Daily Republican., 1890-05-30
CITY COUNCIL.
rHE PATROL ORDINANCE
,os1PoNEO TWO WEEKS.
.,.,i.,o, by city Solicitor Turner on
n,..p. Contrac,s-Iho Appr"rri-
ann, Ordinance Passed An-
other Patrol Driver.

Favorable GcVOTta WcEo meho nun
,aott,A in regard to the ordinance nxing
npr,oi,iauubs f9r the ensuing hsca'
,tsr nud /, n Transferring certain moneye
lar prinllng ana for the removal of gar
b,es. The Law Com mi,tee niso presented
byorable report on tho ordinance pro-
,iilng ior a police signal patrol system.
which was adopted.
city Collector Turner presented the fol-
losing opinou:
10 lie lion. President and Members Of
Ccuucil.
"Genthmen: Tho power OF the Coun-
ito make M award Of the contract now
itlie hands Of the Police Committee has
stc referred to me for my opinion. Tho
Council may, In my opinion, award this
contract II there Is an amount tutiicient
in the appropriation Tor the Police de-
n. tnent 10 pay for II, and II there is .
surplus OF the receipts from taxation for
tits year going Into the city Treasury for
tie next h.cal year sum .ichtIy large to
meet such costtact upon Its completion,
should such contract not lie completed
nutil sometime vii bin the coming fiscal
year. Tue Council must be suIe before
awards any contract, the completion
dwhlch is not to take place within the
tpreut iscsl year, that there Will be y
! fHFHh ~ wv tiSSc VI tuu ues&A yuhh ~
which tho contract was awarded going
la.o the fiscal year IN which tho contract
bio be completed suiilcicntiy large to
meet Tie liability incurred by such con.
inct.
To award any contrac. or To cause
20 be executed any such contract, the
empleliun OF which is not to take place
wNil tbs fiscal year OF the award,
would be 10 violate section II OF the city
tnaiter and TO expcse the iuembers OF
Council voting IN favor of such al award
TO HE penalties therein mentioned.
at must be remembered, too, that
uphor section 66 Of tho city charter all
eIteudiiurcs uudsr the appropriation for
The Poitc department cease the moment
such spi ropriatlons become exhausted,
so that having the surplus, II any, sscer-
ianed aud the contract awarded, then
tic appropriation Tor tbs Police Depart
incDt should be Increased to u eufiieie:
iIle, by transfer, to meet any oxpeDdl-
iufcs within the fiscal year. II such ex-
popditures are Contemplated by tho con-
tuct.
"But under these proposals, Without a
tufp'u, ascerta!ned, NO contract eau be
swsrded iu any event bsiore the first day
oi July, 1870.
Council has no right to create q debt
or Inability to be psid for out OF any re-
ocipts from taxation, but tho receipts 'or
tho current fiscal year; ard thcrs M, 81
bs . surplus OF such receipts going tito
ths Iexs lscal year sufficiently large TO
) meet the liability incurred by such con.
tract.
"without . surplus suficiently large
TO most the liability OF this contract II
awarded the council cannot legally sub
kz al 10 ll..k
No Arst day OF July, lS0O."
Under the head 0i unfuished business
hc bids for police telegraph system
wtrs taken up aud read.
Nr, Dili:n moved that the matter be
postponed two weeks In orIer to give all
sgual companies to have fair competi'
Ltn.
Mr. McKenney did not sec how Coun-
sL could take any action In the case aitei
The decision OF the Cily Solicitor.
Mr.. Baugh said that under the decision
Of the City Solicitor CITY Council would
he justiiiable in going ahead as there IL
Aiarle surplus On hand applicable to
ihst purpose.
Mr. Mccall urged immediate sciion az
The system was needed, there was money
To pay tor 1t aud there was no good rea-
son why II should lie posipon d.
Mr.. Chambers could not see either why
tho question should he postponed, as the
siiy was now imposing upon the liberal
RJ OF ci,iaens who had telephones As q
police telegraph. Tho system, he
thought, was very much needed, and
lhtre will be surplus to pay for II.
LJ Mr., D!ilin said that his object fgr hav-
1ng 1t postponed two weeks was to give
~ companies owning the Gamswell
UAsen and the Mun.cipa! Signal Com
NPsny Of Boston chance TO como here
And test their systems. What the city
Wanted was to get the best System.
Mr.. Roberts said he WAS in favor of the
system. but lie thought o,bing could bo
lost by postponing even for year, for
tie purpose OF getting the best system.
Council should move slowly In tue mat
Ter. but ho thought that II 1t was referred
70 the Police Committee 1t could manage
Ii better than II just merely postI oned.
Mr. Dillin asked for Information which
he supposed Mr.. Baugh could give in re-
gard 10 the expense of q telephone in
each box. Tho telephones, he SAID, were
The Exclusive rbghts and properties Of
tle telephone companies. Would the
city be compelled to pay t%O, the u,usl
rent Tor the telephoncsi Twelve tele-
phones ut $40 q year would make $3.50.
Mr. Bsugh In reply said that so far as
HE Gamewell Company was concerned
would guarantee the city from any
htphone expenses for three years.
Thu motion to postpone for two weeks
ehs carried by the following votes;
AJes-Ayars, Beale, Curr.n, Dillin,
Davis, Mageu, McKenny, Ryan Sawdon,
sharkey, White, Farra-l2. Nays
M S.alo Cotton, Chambers, Eawkins
W lawson, Mccall, Perkins, Roberis, Shea,
.ande.rift-10. Absent-Coley, john
sol, Forrest.
Tie city treasurer reported the bal
sae saee IN bank to current expenses to bt
sa9,"sOGs; park fund, ~, i64.04. Re
ss.s9d Mnsi Of =. r. Moody. s62o; N. j.
HE boud Of the Municipal Signal Cor
ANY Tor 800 was received and orderst
MED with their bid. !
ihs miscellaneous payroll of 81 ,847. 4,
a'h aan me police pay roll Of 81. .264.s0 wsr,
ordered paid.
The chair announced that the ordi
.,al 1ahcs transferring S5O6 to the appropria
%a n ,or printing bad been signed BY tn,
"aIor AID WAS now . law.
on motion Of MIR. Shea the ordiuanc
ssi"E tho appropriations for the snsuip,
m ~. year wAs taken up, rsad for tn
M,h .nith time and referred TO the mayor
nu aao appropriations were axed az decide,
~. u 10 tie Democratic caucus and pub
,ueu Ma in yestsrday's Republican sxcep
~n ~ appropriation for public square
"neh was Increased t. $3.50.
t,.a ohea Then called up the ordlnano
for ioieirihg ,nlig 1884 f,om the appropriation
M, Incidental and miscellaneous sx
H. 70 mat for the removal oil Rarba 70
tin o'uihance was read for tie thfr,