The daily tribune., 1905-03-27

ehis AspastseDs. First qsoas the
sahssases Of the several ssAsssss = -
Dsshod II payment OF city bills:
The treasurer shali rscsivs all
Doesys belonging 70 the oorposssios.
stc.''
> Mills a. section 44sI.
"Au wsrranta drawn upou the
treasurer nust b signed by the mayor
asc ooe,tsrsixned BY the slsrk. etc. =,
aca no mcssy shall b drawn exospt
- hereinafter provided
. Mills section s457.
Every fund in the hands Of the
tseassrsr shall be paid oes in
she order in which the ordsn drawn
thereon ana pay able ont - the sane
shall be presented for payment.
, Mills A. s sA6l.
Now we observe. All the expspdi.
sureu Of money BY the city treasurer
will BIZ in taking up oststandipg war
rsnts of about 2 years standing. with
8 per cent per annum accumulated in
terest thereon. This appropriation
Of tS5oo you will sss is based upon .
possibility Of being able to redeem
about t2s, 900 Of the outstanding war.
rAnts in this fund. Now the ques-
tion IL to get the &ss. 900 In the fund
10 b able to call In that amount
Of pspsr have said that the direct
taxation for the 6 years past represent b
about one third the moneys collected
In that fund. Your Asssssed valua-
tion now stands rs per tabulatiop at
eSl4. 400 and taxation for general fund
8 mills Il all this tax be collected it
would be about $500. Now comes
in the energy Of your mayor. your
entire council - an harmonious body,
An efficient po lioe force, and all the
salen. you can get from your city At.
sorne., II he discharges al his duty
to collect all the licenses and revenues
due the city. you have saloon licenses
and these are u. 600 per Annum each.
besides wagon Licenses. dog tax, show
license. peddlsrs, bill posters. second
hand Licenses. bowling alleys. shoot.
ing galleries. police court fines. pound
fnes. moving permits and numeroui
details Of like character. And II yor
get relief from this burden Of deb'
and taxation 1t 10 necessary thai
every man be capable and energetic Q,
bis post.
Next in the schedule Of appropria
tion bills call attention to the oft,
hall bond interest," fund. Al appear
In our tabulation Of indebtedness.
there il . t5.0 900 oity hall bond debt
drawing 8 per cent interest. This
has been . bond Of long standing AND
interest has always been paid upon I,
although It was not classsd ~ Z
separate item until your present I'd.
ministrasion took vigorously hold oi
the situation and considered It best
to set IL out BY itself. in the SAME
way - everything else and get dowr
in e,erv way to the principles o.
dennitsness.
We have yet some further observa
tions ~ to the general fund and thsr
shall tase mp the water, department.
Keep all the papsrs carrying thil
artiole - I shall continue to refer
back from time to time. After CON
alteration Of about one more feature
Of the general fluid we shall pas x
the water department. and II Mr..
Champion. Mr.. Blunt and Mr.. Moore
will present all the features Of ths
Ca'met water case about which they
com plain shall be obliged. for /,
will be part Of our study. As
have said I propoee to be considerate
only Of facts and financial principles
and tsDdenoies. 1 have in the Pcs,
two ysars given my best energies K
the city management ard I am ready
to give An account Of my steward
ship. II the services Of another AZ
worth more 70 you than mine IL Il
your duty TO yourself to make the
change. and the same With every Other