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Show SPENDING THE BOND MONEY. Ogden City is authorised to spend a very large sum on public Improvements, Improve-ments, the funds to be rained by bond-nip bond-nip I he city. The administration is proceeding carefully in utilizing this power In order to rTOid I bMV) m 11 crease In taxation, s,' YOU may nsk. How dues ih- spend ing of bond money have any bearing on Increased taxation? The answer la to be lound in B cun Crete example The luxpaver.s ordered i he outlall sewer constructed There 1 U Sltla nn.lnrl-.L. ins $230,000 and a total of $460,000 is available for that purpose. With the issuing of thofe bonds, interest begin: at a rate of from Ett to 6 per cent. That calls for an Increase of city expenses, ex-penses, to be met by the geueral fund, of approximately $25,000 a year, which is nearly equal to a lax of one mill. Ogden City receives only a Hmall fraction over eight mills for all purposes. pur-poses. Unless the improvement program is spread over a number "f years. BOme provision must be made lor raising more money from general laxation. The bonding money is for non-revenue producing purposes, with the exception ex-ception of that devoted to the bettering better-ing of the waterworks The city ad ministration now has a force of men engaged in working out plans which, if successful, will greatly increase den's water supply, and, in thi meantime, mean-time, extensive extensions are being made to tbe water mains. Ogden City has more municipal lm-improvements lm-improvements under way than all the other cities of Utah combined. .'f' ' .'"1 -on |