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ORDINANCE NO. 161 (Ne~ Series) AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TIlE ANNUAL FINANCIAL BUDGET REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 228,229 and 230 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE; ESTABLISHING RULE8 FOR TIlE GUIDANCE OF TIlE OFFICER8 AND THE DEPARTMENT8 OF THE CITY IN RELATION THERETO; GOVERNING THE VARIOUS FUNDS IN TllE CITY TREABURY; THE EXPENDI- TURES THEREFROM AND THE BALANCE8 CARRIED OVER FRO}~ ONE FISCAL YEAR TO THE NEXT. The ~ayor and Common Council of the Oi%y of Riverside do ordain as follows: Section 1, The City Auditor 8hall prepare forms upon which the estimates of all city departments and of the Auditor, provided for in Sections228 and 229 of the City Charter, shall be made, said forms bein~ adapted to clearly show the proper seE~eEation of the various expenditures contemplated for the current fiscal year, and %o p~ovide a clear method of comparison with similar expenditures in preoedin~ . years. These forms may be changed by the City Auditor from time %o time, as from the experience of the city and by ohan~ed methods of accoun%inE is deemed ~vise, All officers and departments shall make their annual estimates in accordance with said forms. Section 2. At such time as the Common Council shall ascertain and fix the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation as a revenue to daffy on the various departments of the city for the current fiscal year, as provided for in Section 230 of the City Charter, the Council shall determine and fix, either by resolution or ordinance, the amount of money necessary to carry on each department and ~ub-departmen% of the city requiring a tax levy, said statement to be known as "Financial Budget for the fiscal year of ", and shall appropriate said sums of money for said departments respectively.