Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-17

TIE. Los ANGEL
these various amounts. but If this der
mand is audited in the name Of Charles
Mcfarland and his endorsement offered
thereon il does not carry with 1t the
receipt OF the County Clerk which is re-
quired. The charter requiring that each
separate demand on the Treasury as
above shall be itemized is for the very
purpose that the receipt which is to be
endorsed in the demand should show the
payment of the various items for which
the public moneys are expended. This
is one of the most important safeguards
thrown around the treasury by the char
ter and your honorable body cannot safe
" disregard it. If demands like this
kind are to be audited and paid, an &C
count will have to be opened will, each
firm to whom money is paid, and
q new system of bookkeeping
inaugurated, heretofore unknown in
a municipal government. This
demand should be presented in name OF
the County Clerk, showing the various
items as required, and when 1t is paid,
which can only be done to the County
Clerk himself or deputy, the city shall
have proper receipt therefor"
City Attorney Mcfarland said that the
Mayor purposely mis-ststed the case.
He knew we'll enough that the City At
torney had to file answers in fifty.three
tax cases, and that no demand could be
made out payable to the County Clerk
| for the reason that the money was not
due him until the documents were filed.
The documents could not be fled unless
accompanied by the money, and the
Mayor we'll understood this.
On motion of Mr.. Hamilton, the de-
mand was ordered paid over the dis
approval Of the Mayor, by q vote of 8 to 0.
Ordinances establishing the grades OF
Mozart street, Edgeware road and Fig
ueroa streets were read and adopted.
The City Assessor asked for Chief
Deputy, two office clerks for six months,
and two Field Deputies for four months.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
The report of the Street Superinten-
dent was received and filed.
The report of the Board of Public
Works as published in the HERALD was
read and adopted.
A contract with Robs. Beryle to build
the High School for $50 800 before July
80, 1890, was approved, and the Mayor
requested to sign on behalf of the city.
A contract with G. M. Anslyn to build
four. room school building on Louisiana
avenue for $7,750 before April l, 1890,
was read and approved.
Afternoon Session.
The matter of the widening Of Seventh
street, from Main to the west city limits,
came up on a protest of the property
owners west of Pearl street, who object
to the street being made more than
seventy feet wide and to being included in
the same district as the people east
Of Pearl street. Several property owners
west of Pearl street appeared and OBJ
jected orally, and Councilman Brown
said that the city had recently spent a
good deal Of money in improving the
Seventh.street park and he believed that
Seventh street should be eighty feet wide.
He moved that the protest be denied.
Carried.
The matter of the protest against the
opening of Maple street came up and Mr..
Ellis appeared and stated that he objected
to another street being opened into
Ellis avenue until proper drainage facil-
|
Bonsall the proceedings were ordered
discontinued.
The opening Of Denver avenue came
up on protest of number of property
owners on Eleventh street. A repre-
sentative of the protesters appeared and
said that the assessment district in
cluded them, and as they would not be
benefited they objected to being as
TAr
The matter of the widening of First
street came upon protest OF various prop
erty owners against the assessment as
made by the Commissioners. The time Of
the Council was taken up from 80 o'clo( K
until 4:30 with the hearing of the pro-
testants as to their individual reasons for
valuing the property taken at higher
figure than did the Commissioners. Mr..
Brown moved that all the protests
against the widening be denied. Car
ried, and the report OF the Commission
was adopted.
MIR. Summerland moved that the City
Clerk advertise for proposals to take
care of the city garbage for two years.
Carried.
Contracts for school buildings were
approved as follows: With 9. ].
Kubach for four-room building in the
Beaudry tract, to be finished before
April 1st, for 50 ,S93 with G. J. Kubach
for fourroom building in the Colin
Park tract, for 1893, before April lst !;
with L. J. Kelly for an eight room
building on Pine street, for $13 1897, be-
fore April 30th; with L. j. Kelly for q
four-room building in the Woolen Mill
tract. $S. sos, before April 1st /; with L. J..
Kelly for four-room building in the
Vignes tract, for S.5OS, before April 1st !;
with L. J. Kelly for an eight room build.
ing on Ninth street, for $l3, 1897, before
April 1st.
| MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The report of the Finance Committee
was read and adopted.
The demand of Contractor Marsh for
building the wing dams along the levee
came up. The Council had instructed
the contractor to build the dams of red
wood, but he had used Oregon pine and
there was an objection raised to the
payment of the demand. After some
discussion the demand was approved by
vote of to 2.
The City Attorney was instructed to
draft a contract with Rudolph Herring
and the other engineers for the work
done by them in preparing reports upon
the sewer question.
The various architects whose plans had
been adopted for school buildings petit
toned that their commission be fixed at