Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-04-08


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exso1ttse q Il - oItys u ths scn'
mssoemsnt al saeh ollaid year, and fron
| sime ID time 10 rive the Coanaal inforzaa,
j ton ri segasd u The sAAirs Il He c5&y,
nd u fsc0nzisezd foT IL consaderxti6s
sach messures n 4 may deem inSostapt,
and ~ will, III Nv Indeemsnt, tsna Ia ID
i yaacs tho insstssf of the City and pro-
mote shs welfare and prosperity Of IN
Iinhahisaass. Els also maae NY duty to
sss thai the laws and ordiaaacss ARE
faishfally executed ~ veil BIZ slse Counsil
- by the execasiye ofhesss OF the oorpo-
Iration. hare, tANfsE0ze. csusid cred shis
. fas and opporsune sisaathe 6rat meet
/ ing Of Enoshef ogaaial year 90 call the at
EsRsioa of she Council b some plain and
explicit requirement ef I'D ardinancs and
and ask FOR thesss strict and faithful eb-
ssrvaaes OF ths sssns, and also suggest 10
the Council for As A6slua and consideEa-
siea su1as Ias4sasess i asam inpersApz
and proper IA h0 spacsaa By them. Ii Ia
"a important ID ouspurasipas a. To indi-
| siduals 20 be fully and oftea advised Of
thar Gaaaeial ssadsssvas 10 shas end
toxmar Councils hassxiseig aud prudent
| ~ provided for quarterly aesonnsings
and hare By ordinance i .,aaitely hxsd the
times Of said quarterly aaaoaatings. By
reference - a. arllnanca satisied ssAn
0sdinaaos defining shs duties and quail
Geations OF City ui6sassS and 6xIag their
eompensationss approved July lst, 1857.
Uader the aivisi0ns treating OF the duties
Marshal and Treasurer, Is ia enacted shat
AT tia frat regular session Of the Com
mon Council In October, January, April
aud July In each year the Marshal, In con-
junction With the Treasurer, shall have an
accounting with the Council az which
Lime shall be exhibited By sheaa the tree
state and condition Of the City finances. ~
Yoa will observe, aenslsmsn, that
these aeeoantings are 10 be made with the
Gouneii, not with committae of the
Council, and at iss regular sessions, in or
der that any citizen who desigs to know.
may be fully advised OF the true state and
condition OF the City aaancss, if lie sees
kt 10 be present d your regular sessions
a the time provided BY Law for the quar-
serly aeeouatsngs.
Thesa are wise and just provisions, and
do call The same 70 your special siaens
ton and ask thai the same may be more
sswictly observed In she future than the
past. Tie strict and careful observance
Of the plain requirement OF Law mass be,
30 ohaioas TO fhs eouaeii, thai it seems
10 nae that ii would be work of saperer-
ogasioa 20 addace arguments In supors OF
isa observance bat is il easier tor meI
70 point oag the manner In which the CITY
may be injured by the aon-observance Of
Ehis mandatory provision Of our city laws.
Unless is is observed that the means and
resources OF the City map be squandered
almost az pleasure and sae City left en-
tireiy without resource, sase upon ia de-
faulting stewards.
Ii 10 all Important 10 the City TO see
that those who become security fer the
otfcial conduct OF its olhcers, should be
held and arastg bound. TO dothis the
City Loaaeil aaaas perform iss part OF the
contract Of saret yship, By calling It's OIL
GERS to eaFefRl aa prompt aecoantings
OF shsir odieiai daings ~ provided by law.
This, the Council cannot nsgleGs with
out doing positive damage ana injury 10
thu City. call the special and imme-
diate attention ef Tia Council to the de-
fault existing In the accounts OF 1ie late
City Marshal, and recommend such action
rs viii in your judgement speedily adjust
TIE same. Iwoald respectfully suggest
the appointing ef q special committee oil
1--we, of which the City Recorder shall
constitute member, 90 confag with saia
Marshal aad his securities, and take steps
for fnal liquidation aud adjustment of
his accounts. la this way believe hsiga-
ton may be avoided, and the interest Of
the City rs we'll protected A. by any 9TH
er coarse that may be adopted.
call the attention Of the Council to
| the provisions of section number Thirty
sxo 81 of the act Of the General Assem-
I bly Of the State Of Iowa incorporating
the City of Council BluHs, approved Jan
uary oath, 1853, requiring thar the 'sUom-
| mea Oeansii shai9 publish annually q par
tieulas statement Of all the receipts and
expenditures of the City, and of all debts
owing to, and bY the sane.a This plain
provision of the organic Law u the City
shomid be strictly observed, il ls alike the
requirements of positive law-safe aud
SQUAD policy, sanctioned alike BY both,
and | ash as your hands It's strict obsegy-
lance. To this end would saggess thai
/ the matter of ths .sAnnuai Exhihits for
1868 should at an early TINA be referred
to an AZ propriale COMMITTEES. or to tbs
standsns colnmiEtse on Finance 30 tnat
i said committee may be able. TO sabnii
shafr report 10 the. Commou. Council. al
/ IFS arst regular laeeting. ia July next, and
have ample sima 10 prepare full and ex-
| AcS report Of TIE condition OF City affairs,
| A necessity has long been felt By those q
whaln has been committed the daily Oh
locking after, and keeping in repaaT The
: roads and shoronghfarss Of ths City, fos
| a casa fund 10 draw against, ] woule
therefore recommend tue enactment by
she Council of An 0rainonee, hrss gisine
| TO the several wards the road labor of ~
| inhabitants and said labor Erss to be ap'
/ plied to pusting 10 repair the roads, strsetI
). and alIeys Of thu ward. IL there are NOR
persons In said ward liable to do read
| labor than are necessary to put the road
of the same In good repair, then they ma.
be and should DO required, 70 perform
their road labor in any ward of the City
IL ans person shall not work his road Ia
Dor out Ia person, nor By arg Other, b.
shall be required TO pay bis Rsad Pol
| sax in cash 10 the ciEy Supervisor. wh
shall promptly pay the same 70 the CIT
Treasurer, and said fund 40 acamulate'
{ shall constitute permanent road AM
RI bridge fund for the ward 20 which il be
! IIongs, TO be disbasssd by ehe Comnao
8 Council asdsr rhs Supervisor, aud apo
7 the Recommendation oil she Aldermen frof
Z the ward. To thar sad | weald gasotn