The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-11-06
ANNUAL
TAX LEVY
ADOPTED
BY COUNCIL

AT the regular semi-monthly meet
ing OF the city council Monday night
the annual tax levy for city purposes.
providing for all regular and special
expenses. was adopted BY the accept
Anee OF the following resolution.
which was presented by Alderman d.
\. Cooper. chairman of the finance
conznitfee
BE q resolved by the City Of Can
on ctty. Fremont county. Colorado.
that for the support Of the city gov
ernment Of the City OF Canon City.
the paynedt Of the city debt and the
interest thereon. a'tax Is hereby levied
ON all f.xsbIe property. real. personal
and nixed. within the city limits ~
the CITY Of Canon City as are subject
10 taxation for state ana county par-
poses and at the number Of mills on
The do1Inr OF the assessed valuation
Of safd taxable property for the year
A. D. 1sls. as herein stated. viz: A
general tax levy OF fire and one-quar-
ter mills on the dollar. A special tar
levy OF -four and one-quarter mills on
the dollar As follows: For the pay
meat OF the interest on the $4,000
refunding ny bonds four-tenths OF
one mil For the payment OF electric
liEhfins. oae mill
For the payment of the judgment
against the city recovered in the dis
trict court of Fremont county and af-
fsrme1 by he supreme court Of Colo
RADIO z-Lhe ease Of ocnevieve Cor ny
Grant cox. her father and next friend.
as pieintif. and against the City Of
Canon City as defendant. two and
eleven-twentieths mills on the dollar
OF the z==essabie valuation Of the said
City OF Canon City.
The levy this year Is made on a full
valuation OF all the assessabie proper
ty In the city. instead of on the one
third oasis OF valuation as was the
case twelve meaths ago. and the levy
is only one-third as large as for the
current fiscal year. although II IS
computed the revenue will 5e prac-
ticaliy the same as IL was for 1919
The total levy provided for by the
resolution of Monday night is nine
and half mills for all regular and
special purposes, which IS a fraction
less than II was last year Exclusive
OF the special levy to satisfy the judg-
ment alluded to II is only six ani
threc-quafters mills. which viii be a
somewhat smaller assessment for city
purposes than was made twelve
months ago.
Prof Il. c. Tremayne sic-r sed the
council Monday night in relation TO
granting to the Canon City band GER
tain concessions Of minor character
In the City park. In exchange for
which it pledges itself to give free
concerts there during the summer
months. Prot. rremayne stated that
II the band was given permission 10
do so IL would erect fence along the
south side OF the park. near the Den
yer 4 Rio crande tracks. and would
build at its own expense band stand
and dancing pavilion to cost eight
hundred dollars All the band reQuir-
ed OF the city in the event the privi-
iege WAS given would be better cleo
trio illumination OF the park. The pro-
position was referred 10 the Park
committee for further Investigation.
r. c. Higgins addressed the conn
ell upon the subject Of the recca, COW
boy and Wild west carnival at the fair
grounds and asked for an appropria-
tion from the city treasury 10 assist
It's management In meeting some Of
the financial obligations incurred in
the presentation OF the carnival pro-
gram. On nosion the sum Of nfsy
dollars was voted sor Che psrpose: II