Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-24

Albuquerque's streets We're handsomely
lighted. He hoped Captain Days prcpo-
sition would be accepted. The company
had been liberal in the past. Alderman
Gonzales rather thought it would be the
thing to let the next city council wrestle
with the problem. However, Captain
Days proposition was accepted, and the
following section, covering the case,
was inserted by Mr.. Gortner in the Or
dinance and adopted with it: For cleo
trio lighting, 80 candle-power lights, not
less than 10 nor more than 30, located
as directed by the council, 1888 per
month for each light used The debate
was here brought to an end and the vote
taken on the budget ordinance. The or
dinance was adopted as prepared by the
city attorney, by Mayor Baca casting
his vote in favor of it, the aldermen
tying up on the vote. The Gortner reso-
luton was passed, as follows:
Be it resolved by the president of the
council and the city council of the city
of Santa Fee:
That it was the sense and understand
ing of this council at it's meetings of
April, 1898, that a levy of 10 mills was
then and there directed by this council
/ to be certified by the mayor to the board
of county commissioners of Santa Fe
county for levy and taxation on behalf
of this city.
| That of said 10 mills, 81 mills was
| then and there intended to be for gen.
/ eral city purposes, as provided by law
| and Ia mills of such levy was then and
| there intended to be for the purpose of
complying with the legal duty imposed
on this council by section II of chapter
AZ of the laws of 1897, Familiarity known
as the "Bateman Act whereby this
| council and the mayor were required tc
certify the amount necessary to pay the
interest on the floating Indebtedness
| bonds of this city. That such intent is
| clearly apparent from the records OF
| this city council of said meeting.
And, it appearing that in the records
| of the county commissioners of this
| county, no such partition of said levy
is made, but the same is simply sci
forth as "for general city purposes OF
the city of Santa Fe, 10 mills; there.
fore, be it further
Resolved. That out of all moneys re
ceived by this city in pursuance of sale
10-mill levy, made in the summer Of
1898, by the said board of county com
m%issioners, the fraction of IL mills, o.
one-eighth thereof, was to be ant
should be set apart for the payment OF
such interest.
That the city treasurer be and he is
hereby directed to ascertain the amount
of moneys received and paid into his
charge by virtue of said 1O-mill levy
and thereupon to set apart out of any
funds in his hands an amount equal t.
one-eighth of said proceeds of said 10
mill levy of 1898, and hold the same sep
arate for the payment Of interest or
said bonds, in accordance with sale
Bateman act; and that hereafter hi
strictly follow such procedure with ref
erence to any moneys coming into hi:
custody as proceeds of said 10-mill levy
of 1898, setting apart for such interes'
fund one-eighth of m such receipts
and paying out the same in discharge o
the coupons of said floating indebted
ness bonds as required by said law.
Manuel Valdez sent in a communica
ton asking that Garcia street, which
was to have been opened between Ca
thedral street and Palace avenue, be re
turned to him, as his offer of it to tn
city had not been accepted. Referred
to committee on streets and bridges t.
report next meeting. Adjourned.