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have shown that the general provis.
ions are against him.
The sections quoted by Mr.. Hol.
lenbeck are part of section 205 of
the Code, and pertain to the manage.
ment of water works.
Section 2411 Revises Statutes (R
s. quoted simply provides that the
trustees may collect water rent
from individuals and apply 1t on the
expenses of maintaining the works,
so far as it will go, and is rather a
limitation on prices fixed by the trus.
tees, that is, the assessment or price
must be Equitable"
The first clause of section 2412
provides that If there is surplus of
water rents over and above the oper
ating expenses, then the same may be
applied to repairs, etc. The latter
clause of that section clearly applies
to taxes levied for the debt and in
terest fund, and, of course those taxes
must be applied to the payment of the
debt and interest of cost of construc.
ton. No provision yet that the plant
must be self-sustaining.
Now we come to Sections 2429 and
2430, and we strike pay dirt.
Sec. 2429 is as follows: For the
purpose of paying interest on the
money borrowed for the erection and
completion of water-works, during
the erection and completion thereof,
and before they shall have been put
ia operation, n tax of sufficient
amount shall be assessed and collect.
ed each and every year, in the usual
manner of levying and collecting taxes
in the corporation upon all the taxable
property thereof"
We will now transpose those pharses
and put the taxing first and the
methods of expenditure last and it
will be like this: "a tax of sufficient
amount shall be assessed and collect.
ed, each and every year. ******* upon
all the taxable property" For the
purpose of paying the interest on the
money borrowed for the erection and
completion of water works." during
the erection and completion thereof
and before they shall have been put
ia operation" This section clearly
provides for taxation for paying in
terest on cost of construction and
before they are in operation.
| BY making the same transposition
of the taxing clause in the next section
cited by Mr. Hollenbeck (2430) we
have the following: "a tax of suffi
cient amount may be assessed and
collected, in addition to the amount
now authorized by law" %%%*** "Fol
the purpose of paying interest on any
loan which any city or village may
heretofore have made, or may here
after make. for the erection or eX
tension of waterworks and after they
shall have been put in operation, ant
for the building of machinery
1t will be seen that this last section
provides for the extension of water
works.
These are all the authorities citet
By Mr.. Hollenbeck. and are all thai
We can find that have direct bear
ing on the point at issue.
From the foregoing it clearly ap
pears that there is no express provis
lens requiring that the plant mus
be self-sustaining, and surely none
can be nationally implied.
1t would seem strange that of al
the twentyseven sections of the Re
vised Statutes which are incorporated
in and made part of Sec. 205 of the
Code, and all of which pertain t
water works, that the legislation die
not make some express provision tina
those plants should be self sustainin!
if such were the intent.
F. E. BOWERS.
In closing this already lengthy let
ter. we have no apology to offer TO
taking so much of your time in read
ing the same, but we do desire t.
thank you for your patience; and i
you are still undecided how to vot,
on account of the children" We
would suggest that you ask the boy
or girl as the case may be how the,
feel about the matter for Mr. Hollen
beck no doubt forgot to ask you to d,
this. We are willing to abide by th
decision of your children for wv
doubt not through the ages, one in
creasing purpose runs, and tn
thoughts of men are widened, wit
the process of their sons" This /
called the spirit of the west, an,
after consulting the little ones a
home, we feel sure that "The Othe
Side" as Mr.. Hollenbeck calls hi
last weeks article will look very darl
and gloomy indeed; and if you vot
as your conscience and the children
tell you, when the bells ring out Of
that glad Easter morning the da,
after election, the news of the ann
versary of the resurrection of on
Savior, they will also ring out tn
glad tidings of the resurrection of ou
town, which like our Savior has beel
supposed to be buried for all time
So Mote 1t be.
THE P'B'G IMP. ASSOCIATION.