HomeMy WebLinkAbout00552ORDINANCE N0. 552
14Hd WS, Since the makin of the annual approprations for the current fiscal
year, the levees along the Arkansas River have been found to be in an unsafe and
dangerous condition, necessitating the expenditure for the protection of life and
property of a considerable .sum in excess of the amount provided in said annual
appoopriations; and
[^HSRr;AS, Owing to the prevalence of small pox, unusual demands have been made
on the sanitary fund for the prevention of the spread of diseace, the necessity
of which was not known or contemplated at the time of making said appropriation; and
Viz;atM, Since the making of said annual appropriation the General Assmebly of
the State of Colorado has passed a law making it the duty of said City Councils, on
the presentation of a properly si med perition, to make provision for street Paving,
which said work cannot be done without first putting in storm sewers, and as such
petition has been presented to the City Council of this City, and there are no
funds available for such storm sewers, or the making of the necessar topographical
survey therefor, Now
THER,eTORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and the emergency that
has arisen as above set forth since the making of the annual appropriations for
the current year,
BE IT OHDAINED BY THe CITY COUNCIL OF THd CITY OF PUr;BLO that the following
sums and amounts be and the same are hereby appropriated and set apart for use in
said several funds, to wit:
LzVEE FUND $6
SAPTITARY ?UT`ID 3,000
ST07H SS, T,;R FUND 3,000
Passed and approved this 7th day of August, 1899
Geo., F. West, Mayor
Attest: Oscar Q. McNeil, City Clerk
(seal)