The daily gazette., 1878-12-27
ng the ordinance to abolish the office of


Accountant, "A or Treasurer's Clerk,
Mr.. McGlinchey said he would vote for
tne ordinance, because he believed that
II law could not be enforced it should
Dc repealed. II the Council has a right
TO elect tbs Accountant, it has right to
elect whom 1t pleases; If not, il has no
right to elect at all.
Mr Taylor thought Council had a
right to elect whom it pleased, and If
disposed, could put the Accountant In
the ITeasurer's office by a manda,n,Ls
But he would vote TO repeal the ordi.
nance, as he did not think it worth
while to clash with the Treasurer The
once was made for his (the Treasurer's)
benefit alone, as it was stated on the floor
OF Council at the time by his political
friends, that it was necessary to put a
man ir to help him, and they intma-
ted that he was incompetent. Mr..
Taylor could not say this on his own
knowledge, he merely repeated what the
Treasurer's political friends had said in
relation to the subject when the office of
Accountant was first established.
| Mr.. Guthrie thought Council had a
right to suit itself in electing an Ac-
countant. Bat recently he had learned
there were plenty of men in the city who
could perform all the duties of the Trea-
surer's office. Had he known it when
the last Accountant was elected he would
have voted to aboli III the office then.
The vote was then taken and the
ordinance passed by the following
vote:
ayes - Messrs Chandler, Conrad.
| Evans, Guthrie, Heusted, Jones knight,
Lynch, McGlinchey, Norton, Paynter,
Price, Rowe, Taylor Townsend, Walton
10.
Ndys-Mcssrs. Adams, Wood and
President Lich.enstein-3
Mr.. Norton presented the following
proposals forprinting, in pamphlet form,
the imprinted ordinances of the city:
q. Il. Johnson-150 copies for IS cents
per page; 200 copies, 81 per page to be
printed on good quality paper, go pounds
| TO the ream this bid includes the making
of the side notes and the index
Glatts a. Ecael-150 copies for $94.50
! or "a cents per page; 200 copies for $3.50
or 81 cents per page.
Geo. w. Vernon 81 Son-150 copies for
so cents per page 200 copies, 80 cents
James & Webb-15O or 200 copies at
so cents per page, and fill the order in
ten days
Ferris Brothers-15O copies at 67i cents
per page; 200 copies at II cents per
page.
The bids were referred to the Printing
Committee.
On Mr.. Guthrie'S motion, two notes
for so 600 each were directed to be dis
counted, one to meet note comiug due,
and the other to pay the interest list and
Other current expenses.
An order was directed to be drawn for
$50, 600, in favor ofJohn Peoples cashier
of Union National Bank, to meet the
note falling due.
Mr.. McGlinchey presented an ordi- |
nance to provide for the cleaning of the |
streets of the city by contract, which |
was read twice and referred to the Law
Committee. |
President Lichtenstein, calling Mr.. |
Taylor to the chair, offered the following
preamble and resolution:
WHEREAS, There will be due on the |
1st of January next, the sum of over
$4,000, interest on our city bonds |
and
WHEREAS, The said interest will be |
due previous TO the next meeting OF this |
Council and
WHEREAS, The Treasurer has not had |
prepared the interest list, the orders for |
which should be drawn this evening;
Resolyed, That the Treasurer be author |
lied to employ clerk, at a cost not ex- |
ceeding $50 per month, until such time |
as Council may resclnd this resolu- |
ton.
In support, President Lichtenstein said |
that unless the interest list is made out |
and orders drawn, at special meeting |
of Council to be held before the first OF |
January, people would come for their |
interest on Wednesday morning next, |
and would be unable to get 1t. Then it |
would be flashed all over the country |
that the city of Wilmington could not |
pay her interest This thing had never |
been neglected before, and the interest |
l,gt el, Ia, in nnnnai1 II /
ago.
Mr.. Norton thought the blame should |
rest upon the Treasurer and not upon the |
Council. The Council gave him clerk, |
but he refused to accept him. He, of all |
men, should have known the consequent |
ces ofa failure to pay interest, and If he |
causes trouble Council should not bear |
the blame.
Mr.. Guthrie said there was no cause |
for alarm, as not one-fourth the bond |
holders would come for their interest on
The first day, and there were still five |
days in which to prepare for them.
Mr.. Lichten>teln continued in relation
to the necessity of getting the orders
drawR and the interest paid promptly
Mr. Guthrie inquired of him if 1t was
not the duty of the Treasurer to send the
interest list to Council.
In response Mr.. Lichtenstein described
HOW tlhN SOhhtii3 al JCdiS hSoy hdo
paid Mr.. James Woolley $500 per
month, on account to prepare and estab-
lish new system of bookkeeping for
the Treasurers office. And theu finding
that the Treasurer could not keep the
new books as they should be kept, an
Accountant was provided, in order to
keep the books and to save the expense
of continuing Mr.. Woolley's engage
ment. The Accountant had always pre-
pared the interest lists, while the FL
nance Committee revised them. But If
this matter rs left to the Treasurer, and
the interest goes by default, the people
will blame Council and not the Treas
lrer.
Mr.. Paynter moved to amend the reso-
luton by authorizing the Finance Com
miitre ,insteat of the Treasure, to employ
,he CLERK. He said the Finance Com
mittee had the good of the city az much
at heart as the Pre- sident of Council. The
committee had intended to furnish The
Treasurer with a clerk to make out the
interest list, but he refuse to accept him.
Mr.. Paynter objected, so soon at
ter repeating an ordinance which pro-
yided for Treasurer's clerk, to pass a
resolution authorizing the Treasurer to
select clerk for himself.
Mr.. LichtensteIn accepted Mr. Payn-
,ers amendment, and the preamble aud
resolution were adopted.
On Mr.. Lichtensttins motion, it was