Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-06-14

We find that the regular monthly ex- expenditure for salaries for the city officials for the past four months toots up q monthly account of SLIGO, and that the general monthly demands on the treasury during same period has been monthly Sl,05l.19, and If the monthly ex- penditures are not increased materially during the succeeding eight months that the expenditures will be S2j,Sl42S. rail road bonds 5000, interest and another expenditures S5.OOO, notes bearing ih- terest at iO ger cent. and payable De cember 3l, lSSt, Sll, $50, making d total expenditure for the year of 1881, S44, l6L2S; and thar We may safely estimate the eceIpts from all sources for the year 1881 10 be from licences SIP, ,261. .S6. taxes S23,7O0.2I, recorders fines Sl,jl0.Si. aud other sources S1,CO0; making a tOtGl return for receipts for the year 1881, S3S, ,iIS.9l.
 The above return We estimate from last years receipts. Thereby creating H efficiency to be carried over to the year 1885 as a floating indebtedness of S5,6S537.
 We find that on page 16 of the city charter article a, section one, that this common council shall not create, audit, or allow, or permit to accrue any debt or liaDilles above the actual revenue or avail ble means in the treasury.
 We find that the floating indebted ness of the city was January lst, 1883, the sum of Sl3,7i7.13, and that the new city charter provided for the taking up this indebtedness by the issuance Of bonds. June lst, 1883, the city council issued Sl2,GO m bonds bearing interest at the rate Oi ; cents per annum, there by leaving still all indebtedness of Sl,74773 which was taken up and as- sumed as n floating indebte dness of the yeur 1883.
 And we find the city council authorized the issuance of two S5,OOO notes bearing interest and payable December 3l, 1885 And we further find that a further floating indebted ness WAS created in access of the re- cripts If inc treasury and carried to the account of the year 1881 of the sum of SS.S5E94. making a total floating debt including the Ove-drawn warrants of the year 1881 of the sum or g, ,I2l53, and by the consent of the present city coun- cil the mayor and city recorder have issued notes bearing interest at the rate of 10 cents per annum Tn the sum of Sll.3JO and payable the 3lst day of De cember 1881. The above transaction VOLT committee have failed to find war ranted by law and that it has been customary for them to create and audit bills and sign warrants on the treasury Tn access of the fund on hand. A bill was allowed and ordered paid between July and August of last year by the city council and signed toy the mayor and city recorder in favor of one Moroney for inc sum of S650. The voucher for the above warrant is for certain ban ouet given by the citizens of Tucson m bonor of General Crook. The warrant was afterwards recinded by the council hut the evidence of the indebtedness still exists and was presented by NIT. Stelnfeld to our city treasurer Tor pay ment.
 Chas. H. Meyer is acting in the csp- acity of Justice of the Peace and at the same time he Is our city recorder and clerk, for which services he receives salary from the city of Sl25 and IS en- titled to fees and fines.
 We find that he has been m the habit of paying the extra policemen two dol lars out of the fine collected when the city charter and police ordinance pro- hibits it.
 We also find that it has been con s,dered necessary to employ an assistant st n salary of S75 per month to assist tbe recorder and clerk in his duties.
 We have examined the jail and yard and considered it disgrace to the city of Tucson. The insecure cells should be replaced by more secure and better constructed ones and the rudy con- structed step-ladders be removed from tbe iail yard. When we consider that a contract was let to build the city hall, iail and engine house at sum ot S9.26J and that bills amounting to S4-OIl all lowed for extrs work on the same, and when we consider the construction of inc jail department, comment IS neces- sary. We also find a bill for work per formed in the roof to support 1t from falling down, being further evidence of neClect of our officIals in accepting bad contract work.
 The fire department are badly in need of more appliance-sucha as hook and ladders trucks, and the city hall IS m need of a safe wherein to deposit the city records, but as the city finances are