The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
AMENDED BUDGET
PASSED TO PRINT
Supervisors Accept Items Which
Raise the Municipal Tax
Levy to $l.50

The budget for the coming fiscal
year was passed to print Yesterday by
the supervisors and the tax levy for
municipal purposes fixed at $1.So on
each 500 of assessed valuation. On
an estimated assessment roll of s45O,-
100000 the receipts from taxation will
amount to se.755.o0o, and 1t is esti,
from licenses and sources other than
taxation. Assessor Dodge is of the
opinion that the assessment roll may
which event a surplus will be left in
the city treasury at the end of the
year. 1t is believed that the rate. for
state purposes will be 4s cents; which
Quirements of the city and state $1.9S
on $100.
The supervisors met in special ses-
sion yesterday morning to pass on sew
eral changes made in the original re-
port OF the finance committee which
was submitted to the board on We'd
nesday night. The principal changes
8 cents to raise $685. to continue
the work of sanitation and the addition
of 100000 to the fund for the contingent
expenses of the district attorneys Of
fee. This increase was made possible
by eliminating an item of $4,000 for
a free market. In the event of there
being a surplus in the general fund,
due to large assessment roll, $2O,600
will be appropriated out of it later for
the market
Supervisor Jennings. chairman of the
finance committee, presented the
acceptance Pollok explained the nature
of the changes made in the original
report He said that the salary OF City
Engineer Marsden Manson had been
raised TO $1,000 from $4,000
MANSON REIMBURSED
This increase is not a permanent
one" said Pollok but is made at this
time to reimburse the city engineer
for judgments aggregatins $1,000 rem
dered against him while he was
member of the works board. During
his incumbency the commissioners were
personally held liable for damages re-
covered against that department. The
law has since been amended to relieve
them of that liability.
Referring to the appropriation for
the health department, which is the
largest made in the history of the city,
Pollok said that he knew the money
would be economically handled I'VE
are putting our house in order" said
he. "and when the work is completed
the city will be in better sanitary con-
dition than ever before. The need for
such large appropriation will then
cease"
McLeran objected to the incorpora-
ton in the special levy of 20 cents for
streets and sewers of an authorization
to use a portion Of the monty for other
municipal improvements. During the
bond issue campaign" said McLeran.
would provide special levy of 20
cents for streets and sewers. We
should keep that promise, and> for
one object to a dollar OF the fund being
used for anything but street and sewer
work
Center and Giannini replied that the
board would keep its promise and that
the street and sewer work would be
rushed ahead. Twenty cents on an
assessed valuation of $460,000,o00 will
produce 100000 revenue said Center,
land If we judiciously spend 100000
of that amount next year we will be
doing well. Many Of the streets in
the downtown district are in better
shape than they were 10 years ago
and careful attention is being given to
all the thoroughfares.
CANNOT SPEND 1T ALL
balance. 100000, in ten years. and
there Is DO reason why the money
should not be used to improve our
municipal buildings. The sooner the
city has its new buildings the better
off it will be, for the present rent roll
is high
McLeran withdrew his opposition and
the budget as amended was passed to
print
A resolution also was passed to print
the first instaliment on the purchase
price of lands in Hetch Hetchy valley,
owned by Elmer B. Smith and needed
for the projected municipal water
system.
After the meeting Mayor Taylor COM
plimented Jennings, Murphy and Pol
lok on their able work in the prepara-
tion of the budget. You had difficult
task" said the mayor, and accom-
plished it in a manner that cannot fail
your zeal and painstaking care
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