Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-23
MAYOR SIGNS TAX ORDINANCE
Council Meets Immediately to Pass -Four
Months Appropriations
CITY GOVERNMENT IN ACTION AGAIN
Finance Committee Chairman Says
There VIII he Sufficient Money
to W Fire House in
JObbinR District.

Mayor Moores signed the tax levy ordi-
nance Thursday. thereby removing the last
obstacle in the way Of the payment Of
overdue salaries and bills. A special meet
ing Of the city council was held at 4 o'clock
Thursday afternoon to pass the salary APP
preparation ordinance. Friday and Saturday
will be put in by the mayor and comptroller
In signing warrants and by Monday the
wheels Of the city government will be once
more thoroughly creased.
while this levy ordinance doesn't pro-
vide as much money for the betterment of
the ere department as 1 thought 1t should
said Mayor Moores. the boys need the
money, and the merchants need 1t, and so
1 am willing to waive my objections in or
der that the warrants may be issued with
out further delay.
II don't think 1t fair that the news
should go out that Omaha has voted a 30
mill levy. The fact is 1t is only a 24-mill
levy, as the 6 mills voted for the schools is
entirely separate from the levy voted for
the support of the city government"
The city treasurer's office looks like the
distributing room Of a postoflce. as the
force is preparing for the mails 10000
postal cards calling the attention of citizens
to the fact that their personal taxes for
lbNA dAO 1htbt Will bb btul OuL as
soon as the assessment amounts can be re-
ceived from the tax commissioner.
After a vacation Of one day, caused by
the report that Mayor Moores would veto
the tax levy ordinance, Tax COMMISSIONS
Fleming's Office force is again at work on
the books, figuring out assessments on the
3O-mill basis.
As to New Fire Hall.
Councilman Mount, chairman, Of the
finance committee, said: The finance COM
mittee has finished checking over the levy
ordinance, and everything is ready now for
the passage Of the appropriation ordinance
which will be attended to by the special
meeting Of the city council this afternoon.
The ordinance will be placed upon its first
and second readings; then the rules will
be suspended, and 1t will be passed. We
are going to rush the thing through with
the least possible delay, and by Monday the
city hall gang will again be solvent.
I'VE can spare out Of the general fund
about S4s, 900 for the fire department, which
will enable us to build the fire engine house
at Eleventh and jackson streets, involving
an outlay of $25, 900, and to pay the balance
due on the lot, $14, 900. There will then be
enough left to purchase hose and other
necessary equipment"
Passes Appropriation
Pursuant to a call OF the mayor for a
special meeting OF the city council, Mount,
Hascall, Burnley, Hoye, Trostler and Lo-
beck met in the council chamber at 4
o'clock Thursday afternoon and passed the
salary appropriation ordinance for Janu-
airy, February, March and April. This doc
ument, which provides for the payment of
$125, 66S.50 and comprises hfty-two pages
of manuscript, is the largest salary or
dinance ever passed by the city council.
The city clerk announced that, while the
mayor had signed and approved the docu-
ment, he had not sent a communication
with IL.
The report Of the finance committee,
which recommended the passage Of the or
dinance, called attention to the fact that
since the passage Of the last previous sal
airy ordinance several salaries in various
departments had been raised. Those who
had enjoyed an advance of salary were
women stenographers. whose pay in most
cases was raised from $65 to SIS per month.
The ordinance passed by a unanimous
vote.