The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-24
ORDINANCE MO. 1886.

AN ORDINANCE To provide revenue for
the city OF Topeka. Kansas. for the
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council
men of the City of Topeka:
Section l.. That for the purpose of rails
ing funds to defray the current expenses
of the city of Topeka, Kansas. for the
| purpose of raising funds to pay for gem
srad imT1oysments; to pay interest ON on
| bonds, to pay for park improvements and
maintenance, to pay judgments rendered
against the city, to maintain a free pub
| lie library, to pay principal and interest
on the city's proportion of certain in
ternal Improvement bonds for. the year
1903, to redeem bonds of the city at ma
| turity and to provide a Music Fund" to
pay for public concerts in said city, the
following levies are hereby made on all
real, personal and mixed property within
the limits of the city of Topeka, Shawnee
county. Kansas, taxable according to the
laws of the state of Kansas, to-wit:
Sec. 2. For general revenue purposes
there is hereby levied and assessed a tax
Of one and seventeenth mills 0o.OolO on
Sec. 8. For general improvement pur-
poses there is hereby levied and assessed
a tax of one and seventeenth mills So.0MD
Sec. 4. For the purpose of paying the
interest coupons on bonds of the city OF
topeka there is hereby levied and assess
mill 60 0O05D on the dollar.
Sec. 5. For the purpose of paying the
city of Topeka there Is hereby levied and
assessed tax of thirty-seven hundredths
of one mill $50. 000SO on the dollar.
park improvements and maintenance
there is hereby levied and assessed a tax
Of twenty-nine hundredths of one mill
Sec. l. For the purpose of paying OFF
Judgment rendered against the city Of
Topeka there is hereby levied and assess
ed tax of twenty-nine thousandths Of
one mill (s0OOO02s) on the dollar.
Sec 8. For the purpose OF providing Tor
aiy,f<a fIaT
library there is hereby levied and assessed
a tax of fourteen hundredths of one mill
(sooolD on the dollar; ., ,.ov,a,n
sinking fund for the redemption OF one
tenth of the principal of certain internal
Improvement bonds maturing in 1909, is
sued for the purpose of paying the cost Of
grading, curbing and paving the cttys
proportion of certain streets and alleys,
there is hereby levied and assessed tax
of ninety-five hundredths of one mill
(s0.0001D on the dollar.
Sec. 10. For the purpose of paying the
interest on certain internal Improvement
bonds of the city of Topeka. which be-
comes due in 1908. issued for the purpose
and p paving the city's proportion Of Ger.
tain streets and alleys. there is hereby
levied and assessed tax of twenty-five
hundredths of one mill tso.0oo25) on the
dollar.
Sec. il. For the purpose of providing
sinking fund for the redemption of
bonds of the city of Topeka at maturity.
there is hereby levied and assessed a tax
of two hundred sixty-six thousanriths of
one mill (So.000266 on the dollar.
Sec. L. For the purpose of providing a
Music Fund" to pay for public concerts
in the parks and public halls of the city
of Topeka, there is hereby levied and as
sessed a tax of thirty-five thousandths Of
one mill (sO.00O35) on the dollar
Sec. 13. The valuation of the property
upon which the foregoing taxes are levied
and assessed is, in all cases, taken from
the assessment rolls of the present year
in the office of the county clerk of Shaw
nee county, Kansas, and 1t shall be the
duty of the city clerk, Immediately after
the publication of this ordinance. to trans
NIT duly certified copy of the same to
| the county clerk of Shawnee county. KAN
s2S.
| Sec. IA. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pub
| LEGATION in the official city paper.
Passed the council August 90 1905
| Approved August 20, 1908. -
(Seal.] VIM. GREEN, Mayor.
Attest: @. B, BURGE, City, Clerk.