district No. 5 was left
over to the next meeting.
Fitzpatrick introduced n resolution
that 81, 1000 be transferred from the
street and alley fund to the general
fund. and $500 from the city hall fund
to the general fund. The resolution
was passed.
Fitzpatrick introduced a resolution
providing for a tax levy on the taxable
property of the city as follows:
Mills.
General administration rpose ..S1s
Bond interest and sewer fund. III
This will give the city 1872, $50 in taxes
on the property. Added to this there
will be SIS, 900 in licenses and about
$4,000 in poll tax, making a total of
about S55 1000.
The bond of j. A. Hasley, contractor
for the construction of sewers in dis
tricts Nos. 9 and IL, was approved n
accepted.
Mayor Lesser called the attention of
the council to the broken planks in
sidewalks all around town, and also to
the fact that the Birch street drain
age ditch was filing IN and ought
to be cleaned out before frost set in.
The dog question also came in for
a good deal of discussion. Mayor Lesser
started out by asking the council if
there should be an age limit put on
dogs. Several persons a complained
TO him that puppies, under six weeks
cits ii"N DNNli 6oDpANN UP ~ Nht ~
catcher. Alderman Devine said there
should be no distinction made. All
dogs looked alike to him and to the
dog catcher. If there was an age linn
IT fixed people would commit more per-
jury than in a hundred lawsuits. If a
dog is caught on the street without a
tag ne ought to be hustled off to the
pound.
Mr.. Davidson said this dog question
was getting serious, and 1t ought TO
be taken up. He was in favor of in
creasing the license from IS on males
and IS on females to s. and $40. Then
only the better class of dogs would be
kept. He believed that an officer ought
to have a right to AXE an unlicensed
dog anywhere he found him, whether
in the street or in the owners yard.
The town was overrun with dogs and
the crusade must be vigorously kept
up.
Fitzpatrick didn't believe an officer
could go into a mans yard after a
dog, but he thought every dog found
on the street ought TO be taken in
without preference or favor. The dog
question was then dropped. but all of
the aldermen expressed themselves in
favor of Kidding the city of about
seven-eighths of its dog population.
Mayor Lesser called attention TO the
fact that the heating apparatus in the
city hall was defective in this. that
when enough heat is created to warm
the upper story, the people in the
basement are roasted TO death. The
city hall committee was instructed To
into the matter and have il fixed.
The recommendations of the mayor
concerning the sidewalks and bitches
were ordered put into effect by the
street commissioner The council then
q "A faurnad