Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-02
THE CITY BUDGET.
Proceedings of the Municipal Board
Marshal Quintana's Resignation
J. H, Sloan Rejected as
City Physician.
Reports by the City Officers Streets and
Sidewalks-Ma ThOrnton's
Response to Taxpayer

Messrs. Delgado and Mondragon.
The Marshal, Martin Quintana, pre-
scented his report for the week, and also
presented his resignation. No appoint
ment has yet been made to fill the mar
shalship.
The mayor announced the resignation
of Henry Becker as policeman, and
nominated James Garland to the vacan-
CIV. The nomination was approved by
the board.
The mayor presented the nomination
OF DR.. J. H. Sloan as city physician, and
later, in executive session, the council re-
fused TO confirm the nomination.
The city engineer reported progress and
asked further time in which to present
his final report on the subject of street
| grades, payements, etc.
A committee of citizens, with b. NJ.
Read as chairman, appeared before the
council and presented a petition
asking that certain amendments be
made to the ordinances. The same
was read by the clerk and referred to
the committee on ordinances and IL
Censes.
The finance committee reported favor
ably on the following bills and warrants
for paying the same were directed to be
drawn:
D. D. Cobleigh, furnishing sign for the
city marshal's office, 81.
II. H. Zumwalt, stationery and books,
$685..
Santa Fe Gas company, lights for coun-
Gil chamber, S1,l5.
A. Romero, drawing abstract OF assess
able city property, $40.
| New MEXICAN Printing company books
and blanks, $44,95.
Santa Fe Electric company, street
lights, $75.
The bills for the publication of ordl-
nances were referred to the finance COM
mittee for examination.
The committee on streets and bridges
recommended that it be instructed to ex-
anime all streets and bridges requiring
repairs and authorize the city engineer to
make estimates OF cost of repairs, the bids
for doing the work to be then advertised
for. A resolution to this effect was
adopted. The committee also asked
further time as to making its report on
side walks.
The committee on surveys and lights
were granted further time to close its con-
tract with the Electric company, there
being a disagreement as to the location OF
the street lights.
The city attorneys fees matter, referred
to special committee, was settled by the
council indorsing the committees recon-
mendation that the attorney receive 80,
instead of 49, for every violation of city
ordinances prosecuted to conviction, the
same to be paid by the party prosecuted.
The city treasurer reported having re-
ceived from licenses, $34S.75; from fines,
SO, which amount he has on hand.
The city clerk reported that for July
and August he had issued forty-four
licenses amounting to $34S.75 as follows
Theatrical auctioneer, l billiard and
pool tables, Z butchers, 2; dray, one
horse, I; dray, two-horse, 2; gaming table,
5 hack, 4 retail liquors, 9; laundres, 8
omnibuses, = ; pawn brokers, |. Also re-
ported having turned over to the street
commissioner the poll tax lists for 1891,
numbering 1918 names. The tax is 81
per capita and must be paid or worked
out on the streets prior to October |.
A communication was received from the
Santa Fe Irrigation company, respecting
the city water service, and a special COM
mittee composed OF Messrs. knaebel, Gar
cha and Harroun was named to investigate
the matter.
Adjourned to Tuesday night next.
THE MAYORS RESPONSE.
To the Editor of the New Mexican.
SANTA FE, Sept. LIN your issue OF
the oath ult there's a communication from
a party who signs himself ''Iax Payer"
in which he says; "When the people
were asked to vote for incorporation those
mostly interested agreed to see to it that
certain Improvements were made in the
appearance OF the city" He then goes
on to enumerate many improvements
which he thinks should be made, and
censures the city council for not making
them. I agree with TAX Payer" that it
would be very desirable to have all the
improvements made that he suggests,
and | know that every member of the city
council would be glad to see them made
but, unfortunately, these improvements
can not be made without the necessary
funds to pay for them. To prepare the
bridges, clean the streets, establish the
grades thereof, build sidewalks, repair
the acequias and establish sewerage
system requires money. Will "Tax
Payer" inform the council where this
money is to come from2 At the time
of his communication the city govern
ment had not received 81 from any
source; since then only about $3.50 have
been collected from licenses. This, I'M
der the law, is appropriated to the pay
ment of the salaries of the marshal and
city police. poll tax has been levied,
and will be collected as soon as possible,
and the proceeds applied to the cleaning
of the streets and the repairing of the
bridges.
The city has no other source of revenue
except under the general taxation law or
by bonding the city. No revenue can be
obtained under the general law until the
taxes are collected in the fall, and / am
not in favor of bonding the city TO pay
current expenses. We may have this to
do after while to create system of
sewerage and establish water works, and
if we ruin our credit at the inception of
our corporate existence by making repairs
that we have no money to pay for, and
issuing warrants upon an empty treasury,
how long will our credit last, and how
would it be possible to sell our bonds when
we desired so to do?
| believe it is to the interest OF Santa
Fe to make haste slowly, to be patient, to
incur no debts that We can not pay except
where compelled by necessity. Let us
wait until our revenues are collected and
pay cash. Then we can get dollars
| uorth for q dollar Otherwise our war