The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-02

the city accept S35 from the petitioners
and pay the balance the said balance
70 De deducted from lie estimate OF +.
Kinds 4 Co. Relative to the comnun-
lcation of c. w. Newton, regarding spa-
cial sidewalk tax, we ask for further
time.
Relative to the tax notices of J. H.
and Hattie F. Curtis, also that of Ham,
llton, Curtis & Largely, we recommend
the city accept one-half of the amounts
from the parties and pay the balance.
we recommend that warrants be
drawn in payment of the sewer and
special sidewalk tax against the city in
accordance with the notices referred to
us February 10. 1892
The report was adopted. ..
The finance committees report was
read and adopted.
The paving committee reported. rec
ommending creating 10 special improve
ment districts for the purpose of paw
ing, as previously published. and recon-
mending the adoption of resolutions in
accordance Herewith. Adopted.
The special committee appointed to
assess the cost of improving Covert.
Thornton and Iron streets, reported that
it had found that to assess IS per cert.
of the cost to property owners would
work a hardship, and therefore recon-
mended reconsidering the former ac-
tion of the council. assessing Is per cent.
of the cost of opening streets or alleys
to property owners and only so per cent.
be assessed against the property bene-
fitted and the city pay the other half.
After some discussion the report was
adopted.
The special committee appointed to
meet the county commissioners and ad-
just division of road tax between the
city and county, reported the total road
tax collected was $21 ,26025 and that of
this amount the county commissioners
were willing to accept IS per cent. of the
total, leaving the city IS per cent. The
report was adopted and the city attor-
ney instructed to prepare resolution
transferring the county's portion of the
tax
Council bills 81, so and SO were intro
duced. They are amendatory of exist
ing ordinances and are intended to
change the ordinances passed for the
opening of Covert and Iron streets to
correspond with the recommendation of
the special committee 10 reduce the
amount of cost to be taxed to property
owners from rs per cent. to so per cent.
Council resolutions 229. 230, 231, 232,
233 224, 2s5, 236, 237 and 23S. providing
for the paving contemplated for this
season, were introduced. The time for
hearing objections was set for next
Wednesday evening, and on molten of
Pascoe it was decided that when the
council adjourn it be to that time for
the purpose of hearing objections. The
resolutions declare the city's intention
to pave, create 10 special Improvement
districts for the purpose and provide
that taxes levied in payment may be
paid in three yearly payments. The es-
Inmates of cost are as follows:
District No. /, East Park alley. 21a
cents per square foot; No 2, Wyoming
street. 3S cents; No 8, East Broadway,
s cents; No 4, East Granite, IL cents;
No. 5, Arizona, 3S cents; No. 6, West
Park, cents; No. Z. Academy, 20
cents; No. s, West Broadway, 10 cents;
No. 3, West Granite. 10 cents: No. 10,
West Park alley. cents. The resolu-
lions were adopted
Under suspension of the rules the
three ordinances introduced were placed
on final passage and passed.
A resolution signed by Kelley and
Pascoe was read and adopted directing
the city attorney to investigate and
report to the council at its next meet
ing as to whether corporations. cleo
trio light, water, etc. having franchises
to operate in streets that are to be
paved can be assessed to help defray
the expense of the paving.
A resolution was adopted directing
the city engineer to furnish data and
estimates for opening Oklahoma evenue
from the south side of Park street to
the south side of Mercury street
Melcher moved that the city clerk be
instructed to advertise for bids for
ground for a corral for the street and
alley department. The motion carried
Noyes stated that he had been doing
business for some years which required
the use of scales, yet he had never
seen sealer of weights and measures.
He suggested that official might bring
in considerable fees if he applied him
self. On this head Ferns said that he
thought it would be a good plan for
the city to have set of city scales
for the benefit of people who have to
trust to other peoples weights. Mayor
Harrington stated that every set of
licensed platform scales in the city were
city scales to the extent that any per-
son was entitled to weigh at them by
paying fee of % cents.
The council then adjourned.