Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-02
EVEN DIVISION OF
BOARD ON MANY
DEVELOPS
ME-, Allison And Mitchell Op-
posed By Witt, Carswoll AND
Poole In Pay Program
WITT LEADS FORCES
Salaries OF Mayor, Aldermen And
Clerk Knitted AS Are Other
Department Heads

B'SkgSsA til2SAGL kES0OS
The mayor and city council held
their first meeting of the year Mon
day night in the city hall, the entire
council being present with the excep-
tion of j. w Harris, Jr., who was
absent because of illness.
I Mayor j. Elmore Poole submitted
his 1928 budget.
Soon after convcning the mayor
and council went into an executive
session, which, it is understood, was
rather lively az times. It is under
stoud that Councilman Z. J. Witt was
the only official opposing executive
session, he stating to council that
the business Of the council is public
business, and Therefore should be
transacted in the open.
The mayor and council made dras-
tic cuts in all salaries ip all depart
meuts, beginning with the mayor and
going through police, fire and other
departments,
A. D. Gatewood, Jr., was elected
clerk and treasurer, succeeding E. j.
Eldridge.
r. E. Allison, hold-over member
of council, was elected mayor p@o
tenn
Present ard voting were Mayor ].
Z. Poole, Councilmen R. q. Allison,
II. l. Mize, F. L. Carswell, E. j.
Witt, W. f Mitchell
The new budget as submitted by
Mayor Poole was on motion of E.
J. Witt was adopted as follows:
Gentlemen: AS required by the
acts of Gle legislature, I hereby sub
nit a budget, showing the estimated
revenue and the recommended eX-
penses for the City of Americus,
Georgia. for the year 1928, as fol-
lows: The total assessed value Of
the taxable property now on the
books show as follows:
Returned by white, $4,845,786;
Returned by colored, $259,997; Re
turned by corporations, $551, ,104 j;
total amount returned, $5,656,887.
The Indebtedness of the city con-
sists of the following:
Bonded debt, $223,O 900; Floating
debt, $l52,138.14; Annual interest
On bonds, $1,000; Annual interest
on floating debt, SIS, ,645.90.
There is a total tax levy of 20
mills; seven mills of which is for
school fund; three mills for paying
off the fogmer Indebtedness; five
mills for bonds and five mills for the
payment of the ordinary running eX-
oenses of the city government.
estimate the revenue for the city
Of Americus for the ordinary expense
account for the year 1928 to be as
follows.
Property tax, $28, ,283.94; Special
licenses, $24, 1000; Police fines, $5.-
600, Street taa, $4,000; Water works
$4,000; Cemetery, $500; Surface
closets, $3,1OO. Total revenue for
1923, 88,883.94.
/ recommend as appropriations to
meet the expenses of city government
for the year 1928, the following ap-
propriations:
Street Observation-Disclosures
Thousand Dollars 6,O0O.OO) made
up Of the following amounts Street
maintenance, $8.300.O0; Cleaning and
sweeping, 81, 10000; Trash collec-
lions, $2,500.00; Maintenance Public
lands and buildings, S1,000.00; For
age, $500; Street lights, $5,500.00;
6atown well, $500.0O;s Donations,
$4,000; Sewers 100000; Surface
closets, 100000; bridge repairs,
$4,000. Total, $2G,0OOOO.
SaIaTics-Eight Thousand, Seven
ty-Fivo ($8,O75.OO) made up of the
gollowing items Mayor, 100000; Al
dermcn, $4,000; Mayor pro tenn,
$4,000; Legal expenses, '$2,706.00;
Audit of Books, $4,000; Tax assess
ors, $4,000. Elections, $25.00;
Printing and Supplies, $85O.00; Ad-
vertising, $4,000; Clerk and treas;
rrer, $2,4O0.00. Total $8,O75.0o.
Police Department-Nine Thous
and, Eight Hundred Twenty Dollars
.lS9,S2O.00) made up of the follow
ing items; Salaries, $S,820.0o; Sup
plies, $4,000. uniforms, 100000
Maintenhca of Prisoners, $4,000