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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
7
Iowa fire losses rose in 1947 reaching 38 297 073 in total property damage with farm fires accounting for 1 959 877 and 456 incidents. Main causes were defective chimneys and heating systems 658 253 damage and defective wiring 483 434. Chimney sparks and smoker carelessness also caused substantial losses.
Ordinance No. 102 proposes issuing Juvenile Swimming Pool and Playgrounds bonds totaling $20,000 for land acquisition and development. The measure authorizes debt up to $20,900 and a tax levy not exceeding 1.5 mills annually to service the bonds. The council followed Iowa law to call an election for voter approval.
City of Monticello Iowa enacts an ordinance to issue twenty 1000 bonds to finance a juvenile swimming pool and playgrounds. Bonds run through 1963 with 2 percent interest and annual levies from 1948 to 1963 to fund interest and principal, secured by city revenues and property tax levy.
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