Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-06
S.P. MORSE
SCHOOL TAX COMMISSIONS.
cessive Charges Returned.
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
All the Local BrIcklayers Out On
Strike-Ncws From the State Build
ing-Thc Thousand Mile Ticket
Rate-City Briefs.
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
LINCOLN BUREAU OF THE OMAHA BEE,
1929 Z STREET,

1929 Z STREET,
LINCOLN, Juno j.
AT the meeting of the board of education
last night the finance committee handed in
the report of S. l.. Geisthnrdt, who had been
employed to investigate and give legal opin-
ion upon the liability of L. Helmer and ID.
b. Cropsey for certain excessive COM
missions collected by them eight or ten
years ago while they were respectively
county treasurers of Lancaster county and
city treasurer of Lincoln. The commissions
seemed to have been charged under misap-
prehenson in regard to the law the same
commissions being charged for collecting
school taxes as other taxes, while in
tact the statutes limit the amount
1T commission on the collection OF
Cchool taxes to l per cent. The attorney
Peports that he finds no authority of law for
any such charge and no record OF any agree
ment with the board for the payment of any
such commission, and that further
more, il any such an agreement
had been made 1t would be null and void.
The board instructed the secretary to notify
the two gentlemen TO appear at the first
meeting in July and show by what authority
they collected the commissions and upon fail
ure TO do so TO turn back into the treasury
the amount of excessive commissions charged.
Rev. j. L. Cohron, pastor of one of the col
ored churches IN the city appeared before
the board on behalf of the colored citizens OF
Lincoln TO ask that his race be represented
among the teachers in the public schools. He
said that they had among them perso ms
whose diplomas. issued by the authorities of
schools conducted by the white race, give evi-
denCe of their ability and requirements and
that it was a rank injustice to the race that
they should be compelled TO occupy menlal
positions regardless of their fitness for better
places He was instructed to have one of his
race who desire position to hand IN his ap
plication in regular form.
The teachers pay roll, amounting 10 "a 100
was allowed, with smaller claims and bills.
THE CITY COUNCIL.
The fire warden presented eight applca'
granted. These eight permits represent
buildings worth S253 $50 and the aggregate
cost of buildings for which permits have been
granted since April 10, is S20i, ,225.
The report of Water COMMISSIONER Lyman
for the month OF May showed falling of of
about =, 900 when compared with the receipts
of the previous month in the water depart
ment. The receipts in May from water rents
were 81, ,5gbS4, aud from the sale and setting
of cross stops SA45. The commissioner re
ported that sixty of the ldrive wells of the
water system have been inspected to date
and that twenty-seven Of them are producing
salt water.
Councilmen Pace, Billingsly Dean and En-
sign Were appointed committee 10 inVesti
gate the need of viaducts over the railroad
tracks on . street and Ninth street and "a
report on the cost and best means of proceed
ure To secure the erection of the same.
The question of opening Twelfth street in
the middle of which the Missouri Pacific
railroad has placed it's depot was referred 10
Councilman Burks, who was authorized 10
cooperate with +. II. Hartley, representing
the property holders who are petitioning for
the opening of the street.
THE BRfcKLArERs STRIKE.
Nearly all the bricklayers in the city are