The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-03-05

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general fund. would like to ask the
taxpayers what right they had to dc
this? The highway fund is fund to
be used for paving purposes. Farther
on you will see where he says, if the
council raises just one half as much on
81, 10000 as they did last year there
would be money enough to pay up all
the debts and have enough to run the
village. This is an erroneous state
ment and Is misleading to the taxpay-
ers. will say they will have to raise
just as much next year as they did last
year. They owe the Saginaw Paving
Brick Company 81, $50 90. the Clio State
Bank $500 90 and 100000 on the fire
engine which is due next year. Now
we have got to borrow 81, 450. 90 to run
the village until next July. This makes
100000 Now it will take 81, 355. 90
to run the village for the next year,
this makes a total of So, $500. Last
year we raised SO, 894.57. This included
all licenses, special assessments, etc.
Now you will see that this will just put
us out. Now they will tell you that it
will not take 81, 355. 90 to run the vii
lage. That is just what it took the
last year and we all know that the
council did not use any more money
than was necessary outside pavement
and water main. For some will say
they did not use that much. | will
prove that from their own figures.
They had on hand when they went into
office, $2,911.20. They raised on tax
and licenses. etc., So, 1874 81, the town.
ship paid them $500, they owe the bank
$500. 90 and the Saginaw Paving Brick
Company 81, $4,000. This makes total
of SID, 355. n that they spent since they
went in Office. Now as near as | can
figure from the treasurer,s report the
pavement cost a tri1e over $40, 900. 90.
This leaves $4, 355.77 it took to run the
village for the year. Now as it is AZ
months from this statement until we
collect our next taxes, it would take
81, 450. 90 until then.
Now for the big law suit they are go
ing to have. Mr.. Doyle says that it is
too late now to make a special assess
ment on the abutting property. If this
be true, don't think the taxpayers of
Clio are willing to pay the same per-
centage on 81, 100000 as the abutting
property. He tells you about the 100
witnesses they are going to take down
to court. would like to ask Mr.. Doyle
if he thinks these witnesses can go
down to the court and tell the court
whether the council had any right to
give to the Saginaw Paving Brick
Company a note or whether the council
had right to take S4, 500. 90 out of the
general fund and use it for paving pur-
poses and now they have no money to
carry on the business with. This is
merely case of law, we ask the court
to give us an injunction for to stop the
council from running us in debt any
more, put back the money in the gen.
eral fund they had taken out illegally,
cancel the note given the Saginaw Paw
ing Brick Company. If they have
broken the laws, as we say they have,
the court will render us a judgment
and if they take the whole of Clio down
to court that will not change the laws
of the state. He says they are going
to put men on the stand to show that
the pavement was a benefit to the
whole village of which say it is but
not as much to the farms in the incor-
poration, as it is to the abutting prop
erty as it is valuable asset to the
abutting property just as much as the
sidewalks are and they assess rs per
cent of the sidewalks on the abutting
property and rs per cent on the village
at large and this is the way that the
pavement should have been built. But
the president and one of the council
that own large frontage on the pave
ment became so narrow in their views
that the only thing they had in sight
was to get rid of paying the special
assessment and shoulder it on the viii
lage at large and want to say right
here that the taxpayers on the outside
are not going to pay for it. You will
notice that Mr.. Doyle says he would
like to ask any citizen if it isn't right
for the Paving Brick Company to get
their money. The Paving Brick Com
pany knew when they sold the brick to
the council they had to no right to buy
them. They knew when they took
that note. that it was illegal and / want
to say that it is no worse for the Sagi-
nav Paving Brick Company to lose
this money than it is for the Clio Con-
densed Milk Company to pay $1,000
taxes that the previous council had
exempted them from, just because the
council did not have the authority to do
it. 1t is morally right to stand back of
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