The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-30
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charter in conflict with the foregoing
Sections 127sfAnd 1913 as amended are
hereby repealed. *. Ess.s-& * .5
+ Add q SectiQns12SB: - :s5 o.. :s T.4.,
Sections l27 and s12s shall take effect
and be In force on and after the sec
ond Tuesday IN March. A.: D: 1909. i
, =. SECOND: Numbered i on Ballot.)
Amend Section ITS 50 as to read as
Section 117s: The Common Council
shall annually levy. tax OF not: less
than: one-half st.1 ) of one mill OF
more than one and one-half (1h)
valuation Of ali the taxable property
Of the i city; the proceeds OF which
said tax shall be- paid into the water
and light sinking fund to be used in
paying and retiring. such outstanding
the water: and light: plants or either
of them: such tax shall be levied and
collected in like manner as other gen.
eral taxes OF the city. ~>>.s -: J. -
Proided, that this section shall not
In any manner limit or qualify the
provisions. OF any other section con-
tanned in this charter authorizing or
requiring, taxes to be levied by the
Amend Section 2s4 by adding at the
end thereon the. following;
Eighteen. There: shall also be, and
Is hereby created: q water and light
sinking fund; to provide for the pay
ment of such outstanding bonds of
the city as are liens upon the city
water and; light plants, Ut the prop
erty, of said plants. or either<of them.
There shall BE paid into: this fund all
taxes collected from the annual levy
made by the Common Council under
the provisions OF Section 417S Of this
charter. There shall also be paid into
this fund such sums from the earnings
Of the water: and light plants as the
sioners shall from time: to time de-
eide upon Whenever the Board Of
Water and Light commissioners shall
by resolution duly passed designate
plants as a sum to be paid into the
water and light sinking fund, q copy
OF such resolution shall be filed by
the manager of the Water and Light
and the City Treasurer and thereupon
the transfer Of. the sum so designated
shall be made from the water and
light plant. fund to the water and light
sinking fund. Is"
The sinking ri fund commissioners
light sinking fund. They may from
time to time pay from said fund any
of the maturing bonds which are liens
upon ti the. water and light plants or
from time to time invest. the moneys
Of said fund in the purchase of any
water and light bonds Of the city;
and in all cases where bonds Of the
and Ii ht plants or the property there
of are so paid or.:purchased, the same
shall be cancelled. and retired. :.
Said sinking fund = commissioners
may also, in. their discretion, invest
the moneys of said water and light
bonds Or obligations of the. city of
Duluth or other bonds or obligations
mentioned in Section 2S5 of this char
ter, and in. all cases where said In
upon the: water and light plants, the
same shall be held and treated by said
sinking fund commissioners in the
same manner as provided in said Sec
ton 285. -. - 49, = - :
In case OF emergency, the common
cation Of the Board Of water { and
Light comnissioners, provide that
and light sinking fund in payment Of
| maturing interest on the bonds Of said
city which are liens upon said water
and lights plants, or either OF them,
said city shah upoi, such application
so, decide. :.by res tuition, pa yme nts Hof
! such maturing interest may be made
out Of said water and light sinking
! fund. $780, IF : N s
l.. THIRD. (No.'2 on Bailot.) :
Amend Sub1Chapter H.: Part One by
adding after Section 1852 the following:
Section 1924. No assessment for
benefits shall be made for any part Of
the cost Of grading, paving or. main
tanning the intersections OF streets
with other streets or avenues.
.. FOURTH. :" {.
| Amend Sub-Chapter II, Part One, by
! adding after Section 356the following:
| T. Section 1854. When property has
| once been assessed for cost Of an i'm
! proyement In any street. or highway,
| it shall never again after payment OF
| such cost, be subject to assessment
| for cost Of renewing or maintaining
| the same :improvement. -
T.. ~ = FIFTH. 4
Amend. Sub Chapter H., Part One, by
adding after Section 362 the following:
Section .362B: The sum. which may
! be assessed. against any lot or parcel
Of land within any five year period
| shall not exceed twenty-five per cent
J Of the 'assessed value OF such lot or
/ parcel or land, except. in petition OF a
majority Of the owners, who shall own
more than fifty per cent of the 'front.'
), age to be affected by such assessment.
H. W. CHEADLE,
.' -. City Clerk
L. w.-Jan 2. ., 1s; 20, 80. 1909. =.