The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-24

$T45 g. $740 G.
Respectfully submitted.
HOWARD DUNLAP, City Treasurer.
Committee on claims referred back to
council claims of H. c. Cross for ex
pense in publishing ordinance, and on
motion the claim was disallowed.
Committee ON claims reported on
claim of Emporia National bank for
81 for interest, as follows:
In regard to this bill of interest of the
Emporia National bank, your commit
tee on claims are at loss what to recon-
mend, they have had the bill in their
hands for some time, and made all the
investigation they could. The officers
of the bank. claiming they have lost the
data, on which the time is based for in
terest charged, your committee have
therefore thought best to lay before the
council all the facts within their reach
in regard to the matter, and let them
determine what amount should be paid.
They find that February 2, 1880, there
was some arrangement made with the
Emporia National bank, whereby the
bank advanced $4,000 and the city was
to pay 12 per cent. interest for it.
The bonds were sold to Major Hood,
February 18th, and by the terms of the
sale Major Hood was to advance to the
city $4,000 without interest. It was
then understood by all parties that the
$4,000 already received should be de-
Quoted from this $4,000. Instead of
this Major Hood advanced, or rather the
bank, paid an order for $15, 600, issued to
Russell & Alexander, February 49, The
bonds were delivered to Major Hood or
the Emporia National bank, March 6,
1880. 1t is now for the council to say
whether the city shall pay the full
amount charged on this $4,000 from
February 2 to March 6, or the 10 per
cent. from February 2 to February II,
and from February IL to March 6-5 per
cent, amounting to $37 Gas the bonds
draw per cent. interest or will the city
pay just to the date of the pur-
chased bonds. That would be
the strict Interpretation of the
contract, as the $4,000 would have
been advanced to Russell & Alexander,
and not to the city after the date of the
purchase of the bonds by Major Hood.
This we leave for the council to deter
mine. AS to the item of interest on 50 600
for three days we cannot see any reason
why the city should pay it as there is
nothing to show that it was ever author
Ized and during an investig CATION we fur
tliermore find that these water works
bonds were not delivered to the city
treasurer, but that they were delivered
TO Major Hood or the Emporia National
Bank and that all orders issued on the
water works bond fund up to May z was
paid by the Emporia National Bank.
At that time the EmpOria National Bank
paid to the city treasurer about $1,000
cash. Why these bonds were deliver
ed to Major Hood or the
Emporia National Bank and not
delivered tn the city treasurer, a bonded
officer of the city, as directed by the res
olution authorizing the issuance of the
bond, and by him delivered TO Major
Hood upon payment of the contract
price, your committee does not under
stand. While the city has not lost any
thing by this way of doing business, un-
less it is in this complicated affair of in
terest, which would undoubtedly have
been kept straight if the bonds had not
been delivered until the money had been
paid over for them. Such, as far as we
have been able to ascertain, are the facts,
| and it remains for the council to de-
| termine whether there has been any cul-
pable carelessness or irregularity in the
transaction.
Ali of which is respectfully submit
| ted J. s. WATSON,
/. D. Fox,
T. Fl. LEWIS,
Committee on claims.
Emporia, December 90, 1880.
On motion of Mr.. Whittlesey, the re.
polt was adopted, and the bill allowed at
Special committee on refunding OF
bonded Indebtedness was given fnrther
time.
Special committee on police judges
books, reported as follows:
Your committee TO whom was referred
the matter of investigating the police
judges books, have carried their inves-
| tigations up to December 1, 1880, and
would make as their report the follow.
ing: Fines collected by police Judge,
from April /, 1879, to December 1, 1880
| $697.12 Amount of costs due from the
| city to the police Judge, covering the
| same time in cases where defendants
were committed, the fine and costs moi
being paid, $500 90; balance due the city
from police judge, $3512. We also sub
NIT the following cases not included in
| the above in the notations as they an.
pear on the police judges record:
Case $40, fine $500; by order of mayor
fine RENTED; case 900. fine $1,000; by
of mayor took violin as security; case
115S, fine $l.O0, costs, paid; policeman
| reported, mayor RENTED fine; case 81
fine $500; by direction of mayor tool
$500 cash and order of O'Brien that hi
would pay balance of fine and costs L
defendant went to work on railroad
Defendant did not go to work. Here
with we submit statement of marshal
fees made by the police Judge in cas-,
dismissed at cost of city.
Respectfully submitted.
| j. 8. WATSON,
| Chairman Special Committee
/ Report adopted.
/ On motion of Mr.. Watson the follow
ing was adopted:
Resolced. That the vote taken and hai
at the last meeting of the city council b
which an ordinance entitled: San orlir
ance providing for the lighting of th
city OF Emporia, Kansas, with gas,
was adopted. be reconsidered, all votin
for except Thatcher, who declined {
vote.
/. The ordinance was then put to III