The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-13
OYHRDRAWN AGAIN.
His Fraudulency Plays
Dixon Crucib1e Tactics
on the City Treasury.

Toward the close of the meeting of the
Board of Aldermen last night Alderman
Max Salinger offered this resolution. 1t
speaks for ITSELF:
Whereas, In conformity with an act of the
Legislature, approved April 49, 1889. the Board
of Aldermen on the seventh day of May, 1899,
did by resolution fix the salary of the Mayor Of
Jersey City at $4,000 per annum; and
Whereas, By reason of non-approval or veto
by the Mayor of said resolution, within the time
limited by law, said salary fixed as aforesaid
could not commence until and after the 18th day
of May 1889, and
Whereas The then Mayor did demand and re-
ceive from the city treasury salary at and
after the rate of $4,000 per annum, calculated
from the 10Th day of April, 1889, the day and
date Of the approval, and contrary to the inter-
est and meaning of said act, and
Whereas, By so doing the then Mayor has re-
ceived from the city treasury the sum Of $3.50 in
excess of the salary lawfully due him; therefore
be it
Resolved. That the said Mayor be required to
pay to the City Treasurer for the use of Jersey
City the sum of $3.50, being the difference by
him received, and that to which he was lawfully
entitled; and in default thereof said amount of
$3.50 be deducted from the payment to him Of
the next months salary. And be it further
Resolved, That copy of this resolution be
transmitted to the Board of Finance.
There was dead silence for the space
of about one minute. Aldermen Jordan
and O'Neill were absent Finally Mr.
man Aliens Gentlemen, what will you
do with it?"
Il don't know. I'd like to look into
it"
Mr.. Hoos-"Same here. If Mr.. CIeye-
land has oyerdrawn his salary by $3.50 he
ought TO give it back mighty quick"
President Allen suggested that the
resolution be referred to the Corporation
Counsel.
Mr.. Salinger objected and wanted it
referred to the Board of Finance.
Mr.. Macarthur didn't like the idea. The
Finance Board was made up of Mr..
Cleveland S creatures. He amended Mr..
Salinger's resolution and it was finally
referred to the Corporation Counsel.
Prior to the assembling of the Legisla-
ture last year Mayor Cleveland's salary
had been $4,000 per year. During that
session Cleveland, of this city, and Haynes,
of Newark. log-rolled an act through, en-
abling an increase of their salaries. AS
| the act was applicable only to this city
! and Newark. it Went through without en-
| countering the opposition OF other places.
| The act was approved April 10, 1885, and
authorized the Board of Alderman or the
! Council to fix the salary of the Mayor at
any figure between So, 500 and $4,000 per
| year.
The Newark Council couldn't be per-
suaded to give Haynes more than So. 500,
| but Cleveland had been made boss OF all
| ter, and he succeeded in lashing the AL
1 dermen into giving him all the act al
| lowed So early in May this resolution
| was adopted. IG is reproduced with all
| the official decorations, since attached to
| it,
Resolved, That pursuant 10 the provision of
| an act approved April IS, 1889, entitled An act
| fixing the salaries of and otherwise concerning
the Mayors of all cities of the first class that
have a population within their territorial limits
exceeding 100000 inhabitants, the salary of the
| Mayor of Jersey City be and is hereby liked at
! the sum of So 000 per annum.
CHARLES WALLEN, President
JOHN z. ScoTT, City Clerk.
Passed May 2, 1889.
| Presented May g. 1885, to the Mayor, but not
| having been acted on by him within the term re-
| quired by law has gone into effect without his
action or approval.
| Dated Jersey City, May 25, 1889.
| AN ILLEGAL DRAFT
| The delicate Mayor was too modest to
| approve the resolution for his own bene-
| fit; and he let it become law by default.
| That entitled him to draw salary at the
rate of $1,000 per year from May 18th, 1859.
| The salary could not begin TO run till the
new law had been made effective by the
action of the Board of Aldermen. The
| Legislature did not direct that the salary
! should be $5, 600 per year from the time
| of the passage of the act; but such sum
between $4,000 and 5000 per year, as the
Aldermen should fix upon,
| His Fraudulency had just ;put his own
| Board of Finance into office, and he be-
gan to log roll with its mem pers. The
result was that on June 18th they passed
a resolution making gift to him with
out the warrant of law, of the money he
would have received if the Legislature
had directed that he be paid $1,000 per
year from the passage OF the act in April
This resolution appropriated S91 for an
alleged balance in April and S250 for an
alleged balance in May. And on June
18th Cleveland himself approved the
Boards Iawless act.
THE ovERDRAFT MORE THAN $3.50.
Alderman Salnger's resolution does not
reclaim for the city all that it is entitled
to- Cleveland drew at the rate of $3.50
month more than he was entitled to from
from April 10 to May 25 That is month
and six days, and the amount of His
Fraudulency's illegal overdratt is $500,
instaad of $3.50