, 1880-03-21

HdIkOCT AQuHluEE4AA1Ou OI kA0 App1oe
rriatIon Bill.
An adjourned meeting of the City Council was
held yesterday afternoon to further consider the
appropriation bill Mayor Harrison was in the
chair
The first item taken up was the appropriation
for the Fire Department, and on motion Of AID.
Kawlegh the report OF the Committee Of the
Whole was approved. The appropriation as
passed was for $540, ,;D7. ...
The items for the General Sinking Fund, $l,0oo'
and the Health Department, Ss6.s5s, and the
Judgment account, $s0,506, and the legal c1-
pense account were adopted.
When the item Of police courts was reached.
Aid. McNally moved to reinstatc the item, OF
$7,Uo0 for an additional police court iii the west
Division, which had been stricken out at the
last meeting i'll his absence.
a communication was read from Superintend.
cnt ODonncll, recommending the additional
court, whercupon AID. Swift said he would be in
Ave c1;5:. policemen were stricken out
Aid Phelps said the movement was in the
interest Of u lot Of suckers and he was OPP
posed 1t because there vas no necessity for It.
Aid. Everett was opposed to the approprii,-
ton in toto, because it was proposition to
spend money unnecessarily.
Aid. Rawlegh Wns in favor Of putting the
money into school-houses rather than additional
police courts. but Nd Llwler was not
After some further discussion, the motion to
insert the item prevailed by vote of 1G to T. as
Yeas-Dixon. Sanders, Mallory. Turner, Nc
Auley, Cullcrton. Altpcter: McNally; hiordan'
Nav<~Bailard, Phelps. Clark, Pcevey, Throop,
Rawleigh;; Everett, knopf' Thompson Lorcnz'
THE NEXT ITEM
reached was the Police Department, and Aid
Jonas moved to incrrilse the number of Captains
ants from eighteen to sevcMteen,-tho move
being in the interest Of Capt Steele The mo-
ton prevailed.
passed until that Of patrolmen was reached.
whereupon Aid Swift moved to strike out the
fifteen extras added BY the Committee of the
AID Cullerton moved as Nh amendment that
the number Of patrolmen be w. me s. san1c I, as
last year, which was adopted by vote OF =: to T.
The appropriation us amended was then
adopted, the entire amount being S;'l4,0O
The items Of printing and Stationery, Public
occ oee Gy cers erE
Department, Police Courts, and City Collectors S
Office, were all passed without objection:
The item for schools Eas next reached, and
elected considerable discussion.
Aid. Cullerton moved to insert an item Of
$8.D0O for a new school at Lawndale.
The Chair said it was outside the province Of
the Council to take any such action, since the
School Board had not recommended anyth ing Of
the kind
Board be instructed to use 5000 Of the appro-
priation for school at Lawndale, but, meeting
with strenuous objection, it was @ withdrawn tld
Aid. Phelps moved to deduct }6,O00 from the
appropriation. but failed to get Il second.
ing Ie to si9iSt:t;.'' si.o5S,Gs 80 '1' N'D'
erWaller, asking the reinstatement of the item
Of $500 for the salary Of Superintendent of
Aid. Clark said the official was needed, and the
Mayor suggested that he had been already ap-
Tie item was then inserted, and the Sewerage
tim Ind
amounting to Ss5.ga).
For cleaning and repairing sewers ss7:A7 was
allowed, and for sewerage construction S2@0.U0.
STREET-LA.iPS.
The appropriation for Street-Lamp Fund was
Aid Dixon wanted to reduce the amount from
$25o0oo to se25,o0o and the motor! prevailed.
leaving the entire appropriation and deficiency
at **ao441,500 and the price to be paid for gus at
$l65 In the several divisions Of the city.
The items of the Police and Firemens Relief
Of Good Shepherd, and Washingtonian Home
This completed the bill, and the inquiry was
ceeded the per cent limitation.
The Mayor replied that it was about 81, 900, Us
he understood it.
Mayors veto powers were. and his Honor re-
piled that be could veto any item in the bill.
TIE CLERK then called for the
take him some time to figure It out, whereupon
the Council adjourned until tomorrow evening,
leaving the appropriation bill Us far from being
made up, almost, us 1t WIS two weeks ago, for
the reason that about 81, 600 has gut to be de-
Quoted from 1t rs 1t stands, and there will be
fight as to where the deductions will come from.
After the adjournment Il reporter spoke to the
Mayor on the subject, and he was free to say
that, as the bill stood. he could not avoid veto
ing several items: He would not reveal the
items upon which he hnd his eye, but
said enough to indicate his intentions in certain
directions. For instance. he will cut out the
for fr= ffu1 haft1
and when he reaches the vinducts and bridges
he will lop. off enough more to come within the
an The HG 1bo ar 5e 1ho
I and, while not opposed to vinducts or bridges,
| he regards the most Of the money voted for
end of the year to be added to the General
Fund: II o1hcr words, being aware that the ap-
plcte any Of the structures, he seems inclined to
| follow the example Of his predecessors and ac-
| cunlulate whatever is appropriated until such
| time as the city gets over its financial Stress