The daily gazette., 1879-08-15

had no right % allow money DEVOTED for
ore purpose By tho law, 70 be spent By
Ihe C0upcil for Rpoth other,1s-- nd, ,AGeiu, he
has besn Tecentlg called pnRq BY those
representing the Sch3ol B6Afd and In
form fS, med that they viii look 70 ni% i'm fos
ssf nsa Ia AZ SI aasa IT, sP5
The new lsw passed says? 4sfh1k the
City Treasurer shall speg g..op Tie nnt
Mouday of each and every monthr dur
ing the year." upon "0rdeS8 dfaWns upon
him "by the Board Of. Risblte Edlsaati 3n,'
under - ths e. hand e their Ryss9ee. And ~
81, l55, ,5S. This mOBeygI tAe 0eiy Of
tue Coun nj to aappropriete, 80 my
wish Is that the Council should bass IL
every month, aud that I Should return IL
from the funds Of the Board 0OfkP Public
Education to the city, ! am ready 70 DO
the Council, but AN not uilisngH0 do
anything contrary to law, OF that, ,Vlll In
IN any mannerje0pard ard re me OF ny &C.
curl ties by suit At law IN YeiassOUi,tb the
funds Of the Board of Public EjuoetiOn.
A AecOrding to my books there, iso $780,
1888 ~ dse BY The Bjard Of Public Educa-
tios, money advanced to them " tie
city, which think should 1t onoe bo re-
turned to the city BY the Treaauref.
I.respectfuiiy beg leave t0stars 70 your
honorable body, thaEEthe OnlY safely to
the Treasurer and the people, Is q strict
adherence to Law. This i6sWhat II have
always endeavored t9 do. AL the tyoubIe
have had in my Office has arisen from
aviolation Of law, spparentiy 70 ebepefit
oy law ior one purpose and exPend1d
for anOther. / have never done THIS will
hDPly,i but have always demonstrated
against IT, The arguments IN Ats IA
vor have been the city . needs, ADA bsv-
ing the city moneytsn thee1aPW 90 Dter-
est, &c. lave, therefore, concluded 70
adhere strictly to the law in my 6mce, as
my OF ly safety No one, No ly61iy OF
gentleman, however high their posi lions
or influential, have g right 70 violate the
laws of the State. Aud as the use Of
the school money by Athd OonAcil il
against The statutes of the State, epd as
there has already been trouble and daa-
ger tome from this source, n havae csn.
cluded to haye this money las am bound
to do by my oath OF office) SO deposited
| as to be under the direct cOntrUi Uf the
Treasurer, wbere he has the power to
prevent IT'S diversion to any other use
than that by law cJmmanded.'
l'n Wihegreat respecn ydhsss
am your. & Sc r g.s1t
After the communication, had been
read, Mr.. Guthrie said he fhohghtit was
n campaign document He wAs of tho
opinion that the City Treasurer was in
dhty bouLd to deposit ali'moheys to the
credit of the NJ ny sr and Csuncib The
recent act was passed for that purpose
in order that the city conId have the
use of the money, and notaletsit lay idle
IN the bank when the city was COM
PEELED to borrow. Previous, to j ulv 1st,
he had requested tho tax coll ctors to
deposit the school taxes to she cresdit of
The Mayor aud Council, ,hnt to, keep
| separate account Of lhem.
Mr.. Taylor said he could BEAR the
chairman Oft Finance 0ommifsee ont
in. what he said. 1t was ,understQod by
all when the hi was passed, that it wss
passed for the purpose lof allowing the
money to be deposited to the credit of
the Council. Previous to the passage OF
the bill, when the city WASH ort and had
to borrow money, there was money In
bank TO the credit of the Coard, and the
city was really orrOwing its owus mo NJ
ey All the Board Of Education asked
was that the city keep their, credit good
Previous to, the passage of the last hill.
the Board found themselves in the same
| dilemma as Council from January to
| July, and as the law prevents them from
norroWlng any money, they asked tn It
tne OIL oe passed 20 hat Council, could
| tlways keep them'-ih funds. The law
further provides that Counci b. shall not
pay the Board any, money. bsfore the
taxes are collected but hinder" the new
OH, Councll does pay the -BoRpfi FIVE
| col ected. ,-H'7E
+ The Communications was refsrfed to
me AawjCommlttee. GiiX saol