Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-10-19
COUNCIL ADVISED
ON TAX LEVY BY
CITY COUNSELLOR
HiISer5oa Tells Aldermen What
Must Be Included Under g.
NH Limit Law and What
May Be Excluded

Pursuant OBJ the request made RI
snort Time ago hF iHr council t.itr
Attorney iauml S. Wilkinson as.
nisht sHNv thc aldermen vrHta1
opinion relative o. the limit placed
ny lhr state legislature Wtan the .eu-
oral FOND lefy and fol- what rurY,..s
separate leNies mat Doe made.
me council w.l face the duH of
making up IS budget for MOST scar
within hort tlmc fitt- eltrk Tom
Hughes sand last night tbat County
Assessor Frcd b Tcvn expected The
return RI his assessment rolls from
the state taN commission Within 4
week o. ten days Then the council
VIII pc able to ascertain lhr amount
"i t1Ntl 'e property and determine the
'ily levy accordingly
lhe tN attorneys opinion follows.
Mr.. Wilkcr~on'- Opinion.
IN reply 20 your request for "a
written opinion az t1 what mas ana
what may not bee Included under One
next city levy ] viii advise rs follows
section T. Ut chapter 80 of Inc ses-
slen acts of 1915 of Sew Mexico pru-
Vides as 10 cities rs follows
The maximum rate of tax 90 De-
levied for city town or village pure
poses or uses, shall not exceed three
mills on tho dollar Tile foregoing
limitations shah not apply 20 lcyies
Tor the payment of the public debit
on interest thereon
would advise that we can make
a three min levy for the general fund
ana only that amount. thar the
school levy is NOT "a part Of this low
ana can be nude mo- 10 exceed five
mills that we can make an addition
al levy sufficient to cover the interest
on any bonds outstanding on 10 cree
ate sinking fund to retire Same Or
any part thereof; that The lease for
the city han building and levy for city.
han IL a public debt and can be in-
cludcd IN separate levy OF better in
the levy for public dent and the I'M
tercst thereon.
Test Suit Bd,Isable?
The question as to whether the
amounts expended by tho city Tor the
maintenance of the police force ana
fire departments were intended 90 hc
included unncr the provisions Tor city.
town and village purposes ana uses.
under the three mill limitation is one
lielal internrelatlon tbint. ~
there can b,rdlc ho , ,,,eetin,, I'm
II was ~ Intended NM H. ,in,,, IL ,h'n
FACT that there ID s torr linn ~ a.,
,islons fbat slch dcna,t,nnntg - 10
.ity are moi direfU, IN any y...,. IN
.he benefit of M. ,it, hut go,. the hon.
,fit ~ m. ,sop.,',i ,,,,tlio .,,5 ~.
pr5priotiop En-. ~, s.,5,,. /. ,,t III. |
FOR tb.. cit,. .,s tlt,,.i,,,t a., ~. ,'',,.
lie h ,nipht l,e vo.u ~ Mo. M ,',,a,
lion tested I'M frisn,ti s,,i, .s ~
whether or moi m. an, IL n,,J,,i,ited
from making n spori.i lr,,. far tbe
anne I'm addition to ~, oen.,.,t t,,-,
VI three mills for INV puriin..,.--
Drbafe an Shn,, IIctn.r
Whether mo sotlu- EIotn .,,..,.s
,bould h. churppd ,bo nm lroit ~ II, /
,ensc. fixed b., ordinance ar ork. gsn /
furnished tho 9tbtert for ! NINA dc /
pate among me cnunrtlnnn Tho
natter came mn am .Y letter from the
,ompany asklnp tbnt the rntjro n /
,ense he romjtfed Alderman 4 II
,oen made motion MAJ il nv ...hnrg.
"A $50 ABDOMEN bUn Grnnsfoi9
pconded mis- Aid,rn,,.n q r. IIar,.
uond Offered n snbstitnt. rs,,,iri,f
no pavmfnt ~ S7s tbc e,ooltnt "f
iccnsn named In the ordfnnnco fo.
howe az fhe rlnes IN ~ gplis- Irlntn
only be ana Mr. Skinner
.oted for tb. srbstitute ana AZ, /
,orn'e n,otior ,,,,,r ,,n Nfa.srs tlan,.
nond ANA skinnrr vnfed neeoti,.4lv
mi mo .,ther eva nrsg..,,t ,.,,tod 4, ~
.fflrmafixe
Eefu,. .n. ,ot, MO-, ,sp., ,f,yo,
}o1trigbt statrd tbat ~ ma inter
lowed nlnotron h,,si,ess n,o, and
hat fonrteen nf tbnn fovnrrd non.
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