Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19
ESTIMATE OF THE CITY OF BEL
INGTON

INGTON
State of West Virginia, County of
Barbour, City of Belington, To-wit:
At special session of the common
council of the city of Belington, Bar
bour county, held in the council cham
bers thereof, in the City Building on
the 10th day of August, 1915, there
were present w. B. Huffman, Mayor,
F. E. Thompson, recorder, Pro. Tenn,
and M Werner, Robt. Pitman, Henry
Moore and /. F. Right members of the
said city.
In accordance with section A, chap
ter 9, of the Acts of the extraordinary
session of legislature of 1908, the
council proceeded to make up an esti-
mate of the amounts necessary to be
levied for the current fiscal year, to
cover all municipal debts and liabili-
ties payable during the said year, In
GLIDING probable expenditures for nlu-
nicipal purposes, and proper allow
ances for delinquent taxes, expense of
collections and contingencies but de-
Quoting therefrom the money IN the
city treasury applicable to the service
of the year and municipal claims and
doth determine and estimate the sew
eral amounts to be levied as follows:
ESTIMATE
Maximum levy 80 cents on the hun
bred dollars valuation.
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
The amount due the said municlpall-
tv. and the amount that will become
due and collectible from every source,
except from the levy of taxes to be
made for the current fiscal year.
Redemption of delinquent lands (es-
timated) 9z0.UV
Sale of delinquent lands (estimated)
9z0.Uu
Hotel licenses ............ SzU.0O
Other licenses ............ .SlUU.UU
Interest on Sinking Fund ..S360.OO
Total estimated receipts. S5lO.OO
ESTIMATED DISBURSEMENTS
Debts and demands owed by said
municipality which will become due
and payable during the current fiscal
year, including interest on bonded in
debtedness of every kind and charact-
err.
Current accounts due and unpaid
.................. 9io.oo
Interest on bonded Indebtedness
Bonds series "a" Sinking Fund
100000
Light and Water Rents ...$2,119.6
Election expenses .......... S76.O0
Salaries-Recorder ..........$100.00
Police Department ........ 100000
Fire Department .......... $4,000
Health Department ....... $4,000
Streets and alleys ......... $4,000
New Street paving ........ S300.O0
New sewers SlUU.UU
Delinquencies and generations
100000
For making copies of land and per-
sonal property books and extending
levles, etc. 9oU.VV
Printing estimates, Financial State
ment -. .$lOO.OO
Contingencies ...... $3z.z5
Total estimated disbursements.
-. $6,369.2O
Amount to be provided for by levy
.................... $5,849.2O
1t appearing to the council that the
total valuation of all taxable property
in this municipality according to the
last assessment thereof, is 81 ,671 ,201.-
90; being real estate Of the value of
S75O,A25.OO; personal property to the
value of $378, O33.00; and railroad and
other property assessed by the board
of public works to the value of $542,-
743.OO; as certified to the council by
the officer whose duty it is to make
such report, and it appearing from the
foregoing estimates that it is necess-
airy to raise by levy, after deducting
ali credits, $5,849.20 for municipal
purposes; therefore it is determined
that levy on each One Hundred Dol
lars valuation Of thirty-five cents (35c)
for municipal purposes will be necess-
AIRY to produce the estimated amount
as aforesaid for the ensuing fiscal
year.
State of West Virginia, County of
Barbour, City of Belington, To-wit:
/, Clark Cade, Recorder, in and for
the municipality of Belington, county
of Barbour, and State of West Virginia,
do hereby certify that the foregoing
is true copy from the records of an
order made by the council of said
on the 10th day of Au-
gust, 1915.
Given under my hands this 18th day
CLARK CADE.
Recorder of the Municipality Of Bel
ington, W. Va.