Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-14
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Council Meets and Passes Levy of Seven
and Three Fourths MillL
VOTING MACHINES FOR FALL ELECTION
City Attorney Reports on Twenty
Fourth street Paving and Ordi-
nance for me Improve
ment Passed,

The city council met last night in sd-
iourned session. all members being present
except Martin, who is in Chicago.
Both the levy and appropriation ordi-
nances were taken up and read for the
first time On a valuation Of S2,12S,OOO the
levy calls for ~ mills. This will bring
into the municipal Golfers S16S,742. Deduct
ing the usual 10 per cent reserve, there
will be available for warrants at the COM
mence of the fiscal year, August 1, &ii7, S67.
The appropriation ordinance shows the
amount TO be distributed among the vari-
Gus funds. This distribution will be made;
General fund, 1851; fire, Sls,S6O; police,
1795s; lights, N47S9; water, 314,7Ss; interest,
SS59l7; library, "a. 1876; parks, $685. street
repairs, S. 1893; judgments, N2,676
There was marked cutting down in
some OF the funds as compared with the
first estimate of expenses. The charity
fund. which was listed for $16OO, was re-
duced to $1,000 and the printing and ad-
vertising was cut from 5000 to $500.
In addition to the $4,000 available for
warrants on August / there is a balance
available OF A0,97S in the treasury. In adj
dition to this balance there is the royalties
from the Omaha Gas company and the cleo
trio light company, police court collections
and revenue to be derived from other
sources, such license money,
This matter of making the levy and the
appropriation sheet has been gone over
thoroughly and when the members Of the
council met there was no protest of any
kind and the ordinances we're read and re-
ferred TO the judiciary committee.
The matter of voting machines was con-
sidered and a committee, composed of Ad-
III. Il ,urf1I all Ia
county commissioners today in regard to
the purchase of machines.
City Attorney Lambert submitted a re-
port on the remonstrance TO the Twenty
fourth street paving He admitted at the
start that 5000 was needed to prevent the
paving. The city attorneys report says:
ION the face Of the petition about ESQ
feet have been reported. This amount, of
course, exceeds the requisite amount by $50
feet. I have personally examined the rec
ords and made investigation and after CIV
| ing the signers Of the remonstrance the
| benefit of a liberal construction OF the law
find that the renlonstrance is signed by
only 51SO feet frontage, leaving the re-
monstrators short at least s72 feet, II the
known doubts are resolved against the re-
monstrance and II the strict construction
| applying to a petition to improve, or to
| signers on a petition TO improve, should
| be applied, then the remonstrance is short
1000 feet
II therefore advise you that the remon
! STRANGE is insufficient in law; that II is no
| signed by the owners of the majority of the
feet frontage on the street proposed to b'
improved. It does not Dust the mayor and
city council of it's Jurisdiction to proceed
IN the premises under and pursuant 20 sale
ordinance and you are at liberty TO go for
ward with the Improvement"
The council adopted the report of tn,
city attorney without discussion. TIL
Twenty-fourth street paying ordinance wa
then passed and was signed by the mayo
Immediately. "e $40 NJ. Et- ~ j
An adjourned meeting Will be held F'rida,
afternoon to put the levy and appropria
ton ordinances on second reading,
buying voting Machines.
II appears to be the plan of the cit,
officials to combine with the county ON
cials in the purchase of voting machines
With this end in view a committee wa
named last night at the meeting Of tn
council to confer with the county authori
ties today. It is expected by this commit
tee that the county will agree to purohas
three voting machines for South Oman
and that the city will provide five. Thes
machines are to cost $3.50 each. Sout
Omaha has now six wards, and with onl
eight machines in sight the voting Pre-
cincts will have to be cut from twelve I
eight. The heavy voting is done in tn
First, Second and Sixth wards. This wi
mean that the voting districts will hav
to be changed, but there is no possibllt
OF changing the ward lines. With votin
machines 1t is asserted that 600 may vo
in a district. This cutting up of the vo
ing precincts will cause the councime
TO do some figuring in order that the ve
] ing population may be so regulated as NJ
TO interfere with the ward boundarie
Z Owing to the territory covered by II
Third and Fifth wards this slicing of Il
voting precincts will be a difficult ma
ter. At first it was thought that the mi
chimes would not be ready for servi
until the spring election, but It was 7
ported yesterday that the number of mi
3 chimes wanted in South Omaha could
: on the ground and ready for service +
' the fall election.
Chicken Thief Arrested.
Frank Livingston is in the city ia
charged with petit larceny. He is to be a