The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-13
CITY FINANCES.
The City Clerk Makes Il Report to the
Council.
HELENA.

The City Clerk Makes u Report to the
Council.
At last nights meeting of tho city coun-
Gil the city clerk presented a report show
ing the amount of warrants dra wn in June,
5 5oS1 62 as on a0'f Srs fund, s $4.45s.1 10; ON street rect
fund, 1925; total, $$33, 087.1 II. He says: A
largo number of cancelled warrants have
been returned to my Office by the city
treasurer issued during the period from
August, 1891, to May. 1892: These can
ance to be registered by the CITY clerk.
They should have been returned to and
registered by my predecessor. for they were
issued during his term of office. This is
also the first time in nearly a year that the
city clerk has been able to give any credit
ing warrants. The reports Of the city clerk
in the first few months have made the ap-
parent warrant indebtedness of the city
nearly double what it really is. This state
OF affairs Ia misleading to the taxpayers of
the city, and has had the effect Of deprs-
cisting tho cash value OF warrants. me
amount of cancelled warrants returned is
az follows: General fund. Sis, 1l2.9 80; IRE
fund, $5l, 449. "a; street fund, ST. 32. 20;
sewer fund, $l06; interest,", $4.89l.3l; total,
size, 500. "a.
Taking my report of last month as =
basis, and giving credit for the cancelled
warrants returned, the amount of outstand-
ing warrants is as follows: General fund,
$17O, 271. so; fire fund, ST.. 9933. 30; street fund,
$117. go; sewer fund. 81, 9l6. 81; total, $780,
239. 81.
City Treasurer Walker reported to the
council. handing in about 1900 cancelled
city warrants for the period from Aug. 8,
1891, to May 3. 1892, to the amount Of $l76.-
60. "a. or this amount $3s. 5O7.9 80 repre-
sents warrants taken in payment for taxes
for the year 1891. He reports that the total
receipts of his office for the above period
we're S253 $3.50, and tho disbursement.
were 1917, 492. 4s. He says: ''At your next
meeting ! will be able to present a state
mont in detail Of the receipts in each fnnd
for the entile fiscal year of 1891 to 1892"
His report gives the following balances:
general fund, $8, 433. 10; fire fund, $14,-
036. TO-; street fund. $0.s45.34; library fund,
g. StIs IS; sewerage, $s5o'69. He says tho
street and interest sinking funds are cred
tied with more money than the actual
needs of the city require and suggested
that . transfer of $1,000 DO made from the
interest and sinking fund to the general
fund. The last warrant call, he reports,
tered prior to April 16. 1891, and all fire
fund warrants registered before Jan. l,
1892. The council ordered the transfer OF
ST. 600 from the fire fund and $1,000 from
tho street fund to the general Innu. Inc
city treasurer's books will be turned over
to experts this morning for examination,
The council also ordered that the CITY treas.
urer make qua terlv reports hereafter.
Mayor Curtin said this was the first time
since lat August that the council know how
the finances stood.
The report of the police magistrate fol
June shows JAG cases tried and thirty-seven
discharges: fines imposed, Sl,O27; fines re-
mitted. 1890; fines collected. $276.64.
Manager Sommers. of the Bell Telephone
company, called the attention of the ooun'
oil 10 the accident to line repairs which 90
CURED on Main street yesterday. He sale
the RaEid Transit company 10 in the habit
of tying up its overhead wires with smaller
wi, % which charges tho spar wires to thu
poles, instead of using porcelain insulatort
on the span wires as the Helena COMPANY
does. Aldermen Fuller, Howell and MorriI
will look into the matter.
A claim for $3.50 damages done to til,
house n lot and personal property of Q
Peterson in the Sixth ward by the recen
heavy rains, WAS referred to the judicisr!
committee.
A petition from the W. 9. r. U. was re
ceivsd praying for the removal Of houses o
i'll fame on Olors atrcet to some point out
side the city limits.
City Attorney MoIntvre submitted
lengthy report on the street Car fare Ques
ton In which he SAYS that after next Apri
! the entire line of the Rapid Transit oom
pany will bo subject 70 . five cont rate, an,
the question will be much sssisr Of solution