The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-17

sis returned withou tssignatures, as all of
the men on the list were put to WORK by
q committee, which may mean three of
your members, two or one. as no minutes
are kept of the work of a committee. 10
become employees of your Board the men
should be employed by resolution at a
meeting of your Board. which makes the
employment an official act of your Board
of which all persons interested can be ad,
vised by reading the record OF your Board
as contained in The minutes.
"The men on this payroll are laborers on
the parks until autumn and the parks
need attention. The public expect t. EN-
TO be kept III the best possible condition.
Laborers are necessary and it would be
an easy matter TO employ such iaborers
uy resolution at an open meeting of your
Board The laborers are entitled to q
of their money when they render the
service; they should not be COM
peled to sell their time at a ruXious
discount because OF the doubt as to the
payment for services. And then. too. the
city is entitled TO have its employees regu-
larly employed; it i5 an anomalous state
of affairs to have the credit of he city
above par and II laborer taking less than
his pay from broker because ne ia not in
II certain condition as TO his getting his
warrant. Such methods do not tend to
get out of laborer the best service. and
EnuS bne eneCb IS Uttu Oh tA5 lHHuI5E anu
the city as well.
OH, HOW FINE!
"There are 20S eMployes OF your Beard
appointed as these laborers are employ ed,
anu 147 employees appointed by re solution.
The two methods do not reconcile. one or
the other is the right method. The ballot
box suffers, the criminals and the sine
curists are protected by resolution; why
not do as much for the laborer?
"If can prevent it, no man shall be
nut to work in secret and then shove u
resolution on me calling for ii warrant
paying him.
necessary on each warrant drawing
money out of the treasury. By 0epriving
the Mayor Of the rig & to pass upon reso-
lu;ions affecting employment OF the clty's
servants, the only right left Is TO pass
upon the warrant insist that no board
bas the right to take away from the
Mayor his right TO criticise new employe
as to his qualification and is to whether
the city needs his service.
wEART'S FINE WORK.
ITO adopt resolution covering a pay
roll affecting an eniploye who was never
employed may be sympathetic on your
pnru where you divide the responsibility
among fl 2 members, but with one the re-
sronsibih,y J is an individual one, aud |
don't Intend TO mix my sympathy with this
pain bus mess problem, viz; Tnar man
who asks for corporate pay must show
that he was employed in ii corporate way.
There is no implied contract to pay for
services rendered. See Sec. 400. page $50,
fourth, Ed Dillon on Municipal Corpora
tions. and also the case of Argent VS..
Civ of San Francisco, 16 Cal. Reports,
mage 2S4, wherein Chief Justice 5. G.
Field, speaking OF personal services rem
dered to municipal corporation, said
III not originally authorized no Liability
can attach upou any ground OF implied
contract
''In support of my contention that
Board like yours must act officially by
acting at a meeting aud evidence thereof
preserved in the minutes. refer you
10 the case of Lewis VS.. Jersey City, Dey
VS.. May, ETC., Jersey, and Schumnl VS..
Seymour.
i "There seems 10 be diameter of dis
tance between your Board and me on this
subject; am in very great earnest; II
vou are right there is no end to the pad
tiing of payrolls; If l am right, the Mayor
and the public can act at the time OF prl-
mary employment. Your attitude on this
matter Shows that it is q question OF
exhaustion between us. l will yield II l
am wrong as to the law; if am right as
o The law, why you will yield; IN the
meantime the laborers and tue city suf-
Iers because you will not treat 2OS en-