Show DEGIDEDON 112 MillS Tax Levy for Municipal Purposes Pur-poses for Current Year I I IT WILL PRODUCE 22712 Increase in Revenue of 8513 as Compared With Last Year The 11 levy is the Same as Last Ycar and the Increase Comes from the Higher Valuations of Property I Tho Matter was Settled in Caucus i and Vote was Unanimous Estl 1 mated Receipts and Disbursements II I I I I The City Council last night fixed the S tax levy for municipal purposes for the current year at 7 mills divided as follows fol-lows For contingent expenses 5 mills for street and sidewalksl mills for I sewers 412 of a rnlll for maintenance of the public library 312 of a mill Last year the levy was 7Y mills divided I di-vided asfollows For contingent expenses ex-penses PI mills expense of controlling i i the water 1512 mills for streets and I sidewalks 1 mill for sewers 13 of a mill public library VL of a mill Tho 7J mills decided upon for the current year will on the assessed valuation valu-ation of 31870510 produce r total revenue rev-enue of 239074 less about 6 per cent for uncollectible taxes making the net amount of 227121 as against last years 7A 7 mllla on a Valuation of 30 051739 making 230113 lens for uncol lectlbles 11505 net revenue 218608 an Increase for the current year In revenue rev-enue of 5313 owing to the increase In valuation The 5 mills for contingent purposes this year will yield 159282 less 5 percent per-cent for uncollcctlbles 7969 net 151 413 The 11112 mills for streets 61 I I 090 less 5 per cent 3051 net DS042 The Li 412ths of a mill for sewers 10625 less 5 per cent 531 net 10091 The 312ths of a mill for the library 7969 I less 5 per cent 397 net 7572 SETTLED IT IN CAUCUS The members of the Council went into 1m jcaucus for an hour and there settled the levy Robertson submitted an estimate I esti-mate of the probable receipts and disbursements dis-bursements going to show that with an 11 Smlll levy there would be l a deficit of f154G2 He thought the levy should be 8 mills Buckle wanted 7 mills and fThomas was Inclined for a 7mIll rate Alter canvassing the figures a compromise com-promise was struck at 7 ½ mills and in open Council tho eleven members pres pnt voted for It unanimously The Iw nembers present Were Canning Cottrell a v Cot-trell Fernstrom Davis Hewlett C R 2 Howe Reid Robertson Thomas Tud E denham and Buckle S I FINANCIAL ESTIMATE I Robertsons estimate of receipts and disbursements was as follows RECEIPTS I Licenser 5 License-r > 20000 0 Miscellaneous 15500 fj LIquor OOS50 Fines and forfeitures 1 llOUO S Cemetery 9250 I I Rents 1COO Poll tax 200 Engineering department 2030 I Dox tax 1400 Q Fees S e Oil Inspector EGO Weights nnd measures i yjg I Building Inspector 700 i 1 I I S Total 1GO335 t Water Lax 73000 City tax 8 mllla 257103 I Total v 181115 lit l Deficit S 16102 Total 1Yi900 v DISBURSEMENTS S General salaries 25000 S Watcrwoika oi 40000 Street and Irrigation 47000 Police 20000 j Prison isoo FIrO J5000 Street lIghtln t 20000 x Street sprinkling 18000 Street repairs c500 I Cemetery 8000 J Public parks 8000 1 Crematory oOOO Health department 13030 5 Joint building 7500 I s Engineering S 10000 S Legal Expense 7COO S Printing anti advertising 1000 Land and Water Commlrssloiicr SZM Interest on overdraft 3000 II Jutcre on bonds 12IOO i Sundry expenses 3o000 i Public library 12000 I Total IGrtj X L AUDITORS ESTIMATE Xi In connection with the tax levy City 6 I Auditor Reiser submitted an estimate of the expenditures for the current year for the purposes mentioned as follows 5 5 For streets and sidewalks 30851C2j for water supply for irrigation and other purposes which InclUle maintenance main-tenance of Irrigation and Water CornS Corn-S I missioners departments and otlwr wa ter expenditures exclusive of those for which the proposed hume bonds are 4 to be used 59935585 for maintenance of Bowers and drains 51W2S The Auditor Au-ditor Bald that a levy or 1 mill for 5 streoLs 114 mills for water and 120 of 1 1 mill for sewers wa needed to cover 4id tho expenses named i CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA 41s1 The Government ban Issued a decrtfe I tailing to arms all Colombia citizens between tho ages of IS and CO year citzens Gen Hcrrora commandorlnchlof of It il the Colombia revolutionists Is still at Coronal but It Is believed he will soon I wat tfoln his forces now In action j All business places In Panama aro S Mogd Provisions and other neces 9 JI4 naiLM of life are growing scarce and tLi nieaard to get at high prices The renornlnatlon of President Zelaya Df Nicaragua Is announced His election elec-tion la prictlcally I certain He has hold tiL the office three terms already L J I Is calculated that 200 men haveS have-S p been killed or wounded so far In the ir light at Panama among them being many wellknown young residents of F the city 5 Fighting Is going on In the outskirts G in of Panama Large numbers of revolutionary revo-lutionary forces reached the ouburbs 31 early Tuesday morning and began a S vigorous attackS attack-S Every possible effort has been made O it by the foreign Consuls In Panama ton to-n prevent u disastrous conflict In the IYJ streets of the city but they have not S I boon auccesaful ESt No American war vessel In 1 at Panama E I Pana-ma or Colon I Is Impossible to foretell fore-tell what wilt bo the outcome Of tho i f present lighting or the end of the struggle t strug-gle i Colombia |