Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-13
MORE ORDINANCES PASSED
The Ordinance egulating Pay
ment of Warrants Goes
Through With a Rush
The Judiciary Committee Pre-
sents a Report Concerning
City Treasurer's Office
A Long Discussion on Street
Grading Contracts Con-
sumes Much Time

The city council held a prOtracted
session yesterday afternoon. III is not
definitely known what they came out
to see, but a large number of citizens
listened to the deliberations and dis
cussions which its proceedings evoked.
After the minutes OF the two ses-
sions of last week had been read and
approved, a petition was read from
number Of residents of the third addi-
tion, asking that arc lights be placed
on different streets of that section,
and the report was referred to the
proper committee.
Fast Bros. and o. b. Bardo, on be-
half of NJ. f. Handy, asked that he be
allowed the sum Of $500 for piling
furnished L. c. Burlingame on the
Larrabee avenue contract. The com
munication was referred to the street
committee.
The following communication was
received from Councilman u. w.
Christopher and w. c. Allerton:
To the honorable, the mayor and city
council of Fairhaven:
The undersign,d members OF the conn
ell were approached by prominent clIl ,
zen OF Fairhayen, yesterday, and asked
the question: what Is the city council
going to do in relation to the manner In
which warrants are TO be pald? ne
answer given him was that the city at
torney, under instructions OF the council
had formulated and presented, at our last
rd
rants should be paid; that the same was
now in the hands of the committee u
whom IL had been referred. and would ne
doubt be reported upon and passed at Ih'
, meeting on the 18th inst. lie then sald
ain the meantime, and until the ordl'
nance goes into effect, the city treasurer
will continue TO pay warrants as h'
pIeaSes" We said To him that we dlC
not believe that the city treasurer would
pay warrants out Of their regular 0rder
| pending the action OF the Couhcll pI ull'
: ordinance. to which he replied: Il have
every reason to believe that he Is SUI
doing So and you can satisfy yourselye
that such is the case by inqulring at M
office"
The undersigned proceeded at once Il
| the treaSureT's Office, and IN MS ahsenc
the following question was asked OF MI
Dohcrty, the deputy: Are you payln
warrants now In the order of their regis
tration or otherwiSeP' to which ne re
piled that they were paid as presented
'If there was money IN the iund upo
- which they were drawn"
We have been requested to bring tn
matter before the council at this meetlhI
and TO ask that the city treasurer be re
Guestcd to appear before the council an
answer the question In person as
whether "since the council authorize
the city attorney to prepare an ordlnan'
7 governing the manner in which Warfah
should be paid, he then continued 10 pa
| them as presented, without regard 10 u
L order Of their registration?
u. W. CHRIsTOPHER,
Councilman Flfth Ward.
w. c. AILERTON,
1 Councilman Third Ward.
''' The city engineer submitted an a
nroximate estimate OF the cost OF co
struction Of Tenth street from Mill
h, its connection with Front. The tot
= estimated cost is $40, 1852. lie al
- submitted his report for the mon
of July, showing the amount OF wo
\ actually done upon the different pu
J lie works within the city. -.
The judiciary committee SUBMIT
the following report:
To the honorable the mayor and G
council, city of Fairhayen, wash.
Gentlemen: Your committee TO Wh'
was referred the petition OF clllZens co
plaining of certain irregularities eNlstl
In the city treasurer's Office, regardi
the payment OF warrants out OF their r.
uIar order, and discriminating agar
certain citizens, to, the benefit OF othe
who were Justly entitled to Ike pref
pc ences. and asking that the names OF
w fortunate parties securing such taVOi
. ism might be ascertained and the amou
given, beg leave TO report:
IT First-We find that the treasurer
| mits that on aud after April ), 1871
did commence to pay warrants IN ca
regardless of the order In which they
been registered, contrary to the met
IL he had previously followed. and conlln
my so to do until the funds were eNhansle'
pon the different accounts, as shown ny
,, ledger. He also claims that he was Ju
dc fled in doing so from the TACT I
10 a the council on or about that I
directed him TO pay certain Warrant
ton -- dollars TO j. A. Kerr, OUT ol
dis regular ordehr, ah1 eisY s1aS sitorney m that II
was no ordinance In existence defining
order in which warrants should re
c h and advised him TO pay the warrants
OIli present ed.
. The following are the names
amounts as shown by the treasu
check book, for warrants redeemed, {
mencinR july and ending August 3,
the date of the petition, since which |
The facts being so thoroughly adver
N as 10 how warrants were being paid,
u committee did not think u necessa
~ further Investigate, noting, however,
the same course had been pursued
the present time: