Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

common council In writing, on or be.
fore the fifteenth day of
= December in each year, pro-
posed budget Of the amounts
estimated to be required in order to
meet the expenses of conducting the
public business of such city for the en-
suing fiscal year, in which said budget
there shall be set forth in detail the
purposes for which money is to be ex-
pended during the said ensuing fiscal
year, and the amount of money which
1t is proposed shall be appropriated by
the common council for each of the
several purposes therein enumerated
during the ensuing fiscal year In adj
dition to the purposes required to be
set forth in detail, the said board of
estimate shall include in said budget
sum for a contingent fund, which sum
shall be such as they may deem rea-
sohably necessary or proper for emery
ency or other purposes which may
arise during the year requiring the ex-
penditure of money and for which no
express provision is made in the bud
get. Said board of estimate shall also
bonds which it is proposed shall be
issued during ~ next ensuing fiscal
year. All NEE. SIS of the board shall
be open to the public and previous to
the submission of the proposed budget
to the common council the board of
estimate shall provide for at least one
public hearing on the same.
statutes is repealed.
Section 8. There Is added to the
statutes new section to read: Section
such cities of the first class shall
adopt the proposed buget submitted by
the board of estimate, either as sub
mitted or with such alterations as to
may be expended as they may deem
best, and may make such changes in
the purposes for the amounts to which
bonds may be issued as they may deem
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to the adoption of said budget by the
common council the said common coun-
ell shall have at least one public hear
ing on the same, and the budget, either
as submitted or as amended or altered
by the common council, shall be
adopted by the common council on or
before the 31st day of December of
said year. After the adoption of said
budget by the common council of such
city, no moneys shall be expended and
no liabilities shall be created by said
city or any department thereof eX-
cept for the detailed purposes enumer-
ated in said budget and in the amount
appropriated by said budget for such
purposes, except as hereinafter provid-
ed. Whenever the head or heads of
any department of such city shall find
that it is necessary to spend a larger
sum for one or more of the purposes
for which he is authorized by said
budget to spend money than is provid-
ed for in said budget, and that it will
be unnecessary to eXpend the amount
appropriated for some other purpose
or purposes in his department he may
request the mayor to call a meeting of
the board of estimate, and upon such
request it shall be the duty of the
mayor to call meeting of the board
of estimate forthwith: At such meet
ing the head or heads of the depart
ment desiring such change in the bud
get shall submit the facts relating
thereto to the board, and If a majority
of the board approve thereof, the city
clerk shall Immediately notify the
comptroller, and it shall be the duty
Of the comptroller to revise such APP
preparations in the budget to conform
to such decision of the board of esti-
mate and to notify the head or heads
of the department affected thereby of
such change. However, no department
shall be permitted, to spend a larger
amount than is appropriated by said
budget for such departmen except that 1t
may spend sums appropriated from the
contingent fund by the common coun-
Gil for the purposes for which such
sums shall be appropriated The COM
mon council shall have power to appro-
pirate sums from time to time out of
the contingent fund by vote of at
least three-fourths of all the alder
men elect for any lawful municipal
purpose or purposes. No municipal
bonds shall be issued during the en-
suing fiscal year except as are therein
specified, except in great emergencies
when 1t is necessary SO to do to sup
ply the funds necessary to preserve the
public health or safety, and then only
when authorized by the affirmative
vote of three-fourths of the members
of the common council. Every officer
or employe of the city who shall par
ticipate in the violation of this sec
ton shall be personally liable to the
city for all loss or damages resulting
from such violation. 1t shall not be
necessary before adopting the budget
herein provided for to refer the said
mon council, but the said budget may
be adopted at a. meeting of the COM
mon council at which the budget is re-
ceived.
g. The adoption of such budget shall
be an appropriation of the several
amounts of money provided for each of
the several purposes named therein,
except the sum fixed for the contin-
gent fund, and no further appropria-
ton by the common council shall be
necessary in order to authorize the
head Or heads Of the departments to
make such expenditures, except eX-
penditures out of the contingent fund;
provided, however, that the appropri-
alton of money by the adoption of
budget for one year shall not author
ize the expenditure of any money in
a succeeding year, except as herein
after provided, but all money raised
for the purposes enumerated in the
budget for one year and not expended
during that year shall be carried into
vision shall not apply to the eXpendi-
ture of the proceeds of bonds issued
by such city.
Section A. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after iV
passage and publication.
Approved May 26. 1913. Copy Law
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