The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
THE TAX LEVY
IN THE HANDS
OF CITIZENS
Merchants Associa-
ton Committees.
WORK WITH SUPERVISORS
ALL EFFORTS TO BE CAREFUL
LY SYSTEMATIZED.
Business Men to Investigate the Re
quirements of Municipal De-
partments and Make
Report.
WORK WITH SUPERVISORS
ALL EFFORTS TO BE CAREFUL.
LY SYSTEMATIZED.

On March 20 the Board Of Supervisors
passed a resolution TO submit to the
Merchants Association the matter of the
tax levy for the year 1S99-1900. The as
sociation accepted the charge and soon
after named the chairmen of committees
to take charge of the various features
of their respective departments A meet
ing of the directors was held yesterday
and the chairmen of committees an
nounced the names of the following cltl-
ZenS to report on the tax levy:
School department-W. R. Sherwood Chair
NAM, Arthur G. Towne, II. L. Davis, c. A.
Murdock, Thomas Magee.
Police department-Hugo D. Keil tchairman),
A j. Rich, Isaac Upham, F. w. Van Sicklen,
Frank A. Vail.
Fire department-Joseph D. Grant Chair
mani. E. B. Haldan, Horatio Beveridge. c. E.
Worden, H. H. Taylor
Street department-John E. Quinn chairman.
Horace Davis. J. F. Merrill, W. B. Harrington,
NJ. Creenebaum.
Judicial depaTtment-Charles Bundschu CHAIR
p lie Count NJ S Kohlberg.
Parks and public grounds-Frank j. symmes
irving irving NJ. Scott, G. H Umbsen.
Public buildings and institutiors-D. V. Kelly
Cehairmanl Henry Michaeiss, Kenneth Melrose,
Edward H Mitchell, Frank Maskey.
Libraries and reading rooms-George Liebes
(chairman) H. H. Sherwood, William Doxey,
Health department-Hugo Rothschild Chair
mani, L. H. Morse, a. Sbarboro, William Red
lnBtOn, LuOWlS ATHSlSlH
Legislative and executive departments-RolIa
V Watt (chai1man). G. w. Kline, Frank L.
Brown, Charles F. Tay, George d. Cooper
Gas and electric light-Marshal Hale CHAIR
NAM. r. S Atkins. 7. j. Harris, P. c. Hale;
Water and water supply-Wallace Bradford
(chairman) George r. Sanderson. Samuel Fos-
ter James N. Wright, Z. A. Selfridge.
Miscellaneous Joseph Britton Gchairman)
Herbert E. Law, Jacob Rosenberg, w. X. Nick-
cry c. Hermann. President f. w. DOhrmann
and Vice President A S. Baldwin, eX-otticto
members OF each committee
The directors then issued the following
directions to the committees, with in
structions to meet and prepare reports
to be presented to the Supervisors as soon
as possible
Income of the city-Ascertain revenue Of
any from your department. Recommend any
practical plan for increasing revenue III any
from your department.
Statutory eXpenses-Ascertain the expenses
in your department that are fixed by statute.
Report upon such statutory expenses in your
department should be reduced or abolished.
Flexible eXpenses-Ascertain the expenses in
your department that are not fixed by statute.
Report upon such flexible expenses in your de-
partment as should be reduced or abolished
Charter eXpenses-Ascertain the expenses in
your department that are fixed in the new
charter Ascertain the expenses in your de-
partment that are not fixed by the new char
ter Report upon such present expenditures as
may be reduced or abolished under the new
charter.
Public ACKNOWLEDGEMENT any public
improvements in your department that should
be provided through the annual tax levy. Re-
commend any public improvements in your de-
partment that should be provided through the
Issuance of municipal bonds.