Show City School Tax Bill Passed d by bythe bythe bythe t the House Representative Wells s school tax bill went Avent through the house again with Avith A rush yesterday The bill is amended however so as to make it purely pur ly an emergency ncy measure applying to tb this year ear As amended the bill allows an increase from 5 mils to 7 mills for maintenance for the 1901 tax only and anda a permanent increase for building pur purposes 1 purposes poses from 1 to 1 l mills An agreement on this amendment was wae fench d t non n between e I Wells and Axton Anton tho ho were vere pushing the bill btu Representative Stuart S who had bad been lighting fighting it and Represent sent tive Harmon who vhO had ad taken hold to tJ get the tha th bill considered cons The result of this agreement was the unanimous passage of tile the amended bill Before the vote was Avas taken Axton presented a petition of names in be ce behalf behalf half of the bill bUl another about six abc feet feel long signed Sign ed by Influential citizens and friends of the public schools and a set I of resolutions adopted by the Parents society of the Hamilton school N L Morris also had a big bunch of peti petitions to the same effect all of which were added to the others already pre present sent d and ng containing mt some names wizen When Wh n Cutler called up his hl motion moU n to reconsider It was carried Ha Harmon mon then offered the th amendment agreed d upon lp n the situation and the bill went Avent through unanimously |