Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-01
TOO HASTY With PAY-ROLLS
City Officers Have Been Paid
a Week Ahead.
Mr.. MURRAY HAS THE LAW READ
Expenditures That Foot Up
Nearly $4,000.


Atits meeting on Thursday City Coun-
oil ordered the expenditure of nearly
$34, 900 of the city's funds. In the alb
sence of President Benson Mr.. Perkins
presided.
The finance committee recommended
that Thomas H. Melvin, agent, be re-
funded overpaid tax amounting to $1.71,
which recommendation was adopted.
The city treasurer reported $41 ,656.04
in Union National Bank to the credit Of
current expenses, $23, $50 each in four
other banks to ths same credit and
$4,454.62 in Unioi National Bank to
the credit of special deposit. He ais re-
ported the following receipts foI tho
week: From First National Bank
National Bank of Delaware, Central
National Bank and National Bank Of
Wilmington and Brandywine, $41.06
each, interest for one month on the
city's deposits; from the Board of Water
Commissioners, $4,000, interest on loans
Nos. 81 and 80; from Collector Mitchell,
$500, city and school taxes for 1890;
from Administrator Mealey, 800 and
$3.50, city and school taxes for 1890 and
1891, respectively. The city auditor cer-
tilted to the correctness of the accounts
VI Tue Guy treasurer.
The miscellaneous pay-r for Sep
tember, amounting to $2,t5l and ap-
proved by the finance committee, was
presented by Mr.. Cotton, who moved
that it be accepted and that orders for
the parties named therein be drawn.
Mr. Murray objected. 1t is not pleasant,
he said, for him to get up at every meet
ing and ask for the reading of the roll,
and If Mr.. Cotton would read section 8,
page o2S, of the city charter he would
not ask for its passage. AT the request
OF MIR. Murray the ction, as follows,
was read by Clerk Messiek;
The clerk of the Council shall on the
last Thursday of each month make out or
cause to be made out payroll containing
the names of all the salaried officers of the
city government, members of the Council
and the Board of Health, and the names
of all the employees of the Department of
Engineering and Surveying who shall be
paid monthly, their positions and the
amount due each one named on the said
payroll, and submit the same to the
finances committee, and If the said tinanea
committee can indorse the said pay-p~ q
correct, the clerk shall cause the 81 10
be read ut the next regular meefiiAe 'cf
Council, and if Council 80 direct he sha.
draw orders in favor of the parties named
on said payroll the said orders to be called
for at the city treasurer's Office on and
after the Tuesday next following.
Mr.. Murray said he hoped the pay
roll would take its regular course In the
future and asked the acting president 10
rule on Mr.. Colton's motion. Mr. Cotton,
in reply, said he must admit that he Lad
not read the section carefully and asked
permission to withdraw his motion.
which was granted. Then he moved
that the report of the committee be
accepted and that the drawing of the
checks be withheld until the next meet
ing, which motion was adopted.
To the police and law committees was
referred a communication from Peter
Welch, asking that he be refunded 81
the amount of fine imposed on hi
for allowing cows to run at large. /
explained that the cows had been in
pasture field and that somebody had le
them out.
Orders as follows were directed to be
drawn: Sundry bondholders, S11, ,994. .0S,
interest for October; Sinking + ID
Commissioners, $8,645.50, loans r.
ing on October 1st; Board Of Educ. ion,
$9,la3.0S, September appropriation.
The police payroll for September,
amounting to $4,196.51, was passed.
After adjournment the Oouncilmen
reached the conclusion that the police
payroll should have taken q course
similar to that of the miscellaneous pay
roll