The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-11-20

qaested to bring to the attention of ths council,
the report Of the proceedings Of the council
AZ contained in the Stanton Vindicaior. and the
representations made therein. He had no OBJ
jecions to having the proceedings Of the Council
reported, but he had objections to being miSre-
ported. This complaint vas not confined in all
cases, to the finance committee. Other commit
tt.es had been misrepresented. but at present it
was only his purpose to call attention 70 the re-
port OF the proceedings Of The last meeting of the
council. IL read from the Hnd;eator 20 follows;
"A call was made for the city bonds printed
to be issued to pay the Valley R. R. subscription,
aud she C. & .. r. R for condsm1nea lots and 2
huge book containing them was produced ana re-
csived by the couuc'nea with sbolEffF the sang
gsiety ,Lsr man exhibits in contemplating
mourning ring The pr ,ductiou of the book
brought to light the faot thst 70 register bo'F
has been kep, Of d. bonds"
Mr.. Evans asked whether that was the fact !?
He wished to know whether there was ssnny'h1inns
in the proceedings jp<t'fymg sssb sta''sms0''.-
He bad called pfssh The Treasurer, and procured
the form If registration of boads, and he vsntursd
tne assertion tha' no body KEPT more thorough
and compe,e system Of checks and balances II
read from tn. bo,ks of The Treasurer, showing
the manner OF keeping the reg strafion. he
aekea anetber this Developed The lac, 'hat there
was no registration kept? He stated again thai
he mad 20 ohjesriou TO a fair repor, Of w4at
,ranspred n the council, or % just criticism.
but be did no intend lie submit to :. misrrp.e-
sen,a'oh of the facts.
He quoted further from the report in The IIa-
dicotor; Loose book keeping The scconuts
against he city were then called up to he al
lowed Most Of them had passed iu;o HANDS Of
merchants aud 'aings were badly .ETi;xed9' One
account was from prominent merchant for tw'
days work on ,h- street. which of course. was
labor account transferred The ACCOUNTS gene
rally had vouchers, and from one of them
-.,erchart had sent in. the voucher had been re
moved hy city officer as of no Importance. The
mode Of settling the pay roll of the ci'y hands
was called attention to by Gen. Echola rs very
loose. Indeed pretty much all the city business
which came under discussion. ssssmed to hayys
been done in free and eu:y way that would put
it in The power Of any dishonss, man to rs6
the city to almost any extent. Gen. Echols called
the att euton OF the council to This cacvlessusss
Mr.. Evans said that a he lime i'm several ac-
eounts were informally presented, it was stated
il was unprecedented. That the Superintendent
Of streets mad no au1 bori'y for such inf"rmsliy.
Those accounts were contained in "a bundle OF
sccoon;s, and The fact Of the intormality
nc,ed and comment Ell Cd, and objected TO. as not
in conformity with the usage and regui ,ions of
the councsl. He considered he report ss an
offensive reflection upon the only two officers Of
The council who kept the accaunts,-the clerk
and the Treasurer-two more efficient and care.
Jul officers could not be found any where. and he
thought il was time the council oos some action
to require correct reports Of its proceedings, OF
none ut al'.
Gen Echols asked what vas proposed in the
PREMISES =
Mr. Evans eaid he had no matured resolution
to offer. Ills object was TO call the attention Of
the council to the facts that they ght adopt {.
remedy s:*2 = 49,
Mr.. Burke thought the. report. had references
merely to The case cited, Of istfornhahty.
Mr.. Evans said that could not be: 1t was re-
Fiction upon tho systsm that existed, AMI was
general. e
Mr.. Bagby said the report gave Gen. Echols
credit for calling atteLtin TO the manner
OF transaciing the business of the corporation =
1t might be credit @ him, but5was assertions re.
fecton OH he older members.
Mr.. Ker said he was not present at the last
meeting, but hs reading Of the report Of the pro-
ceedlngs created in his MIND the same impression
that it bsd upon Messrs Evans 4 Bsgby. lie
regarded it AZ unju,t tor he knew the fact that
perfect system of checks and balances was Oh
served by the Tre,assurer. 20
MIR. Alb, called attention to the came report.
" 'ha, the question of providing for the poor got
its usual psos'ponement," and while hs did not
saject to the proce edings being reported correct
", he thought such a'usions we're unjust.
,ir. lsu X thought it was just. report from
the committee on the POOR had Teen before the
connci for several months, aud no action taken
oa it, although repeatedly called up
Mr.. 4-lby wished to know whe'her the poor
hal not been provided for?
AF. purge s'Ateh '4ht thry WeTF. Just ~ oetoFe,
bn' the provision ~as not ample.
Mr.. Evans said the oversser Of the poor had
informed him thst the poor were batter provided
for taan hey would be Al the poor house.
Mr. Ker said he had no. heard the report read
bt the pc ~ were as well provided for rs they
sud he under the plan Of the report What hs
objected to was Zoe flppant ailuson to the act on
otthe council! in ela.on the poor If the re-
port had been rosroned. let i. ,. SO stated az
then let it 60 for what it was worth. AS Was
Was reported, it unjust.
Mr. Blu Ike alluded to instances last white,
where paupers were not provided for because the,
were not listed. ....
Mr.. Ker said they were isolated cases, sue
denly thrown upon the corporation, which nigh
occur at any time.
Gen Echols thought the reporter. whom hsknew
was Incapable of intentional misrepresenta
ton. That it was we'll enough TO repor, ihs
proceedings 50 attention could DO called to what
was going on, -
MIR Evans said he had no formal resolution t.
offer, but had accomplished his object il directing
attention to the misrepresentation that hac
been made.
Mr. Witt hoped it would not be repeated, and
here the matter was dropped. :'t
Mr.. Witt, from the committee on inance
made a report OF the condition Of the finances q