, 1879-03-13
THE COUNCIL.
The Appropriation Bill Finally Dis
posed OF.
The Amount to BE Raised by Tax
alton Is $3,O76,U1U.
A Vault for the City Treasurer---Coun.
terBigning the Scrip.

The Council hold m adjourned meeting yes
tc,1as afternoon, Aid. McCafrroy In the chair,
and abscnt l'carsons, Staubcr, Scl,wes.hal, md
Wottcrcr.
Tic Appropriation bilt was taken up.
All. Tuley moved 10 insert under tho head OF
"cITr TREAsuREn"
the following item: "for hire OF vaut in which
the public money shall be kept In kind, ii ,O00."
Although the Couneil had refuscd IN increase
the salary OF the Treasurer, there was nothing
to prevent the vault appropriation hrlnE made.
The item was put In, yeaa 10, NAYS Q, rs fol-
lowe:
1fas-Tuley. Sanders, Phelps, Turner Cs,i!crton,
HIo5'. MsNs1y Lnw'er MeHMs,ney yo1s E1szs5
a:s;SyS asss fsespss fsy sG, aaa 9wssss wsss Rss'
Aid. Tulcy moved to insert, this Item: For
salary Of cmploye, to bc selected by tho Mayor
REGISTER AND couarEnsIoN CITY scnlp
before Its Issue. for nlnc months, 81 200.
IT, rct,ly 10 a question, Comptroller Fnrwcll
stalled tlat last year 600 pieces Of scrip, rep
rcscnti,s. In round numbers sl,635,0o0, were
issued. ......
nnYthinE aratnst tnr Comptroller. It was acanst
pubIic policy or interest to put entirely Into the
hands of one man the power to flotsl the city
with scrip Illegally 4 hc were SO "a, aispoaed. i,,c
Nnyor on Il, and nlt that was necessary was for
Tic Comptroller TO sign it; and ho could nut
half million out before any ono was aware
Aid. I'D; Gilbert didn't sec any such danger, md
thought there was no necessity Tor tho ap-
TComptrollcr Farwell explained the system IN
The ., ,, syf5y t NM e@r ensefe
Of ihc warrant, and tl.e fund fro'n which It 10
drawn. There wcro two sets uf nurbcrs,-a
warrant and serial. Then they were cntered on
nnothcr hool-n series -book-1ind both numbers
chcrk al hy cjcr;s,-one attending to tho wnr
III" Trca.i1rcr Ind q similar sGriee-boOK from
which hu checked the warrants when they Wcro
AID Ajd. Talcy aslsed what would. prevent him
Farwclll, II ho were crimsnal'y disposed. from
putting out nny amount ol scrp' .,,.
.hfr. FarWcll replied. NothlhG' II there wero
AID, Tulvy-Suppose you numbered the war
rants yourself, couldn't you put them on tile
Nlr. Fnrwell--Ycs.
Aid. Cary-1Iuw could you get rid oE thcmt
MIR, Farwejl-Scll them. ..........
Xii. Ti1lcr eatd his fdca was to have sumo one
not under tic control Of tho man who counter
','I Kid. Cnrs M asked why tho Mayor could not as-
Aid. Rawlcieh favored t'ic proposition. It
was d good one, md ought to pass.
uays 4,was iolluws:
cus.ton MataT''fG 1orsan. ss MeSay hsn, IsHsr
iieidler. McNurncy, Elsznor, Cook, sc1ton inv:
Daiy' and Jonan-ee9.
Nuys-Dallnrd, Gilbert, Knopf. Waldo.
Aid DAILY made clrort 70 tnsscase net shs ss salary
Of the City Phys!cian from s1''oo TO s:'ooo' oat
aid At Tu,ov moved to fix It at 81, 800, md this
wns oETesa TO- CAS-.
The od o,a s. eq9est S o,,nc Of for soe sn e
tbs a,tGm1on mi m oa aho v of xd essens to recon-
sdar dc vote BY waIeh Va, -! st aside
for u9inatinG purosGf ah;an sos ss ~ ~ tosS '
deficiency te aas M 1!ls 'aas rsnr nsps he I'll an
sn" a'nout 1,afs ~ ,,s,Iot nt wanted to save
| ,nnncv i,v i1o,6, away with gus.
veaa aho ~. n'p,,vs nays. i3Has % follows: "
se1s' ~ n anulers Tul,y, Turner, 1oddinr,
cu1isrton. 1atmISs lss.aan MsSe.iy o1tsst iaxs5 %s
Nufney. Cook ,rhroop, seAtnn' N1e'en' Waldo
dansscns MSGaafey, H. %helns Gilbert Mallory
noldler. snstb, Eiszncr, naw,cigl, Thompson,
Knouf. f,ynn' Da)y-1J.
40; ~. .1,a ,,i,nmrc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Aiter - so1no more tulk, Aid. Knopf moved to
maEc thc a,nn,,nt s915 200, This provoked atill
| rnnro al. tlurln,r whIrh Aid, phclus made Its
! maiden spccch. advocating economy, and put
ting In n plca Tor The taxpayer.
| AID. Tuley moved to lnake thc amount the
aalnc as lust T.ar,-$@W,oN,, ..,!1
The motion Of ak. knont was not aetecd TO-
yeas 9,-Cnry, Phelps, smytt, ElEzner, Nawfcsst',
knopi, Ryan, and Daly; nnys, ".
The motion Of Aid. lu!ey met tho SANG late,
yeas, 0,-Tulcy, ballard. oasnr, snyth,
Thompson, Waldo; nnys, VI.
Tint Of Aid Cullerion mas agreeo to,-Vcas,
! ~. Uuy6, A+-a8 JOllOWBs
| Ytas--Snndofe, Tnlly, turner, Lcudlae, Cn!!cT-
| ton, Rlosda1. A!cHail5. oHveI: L@wEs tetutar'
McNurneJ, EooE, 1h1pop, ocHton' N'cnon' 'aHs'
| AEttQNTCY.