The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-05-30

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Whereas, after making due ex-
Iamination and making proper al
lowance for unexpected balances In
the appropriation for the fiscal year
l1912, and for licenses. fines and
Iother revenues to come into the
treasury during the present fiscal
year. it is ascertained by the coun-
ell that the amount necessary to be
collected from the tax levy for the
current fiscal year is Forty-Five
Thousand Dollars.
Therefore, Be 1t Ordained by the
lefty council of the City of Cairo,
Illinois:
(, Section /. That the sum of
Forty-F'ive Thousand Dollars is here
by levied and assessed for corporate
purposes upon all the real and per-
,sonal property within the corporate
limits of the City Of Cairo as the
same be equalized for State and
County purposes for the current
Ryear. Said sum OF FoIty-Five Thou
sand Dollars is hereby appropriated
pro rata among and apportioned to
the nineteen purposes specified in
1.-THE annual appropriation ordinance
of said City of Cairo for the fiscal
year ending December 81, 1918, ap
proved March 10, 1918, which sail
nineteen purposes, with the sum or
amount appropriated for each pur-
pose respectively are hereinbefore
set out and specified in the preamble
of this ordinance.
Section 1.-THE city clerk Is here
by directed to file with the county
clerk of Alexander County. Illinois.
on or before the Second Tuesday in
September A. D. 1918, a certified
copy of this ordinance which shall
be certified to by the Mayor and the
city clerk
Section Whenever the county
clerk of Alexander county, Illinois,
has extended the taxes above men,
toned upon the county collectors
books, it shall be the duty of the
city comptroller to ascertain the ex
act amount so extended and charge
the same on his books to the county
collector of Alexander County, and
to credit him with the sums he shall
from time to time pay into the city
treasury on account of said taxes.
| Provided: The city comptroller
leetor with any attachments or for
FIXTURES of said taxes until state
Iment of the same has been examined
and approved by the city council.
Section 4.--That in addition to
said sum above levied for corporate
. purposes, special tax of Nine Thou
sand Seven Hundred Ninety Three
and Si-100 Dollars is hereby levied
and assessed upon all the taxable
property in the City of Cairo for
the sole purpose of paying the prin-
eipal Of the first five bonds and the
interest on all bonds issued in pay
ment for the cost of rebuilding and
strengthening the levee system of
the City OF Cairo, as provided in or
dinance No. 302, approved January
is, 1873. and as contemplated in
the city appropriation ordinance No.
1897, approved March 10, 1918: and
the proposition for the issuance of
said bonds as above provided for
having been approved by vote Of
the people of the City OF Cairo, at an
election held February 25, 1918.
The said special tax shall be assess
cd and collected in the same rranner
as the general taxes of the said city
are assessed and collected, and the
same when collected. shall be kept
separate and apart from the other
moneys OF the city and used only for
the purpose Of paying the principal
OF the five above named bonds and
the interest on all other bonds as
above specified.
Section 5.-That in addition to
the said sum above levied for cor.
porate purposes, and for the pur-
poses mentioned in the last preced-
ing section Of this ordinance. a
mills on the dollar is hereby levied
anc assessed on all taxable property
in the City of of Cairo; such special
tax to be assessed and collected In
the same manner with said general
| taxes OF the city to be known as the
Library Fund, and when received,
the same shall be deposited in the
treasury OF the city to the credit OF
the Library Fund and shall be kept
separate and apart from the other
moneys of the city and only drawn
upon the properly authenticated
vouchers of the Board OF Directors of
sad Library.
Section Sit shall be the duty o.
the city treasurer, when the county
collector shall from time to tome
pay over to the said treasury any
city taxes as levied above, to. place
| the same in the general fund.