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Show , T Doings of the Trustees Tax Ltvy Made. Cemetery Gatej Ordered Last friday evening, the town trustees trus-tees m?t tQ discuss, water matters in general and adjourned to Wednesday night of this week. Mayor Pitchforth being absent, Trustee Hanks presided. Trustee Hickman was also not present-Bills present-Bills cflverjpg fixed pharges were audited aud-ited and, allpwerf. The 300 feet of new fire hose has arrived and bill passed for this also. A shut-off nozzle was ordered by the Clerk, on the order of the board. A 6 inch line from the pump to the tank wgs also 'fibred in, so as to increase the efficiency of hg punppiug plant. The question of water meters was Ksouesed at length. Meters are to he nstaled as rapidly as possible, It is proposed to systematically install netera according to the class of users, hat is, to meter all the hotels, all the laloons, all the eating houses and Dther classified business places first, then takeup the residential properties. Probably the most important itfW of busmeis tr'ncWd, was the fixing of the amual tax levy. While the final totalvaluation within the town of Milford knot yet announced by the State Board because of, the probability probabil-ity that thf valuation on sheep and merchandisiwill be raised throughout the county, ,et, a very close estimate of the probable totals after the suggested sug-gested raiBehas been obtained by the city essessoran estimate close enough on which tobase a tax levy at this time. The atual figures will be duly published it tae NEWS as soon as they are avdable. Upon these figures, fig-ures, the boai has declared a levy of four mills foUhe General Fund, one and eight teifcs mills for the Interest Fund and on and one half mills for the Sinking tftad, a total of seven and three tenths fills on the valuation. Valuations We been raised considerably, consid-erably, all or the State, although this does no necessarily mean that tax paytnentwill be increased in the same proportiu, this latter condition being goverd by the tax rate in various local es. After further routine rout-ine bnsinesi the board adjourned, subject to-' , |