The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-07
TEN MILLS AMOUNT THAT MUST
BE PAID.
ORDINANCES ARE ADDED TO
Old Ones Amended and New Ones
Adopted-office Of Weigh
master Created.

Ten mills is the tax levy ordered
by the city council to defray the cost
OF maintaining the municipal govern
ment for the ensuing year.
The levy was made at Tuesday
nights meeting of the board of alder
men. Its apportionment among the
different funds is as follows:
Fire fund, 31a mills; general fund,
liz mills; bond interest and sinking
fund, q mills; street fund, 11a mills;
sewer, "a mill; library, l mill
Ordinances Adopted.
Ordinance No. 179, amending Arti-
Gle / of Chapter XII of the revised
ordinances of 1901, relating to false
weights, was read for THE second
time and passed unanimously.
Under a suspension of the rules
Ordinance No. 1870, amending section
2 of Article III, Chapter XI of the re-
vised ordinances OF 1901, relating to
streets and sidewalks, was passed.
AS amended the ordinance now re-
quires construction OF permanent
sidewalks in all blocks where one-half
OF the area of walks is composed
OF cement or other like substance.
Ordinance No. 1S1, levying and as
sessing taxes for building and repair
ing sidewalks for 1903 was introduced
and adopted under a suspension OF the
rules.
The ordinance making the chief OF
police ex-officio weighmaster was
read for the second time and adopted.
Hereafter the chief will perform the
additional duty OF weighing coal and
hay, when SO requested by purchasers,
and exercise the other usual tunc-
tions OF the officer. For this he will
receive, in addition to his regular
salary, the sum OF $25 month
Sprinkling Tax Levied.
A resolution was submitted levying
tax on all lots and parcels Of land
for sprinkling purposes in District
No. 1. On motion the rules were sus-
pended and the resolution adopted.
The tax ordered is the same as here
tofore, 2 cents for each front foot,
making the cost to each lot of 25 feet
so cents, except in the case OF corner
lots, where the amount is more, being
regulated by the size of the lots so
situated.
August is, at 8 p. M, is the date
fixed for hearing protests against the
levy
Miscellaneous.
A communication was received from
Daniel Boyle superintendent of the
Montana division OF the Northern
Pacific railway announcing the COM
pany's intention of repairing the fence
that encloses the park on the east
side of Twenty street, on
the roads right-ot-way. 1t was or
dered filed.
A favorable report, in part, was
made by the ire, water and light
committee on the petition of John
Burkman, ct al, for an extension OF
the water main. The committee rec
commended that the main be extended
one-half the distance requested, name
ly, halfway between the intersection
of Thirty-first street and Fourth
avenue, south, along Thirty-first
street to the intersection of Fifth
avenue south.
The report was adopted and the ex-
tension ordered.
On motion of Alderman Bennighoff,
seconded by Strum, the clerk was in
structed to notify the Billings Water
Power company to remove the hydrant
at Minnesota avenue and Twenty
seventh street. the site of the old
fire station, and that the removal must
be under the supervision of the chief
of the fire department.
Reports were received from the diff
ferent city officers and referred to the
proper committees.
The usual monthly bills were re-
ceived and ordered paid.