Fiscal year. Taxes, how divided. Contingent fund. Fire department. Streets. Sewers. Bridges. Water. Public buildings. Police. Cemetery. Interest and sinking. Parks. Lighting. Library. SEC. 15. That section one of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so [as] to read as follows: SECTION 1. The fiscal year of the city organized under this act shall commence on the third Monday of March in each year, unless otherwise provided by ordinance. SEC. 16. That section three of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so [as] to read as follows: SEC. 3. The revenues raised by general tax upon all the property in the city or by loan to be repaid by such tax shall be divided into so many of the following general funds as are necessary: First, Contingent fund-To defray the contingent and other expenses of the city for the payment of which from some other fund no provision is made; Second, Fire department fund-To defray the expenses of purchasing grounds, erecting engine houses thereon, purchasing engines and other fire apparatus, and all other expenses necessary to maintain the fire department of the city; Third, General street fund-To defray the expenses of opening, widening, extending, altering and vacating streets, alleys and public grounds, and for grading, paving, repaving, curbing, graveling and otherwise improving, repairing and cleaning the streets, alleys and public grounds of the city, and for the construction and repair of sidewalks and crosswalks, and for the care thereof; Fourth, General sewer fund-To defray the expenses of sewers, drains, ditches and drainage, and the improvement of water courses; Fifth, Bridge fund-For the construction and maintenance of bridges; Sixth, Water fund-For constructing, purchasing, maintaining and extending a system of water-works and for constructing reservoirs and cisterns, and providing for supplies of water; Seventh, Public building fund-For providing for public building, and for the purchase of lands therefor, and for the erection, preservation and repair of any such buildings, city hall. offices, library building, prisons, watch houses and hospitals as the council is authorized to erect and maintain, and not herein otherwise provided for; Eighth, Police fund-For the maintenance of the police of the city, and to defray the expenses of the arrest and punishment of those violating the ordinances of the city; Ninth, Cemetery fund; Tenth, Interest and Sinking fund-For the payment of the public debt of the city and the interest thereon; Eleventh, Park fund-For the purchase of grounds for public parks and for the maintenance and improvement thereof; Twelfth, Light fund-For the construction, purchase and maintenance of electric or other lights; Thirteenth, Library fund-For the purpose of maintaining a free library and reading-room in said city; Fourteenth, Salary fund-For the purpose of paying the Salary. salary of all officers of said city; Fifteenth, Such other funds as the council may from time to time constitute. SEC. 17. That section four of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 4. Revenue and moneys raised by taxation in special Special funds. districts of the city shall be divided into the following special funds: sewers. First, A district sewer fund, for each main sewer district District for the payment of the costs and expenses of sewers and drainage in, and chargable to the main sewer district, when the city shall be divided into such districts; assessment. Second, Special assessment funds: Any money raised by Special special assessment to defray the expenses of any work, paving. improvement, repairs, or drainage for which it was raised. cil may raise. SEC. 18. That section five of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 5. The aggregate amount which the council may raise Amount counby general tax upon the taxable real and personal property in the city, for the purpose of defraying the general expenses and liabilities of the corporation, and for all purposes for which the several general funds mentioned in section three of this title are constituted exclusive of taxes for schools and school house purposes shall not, except as herein otherwise provided, exceed in one year, one and one-half per cent. SEC. 19. That section six of title nineteen of said act be and Section repealed. the same hereby is repealed. sessments for improvements. SEC. 20. That section seven of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 7. In addition to the above amounts, the council may Special asraise by special assessment in sewer districts and special assess ment districts for the purpose of grading, paving, repaving, curbing, graveling and otherwise improving the streets, and for constructing sewers and drains and making other local improvements chargeable upon the lands and property in the district, according to frontage or benefits, and for all other purposes for which the main sewer funds and special assessment funds are constituted, such sums as they shall deem necessary. SEC. 21. That section nine of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: cause certain SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the council to cause estimates Council to to be made in the month of September in each year, of all the estimates expenditures which will be required to be made from the several made. general funds of the city during the next fiscal year, for the payment of interest and debts to fall due, or for lands to be acquired, buildings to be erected or repaired, bridges to be built, and for the paving of streets, the construction of sewers, making improvements, and for the support of the police and fire department, and for defraying the current expenses of the year and for every other purpose for which any money will be required to be paid from any of the several general funds. during such fiscal year. Tax to meet deficiencies. Council to pass annual bill. SEC. 22. That section ten of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 10. The council shall also in the same month determine upon the amount required to be raised in the next general tax levy to meet any deficiencies for the current year. SEC. 23. That section eleven of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 11. The council shall also in the said month of Sepappropriation tember pass an ordinance, to be termed the annual appropriation bill, in which they shall make provision for, and appro priate the several amounts required to defray the expenditures and liabilities of the corporation for the next fiscal year payable from the several general funds as estimated and determined upon, as provided in section nine of this title, and order the same, or so much of said amounts as may be necessary, to be raised by tax with the next general tax levy, or by loans. or both, and to be paid into the several general funds of the city; but the whole amount so ordered to be raised by tax or loan, or by both, shall not, except as herein otherwise provided, exceed the amount which the city is authorized by sections five and eight of this title, to raise by general tax during the year. The council shall specify in such ordinance the objects and purposes for which said appropriations are made, and the amount appropriated for each object or purpose, and to each of the general funds. The council shall also designate in the appropriation bill the sums, if any, required to be levied to meet any deficiency for the current year. When certain amounts certified to. When further sums not to be raised. SEC. 24. That section twelve of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 12. All sums ordered in the annual appropriation bill in any year, to be raised for the several general funds, and all amounts reported to the council by the board of education, to be raised for schools, library and schoolhouse purposes, as provided in title twenty-two of this act, shall be certified to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, on or before the first Monday of October. SEC. 25. That section thirteen of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 13. After the passage of the annual appropriation bill no further sums shall be used, raised or appropriated; nor shall any further liability be incurred for any purpose, to be paid from any general fund during the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made, unless the proposition to make the appropriation shall be sanctioned by a majority vote of the electors in the city, having the qualifications of electors under the constitution of this State, voting upon the proposition at the next annual city election or at any special election called for that purpose. But this section shall not prohibit the council from making any necessary repairs or expenditures at a cost not exceeding five thousand dollars, the necessity for which is caused by casualty or accident, happening after making the annual appropriation for the year, and from borrowing the money therefor.. conform to SEC. 26. That section fourteen of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 14. No improvement, work, repairs or expense, to be Expenses to paid for in whole or in part out of any general fund, excepting appropria as herein otherwise provided, shall be ordered, commenced tions. or contracted for, or incurred in any fiscal year, unless in pursuance of an appropriation specially made therefor, in the last preceding annual appropriation bill, nor shall any expenditure be made or liability be incurred, in any such year, for any such work, improvement, repairs, or for any purpose, exceeding the appropriation so made therefor; nor shall any expenditure be made, or money be paid out of any general fund, for any purpose, unless appropriated for that purpose in said bill. SEC. 27. That section fifteen of title nineteen of said act Section repealed. be and the same hereby is repealed. amounts may SEC. 28. That section seventeen of title nineteen of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 17. Instead of levying a tax for the whole amount How certain authorized by this act to be raised in that manner in any year, be raised. for the purpose of the general street fund, the council may, in its discretion, raise a part thereof by tax and a part thereof by loan: Provided, That the aggregate amount of taxes and Proviso. loans so raised and madé, shall not exceed the amount for which a tax might be levied for the same year. repealed. SEC. 29. That section seven of title twenty of said act be Section and the same hereby is repealed. SEC. 30. That section eight of title twenty of said act be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: relative to SEC. 8. The clerk at the time of levying state and Duty of clerk county taxes in the city for, the year, shall levy in the same levy of taxes. roll upon all taxable property in the city the amounts certified to by him by the clerk of the board of supervisors as provided in section six of this title to be raised for city and school purposes, placing the city taxes in one column and the school taxes in another column and he shall also levy in the same roll all sums mentioned in any statement and return of unpaid special assessments made by the city treasurer to him, pursuant to section twenty-six of title eighteen of this act, since the making of the last preceding city tax roll, upon the respective lots and premises to which they are especially assessed, and against the person chargeable therewith as a tax in a column for special assessments, and shall place the state and county taxes in other columns. The aggregate amount of the several taxes so levied upon each valuation shall be carried into the last column of the roll. SEC. 31. That section eighteen of title twenty of said act be Section and the same hereby is repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. repealed. Sections amended. [No. 418.] AN ACT to amend section five of chapter one; sections two, three, four and six of chapter two; sections one, three, five and ten of chapter three; sections one, three, four, six, seven and nine of chapter four; sections nine, ten, thirteen, twenty-one. twenty-two, thirty-three and forty-two of chapter five; sections five and nine of chapter six; sections eleven and seventeen of chapter eight; section eight of chapter twelve; section five of chapter seventeen; sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, ten, twelve, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and twenty-two of chapter twenty-one; sections six and twelve of chapter twenty-three; sections two, three, four, five, six. seven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of chapter twenty-four of an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Sault Ste. Marie and to repeal an act, entitled 'An act to reincorporate the village of Sault Ste. Marie,' approved May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred seventy-nine, as amended," being act number five hundred thirty-three of the Local Acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, apapproved June twenty-first, eighteen hundred eighty-seven, as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof, and to add thereto one new section to stand as section forty-four of chapter five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That there be added to chapter five a new section to be known as section forty-four, and, that section five of chapter one; sections two, three, four and six of chapter two; sections one, three, five and ten of chapter three; sections one, three. four, six, seven and nine of chapter four; sections nine, ten, thirteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, thirty-three and fortytwo of chapter five; sections five and nine of chapter six; sections eleven and seventeen of chapter eight; section eight of chapter twelve; section five of chapter seventeen; sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, ten, twelve, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen and twenty-two of chapter twenty-one; sections six and twelve of chapter twenty-three; sections two, three. four, five, six, seven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen of chapter twenty-four of an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Sault Ste. Marie and to repeal an act, entitled 'An act to reincorporte the village of Sault Ste. Marie,' approved May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred seventy-nine as amended," being act number five hundred thirty-three of the Local Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven approved June twenty-first, eighteen hundred eighty-seven, as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: |