The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-22

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LIMITATIONS MUST xoT Re EXCEEDED.
I'll the Board OF Street and Water
Commissioner should ondeayor 10 exceed
these limitations Il wnnld become your
dnfy to instruct the City Treasurer and
warrant
Again, under Chapter e6s OF the laws
of 1891, page 4S6, Section 4, 1t is pfovi led
that The Board having charge n control
OF the Water WORKS for the supply OF
such city. shall before making OF Incur
ring any obligation on behalf Of such city
against the water account thereof. lay
aside and devote each year. n sum sum
cieBt 90 pny the interest upon all water
bonds issued. and to be issued by such
city On behalf OF the water supply there
Of.
at is your duty as the guardians of the
city treasury to see that the interest on
the water debt Is fully provided for
before any large sums of money are ex-
pended for salaries 10 the water depart
ment.
POWER OF AMENDMENT.
Gas to the manner OF exercising this
right, your Board must either concur or
non-concur In the action of the Board OF
Street aud Wafer Commissioners. You
have no power of amendment. When
ever amendment is desii able the Boar
OF Street n Water Commissioners
AA0AA& - t9Aht ~ = A nv
resolution or action In question for fur.
Their consideration. and your Board may
or may not, In Its discretion, grant this
request. Where a request of this char
acter is made, however, in the interests
OF economy it should be promptly ac-
coded TO and a careful record made
thereof to prevent the duplicate pay
ment OF bills. Without such a re-
quest your Board cannot return a
Dill for correction. non-concnrrence
on your part, In the payment Of bills,
however, does not prevent the Board of
Street aud Water Commissioners from
passing the same claim for a reduced
amount. subject to your further concur
renee. No-n-concurrence in at improve
ment or contract stops the work, and pro-
ceedings must be instituted anew.
while your Board has the right to
investigate fully every claim presented
for concurrence. and to that end call for
informations from the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners aud also from
any clerk, engineer or employe, when
this investigation has been made, you
should concur or n-concur. The right
to call for Information is founded upon
Section 3S Of the supplement OF March "A,
1873.
although you may call for this infor-
nation directly from the employees of the
Board OF Street and Water Commission
ers, / advise that under the terms OF Sec
uDu ~ VI n Att VI 1884, NuubloI lots tHt
request for information be made through
the Board, and If that Board fails to
promptly comply, then to the Chief En-
gineer, Clerk or other employe possessin g
the desired information directly.
your Board also has the right to insist
upon having each requisition for up
plies, with the cost thereof submitted 10
it before the purchase Is made. A pur-
chase by the Board of Street and Wafer
Commissioners, although the materials
nave been furnished under the express
order of that Board, does not bind the
city WITHOUT your concurrence. On this
point / refer to the case of the State,
keeney VS.. Jersey City, IS Vroom. page
449."
THE RIGHT TO INQUIRE.
Referring separately to the resolutions
introduced by Mr.. Peterson, the Corpora
ton Counsel auswers:-
Under Section 80 OF the act of March
"a, 1878, and unde your general super
visory control of the finances of the city.
you have the right TO make inquiry Of the
Street and Water Board as TO whether
any contractors for public improvements
are permitted. by the terms of their respec-
tive contracts 10 lay or relay no street
pavements upon einders, clay. debris or
any other material other than clean, share
sand and whether any other material
than proper sand has been used for said
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swered by the Board OF Street and Water
Commissioners and their Chief Engineer.
'2. You have the right to refuse to con-
cur in the purchase OF n materials and
merchandise unless tine nature, quality
and price thereof are fully reported to
you before purchase. This would uu-
doubtedly be in~convenient, but yog have
the right to insist upon 1t. AS l have
above advised, You have no control over
the salary accounts, unless the limit fixed
by law is transgressed.
So. You have the right to insist that all
bills presented for concurrence shall be
made IN detail, stating by whom ordered,
the date and for what place u purpose.
noting h quantity, quality and price,
rates, etc. The Board of Street and
Water Commissioners should furnish the
desired information.
"a. Your Board mas no voice in the APP
pointment of inspectors to suDerintend
street improvements, but you can refuse
to concu therein until the appointment
is made, or rather you can non-concur un-
with. The Board of Street and Water
Commissioners under the laws appoint
practical and competent men,"
ASKING INFORMATION.
A resolution was adopted requesting
the Street and Water Board to furnish
the Financiers with statements as fol-
lows
Amount of water rents for the year
ending May, 1892; estimated amount of
measurable wafer to be charged during
the year; amount collected from similar
sources during the veal ending May.
1891: amounts required to pay into sink
ing funds, with dates; total amount re-
ceived during the year ending May, 1901,
with disbursements under separate
heads.
Tn resolution which was offered by
Mr.. Peterson recites the fact that the
Street and WAGER Boards pay roll OF the
water department for June aggregated
SIC, 600 (nearly s200. 900 per annnml The
law requires the st .eeb and Water Board
to present payment of interest on water
bonds and amount due sinking fund
before mourning other debts.
Another resolution adopted requests
the City Treasurer to furnish the Einan-
ciers with an account of all funds de-
posted in the various, banks to the city's
credit, including the Scnool Il Sinking
Fund monies.
The Committee on Finance was author
lied to hire a safe in the safe vaults of
the new Jersey City Title, Trust and
Guarantee Company's building In which
to keep official bonds, the cost per annum
not to exceed $40.
The Corporation Counsel handed 10 the
Board the text of the Supreme Courts
opinion in setting aside the purchase of
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