, 1874-05-30
THE WEST TOWN BOARD.

Tho Town Board OF Wcat Chicago hold o meot-
Ing at thoir rooms, corner Of Washington and
Desplninea Streets, yesterday afternoon. Bu-
porviHor Baker presided, and there woro present
Justices ;soully, Walsh, aud Yan't Wou1, Olork
Fitzgerald, and Assessor Rafforty. 81.
Tho Assessor submitted 3 communication,
recommending that tho Board authorize Him to
engage deputy, to be paid at tho rate OF 5000 a
month, another at $l75, and twenty-aeyeu At
gt25 month. It Vas necessaay, he said, that
be. should hnvo this number Of assistants IN
order to complete tho assessment within the
% JUSTICE Was Il sls thought tho salaries aakoa for
wore too high. and ho would not vote to pny tho
doputtos any such su1ns., His recollection WAS
that last year nomn OF the Assessors employees
received sl25 and others @1oo month, and that:
Clerk Fitzgerald said the 0htct Clerk got $500,
and that, Hluce all the responsibility rested}upou
him. conpetent person must DO secured to dis
charge tho duties, and he ought to DO vol paid.
Justice Walsh rojoiued that their mover had
baon 20 poor an aaHossment mado IS that OF last
. Assessor naferty remarked that ho bad
% sndesyored roro TO- seS; s;ah+ tho bot h.,.pts mon
basss bn in 1as' .Ss vord @ss but for eoaee ssnsss
sense and Judgment bis employees wero equal to
any set Of men. He watched them pretty closely,
and they Teta very Industrious. Thore were
aomething over 100 subdivisions moro to bo
looked after this year, and he expected to add aa
many moro az wore on tho personal tax-lists last
year. Hence great deal Of labor WAS involved
Ii covering the whole Vest Division in two
months, and he didnot think the salaries RECON-
Justice Walsh replied that, while It might be
trun that an additional forco WAS necessary to
do the work, 1t did not follow that the men must
be paid IN additional compensation for their
Justice l soully suggested that thovoto bo. taken
on tho salariea scrlaIum, tho Asseasor to state
the. duties Of tho mon aa tho Board passed
along. 49, -
oxonpt five Wero out-of-door mon. Those i've
were engaged IN bis office. -.
Justice Walsh desired to know tho law upon
the subject. Tho Boarl vas ignorant Of the
Iownahip law, ,neycr having Ind copy to refer
the Assessor Should preseut his bills
ths aSa amounts ssSo approved al h. tho Justices
they would audit tho bills II not, they you'd
gould go outsiae, and appropriate money to pay
'Ns assessor asRassehi hserty urged that Of Tho
labor had already boon performed, and tho mon
needed money to, support themselves and fam
lies. = / ;:
Justice scully thought the deputies were en-
titled to their pay. Il tho Board fixed their sal
&fle9 DOW, tQ0 ABHtbBVI 0VA1u ulAuR ~ A1o oh hVA
statement aa to the number Of DAYS worked &C.,
mud the bills could be audited. II tho pay waa
withhold, he doubted II men could ba Hecured
with the understanding that they must wait for
their money until next spring. ,;:e.,4,
Justice Want Woud did not believe in cropping
about In the dark. They did not know what the
law was, aud should make haste slowly. He
favored the regulation of the salnrios In accord
xuce with those in the City Assosaor's Office.
Justice Walsh remarked that mechanics vert
working for less than one-hnlf what they were
year ago, and there WAS no reason for advancing
The sa!aries OF the clerka. On tho contrary. they
should be reduced, III consideration Of the timeH
Justice Boully offered the following, which waI
Adopted: >-
Resolued, That tho Chief Clerk and l1ap Clerk b
paid salary at tho rate Of Chief Clerk, $500
month, aud the Map Clerk SITS and the clerks o.
regular assessments bo allowed ut tho ratio OF $685.
the clerks peraonal property be allowed ut tho rat
Of $100 per month.
Assessor Rafferty, hoped something would b.
done which would enable him to got Homo mono,
TO pay his clorks.
dlerk Fitzgerald moved that the supervisor bs
instructed to advance s., 900.
The Supervisor said thoro was some money /,
the TreasurJ-Rbout $1,000. OF this 81, ,412.1
was received from hiH predecessor; hut 1t wa
turned over In lump, and he did not know +
what funds it belonged.
Justice Walsh SAID only town funds could b
used In paying the deputies.
Justice Bcully suggested. II thore WAS no
money enough on hand, that the supervise
borrow somo.
After further discussion, no conclusion bein
reached, soyorai bills were audited, and til
Board adjourned.