Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-04-08
=. from rivinx in detail;

cludes us from giving In det0ll'
Mr.. Bliss asked why the Board
Of Trustees did not select the City
Park.
In answer, Col. Dunkelberger
stated that he had been Informed
bv members of the Board of Trus.
tees that the objections to the Park
were, first. that they feared o good
title could not be given, and sec.
ond, that 1t was below the level
Of the street and therefore might
prove unhealthy.
On motion, the Chairman was
instructed to present the resolution
adopted to the Council for action,
when the meeting adjourned.
COUNCIL RE-AssEMBLEs.
On the re-assembling of the
Council at $3.50 o'clock, Mr.. Beck,
President of the Citizens Meeting,
presented the resolution adopted
by that meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Moore, the
resolution was received.
On motion of Mr.. Gephard, Coun-
Gil went into Committee of the
Whole on the Mayors message,
with Mr.. Spence in the Chair.
The City Attorney, in reply to
the request Of Mr.. Bliss, stated
that, in his opinion, the city has
full power to purchase the land,
under the charter, for school pur-
poses.
Mr.. Gephard moved that the
Committee of the Whole recon-.
mend to the Council to purchase
Bellevue Terrace for the purpose
desired and pay for the same out OF
the Cash Fund.
Mr.. Bliss moved as al amend.
ment that further action be post
poned for one week.
Mr.. Cohn thought the PROPOSE.
ton embodied in the motion
rather hasty and suggested that
the Council had resolved itself into
a Committee of the Whole for dis.
cussing the matter in all its bear
ings, which the adoption OF this
motion would cut of.
Mr.. Gephsrd stated chat lis OBJ.
ject in making the motion was
simply to put the matter In such
shape as would allow of the fullest
Mr.. COIN did not agree with the
legal views given by the City At
tornsy and offered the following as
q further amendment:
WHEREAS, Charges of bad man.
aRement and extravaganza have
been freely made by portion Of
the public press against the adj
of municipal Affairs
during the last two years; and,
whereas, your Finance Com mittee
have been working and have 80 ar
ranged your city affairs that every
man that werks for the city gets
his pay in cash; and, whereas, this |
ls work every taxpayer should |
estimate ut it's proper value, ~ 1t
is sharp turn In financial affairs,
and long distance travelled in the
right direction; and, whereas, the
of the civilized world do
not invest their money In cities.
which are loaded dewn to the port
poles with indebtedness and city
,crip Is peddled In the streets at =
and, whereas, the school
is Independent Of our
body; q close observation Of their
expenses show that they are rap.
dly increasing; and, whereas,
here are two Boards In the city
who control the finances, namely,
he Council and the Board Of Edu-
,ation, and if either should help In
his matter it should be the Board
If Education; and. whereas, our
Tim is to reduce taxation: there.
ore, 1t 10 hereby
Resolved, /. The Council can
,uy property inside or outside of
he city limits but for certain mu-
,icipal purposes only, and not
otherwise.
2. School houses are not under
he control OF the Board of EducA.
ion and all the Council has to do
n the premises Is to recsive from
hem detailed monthly statement
Ind that only through your city
charter passed in 1873, and not
rom the general laws.
8. The Mayor has the right to
Iend special messages from time to
lime and make recommendations,
tut he must he vigilant and must
exercise q careful supervision over
he affairs of the city, aud more
specially over all subordinate OF.
icers. He must he aware that the
money derived from taxation IL to
70 used solely for what 1t was in.
ended--for purely municipal pur.
,oses,
4. Accountability In all things is
he true baais on which to perform
public or private service. Most
PEOPLE SEEM to think that the same
lsgres of care Is not requisite in
he performance of public duty as
n private-that there is no one in
particular to whom they are re-
Iponsible, that neg lect, carelsssness
md inAttsntion Will be overlooked;
hat, unless some criminal act ii
they can slide through
heir term of Office and receive the
alary and be happy. But all this
9 wrong. A knowledge of the fact
hat they are trusted to perform
certain public duties, that they
we're chosen because they were
ieemed at, capable and honorable,
,ught to encourage then to do
except what is right. |
S. The amount that is required
% purchase the property Is nearly
louble the valuation of the prop
'rty and therefore 1t ought to be
elected.
6. In view Of all these facts rec.
that the message be re-
,eived and filed and no further ac-
ion be taken on the same. As the
LANCER 10 In making levy for the
iseal year 1882 of any item not !