The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-04-03
CHAPTER VII.
FINANCES AND EXPENDITURES.

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with the city treasurer, and be under the
control of the board of Aldermen, and
shall be drawn out only upon the order
OF the mayor and clerk authorized by
vote of the board of Aldermen and in no
other manner. Every warrant drawn on
the treasurer shall be numbered in the
regular order of the current series of gen
eral warrants, and shall refer to the reso-
luton under which it was drawn and the
object for which il was drawn. Two
thirds of all the aldermen-elect voting in
the affirmative may, when in their iudg-
ment, public interest requires the adj
vaneement or payment of money for a
special purpose, appropriate money for
such purpose.
Section q All accounts or demands
against the city, before the same shall be
annexed to or Endorsed on such account
or demand, and presented and preserved
Herewith. The mayor. clerk or any Of
the aldermen, when such account, claim
or demand shall be presented 20 him may
administer the oath required in this Sec
ton, and may examine the claimant, on
oath, as 20 the items of such account or
claim Upon the final disposition of any
indorsed as follows, to wit: If allowed in
full, the word ''allowed" shall be Endorsed
thereon. If allowed only in part, the
amount allowed and the amount disal-
lowed shall be briefly Endorsed thereon;
and if entirely disallowed, the word eds
allowed" shall be Endorsed thereon, which
Endorsement shall be signed by the mayor.
All votes taken on the allowance of any
claim shall be recorded by the clerk.
Section 3. Every account or claim
against said city presented to the board
Of Aldermen in any year shall be num-
bered from one upwards III the order in
which it shall be presented, and the name
of the person in whose favor such ac-
count shall be made out, and the time of
presentation thereof, shall be Endorsed
thereon, and a memorandum of every
such account Or claim, giving its number,
the name of the claimant therein, and the
amount thereof; and also the final dispo-
sition of such account or claim and OF
the warrant and the number thereof is
sued In payment of such account so al
lowed, In whole or in part, shall be en-
tered in the records of the proceedings
of the board Of aldermen; such account
or claim, together with the affidavit pre-
scented Herewith, the report of the COM
mittee, if any, recommending the allow
ance or disallowance of the same, shall be
flied and preserved in the Office of city
clerk.
Section 4. No account OF claim against
said city shall be paid until the same
shall be presented to the board of alder
men, sand audited and allowed by them
as provided in this act.
Section ). No action shall be main.
tanned by any person against the city Of
Manitowoc upon any claim or demand
until such person shall first have present
ed his claim or demand to the board of
aldermen for allowance.
Section 6. The determination of the
board of aldermen disallowing, in whole
or in part, any claim of any person, shall
be final and conclusive and a perpetual
bar to any action in any court, founded
on such claim, unless an appeal be taken
from the decision and determination of
such board as III this act provided.
Section Z. In case any person shall
present his claim or demand, and the
board of aldermen shall disallow the said
claim in whole, or in part, the board of
aldermen shall not again consider or al
low said claim.
the city shall be disallowed, in whole or
III part, by the board of aldermen, such
person may appeal from the decision of
said board disallowing said claim, to the
circuit court of Manitowoc county, by
causing n written notice of such appeal
to be served on the clerk of said city
within twenty days after the making of
such decision and by executing bond
TO the said city, with sufficient surety, to
be approved by said clerk, conditioned
for the faithful prosecution of such APP.
peal, and the payment of all costs that
shall be adiudged against the appellant
III the circuit court The clerk, IN case
such appeal is taken, shall make a brief
statement Of the proceedings had in the
case before the board Of aldermen, with
its decision thereon, and shall transmit
| the same, together with the bond and all
the papers IN the case, to the clerk of the
circuit court of Maniiowoc county, and
thereupOn such appeal shall be entered,
tried and determined in the same manner
as cases originally commenced in said
conat; }1rocjded, h0aoeper, that whenever
an appeal is taken from the allowance
made by the board OF aldermen upon any
claim, and the recovery upon such APP
peal shall not exceed the amount allowed
/ by the bead Of aldermen, exclusive of
interest on such allowance, the appellant
shall pay the costs of the appeal, which
shall be deducted from the amount of
/ the recovery, and when the amount of
costs exceed lie sum recovered Judgment
shall be rendered against appellant for
/ the amount of such excess.
Section 9. In all actions in which the
city of Manitowoa is party, in the cir
cult court, the successful party shall not
reooYe. to exceed twenty-five dollars costs
exclusive Of disbursements, This section
shall not be construed to limit the amount
of costs the successful party is entitled
to recover on appeal to the supreme
court.
Section 10. Al forfeitures, fines and
penalties accruing to the city for 9 viola
ton of this act, or of any of the ordinan-
ces, by laws, rules and regulations of the
city, and all moneys received for licenses
shall be paid into the city treasury and
become part of the general fund; but the
board OF aldermen shall have power,
whenever il IFS opinion justice shall be
promoted thereby, &c remit such fines,
forfeitures and penalties on SnT part
thereof
Section y. Whenever the board of
aldermen shall be OF tie opinion that the
interests of the city require the eApendit.
IRE of money for any extraordinary or
special purpose which In its opinion can
net be paid from any funds in the city
treasury, it may make an estimate OF the
sum necessary to be raised for said pur-
poses, and for each of them, if there be
more than one object, and to state the
amount and the object for which ii is re-
CURED, together with its reasons for its
opinion, and cause snch statement and es-
innate to be published in al, the papers
published in said city, and shall give notice
therein that Oh day anda alta place or places
therein specified, a special election will
be held, at which the question whether
the said sum ar sums shall be raised or
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