The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-08-02
City Ordinances.

CO.. an ~ ofuinance creating special fund
a0e 'ne payment OF all salaries of all CITY
I E;iiloers' the compensation of all city DO
iIoelheh' scaVengers. lamps lighters, cart
tnen' ana other city employees, for the
puI pose Vi lghtlng the city, feeding the
oity hIuies and all other animals reduir
81 ~ VI agreed 10 be fed by the city,
alo other current expenses, &c.
De II Ordained bp the city council of
Inc city OF Brownsville:
Section THAT for tba ov,,,.c,,,. u
aiSo purpose or paying the salaries of
an CITY ofncers, policemen, CITY lamp
neIters' city scavengers, city cartmen.
an anu All other employees of the city, for
the purpose OF lighting the city and
thereto the purchase of all necessary oil.
lamps lamp-chlmneys and glasses, the
ieedihg OF all animals being to or bed
Dy the CITY and other such said current
anu usnal expenses of the city govern
mont, hereafter to by this, the city of
brOWnsvllle, special fund is now here
Dy, called, and hereafter to be oDened
ana carried upon the books of the treas
urer OF this city, and known as SALARY
romeo, C1ty Expenses, and Light Fund. .
ana the MONIES of and III said fnnd, nor
any part thereof, shall be paid by the
city treasurer, or applied by him, or
anyone, TO any other purposes than
those herelnbefOre mentioned and pro-
vided for;
Section 2:-Said special fund shall
consist OF all the following monies;
1st. Any and all monies hereafterac
crulng, or 20 accrue, received and col
lected, or III any manner arising from,
the Market revenues, COR collections
therefrom or rent received therefor. of
thsi city;
Ind. Any and all monies hereafter
accrulng, or to accrue, received or col
lected, as and beingall occupation taxes.
hereafter to be paid by any person, cor
poratlon, firm, or association subject TO
such occupation tax under the Ordinar-
ses of this city;
5rd. All monies arising from the
collection Of the levy of ten cents on the
one hundred dollars valuation, which Is
made payable in u. s. Currency, this
day levied for the year A. D. 1901, as
and being two-fifths, (2-3,) Of the TWEEN
ty-five CO, cents on the one hundred
dollars adj valOrem city tax, this dav
evied for current city expenses:
Section 3.-The city treasurer of this
Slb1 IL 1OM HcIcbt anu instruct
ed, to at once open and thereafter keep
upon his books Of account, as such treas
urer, a separate account of and for said
special fund, and 10 place to the credit
of said special fund, and all monies
that may hereafter come into his hands,
or to be received by him, from any and
all of the three sources hereinbetOre
specially enumerated;
Section 1.-The city treasurer shall
pay out of such special fund only such
warrants as shall be specially drawn
upon it by competent authority, and
then only for the special purposes here
inbefore enumerated, and all such war
rants upon special fund, shall only be
paid in their due order and priority. of
registration, as is provided in the or
dinance of this city, this day passed reg
ulating the payment of city warrants,
or s'serip," in their due order and prior
ity of registration;
Section 5.-All ordinances and parts
thereof, in any wise in conflict with this
ordinance, are hereby repealed;
Section 6.-That this ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and af
ter its passage;
Adopted in open council, by unani-
nous vote, this, the 3lst day of Deem
Der, A. d. 1900.
Attest; Approved;
q MARTINEZ, THOMAS CARSON,
City Secretary. Mayor.