Daily Republican., 1885-02-06


Assessors shall, under the supervision
OF the Board OF Assessment, Revision
and Appeals, thereupon make out cor
rect lists for each district Of the city,
showing the number of persons and
estates assessed upon both Of the afore
SAID assessments, with the whole
amount of tax laid upon the several
persons and. este tea under the foregoing
provisions, and the said lists shall, on
or before the fifteenth day Of June, be
delivered to the Clerk OF the Council,
who shall Immediately write thereon
the warrants Of the Council for the
| collection Of sAid taxes, which said
warrants shall he signed by the Presi-
dent of the Council" and counter
signed by the said Clerk, and the said
| lists and warrants thereon 70 delivered
by the Clerk 10 the ..ssessors, on or
before the thirtieth day of June,
wherepuon 1t shall be- the duty of the
said Asscssors and Collectors to forth.
with collect and receive the taxes there.
upon
Mr.. Farrell moved that 1t be adopted and
the motion was adopted without oppo-
sition.
powers OF the Finance Comm ittee
10 '"th 'oho" uP anu fCdu No iol-
lows:
Section /. That Section SO of an Act
entitled An Act to revise and consoli.
date. the statutes relating 10 the City Of
Wilm ington," passed at Dover, April
IL, 1888, be, and the same Ia hereby
amended, by striking out ard making
null and void all Of said Section after
the word estimates" in the eleventh
line of said Section, as the same appears
In Volume XVII of the Delaware Laws,
and In lien thereof the following 10 wit:
The expenditures for the year under
any head or item appropriation, shall
not exceed such head or item of appro-
pfiation, and upon any such item or
head OF appropriation becoming exhaus-
ted, then all expend itures under such
head or item shall cease, and IL shall
not Ice lawful TO pass any ordinance or
resolution TO transfer to said exhausted
item or head Of appropriation from any
other item or head of appropriation,
except such transfer be first approved
by the Finance Com IN it'ee, and ordered
by two-thirds vote OF The Council"
nor shall IL be lawful at any time to
charge bills belonging 10 one item or
head of appropriation TO any other item
or head OF appropriation.
Provided, however, That should
some extraordinary occasion occur, not
anticipated at the passage Of the general
appropriation ordinance, aud further
provision he required in addition TO
the appropriation to be made AT the last
stated meeting In May, as aforesaid,
al ordinance may he introduced, max
ing such iurtber provision, and setting
forth the extraordinary occasion for
the same. Such ordinance shall, after
having had two eadings, be referred to
the Finance CON mittee, who shall RS
port on the same at the next stated
meeting. Should such ordinance re-
| ceive, indoTsed upon II, the approval Of
| the Finance Committee, OF ofa ma ajority
OF said COMMITTEES, then such ordinance
shall be itnmed lately put upon its
final passage, aud such ordinance sha III
not pass, unless the same shall receive
two thirds vote of all the members
Of The Council" which vote shall be
taksn by yeas and nays, and shall he
entered upon the journal.
Mr.. Farrell moved its adoption, and
| urged his motion in his usual forcible
manner. He said that the Finance
Committee at present only provide
the necessary funds TO run the city,
while the other committees did the
spending. The Finance Committee
has less 10 do with the expenditures
| than any other committee ON the floor
II the chamber, and yet all the blame
of iextravagance, etc. was put upon 1t.
This act viii give the Finance Com
mittee the po S.r to check this extrava
Rance, and say to "A COMMITTEES. When
you expend your appropriation you
4 aha IL
Mr.. EIbrrt II Taylor moved 10
amend, by sirikinR ON the last iort,
six words OF IN. tirst section, cotnmru
cling with the words except s1uh
transfr
Mr.. Farrel. OPP osed Mr. faylor's mo
ton, and a discussion ensued that was
participated in Ivy Messrs. Pickles,
Baugh, Speakmap and Merris Taylor.
| A vote WAS iinaily taken, and Mr.. Tay-
| lor's amendment WAS lost by lie vote,
as follows:
Yeas-Abels. Baugh, Brison, Denny,
Grubb, Litzenberg, Moore, Smith, Me-
kenna, Speakman, II. II. Taylor--ll i;
nays -Baynaid, Farrell, Lynn, Latimer,
Mention, Miller, Murray, Newell,
Pickels, Merris Tay ylor, Conrad-1l.
The proposed act An it reads was
about TO be- voted on, when Mr.. NeTris
Taylor offered the following amend
ment Jo the lst section
The assignment of all bills, claims
or accounts allowed by Council TO va
rious appropriations shall be- made by
the City Auditor, whose decision shall
not be reversed except by n two thirds
vote of COuucil."
The futner consideration was then
postponed for one week aud Council
L al ,rts "A
were directed 10 be drawn as follows:
w lillian s. Bullock 81 IA Jsmes
Morrow, $37. 30 William Doui. h-rly,
50; Milton Simpers,$2 80.
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