ORDINANCE NO. 259

THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1918, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918.

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado:

Section 1. That the following sums of money or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same are hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses and liabilities of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, for the fiscal year beginning January 1, A. D. 1918, and ending December 31, A. D. 1918, to-wit:

First: For the general fund  $4,500.00

Second: For salaries of city officers and employees  9,300.00

Third: For lighting the streets and public buildings  10,530.00

Fourth: For maintaining the police department  5,000.00

Fifth: For maintaining the fire department  6,900.00

Sixth: For maintaining, improving and repairing the Streets
and Alleys, and water for irrigation  13,800.00

Seventh: For maintaining the health department  4,400.00

Eighth: For maintenance and repairs of city sewers  300.00

Ninth: For maintaining, extending, repairing and operating
the city water works  9,500.00

Tenth: For care and improvement of the public parks  4,100.00

Eleventh: For the maintenance of the free public library  2,000.00

Twelth: For special assessment in paving district
and water frontage assessment  967.39

Thirteenth: For interest on water bonds  28,900.00

Fourteenth: For principal on water bonds  3,000.00

Fifteenth: For principal on funding bonds  2,000.00

Sixteenth: For interest on funding bonds  880.00

Seventeenth: For interest on Park Bonds  1,127.50

Section 2. That for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses and liabilities of the said City of Grand Junction, Colorado, for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1918, and ending December 31, 1918, there shall be and hereby is levied and assessed upon all the taxable property situated within the corporate limits of the city of Grand Junction, both real and personal, the following amounts for special and general taxes, to-wit:

First: For the purpose of defraying the expenses and maintenance of the free public library, a tax of three-tenths of one mill on each dollar of said property so assessed or to be assessed.

Second: For the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses and liabilities of the said city of Grand Junction, and for the payment of interest on outstanding bonds and for the payment of a portion of the bond indebtedness of said city, a tax of seven and four-tenths mills on each dollar of said property so assessed or to be assessed.

Passed and adopted by unanimous vote of the City Council this 28th day of November, A. D. 1917.

/s/ Chas E. Cherrington

Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/ Charles K. Holmburg

City Clerk.

I HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing ordinance, entitled "The Annual Appropriation Ordinance of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, providing for the Expenses and Liabilities of the city of Grand Junction for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1918, and ending December 31, 1918" was introduced, read and ordered published at a regular adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, held on the 14th day of November, A. D. 1917, and that the same was published in full in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said city, at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said city, this 28th day of November, A. D. 1917.

/s/ Charles K. Holmburg

City Clerk

(SEAL.)

First publication, November 16, 1918.

Final publication, November 30, 1917.