Show CITIZENS TilE N S ILL W Il ILL L OBJECT TO C BINGHAM r T TAX A X I rf f Town o n Board Board Severely Criticised k in in Protest PreA Prepared Pre- Pre j A pared by bya M ny nya a Property Own Own- r ers 1 i T c ra and property owners of ot the town of m will protest tho the pro pro- p pored action of the board baud of trustees of the town to 10 levy a special assessment to Increase enlarge e extend improve e and Perfect the present water system of or tho the town toi The taxpayers who vho are preparing to sign n the tho protest b base bake se their proposed uLion on un the grounds that tat the tho assess assess- b ment I If raised at al all should be raised I b by generAL taxation rather rathor than by bv a t special levy to TJ e fundamentally leg legal Th The taxpayers also allege in the protest pro pro- I test they have e drawn up up that the tho fund fundor for or the thc Identical Improvement ement has already been raised b by general taxation or by bond sale and ha has not nol been used for the purpose for which it wa was raised x Tho The town board boar outlines In Its Ils request for the special Jev levy that a A. large portion of or the original fund rn raised ed for tor water works Im ImProvements Improvements Im- Im pro t has as been and will JI continue to too bo o U used In the building of ot the town hall hail I Previous Provision Members s of or the towns town board set forth I that about a 0 year n ago o the town wn voted I a bond Issue of of or which was to o be Dek e expended for tor water ater purposes i for tor the building of ot the fire hall hail and for tor the thc building of or the tho town hall ball Three thousand dollars had alread already been used for the building of the fire Ire station and approximately to will willbe be required for the completion of oC the tho town hall ball It was as a n ma matter of ot Impossibility Impel i bl bully according to the tho town board boardS to buIld a hat hall suitable to the needs and with mth any nn- degree of dignity for fot the sum of or To meet this extra expense for forthe forthe or orthe the building of the town hall hail the h heard board recently ordered a n tax levy ley of oC 10 mills According to t tie le assessed W alun valuation of Iho townS town this t t tax will III bring In a R fund of or about Out of or this must first br be met let the Kinking fund that Is necessary Ir to meet a pa payment ment on the bond I Issue and the Interest What hat Is left lct over Q will m be applied on on the tile extra co cost t of or the he now new town to hallS hall The Thc total cost of the proposed d improvements improvements improve improve- ments will wilt be in the neighborhood of The town hoard In ii advertising that at Us till regular meeting October 1 the proposed le levy will mil be bo heard and that such uch protests and objections to the ley levy must be made at that time M Mike Make ke Charges The taxpayers who Intend to sign the protest prOc l affirm that the account of the bond nond f l d desired by hy the tho town board boon for forthe forthe or orthe the Improvements Is vague and The They al also o outline that the city has hIlS at hand means ns of or fining lawbreakers gamblers gam- gam bIer and dealers In vice ice Ice which If It used would yield a sufficient harvest of ot money to replenish tho exhausted bond fund It ItI Itis I J is 18 the wish of U te e signers of the protest that tha t the tho town exercise its powers to suppress pres t the o gamblers and dealers in Ice vice that t inet t the town The taxpayers also do not approve or ot mone money for or digging hard rock tunnels tun tun- ucla nels for or the alleged d development de of ot water ateI at the cost st of or JS SS to 1 12 a foot |