West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-19
TOWN or NEwBuRG ESTIMATE
STATE or WEST VIRGINIA.
County OF Preston.

Town of Newburg. to-wit:
At special session of the council
OF the town OF Newburg. Preston coun-
". held in the council chambers there
OF. on the 10th day OF August. 1915.
there were present A. NJ Larcw.
mayor; A. Nj. Moore. recorder, and G.
+. Ellis, G. G. Virts. h. ID. Fortncy and
j Ray Smoot. members OF the council
OF said town
In accordance with section 4. chap
ter 2. of the Acts OF the extraordinary
session OF the legislature OF 1908. the
council proceeded to make up an csti-
mate OF the amounts necessary To be
levied for the current fiscal year, To
cover all municipal debts and liabin-
ties payable during the said year. in
Guiding probable expenditures for mu-
nicipal purposes, and proper allow
ances Tor delinquent taxes. expense OF
collections and contingencies: hut de-
Quoting therefrom the money i'm the
city treasury applicable to the service
OF the year and municipal claims and
doth determine and estimate the sew
cral amounts TO be levied as follows:
ESTIMATES.
Maximum levy 30 cents ON the hun
dred dollars valuation.
Estimated Receipts.
Tho amount due the said municipal
ity. and the amount that will become
due and collectible from every source.
except from the levy of taxes to bo
made for the current fiscal year:
Balance I'm hands OF the city
treasury .,,... 1902
Hotel licenses .............. 300
Tobacco and cigarette licenses $50
OtneI licenses ....'.......... 1000
Uncollected taxes ...... 10000
Total estimated receipts. ... $24S.52
Estimated Disbursements.
Debts and demands owed by said
municipality which will become due
and payable during the current fiscal
year, including interest on bonded in
debtedness OF every kind and charac-
ter:
Election expenses .......$ 2G.50
Salaries NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000
Police department ......... $4,000
Fire department and electric
lights. .................. 10000
Health department .... 5000
streets and alleys. 1,11O.O0
Delinquencies and eXonera-
tions Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Commissions .......... 10000
stationery ............... $500
Total estimated disburse-
ments ...................$ $3,111.5O
Amount to be provided for
ny levy .......,........ $2,S62 9S
Il appearing to the council that the
total valuation OF all taxable property
i'm this municipality according to the
last assessment thereof, is $636, $4,000;
being real estate to the value of $751;
O..
of 3S,94000, and railroad and other
property assessed by the board OF pub
lie works to the valde OF $240, 600 90,
as certified to the council by the Off
Ger whose duty IL is to make such re-
port. and IL appearing from the fore
going estimates that il is necessary to
raise by levy, after deducting all cred
its, $2S629S for municipal purposes;
therefore II Is determined that a levy
on each one hundred dollars valuation
Of forty-thTee cents (43cD for munici-
pal purposes will be necessary to pro
dule the estimated amount as aforesaid
for the ensuing fiscal year. An extra
levy of Sc on the 10000 valuation was
voted for electric lights and carried
STATE or WEST VIRGINIA.
County OF Preston.
Town OF Newburg. to-wit:
!, a. NJ. Moore, recorder i'm and for
the municipality OF NewburR, county of
Preston. 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 mu-
nicipality on the 10th day OF August,
1915
Given under my hand this 11th day
OF August, 1915.
A. NJ. MOORE,
Recorder OF the Municipality of
NcwbuTg, w. Va.