Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-25

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The City Council was in session Saturday
| night.
MI. Gooch. from the Special Committee 10
arrange with the county authorities respect
| ing the future use of the Court house for the
City Court submitted proposition from the
| board OF supervisors to allow the Courthouse
jury rooms, furniture, heating, DC, OF the
| OF the building TO be furnished the city for
| SIS 10 in money, and for a water-supply on
| ne part of the city annually. without charge.
for the new county offices recently erected near
| The jail. The proposition was agreed TO.
Mr.. Arista Hoge. the new Treasurer, pro
posed that the front room of theGiiy Hall late
| ly occupied by Loeb Brothers, be occupied by
| the Treasurer and Commissioner of the Reeve
nue. for their offices, with the privilege of al
| lowing him TO have his Insurance Agency
| conducted therein, for which he would pay
Slo0 70 per anpum. 1t was agreed to, and the
| necessary arrangements ordered for the &C
| COMMUNICATION OF the public business.
The Council havins already provided for the
erection OF a fire. proof vault or the Court and
and other valuable records and b. oks and pa
pers belonging to the CITY, the same will now
| be constructed and located in the City Hall
building.
The nance Committee presented the re-
ceipt of the Treasurer Tor a number of uncol
| lected checks found in the late Treasurer's desA
| amounting to 81. $3.50. which he will endeavor
| to collect. Also receipt from the same Tor
IS 759 IS uncoliected tickets, and S2s.24 un-
collected water tickets.
The Treasurer was directed to call for the
second half of the city taxes payable on the
LIST of December and that publication of the
order be made in the city papers.
The compensation 10 the Special Police
which guarded the Jail on the hit OF the l6h
of October, the pay meut of which was declined
by the County Board oi SUI ervisurs, was consid-
cIed, and the papers in the case returned to the
Mayor, who was requested to present the mat
| Ter again TO The county authorities. and max e
known the fact that ii was upon the request OF
The Common wealth's Attorney for the county
that the expense was incurred, and to renew
The request Tor the payment of 1t by the county.
MIR. Guoch, from the Finance Committee
submitted the following pres bic and resolu-
tions, which were CONQUERED in =
Whereas, 1t is represented to the Council
that a large number OF ticket for city taxes
ounting to more than six teen Thousand dol
lars are now i'll The hands OF E. M. Gushing, to
whom they were turned over by john M. Car
oil, late Treasurer, to be collected by said
Gushing as the deputy of s. i'd Carroll, late
ne surer as aforesaid, and whereas it is fur
Their represented TO The Council, said Cushing
Is willing and DESTROYS of turning over TO the
city said tick eLs, provided the surety or SAID
Carroll on his bond as III easurer, executed be-
fore the City Council, is willng that this
should De done; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Council of the CITY Of Sdunton,
That AIlsta HOse. the Ire surer oil SAID city,
be ana is hereby authorized and directed 10 re-
ce1ve from, and receipt To, said e M. Gushing
for all TICK cts for CITY lakes which he is pre-
pared to turn over, the saId ticke,s SO turned
over TO said Hoge, Treasurer. TO be C liected
ST. far as they are coil cJabe, IN the manner
prescribed by law tor the collection of city
,axes; and in respect to u III as are insOlvenJ
he W II make report to the committee.
Said treasurer shall receipt to said Cushing
for the tickets which may be urned over to
him und r the resolution at the foot of a lisI
showing the amount OF each TICK ct on the bal
auce due thereon. the party against whom it
is, the year for which is ued, and the hind OF
taxes to which each ticR ct belongs. But these
tickets are to be received and receipLed for in
The way herein before designated only upon
carroll on his bond as Treasurer. executed be
fore the City Council, or by counsel give his
consent in writing thereto.
ReSOiUed further, that Arista H Oge, Treasurer
as aforesaid, be and is hereby authorized and
directed to receive from said e. M. Gushing
any money that he may be ready and willing
to tnrn over 10 the city, whether said money
be he proceeds OF TAX ticket collected by said
ushing deputy for John NJ. Carroll as late
Treasurer, or which he may have collected as
ag nj for said Carroll, giving separate re cepLs
Tor these different kinds of fuuds-the receipt
in each case to show the character of fund for
which ii is given. The moneys receive from
laid Gushing are to be q, counted foI by said
Hoge, Treasurer, as other city funds received
ny him.