Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-16
TOTAL TAX LEVY is FIXED
Seventy Eight and Four Tenths Mills 10
Cover EvsrythipV.
CITY, COUNTY AND STATE INCLUDED
CommissiOners CONFIRM Action Taken
In Committee, with Solomon Con-
tending for Lower Rate of
Assessment.

The total tax levy against property IN the
city of omaha for the coming year will be
TS.4 mills. The county commissioners met
yesterday afternoon and confirmed the ac-
ton taken in committee OF the whole fixing
the levy for county purposes at 1874 mills.
A communication from the state board GER
tifying a levy OF mills for state purposes
and from the city council fixing the city
levy at IS mills were received by the board.
The action Of the board in fixing the
county levy was opposed by Commissioner
Solomon who read a resolution to which
he could not get second. fixing the
county levy at IL mills and when he was
called on to vote for the committee report
he read a spirited protest against levy
OF more than IA mills. He demanded that
this protest go in the record as an expla-
nation of his vote. but this request was
opposed by the other members and the
discussion that followed was lively. FL
naly Chairman Bruning said he was in
clined to think the protest should not be
spread upon the record, but reserved a
final decision until later. Mr.. Solomon
favored a division OF the levy among the
funds as follows; General mills, road 2
mills, bridge 1.5 mills, bond sinking fund
IS mills. soldiers relief 2 mills He
would raise enough money to pay all OF
the probable expenditures from the diff
ferent funds based on the average for
several years past.
The original resolution signed by four of
the members of the board was passed. MIR.
Solomon alone voting against it. The reso-
luton fixed the levy for the various funds
as follows: General mills, road "a mills,
bridge 80 mills. bond sinking 1.s mills,
soldiers relief 3 min.
ApportiORmeHt I'm city.
OF the city lefty of 56 mills 80 mills is
devoted to the general fund, 8 mills to
the sinking fund and 16 mills to the school
district. The board also approved the
levies made by the local bodies in the
Incorporated villages and school districts
of the county.
BY the adoption unanimously of a reso-
luton introduced by Mr.. Tire the board
committed itself to the policy of paying
all bills monthly. The resolution provides
that all bills filed on or before the 10th
day of each month shall be passed on by
the board Immediately. 1t is provided that
there shall be only one appropriation sheet
month for the general fund and this
shall be passed at a meeting to be held
the third Saturday in the month. Creditors
of the county are to be notified to file
their claims monthly before the 10th Of
the month following the month in which
the bill was incurred, All bills not filed
! by that time will go over to the mex
month. The commissioners assert tn,
prompt payment of bills will secure lower
prices and will enable them to audit bill.
| better.
A report from the finance committee al
lowing the members OF. the board that can
vassed the vote at the last primary s.
day for their services was passed, Ur,
voting against It. Two of the member.
were allowed $50 each and one $45, he be
ing absent one Of the ten days the boart
| sat. H1ST ~
The contract for. building and repair
ing pile bridges was let to the Standar,
Bridge company its bid being the loves
Of those submitted.
Claims TO the amount of over s1O5.Oc
were allowed by the board Owing 4
the amount of work necessary to get GU
the warrants. they will not be available
for payment until about August rs.