San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-16

tue AueIlnltes Win MS VapOrlnga. Ihe
journals at the Capital do not take
kindly to his religious racket.
COL. BELKNAP'S BOW.
An Interesting Paper from the Retir.
ing Finance Committee.
At yesterdays session of the corpora
tinn board. Alderman Belknap who has
so long been the efficient chairman OF
the finance com 'nittee, read the follow
ing address to the cOuncilmen:
Gentlemen of the council:
As chairman of the finance committee,
! desire to make privileged stale
menI, for the reason that few days
since one of the papers Of this city
pOin ed out what to others might seem
nm inaccuraGy. On March 70, lSSj, your
finance committee, in bringing in their
budget for 1883, stated therein the con-
ditiOn Of the city's finances rs they found
them on March |. 1885. that being the
ending OF the fiscal year OF 1924. They
then stated from the reports and records
turned over to them they figured there
We're $4,000 assets. ana against this a
liability of $40, 600, which in the course
of time would yield 900 surplus, but
at the same time stated to the council
that 1t was not available, and that they
must not base calculations as to its use.
Results, or facts, since that time show
the following collections from these as
sets and that the council did well In not
making estimates for their use:
Collected by city collector since OF
revenue due March l, 1885:
For peneral fund $40 76O %
"a Al.
For Bexar county fInd ...... 1876 g
Total collected to date -. S53, 35I 4G
which wiiI moIe tho oose,s son r., ''''' g
In deaIinw With tho snhiect ynn CON
wos cnIIootoJ for tha oanaroi CnnS TO-
rho roosoD thot tboso ,nonaTs coIIootod
for tbe snecioi occoTnt are IN oSJition ~
what baf haan ooiiontod ,rior 70 NJ ~
/. nor do ye take into scrnnnt the oX-
nsnSi,nros for those ooco,,ots os tbosa
fnnJs are sunnosaG IN tsko c,re of hem.
selves
Having sbown Won wbat the coIIec.
tions haSs heen ws turp to rho omonnt
the citv owed IN that date Mech I
1SS5 From the hooks we lind thCre hos
haen Maid m acconnt of contracts and
hiIIs nroSentad Inertainin1 to that tiscai
yearI s;nce March ! col 9JS 10. och Jmo
freasnr,r ss mar bis renort Norcb I
Iss5 SII AL n. total for those oc,
connts Of S35 G0n ID DaJuc+ tbis ononnt
from tho moneys thot have hasn coIIactad
from the general fnnd viz . SD 200 D.
Won have q snrnIps of e. 40 OG 10 90 To-
wards making tho snecisI finds GOOD
which we're short on that date sS fol,
lows.
Bexar county fund ........SlS.6 Cos. 45
Special fund ................... lG, $50. %
A total to be made good of. 49,, 800 GS
We deduct this surplus ....... 7,O7O.0G
And still have due these funds. SIS, $50 81
Your special funds November 18th
were short as follows: S22.52G. Showing
that since March |, 1885, the special
funds have gained some $4,000.
We have given you the result of much
time spent in going over the records.
We believe these figures would not vary
much If performed BY an expert. The
finance committees figures on March ],
1885, we're based on evidences submit
ted: results prove the assets were as
stated, $4,000 Tor more:) but when all
bills had been collected and paid that
the liabili les were S7l.Ol0.90 instead OF
5,0C0 deduct collection (Si2 7G0 2S) and
you still have to collect $2S, $50 90 to
make the liabilities all good.
The finance committee noticed in
their going over accounts that the rev.
enue TO- 1883 81 was $I9i, 200, while the
expenditures were S23S, OC0; perhaps
here is where the special funds were
used for general account.
I'm our LAST weeks renort We used tho
words Twill tnrn over To onr Successors
tbese funds made good " W. mean tha
sneoiaI funds of the mast two years
have been kent intact and the jifer-
ence eyIstinp two vears 400 Instead M
S35 33O GS reduced 40 that IN Novemher
IL 1856 n ia but 500 51G and that tho
money renresentinu these funds To that
eytent 10 In the ba6k
We ore fnlIv convinced tbare ia wbers
the didicnItv lies SneciaI fnnds were
bo, rowad for GENERAL accomnt"fnr nav.
inc fine exnenses of tbe civ vovernme1t
and enou1h of the assets dine tho citv
have NOT az vet. been collected IN make
renavment TO these sneciaI funds in fnII.
bnt we also find that there are stiIl MS
sets uncoIlected and dine, which are vol
annie IN do so Non will aIso notice
thai il ia folly to depend or reIv unon
YEARLY taxes being maid nromntiy In
s 80. '"o w op'"l, 'u's