The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-11
City Council Procsadin6s.

Chamber, City Hall, in regular session
and upon being called to order by the
President of the Council, the roll was
called and the following Council an
swered TO their names:
President Mcintosh, and Councilmen
Cay, James, Lewis, Moor, Saxon and
| Spiller,
A quorum present.
Mayor +. G. Gilmore was present at
the Coulcil meeting.
The minutes of the meeting of August
18th, August 9th, August 18th, and
| September LIST, A. ID. 1908, we're read
and approved.
Reports were submitted by the sew
eral city officials, read and ordered filed.
Mr.. j. G, Kellum appeared before the
Council for and on behalf of the Board
of Control, having in charge the school
interests Of the State, and addressed
the Council upon the question Of secur-
ing a reduced rate for electric lights
used at the Florida Female College,
stating that it was the intention of the
Board of Control to put in about two
hundred additional lights in the building
and grounds, and stating that the Uni
versity of Florida, at Gainesville, Flor
ida, had a rate from the company fur
nishing electricity there, of eight cents
per kilOwatt, and he asked that the
Council allow that rate, il possible, for
the Florida Female College. This mat
ter was, upon motion of Councilman
Moor, referred to the Board of Man
ayers Of the City Electric Light Plant
with the recommendation from the
Council that the said Board of Managers
Grant fha hast npcofhla 70 fOys ba 400
of electricity at the Florida Female Col
lege.
Mr.. ]. G.. Kellum also addressed the
Council on behalf Of the Board Of Con-
troll having in charge the school inter-
ests Of the State, upon the question of
putting in and maintaining by the City
one electric arc lamp on the grounds of
the Florida Female College, stating that
the other lights that were put on the
grounds would be paid for by the Board
of Control. This matter was. upon mo-
ton of Councilman Moor, referred to the
Light Committee of the City Council
for their consideration; the said Com
mittee being given power by the Coun-
Gil to act in the matter.
President Murphree, of the Florida
Female College, also appeared before
the Council in support Of the PROPOSE
tons as submitted by Mr.. Kellum.
City Tax Assessor, w. H. Chancey,
was present at the Council meeting
with one copy of the City Assessment /
Roll for the year A. d. 1908, and the
Finance Committee, through its chair
man, Councilman Saxon, recommended
that the assessment as made by the
City Tax Assessor be approved by the .
City Council, which said recommends |
ton was approved by the City Council /
by unanimous vote thereof and the as
roll was thereupoh redeliver-
ed TO the City Tax Assessor in order
that he might make the duplicate
thereof.
The matter of millage to be levied
for the year A. d. 1908 was given con-
by the Council and it was
finally agreed by the Council that the
total millage to be levied for the year
A. ID. 1908 be sixteen mills, to be di-
vided as follows: General Revenue,
eight and One-half mills; interest, FIVE
mills; water works and fire protection,
two and one-half mills, the ordinance
making the tax levy as above to be pas
sed at City Council meeting to be held
on Thursday, the fifteenth day of Octo-
Der, A. D. 1908.
Matters relative to the financial in
terests of the city were taken up for
by the Council and in this
it was directed that the City
Tax Collector be informed that the
City Council would expect him to make
full and final settlement with the city
at the regular meeting Of the City
Council to be held October 9Th, A. d.
1908.
1t was directed that the following no
tice TO property owners be published in
The Weekly True Democrat, a news
paper published in the City Of Talla-
hassee, by three consecutive insertions,
with the issue Of said pa
per to be published Friday, September
18th, A. d. 1908:
(See Notice elsewhere)
1t was directed that the following no
tice of special tax levy be published in
The Weekly True Democrat, a newspa-
per published in the City of Tallahas-
see, by FIVE consecutive insertions, COM
with the issue Of said paper TO
be published Friday, September 18th,
A. ID. 1908:
(See Notice elsewhere.)
Warrants aggregating 2,09O.38 were
drawn npayment of accounts presented
and approved.
Upon motion, the City Council there
upon took a recess until Monday, Sep
TENDER 18th, A. ID. 1908, at 1880 p. m.
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