, 1874-08-23
the 50 bonds OF q, ,ooo each. Tho outstanding


braced item OF 520, UC0 more to tie retired. TIT
Board expected to rctiie them, aud lad aske
| that 91o, 900 DO raised so that the balance coul
he ttkop up and for $500 to carry then, over
year. As to the item for S27, ,00D: The Law Pre-
vIided that there should be sinking fund, and
was proposed to take up S27,od of tho Ion
bonds the first year, audfol!ow 1t mp With $40 90
year until the whole Get bonds were taken up
| 1he Chairman asked about
| TIE IMPROVEMENT FUND.
I AIr. Greenebau,n said it was limited to $100,
600. The law authorized leyying OF . 3-mil
tax to raise it, but this wear only 4-10 mills ~er
loved becau1e three mills would yield oSc
500, 600.
The Chairman did not think it possible to de-
tcrm1ne the rate OF per cent Until after the STATE
! Board OF Equalization had passed upon tlo Ed
eessmcnt.
Mr. stransberrv remarked that tue rate was
! fixed upon the Assessors return.
Mr. G1ecDebaum then expressed his opinion
| about Town Boards, which was that they con-
I Quoted business in q very loose nanucr.
! The Chairman believed it would bo well il the
| Board mud County Commissioners could
DESIGNATE SPECIFICALLY
| the purposes for which taa money appropriated
| WAS to be nsed by tho Towu Boards.
| After 4 runEing conversation, which developed
! nothing Of Ente1cst.
|L1TTLE JOE"
the Town Clerk Of South Chicago, mas called.
He was ncco1nlauie1 by Mr. HRiEeH REPRESENT
ing tie Fidelity Bank, which holds 100000 in
South Town orders. which he bought at Us cents
on the dollar Ho desired an appropriation
made to redeem them.
"Lit,le Joe'' WAS examined by the Chairman
and Commissioner Bogut to this effect:
2. We want to ascertain how you make up
these amounts you ask for. He hero read the
esti,na:es.l i. These amounts arc fiom last
year.
Q.-You have not fixed the salaries Of the town
officers yer3 A.-No. We cannot rendor ar
ite,nized account for this yenr--cannot tell whnt
Evaus viii need until next fall. But we kuo':
what Col Cleary spent last year. He spent
81 900 for help and received GiQ QUO for himself.
That makes Sl4 OUU.
Q.-Bat you have put in $4,000 for Collector
and assistants3 A.--Ihere ale other expenses
which amount to that. He (Clony1 fixed up q
sort of oifieo in the City Collectors olica and
Ind to rny some *5u0 for fixtures, etc. Last
year tho Board spent :4::}3. 900.
Q.-four estimates arc b1sed entirely on last
yeai 8 expenses A.--les from what we know
they we're last renr. Phillips (ste Asscssot) re-
ceiycd ST, 600 for his assistants, and S. 500 for
himself, and stationery. whlca was $780, or 800,
or $500. Tllis year it will not cost as much. as
the Couuty Clerk iEsueu mo=t Of Tho stationery,
and the county paid soGle I300 Or 800 for as-
bessrnent blanks.
Q.-Il,e law says tho AsHeEsor and Deputy A.
eessors shall 1naAe out their accounts IN ac;ail,
aud verify them Undar oath Has thai been tsono :
A.-Curr.Ean has an iteuized account which
amounts to 81, ,SU0.
Q.-Do you know how many days service ho
has charged in that account? Ale had forty
different men; some worked five days, and
others three months He was not Obliged to
bring that before the Town Board; the Town
Bosld did not ak hum for it. aud he did rot
produce it. He has l. list OF every man who
worried, and hov 1uaiy days. anu how much
money he got and his receipt III full. The
Depu. les Got IS day.
Q.-Wnero DO you find any law or authority
for giving them IS da:' A.-Ilat has beeu
THE PRACTICE
for three or four Years, aud the Board thought |
they had the right to poy' any reasonable |
AMOUNT even if 1t Was moro tllAu %2. so dag:
hey could not set anybody for that.
Gan act OF the Legislature fixes their pay. |
eau you pay out greater amount? Alt haa |
always been done; and We l1ad legal advice from |
awyors who are considered responsible.
Tue Chairman read the law fixing the pay Of |
he Asbisiant-A=seSSor5.
Clerk GTueEhut--Somo of the Aasistant-As- |
'esacrs receive SO day on account Of their I
tbll1ty, and some could not be got fur leBs than
5l5 J. dAJ-tho men who figure up the books.
10 law Tan fl1 their salaries. do not te-
!eyo that the1e arc ten men in South Chicago
Who eau figure cp the assessment booEH. Some
II the men worked eighteen hours dAy to Get
trough towards the ls,t, aud tllsy had to ho
'aid wnntcyer they usked.
Q.-Whst rent do you pay for the office ? Al
$50 3 YEAR aud then there is fuel a1,4l gas. Tho
tenn Of el,0Jo includes safe, which we paid
lao for, to keep Tue assessment and Collectors
ooka i'll during nine muat!is, and during the
ther three months VIC keep the records.
Q.-The1. you estimate S5UU fer gus and fuel !?
No. That includes stationery Tor the Colec-
Or and AaHeEror and pos~aye stGfn1,a and }ostll-
ards, OF which e5D worth wall to l1ee,!ed.
TIE cLEEK's SALARY.
The Clerk vas then questioned as to the item
1 IL 500 tor his salary. and LIE said he gave up
tft .Yer{,f
osing 10 aeyuta h:s whole time to the office OF
own Clerk. lie hEd n,a;e complete COPY of
ne asscs cssncnt OF per eonal property, aud If my
ody would call ut the Office, they would find
aat he lad enough to keep hum employed I'll
le year round.
Q.-Is there any provision in the law stating
hat the Cle;k KS sa!ary snail be? A.-ILesa!arv,
rider the Township Organization law, Ii Sl.5O
AZ for the ClelA, 51.5u day for the Super
isor, and $3.50 II day lor the Assessor, but the
own Ioutds alNnys touk tl.at to be tho mini-
.un,, a:d Thought they were authorized to pay
hateTcr gum they saw tit.
Q.-1ou have tue Supervisor down for 81 500?
THAT was the sum paid last year. or corrso
&c Lave rot l3ed any aallries yet, aud cannot by
aw. Tho new Law allows lis to bold only two
acetings of the To~n Auditors yea:-on tho
9Th OF August and about the 30tl OF March, |
10 other meetings wcrid be legal.
Q.-Would 1t lie right to pay the Supervisor
{, 500 for attending Two meetings in Z wear?
'oard. Those present take any one Tor
.atrnaan they chooke, ana ho has no duties ex-
cps those Of Treasurer OF the town. He cucht |
be OyerEoer Of tue Poor. I lie law of 1873 aDol-
hed the Cthce, but that OF 1874, thiuk, revived |
). l do not Know whether lie lind attended to tho
cor, but lie is obliged to do it under the law
The Chairman here requested Grucnhut to |
lr1llhh the Committee with tho number Of
eputlcs employed by tho AsaekEor. the DAYS
10y wo. led, etc, which he promised to do.
Q.-Do you know tho GEoNl,t uf {
OUTSTANDING TOWN onDEns?
A.-Wo have not got complete record OF
lem. All the books previous 10 1a71 we're ! !
ulned tho fire did not leave = scrap. We ,
I'VE been sued for about SIS, 600, and guess
lat will cover those issued previous to 1871. {
ljerc deficiency in the levy Of lS72 on ac- {
5unt Of tile fire, aud one 10 1873, the Town /
GARD bolding over year and four months be- !
'use thero was 1o fall election, and tliat
ado q deficiency OF $1,000. I cannot |
IL the exact amount, because tho Town-CIsrk t
fore me could noE read or write, and have 10 +
ccrts. 1.aut year there Was loyy OF St25, ,0O0, {
id the deficiency WAS s8,D0U, and this year wo j
Duld like to have sinking fund to pay aomo Of I
e outstanding debt. I
The Chairman requested him to report the ont