Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-05-25
BALLS VETO 0VERRULED.
COUNCIL PAsSES An ORDER FOR
THE PAYMENT OF THE WATER
DEPARTMEST BILLs.

CuhiI httu AL Lut mem
bers present. The application of II. II
McMullen and others for the paving o
Harrison street, from Delaware to Shall
cross avenues, WAS reported favorabl,
by the Street COMMITTEES. Estimated
cost, $500. The law Committee rerort
cd favoribly upon several ordinances
The contracts for grading Twenty
fourth, Broome, Ninth and Lobdel
streets, were awarded to Patrick Car
berry at 80, AZ, 81 and ~ cents respec
tiveI y, per cubic yard. The petition OF
John Is. Taylor aud others for grading
Gilpin avenue, Snd from C. r. Miles iol
grdlng Sixteenth street, were reported,
favorably and the reports adopted.
The deeds Of Geo. W. Btlsil, Charles
W. Rowland, and John l. Stirling,
protering the hetlS OF certain streets L,
the city were presented and accepted.
City Treasurer reported All over =
draft of 81, 1918
A communication from City Auditor
Ball, enclosing Il check drawn in favor
of David II. Coyle for $2l764 for
salaries of men employed in the Water
Department, was presented and the
payroll returned without his approval.
His reasons tor withholding his sigma
ture were given as follows:
"In my OpinlOnthe said draft or order
was passed without sanction of law.
The Water department payroll, for
the payment OF which said draft or or
der was drawn, was never audited by
me, but was passed by your body con.
trary to the provisions of sect N 30,
new charter, as cited above, and after
objections to the passage of the same
had been made by the City Solicitor
As the passage Of the said pay roll was
unlawful ab initio, no the passing of the
draft or order to pay said payroll was
done without sanction OF law.
"Council had no right or power un-
der the law now existing TO pass said
draft or order. The act entitled an Act
to establish Board Of Water Commits
sioners for the City of Wilmington and
for other purposes, passed at Dover,
Delaware, April ~, 1888, clearly takes
all control Of the Water Department of
said city entirely out of the hands of The
City Council. | AIN SUPPOSED to look
upon this act AZ upon all other act
passed by the Legislature as being legal
until 1t is proven unconstitutional.
Ihe President of said Board mus
sign ali drafts or orders before they are
countersigued by the City "A uditor. Sec
tlOn Is OF said act says "all money 20
be disbursed thereon Oh account of SAID
Water Works shall be drawn upon war
rants signed by the President OF said
Board and countersigned by the City
Auditor and City Treasurer The said
draft or order has never received the
St, p,,t, g S. 4 4
There has been no such person as
David II. Coyle, Chief Engineer of the ,
Water department, in whose name SAID |
draIt or order WAS drawn, since May II, ,
1883 Section 8 OF said ;u't says, among =
Other things All officer, Of the Wa.
Ter department. OF ,aid city shat be, \
from the time OF the organization OF th, i
Boaru ol Commissioners, under and /
|sutJcct 10 termination at the pleasure G
|Ol said Board. a
Mr. Coylc's tenure of office As Chief
|Englncer oi the Water De arlIilcnl ter c
May IA, 1883, by oldrr of said i
Board, notice OF which was served On h
me III writing by Joseph A, Bond, h
st e;rrtary Of SAID Board. ] OF course /
am bound to respec: such notice" b
After the reading of the above Mr.. d
Talry said that this was the first veto o
Of the City Auditor that we must have a
water lur ths city he Commission
have no Iunds,and he was ready 10 pass Il
the bill over the Auditors veto, and r.
thought the people would sustain such It.
actions. Mr.. Stevenson submitted the NJ
tt
Resolved, That the action of the II
jiy Auditor III refusing to Countcrsign pl
,dc check drah by thl, Council, in Ia ci
'or OF ID. II. Coyle, Chi"t Engineer, be ID
md the same is hereby Ovcrruled." Sd
The above was Il signal tor some dis :"
nssion. Mr.. Isaugh WanreA the 5 liri- 81
" to Dcllenru. Mr., Garrett ala not think ~
necessary. Mr.. Quinn arose and said
e was clIoked off two weeks ago, ana al
hat he PROPOSED to discuss the matter '"
cw. MIR. Garrett asked him where he OF
'as last Thursday night, 10 which 10
luinn frank y replied, drunk. Re re
lIming, Mr.. Quinn stated that the TO
!iarter was IA boich and that the SolIci- "
or had so expressed it to him. "His b'
pinion," said the speaker 81 would tn
ot give the snap Of my finger for" He Sti
dvocated the government of the city ne
y the citizens and not by legislators Jo
rom baltimore Hundred or peach
lucks from Suss.x and said this way s.
question of gum boots or coal oil. AS er,
.r IA th. ouinion of t ,e CITY Solicitor pr
;as CONCERNED, it was written. CON W;
.iyed and born In sin. being co,,c,r,,d TO
v him and his cu.ad,uror, the CITY Au-
itOr. 70
Mr. Duinn tb4, nroco,,.d Inv mokiuo til;
umcrnl,s classical ,ilu.,ion, and rlo,,I Co
v saving thai II, loved rn, D,uo,,tjc ov
arty. buI loved TN, rights Of ,Ir peo,,ie III,
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