, 1877-08-19

AIAsLCC5f tAON4-ut Iudt lA6 uOuGF would DE- re-
stored when the taxes came in. He had not In,
tcrfered with the otflve Of the Treasurer, whc
had given bonds for the due performance Of his
duty. It was true that Mr.. Foster received
$l.oO per yeaTas Civil Engineer, and had two
clerks At salaries Of SIS and $50 per month, re.
specttFeiv, the hlgher-pr1ced youth being his
own son.
Mr. Wentworth announced that he had to go
out to his farm to earn money to pay his taxes
with, and recommended that the Committee be
continued, with Instructions to ascertain what
legal remedy they had.
Mr.. MchlEe assumed the chair aud Mr.. Lord
proceeded to dcnouncc the manner in which the
town affairs had been run. He commended that
they should hare let the payment Of interest 60,
and should have kept up the Sinking Fu,,d.
TIE HOH. I0HN =. LEMoYNS
asked the Treasurer which Board u Trustees
received tho money collected on the assessment
OF 1875. Mf. Condit said the present Board re-
ceived It ALL
Mt. Le Moyne said the case seemed very clear.
In the Town OF Like, as In many other cor
iund SGT apart tor one purpose, and devote 1t to
another, trusting to restoring it when the taxes
came in. This be called q Misrepresentation and
breach Of trust, and thought it was as good =
way to damage the credit Of the town IS the
Trustees could we'll have devised.
Mr.. Condit understood that in the County
Board, and all Town Boards Of which he had
any knowledge, it was customary to borrow
from one fund to meet the claims upon another.
Mr.. lie Moyne didn'ttknow how they did these
things IN the County, Board, and scarcely con.
sidered that body as being very high authority.
After some further talk between the ta1-
payers and the officeholders, Mr. Lord moved
to continue the Committee, and that the Com
mittec inquire what legal rights the taxpayers
had, aud In what manner the funds could be re-
placed where they belonged.
Mr.. Le Moyne hoped the matter would be
settled amicably, believing the best interests OF
the town would be subserVcd thereby. The CT
penscs would have to be cut down. and this
could probably be done better if they worked
together instead Of fighting over It.
claiming that his books would show what bad
been done with every single dollar, and that he
had done the best be could for the town under
the conditions. He had found the finances in
bud shape, and had to straighten them out.
MIR. Mack commended that tue Town Treasurer
had not fulfilled the promises made by him
when seeking election, and held that the prinvi-
pal reason for the difficulties in which they had
gotten was the enormous salaries paid to town
officers. He went over tho charges against the
Sun, aud declared that mir. Goodali, proprietor,
Of that paper, had owned to him that the Board
controlled the paper.
This gave rise to heap more OF recrlminatton
and explanation, finally stamped out by the
previous question. The Committee was contin-
ued, and the meeting adjourned subject to call.
OF the Town OF Lake held an adjourned meeting
yesterday afternoon at the Town-HaiL There
vere present Muirhcad, Condit, Montgomery,
Murphy, and Shirley.
Fifty-Iwo saloon licenses were granted.
4 petition was received from the hose COM
panies asking compensation for their scr rvices.
The petition was not acted upon, but the Board
accepted an invitation to be present at q meet
ing Of the men, to be held at Englewood hose
house Friday evening, when the matter Will be
discussed.
Petitions for bridges at the corner OF Forty
third street and Shurtlef avenue and at the al
ley on Forty-third street, near Wentworth Az
enuc, were referred.
The following resolution was offered by Mr..
Coudit, and WIS adopted:
Resolued, Tint no order for improvements or for
any work involving expense, to be paid By the Town
Of Lake, shnl be given By any oidcer Of the town,
unless such work OF Improvement shall first ne or
dered By the Board Of Trustees, and the CLERK IS
Trustees mud the employees Of the town in writing
OF this action OF the Board.
The pay-rolls and number Of bills were or
dered to be paid.
The proposition Of Darlington Tn1nbolt to
build gas-Works In the town was laid on the
table.
The Committee On Roads and Bridges report
ca that the slough on the Chicago, Rock Island
s. Pacific Railroad grounds, from Mack street
to State street, has been ordered filed. On the
petition to grade Ogden avenue, the Committee
warrant the undertaking of the work at present.
Petitions forv2rious Other Improvements were
laid on the table, with the Endorsement that the
financial condition Of the town would not war
rant making them.