| Show city council holds regular aug meeting set tax levy at 24 mills same As last year with yore more than half going for debt service consider other matters at the regular august meeting ot of the city council tuesday evening the lie tax tevy levy t evy was as set get at 21 mills inilla the same as last year this r levy will be divided between the different city funds as follows t r general fund 5 milla t tS streets aud sidewalks 3 mills special improvement guarantee fund I 1 mill mil library fund 2 mills debt service 13 mills total 24 mills the 13 mills tor for debt service is davia cavm ed between dond bond payments interest and sinking fund the levy of 1 mill tor for special improve anent anent guaranty fund is to guaran 1 ateo teo payments on bonds bond issued to pay tor for cement walks and curly curl and gutter this should be eliminated f after tills this year as these bonds are supposed to be cleared up this all the levy of 24 mills on an ases as es sed valuation of approximately would bring into the city treasury rv a little more than ton on a basis of per cent collection other business done bone A request from the deseret news that the city take a quarter page advertisement in a special section ot of that paper to come baut 0 ut on saturday 11 august 1511 was acted upon favorably this special page or section Is to advertise the coming rambouillet sheep show and will contain pictures and stories about the show chow all breeders bleeders Bre eders of the county are cooperating in making this section and the city council felt that it would be good advertising 4 officers of the guaida guit ins rod club net imet with the council and asked tor for a lease on the city race track for or a period of years this club has taken over the race meet for the coming sheep show and they felt that some improvements should be madl mad there they offered to build some stables to house the horses pipe the water to them and possibly put a roof on the grand stand this this fall providing they could b be e assured that they could have the lease lor for a 01 period of time they also asked for the atho lumber out of the old wood pipe which the city has to go toft ward building these stables they were told by the council to present their proposition in writing find and named a committee from the Econ council coun to meet with them with power to act this committee was made anade up of marlo To D A matheson and walter C mitchell Mil chell glenn froyd ot of the firm of beesley wood met with the council and quoted them prices for auditing the city accounts his proposition was that his firm would make a two year audit for or a three year audit for about this matter was taken under advisement some other minor matters including questions on special improvement taxes were acted on and the months bills against the city were either cither passed or rejected before the meeting adjourned 1 I |
