Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-05-10
TAX RATE AGREED UPON.


| Every Hundred Dollars Worth o
Property with Five Per Cent, Dis
count or all Bills Paid Ly July Isl an
Three Per Cent Oh Those Paid Sep
TENDER LIST.
The long standing question concern
| ing the tax rae and discounts 10 c al
lowed for prompt payment WAS s!llie'
last night hy majori,i S OF The t"'
boards of the City Council. A confer
anc7 committee failed to agree whct
The Board Q! Aldermen took Tn" bn!l b.
the horns and pmt it up to the Common
Council to settle the issue by placint
the taxation at $50 on the one hui"
dred dollars and making the discount,
five and three per cent. The ordinance
wa sent TO The Common Council anu i
majority CT that bo,.y conc"rred 10 IN
n. ton OF the Aldermen on tho amcnh
meu,s This virtually settles the nat
fer and The 10, er board at IT'S next reg
ular meeting Will pass tie bill. M
community viii breath easier when thc!
learn OF the termination OF one OF inc
mot unnecessary wraGglcs that has
ever occurred among the city's repre-
sentatireS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
After the Aldermen hal been called
u order Mr.. Balloager intro luced the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the snm OF $40 BE-
and the stme hereby is appropriated
Tor the purpose Of purchasing The ESe
buggy. harness and gong belonging q
the late Chief Pettey.
Mr.. Rallenger asked that the 'cs In
ton he pas 'ed. lie stated that The
horse used by the late chief belonged
70 The city and that The buggy, harness
and gong could be purchased for sou
The resolution was passed.
Mr.. Balenger introduced an ordi-
| nance fixing the salary OF the chief en-
gineer OF the Fire d. apartment al 500
per annum and providing for an annual
expenditure OF $3.50 for the main;e
nance OF horse, buggy and harness
Tho ordinance was referred to the
| finance committee.
The appropriation bill for the COM
ing fiscal year Wis slbmitte and re-
ferred to the finance committee.
The tax bill was the next measure III
order. It had been returned by the
Common Council amended by liking
the rate ut SO aod making the DIS
counts four and two per cent.
Mr.. Hill moved that the Aldermen
adhere 10 lis former action.
Mr.. Ogden moved that the Aldermen
recer,e from its action and concur in
that OF the Common Council.
Mr. Osden's motion was lost by a
vote OF two to Six-Mr. Ogden AM Mr..
BalIenger voting for it and Mrssrs. H'll,
Br:ll, FELL, Fitzgerald, Summc-s and
President Marhury voting against it.
Mr.. Hills motion to concur was
then adopted 10y vote Of { to ?
Mcss,s. Ogden and Ballenger voting in
the negative
Mr. Hill asked the president 10 a2-
point conference committee, anu
ATessrs. Hill and Ballcpger were ap-
pointed.
After being ont some time the com.
Hi,tee rr:urEetl to the chamber and re
ported that they had met committee
from the lower hoard. but had been I'M
able 10 agree upon the discounts Ia hc
allowed.
Mr.. Hill said tho tax rate wHs very
imnortant matter ln,l should be settled
"a soon rs possible. In the committee
he had endeavured ~ hiring about \
compromise by advocating discount
If five aud three, but the ro'Hml'r'
refused IL agree. HI Therefore NOV
! that the Aldermen rr"r,ln from thrr'
action III adhering 10 Thor action OF
April %. whrn The bill was passed as II
came from the finance committee,
This motion vas adopted and Mr.
Hill moved that the ordinance lr
amended hy fiNimg The discount Il !i'e
and three.
Mr.. Dallenger said that IN rhalf oI
Tho minority he would say that had II
not hcen for n clerical c r"r The rate a
li.scuuut wunll haze Inen i and = a
hill making the rate nI 'rxals"n SIS
ana the discounts I sud > had been
"a SD 10y the Aldermen hy unan''
nous vote and the Common ton'lri
hv vote Of 10 10 e. II WIS 10 bt
supposed that The new bill would have
retaiurd figures whic|. had been pre-
yinusly agreed upon. This was nol so
however, but the discount had io2r
fixed At six and four il the new bal
Hence lie stood pat II the committed
and was still ~ that altitude.
Mr.. Summers sid he was memhc
Of the conference cumlnilire and Vote,
FIR discount Ut foGr and iSo, al
though it was against lis better indg
nept but ut lie time he acted III tin
interest Of harIanny. He had slnc'
seen where he had made mistake am
vas ready i, rertify it. The srcake
further sail he believed the mtm3et
| Of the finance committees we're the hes
Judges 81 The matter. and he deferred
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