Providence City Manual: Or, Organization of the Municipal GovernmentHammond, Angell & Company, 1878 - Providence (R.I.) |
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... Received from the city tax . $ 1,760,168 13 from temporary loans . ..... 1,443,200 00 from all other sources .. 1,418,532 80 Total receipts .... $ 4,621,900 93 Expended for temporary loans paid .... $ 1,581,000 00 for interest on bonds ...
... Received from the city tax . $ 1,760,168 13 from temporary loans . ..... 1,443,200 00 from all other sources .. 1,418,532 80 Total receipts .... $ 4,621,900 93 Expended for temporary loans paid .... $ 1,581,000 00 for interest on bonds ...
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... received and declared to be public highways . Of the large number of received streets , compara- tively few have been paved , and their maintenance is therefore a heavy tax upon the treasury , especially in sec tions of the city where ...
... received and declared to be public highways . Of the large number of received streets , compara- tively few have been paved , and their maintenance is therefore a heavy tax upon the treasury , especially in sec tions of the city where ...
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... Received for water in 1877 .. Whole receipts for water $ 83,152 73 4,606,123 38 56,661 67 263,439 60 200,039 39 819,494 82 342,244 34 Entire expenditures by commissioners for all purposes . ....... $ 5,215,008 12 Whole receipts from ...
... Received for water in 1877 .. Whole receipts for water $ 83,152 73 4,606,123 38 56,661 67 263,439 60 200,039 39 819,494 82 342,244 34 Entire expenditures by commissioners for all purposes . ....... $ 5,215,008 12 Whole receipts from ...
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... Received from water rents .. Received from all other sources .. 1,501,896 36 . $ 6,670,963 21 $ 794,459 52 337,230 45 1,131,689 97 $ 5,539,273 24 Funded debt contracted for water works to same date ..... Included in the floating debt ...
... Received from water rents .. Received from all other sources .. 1,501,896 36 . $ 6,670,963 21 $ 794,459 52 337,230 45 1,131,689 97 $ 5,539,273 24 Funded debt contracted for water works to same date ..... Included in the floating debt ...
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... Received from sewer assessments Received from notes payable , floating debt . Received from the general city tax ... $ 1,610,277 53 $ 600,000 00 219,089 70 523,034 81 268,153 02- $ 1,610,277 53 SUPPORT OF THE POOR . The expenditure for ...
... Received from sewer assessments Received from notes payable , floating debt . Received from the general city tax ... $ 1,610,277 53 $ 600,000 00 219,089 70 523,034 81 268,153 02- $ 1,610,277 53 SUPPORT OF THE POOR . The expenditure for ...
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66 66 alderman 66 June AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER amount annually Assistant avenue BENJAMIN BENJAMIN W board of aldermen bridge Brook street district Brown Chairman Charles H city auditor city clerk city council City of Providence city treasurer common council Daniel Dexter Asylum Died in office DOYLE Edward Edwin eighth ward Elected ELISHA ENGINEER fifth ward fire department follows Foreman fourth ward George W Henry hereby highways Hosemen house offal hundred dollars Hydrant James January John JOINT COMMITTEE July Knowles licenses Mary mayor MOWRY ninth ward NORTH BURIAL GROUND overseer paid pauperism payable person Point street bridge pole cor police court Potter President Principal Prov Revised City Ordinances salaries Samuel Samuel W second ward SECTION seventh ward sewers sinking funds sixth ward Smith Stephen superintendent tenth ward third ward Thomas thousand dollars town water commissioners William H William in common WINSOR
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Page 46 - House shall have adjourned on the preceding day; shall immediately call the members to order; and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read. He shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points of order, in preference to other members...
Page 47 - Every member, who shall be present when a question is put, shall vote for or against the same, unless the Board shall excuse him...
Page 43 - To lay on the table, To postpone indefinitely, To postpone to a day certain...
Page 83 - ... of said work, or by or in consequence of any negligence in guarding the same, or any improper materials used in its construction, or by or on account of any act or omission of the said contractor or his agents...
Page 45 - The same majority may by vote dispense with any rule for the meeting at which such vote is had. ELEVENTH. All committees shall consist of four members, and shall be appointed by the president, unless the Council shall order otherwise. And no report not in writing shall be received by the president without the consent of the Council being first asked and had. TWELFTH. No member shall speak more than once on the same question, until all other members desiring to speak thereon shall have done so ; and...
Page 44 - No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Page 46 - The chair shall preserve decorum and order, may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all...
Page 82 - No hydrant, hose bib or hose attachment shall be placed in any yard or area of any premises so situated as to be accessible to persons living in or occupying neighboring premises, unless the owner of the premises fiist named becomes responsible for and pays the water rent for all persons using water therefrom.
Page 211 - ... consist of the mayor, the president of the board of aldermen, the president of the common council, the chairman of the joint standing committee on finance, and one member of the common council to be appointed by the president thereof...