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cause the notice for proposals to be re-
| advertised 1.
Sec. 122. No contract for removing garo-
age, sweeping. sprinklng or lighting
streets, public buildings, places or offices,
shall be made for a longer period than
one year, nor shall any contract S to pay
| Illuminating material at higher rate than
the minimum price charged to any other
consumer, be valid.
Sec 123 Demands for lighting public
buildings shall be presented monthly to
charge thereof, and shall specify the
amount of power, gas, electric light or IL
Eliminating material consumed IN such
ARTICLE XIV.
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REVENUE AND TAXATION.
Sec. 124. On or before the first Nom
day of July in each year the several
heads of departments, offices, boards and
| commissions. of the city, shall send to
the City Council an estimate in writing
of the amount Of expenditure, specifying
in detail this objects thereof. required in
their respective departments offices,
| boards and commissions during the year,
including statement OF the salaries Of
| their subordnates.
Duplicates of these estimates shall be
sent at the Same time to the Auditor.
!, Sec 125. On or before the first Monday
of August in each year the Auditor shall
| prepare and transmit to the Council, an
estimate of the probable expenditures Of
the city for the current fiscal year, CIV
| ing the amount required to meet the In
outstanding funded debts, together with
tho amount needed for salaries and prob
able wants of all the departments of the
municipal government in detail, and
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sary to be apportioned to each fund in
the Treasury. The estimate shall also
show, as nearly as may be. what amount
of income and revenue Is likely to be col.
lected from the fines, licenses and all
other sources of revenue, exclusive Of tax
upon property; and shall give an esti-
be levied and raised by tax upon all
property in the city, in order to meet the
necessities of such fiscal year.
ally between the 18th day Of August and
the 22nd day of August, and by vote Of
a majority of all the members thereof
make budget of the amounts estimated
conducting the public business Of the city
for the fiscal year. The budget shall be
prepared in such detail as to tho aggre-
gate sum and the items thereof allowed
mission, as the Council shall deem advis.
able.
Sec. 127. Any item in said budget may.
within five days, be vetoed in whole or
in part by the Mayor, and 1t shall require
six votes of the Council 10 overcome such
veto. Action thereon must be taken on
After the final estimate is made in ac-
cordance herewith, 1t shall be signed by
the Mayor and the Clerk Of the Council.
and the several sums shall then be ap-
propriated for the fiscal year to the sew
eral purposes and departments therein
named. The estimate shall be filed in the
office of the Auditor.
Sec 1928. The Council must cause to be
raised annually according to law, and
collected by tax, the amounts SO appro-
priated, less the amounts received from
fines. licenses and other sources of rev.
enue.
Sec. 12s. The Council may appropriate
five thousand dollars a year for urgent
law. No money shall be paid out of this
: appropriation unless authorized by a
vote of seven members of the Council
and approved by the Mayor.
Sec. 100. When any board. department
or officer having power to incur liabili-
agreement for obtaining supplies or hav-
ing labor performed, such department..
officer or board shall register such agree
ment by number and date, and all de-
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shall be payable in the order of such reg
istration. Such department, board or of
ficer must inform the person with whom
it is proposed to make such agreement Of
the amount of money available or likely
to be available in the fund from which
such demands are payable.
Sec. 131. The Council SHALL before fix.
ing the rate Of the annual city tax, es-
tablish by ordinance, separate funds rep
resenting the several funded obligations
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partments requiring municipal expendi-
lures, including general fund; and the
percentage of said levy shall be named
for each fund, and the whole amount Of
toned accordingly; and no transfer
shall be made except of balances in ex-
cess, or from the general fund to meet
demption of city bonds, unless in this
charter otherwise provided.
Sec. 1872. The Council shall. on or De-
fore the first Monday of September in
taxes to be levied. and levy the tax upon
all property, both real and personal, in
) the city, necessary to raise sufficient rev.
enue to carry on the. various depart
ments of the municipal government for
the current fiscal year; provided that
the rate of taxes 30 levied shall not ex-
one hundred dollars upon the assessment
roll, exclusive of what may be necessary
) for the payment of the principal and in
trest of the bonded debt of the city.
Sec. 1873. The limitation prescribed by
the preceding section upon the rate Of
taxation shall not apply in case of any
case the limitation may be temporarily
suspended SO as to enable the, Council to
provide for such necessity or emergency.
But no increase shall be made In the rate
of taxation authorized to be levied in any
fiscal year unless such increase be au-
thoriZed by ordinance passed by the vote
of seven members of the Council. and
, the same shall be approved by the
, Mayor. The character of such necessity
nance authorizing such action and shall
: be entered in the minutes of the proceed
,, ings of the Council. Nothing in this Sec
tion shall authorize the incurring of any
liability not allowed by law. or which
cannot be paid out of the income and rev.
! enue provided. collected and paid into the
proper fund as its proportion of the same
} for such fiscal year or permit liabilities
; or indebtedness incurred in any one fiscal
, year to be a charge upon or paid out Of
the income or revenue of any other fiscal
year.
Sec. 1874. On or before the first Monday
= of July in each year the Assessor shall
complete his list or assessment roll ana
shall attach his certificate thereto, and
. deliver it and the books and maps he
may have accompanying the same, and
| all the original lists of property given to
t him. to the City Auditor, and the Auditor
the City Clerk shall thereupon notify the
, taxpayers of the fact by posting three
, notices specifying the time of meet
ing of said Council as Board Of Equal