Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1915 — CITY COUNCIL FIXES 1916 TAX LEVY [ARTICLE]

CITY COUNCIL FIXES 1916 TAX LEVY

Levy Same As Last Year, $1.25 On Each SIOO of Assessed Valuation. The city council met in regular session Monday evening with all members present. - The city tax levy was fixed for the years 1916. The total is the same as last year, $1.25 on each SIOO. The levy for some funds were lowered and in others increased, and no levy was made for the public park fund, as enough money remains on hand to pay the expenses for another year. The levy as fixed is as follows: Road fund 40 Corporation fund 27 Electric light fund2o Water Works fund 17 Public library fund 10 Special additional fundß Borntrager ditch fund 3 Total on SIOO $1.25 The new water and light ordinance was passed and the contract for printing same and 200 copies in book form was awarded to The Republican. The city clerk was instructed to notify coal dealers that the council would receive bids for city coal at the next regular meeting. In the matter of the vacation of Elm street in Benjamin and Magee’s addition the council fixed the assessments as modified and confirmed in the final assessment and the clerk was instructed to certify the assessments to the treasurer for collection. In the matter of narrowing Sumner street the previous assessments were confirmed as the final assessment roll and the clerk was directed to certify the same to the treasurer for collection. The city attorney was instructed to prepare a resolution for a sewer petitioned for by George A. Williams and the city engineer plans and specifications for same for a sewer on West Washington, Jackson and Elza streets and report same to the council on Friday evening, September 17th. The treasurer presented his report for August, 1915. It shows the following funds on hand: Library fund $798.34 Road fund 896.63 Electric light fund .4,533.99 Corporation fund 229.7. Water fund 5,172.71 Public Park fund . 608.70 Sprinkling fund 115.25 Total of all fund 5512,859.21 The city attorney was instructed to prepare a resolution for a 4-foot district sewer to follow the Makemself route, and report to the council at the/ next regular meeting. If The Republican has been informed correctly it is the intention to take up the present Makemself sewer, which is a two-foot sewer the most of the way, and construct an entire new sewer of larger capacity. -