Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-11-07
COMMON COUNCIL


Baumbach, Jones, Iiamme, Menninger
and Lefeber.
Leave Of absence from meeting granted
upon request to Aid. Breed and Kennedy.
The minutes of the last regular meet
/ ing were read and approved.
Aid Hmmme presented communion
ton asking for an electric light at Fifty
ninth street and Smith avenue.
The marsha'S report of street lights
not burning during October, 1903. was
presented and referred to the finance COM
mittee
The financial statement of the city
treasu rer for October certified as exam
med and found correct by the city clerk
acting as comptroller was presented and
ordered placed on file.
The customary bills and pay rolls were
| presented. read and referred to the
finance committee.
The report of the water commissioner
showing water used for street sprinkling
during the year 1903 was presented show
ing cost in the aggregate TO be S260.GO,
with recommendation that same be levied,
collected and placed in the water fund.
A resolution was presented providing
for the collection of said amount by tax
and assessment as follows: S42.5S for
public property sprinkling frontage and
S21S.O2 private property frontage. The
rules were suspended and the resolution
was adopted.
The city clerk presented a communion
ton certifying the amount Of private and
public frontages respectively on streets
sprnkled during the year 1903, together
with communication from the board Of
public works concerning such sprinkling
with resolution providing for the plae-
ing upon the tax roll of the various pri-
waite and public charge for such street
shrinking for 1908, in addition to all 9th
or amounts ordered to be raised for such
purpose. The rules were suspended and
the resolution adopted.
The officers performing duties OF board
of public works reported with recon-
nendation for raising tax Of "A OF one
mill on each dollar of taxable property in
sewerage district 40. for use in the CON
struction of sewers in said district, to-
gether with resolution providing for
such levy.
The resolution was as follows;
Whereas the officers performing duties
Of board of public works OF the Clty OF
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, have duly re-
ported 10 the common council of said city
as provided by law, as accurately as may
be, the amount of money required Tor
sewerage purposes for the ensuing year.
in addition to special assessments made
or TO be made therefor in Sewerage DIS
trict Number One, which sum as reported
To said council is the sum of seven nun
dred dollars and equal to about "a OF one
mill upon each dollar of property subject
to taxation in said district.
Whereas, the said common counch
deem ii necessary to raise by taxation N
said Sewerage District No /. city Of
Wauwatosa, n tax of " Of ! mill upon
each dollar of all the taxable property in
said sewerage district for sewerage puf-
poses therein.
Now therefore be it resolved, by the
common council of the city of NauWa-
tosa. Wisconsin, that there is hereby
levied tax Mt the rate of " of ! mlll
upon each dollar on all property subject
to taxation in Sewerage District No. !,
city 81 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin:
And the city clerk is hereby directed to
include the said tax upon the tax ron OF
the city of WauWatosa against tine prop
erty in Sewerage District No. |. city OF
Wauwatosa. Wisconsin, which tax when
collected shall be placed in the fund OF
the said sewerage district No. !, CITY OF
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Passed this Sd. day Of November, 1905.
Cpon roll call the resolution was adopt
ed:
BY Md. Baumbach, n resolution pro-
wiling for the transfer Of $500 from the
water works fund to the water works in
debtedueSs fund.
Upon motion the rules were suspended
and the resolution adopted.
From the officers performing duties
board of public works.
To the Common Council, City of Wau-
watosa:
The finance committee to whom was
on October u, 1908, referred the official
statements of the amount OF money re-
Quircd for the ensuing fiscal year, iD
the departments of the city of Wauwa-
tosa, would respectfully report rs fol-
lows:
Your committee reports as the eSti-
mated amount of money that will como
to the city treasury from sources other
than taxes. the following items:
From saloon licenses, .......... Sl,2Ou
Dog licenses $50
Fool table licenses. ...,......,.. III
| Bowling alley licenses. ....,,.,.. 10
Druggist licenses OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
| Electric railway licenses. ...... 600
Interest ON deposits. .,............. @Wl