Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-09
JHREI. MIII, LEVY Is ASKED ny
the CITY.
NEEDS THE MONEY
No Opinion on Lcgality--Claimcd
That LcNies Are Necessary for
Welfare of Tulsa.

Although Attorney General West
would not express an opinion to May
or Martin when seen in connection
with the lc,al'ty of the special tax
election held IN Tulsa today, the cleo
tion viii nevertheless be held. and
whatever action may come to deter
mine its legality must show itself af-
ter the ballot boxes have been closed
There is a specification in the state
law that th1 tax election must be
held on the second Tuesday after the
first Monday la August, and today Is
that day, 70 procrastinate might
eliminate the chances Of calling a sim
liar election later.
Accol ding 70 Il. r Cline, city audi
tor II Is necessary for the welfare of
the city that the voters In today's cleo
tion act favorably on the proposition
on which thav are to vote. In an in
tervlcw yesterday he singled out each
reparatp levy which is to be submitted
and eXrl essen his opinion why the in
creases should te voted
Practically al of the funds into
which any increase voted today will
30 are very much depleted, according
to the auditor: The city is asking
;hat a quarter mill levy be given for
the benefit u the cemetery fund.
This is needed it Is said, that there
may be fences built about the burial
ground and f5r other improvements
counted as necessary,
There Is also a quarter of Va mill
asked COR tho health and sanitary
fund, and 1t Is maintained tha this is
necessary to Keen up a thorough san
taxation of tic city and for the main
tenance of that department
A similar amount Is asked for the
street lighting fund on the ground
that the present levy is only capable
OF taking caie of the street lights
that are now in use. The present
yearly expenditure for this purpose is
$4,000 at prescnt, secured by a ono
mill levy and IT IS said that there can
ne no ircreus' in the number of lights
about the city unless there is an in
crease IN the lew.
One-half mil; is asked for the park
sund for part; improvements. Three
fourths of NH Is asked for for the
stree and bridge fund to provide for
future expenditures in this line. A
fourth pi a uiii IS wanted for the CON
tingeI and supply fund. out of which
the 'itV pays lte rent and other incl
dentals For the maintenance of the
fire departments and expenses con
nect"d 'herewith, one-half mill Is ask
cd for he fire and water fund A
quarter of n ~ is also asked for the
salary :und
There are eight propositions in all
To bo oted upon as outlined I'm the
FOREGOING. rho levy Is based on n
valuation Of StO,OOO,OO). For each
mill that is voted there Is voted tax
of Sl0,oo0. Th" total levy asked three
mills, II cans that the different funds
viii be enriched In the sum of $50. 900
in the proportion 10 the amount of
the levy and asked for each.
The board o! directors of the Com
mercial club, through its vice presi-
dent, G. G. Maece, has pledged to sup,
day, ard the commission has made
an appeal tha' It Is essential to the
welfare of tho city that the various
tevles b. voted
However, II was reported around
the city hall Yesterday that there
seems To- to bG a slim chance that tho
election viii amount TO aught Nearly
everybody in the city turned out q
Iweel AGO today. and II the candidates
are 10 be relied upon II took heaps
Of work to tiing them forth. To b,
uuccessful. II "a necessary that some
thing like t.SO0 or 400 votes be cas-
In the election ,oday, or fifty per cent
Of the ,ast general vote II Is figured
that I'm any special election IL Is quit,
q hard task T. get out half of the quail
flied voters. and especially 50 IN M
instanca where he issue n the increas
ing of taxes. anl when the proposition
may be defeated by staying at home
And then there IL the chance that Il
half of the general vote is out tina
a majority OF It may not be In favoI
OF the issues II will be seen that e
lmake the olrt'lOn successful that .
majority Of one. half of the total vot,
lof the city mJst be cast In favor o
the propositions as outlined.
And II may be safely said that I
the election results In favor Of thu
Increased levies that there will be M
contost on the part of the city to de
ltermine the legality of the election
IAnythlng of that nature must CONF
from another source.