Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-18
MORE MONEY FOR THEPOLICE
The Extra Ordinance Passed
by City Council.
ABOUT THE OVERHEAD BRIDGE
A Request for 100000 for
Street Work.
In Accordance with the City Solicitors
Opinion City Council Thursday Passed
the Ordinance Making an Extraordt-
nary Appropriation for the Police De-
partment- --OtIier Eusiness.

partment- -Other Susincss.
City Council held o short FUN on 81
Thursday. Mr.. Griffin was the the END
bcr absent.
On the recommendation of weeS a sa enI
so.,iils.Ie soea l., ooilii o. "huaoy ";le week la
9ioS, oisht Pci 'cn1 coiiiiilissi ~ 20 heS.
collections amounting to 50, ,52,, \, hox NJ,
The following opinion of street, {
solicitor on the ordinance makiby chir
traordinary appropriation forl Brother
penses of the Board of Police ets, catcl
sioners was read and accepted:
have the honor to report to Vi. -
orable body, as | have already Tng hanl
;,,,,, o,,;,,;a,,' .La ard;nanca ;s jlvertaxe
not in conflict with any of the I'm, t1lao a.,
of the charter of the city. Having r,isl.a u II,
;,,;n, ~. oit,si9, ~ ,ha Ta,,a;l * Me-, te Prt
last, that the act creating that boaPn' -,
mate eynensas witbaut thc contro That yo
oouhcii, ~ ioiiows thae h III t1e api ,edicin
a,s ..,s piosision ~ 'ie H., ~ ~ tie espt
for such purposes can be limited. it 10 ,;aora, @
to me that it is the duty of the CoI I1,dia
provide for the payment Of all tho a,etehI,
debts contracted by them; and, assd se'',n.' 1,,,
pears from the preamble of the ord nbaof
that the appropriation made by tlTbioof
eral appropriation ordinance in Mlv an
the police is insufficient to meet t1 an
penses of the board up to the end
fiscal year current, provision must bt:n nm
in some way to pay for such exT,med
While it is true that the ordi lanrs
making general appropriations Is *
the current fiscal year was passed sintel
quent to the passage of the act of asset m
creating che Board of Police Commi;enef
ers, yet by reason of their havingk.
given an unlimited power of expendiI--.-,
it was then impossible for the Coun :.
ascertain definitely, or in, bi, q
manner, the amount which the b
would expend, the police commissic n
not being then in office. In this respec "
board differs from the committees of a
Council, the former being independelt Y
the Council and the latter being thes :.
wants and agents of the Council and "a
iect to its control in every way. lnl
opinion therefore the emergency VIC
which the Council is now confronted isiSa
extraordinary occasion, not anticipate a
the passage of the general appropriat y
ordinance because not anticipatible, and !
is within the meaning of section SO Of lei
city charter, and therefore legal N
WHAT THE POLICE COMMISSION wANr
MIR. Cotton called for the third rese
ing of the ordinance and submitted ~
following estimate of the boards e.
penses from now until July 1st: Patrq
station, $780, fire-alarm and police tel
graph, $500; feed of prisoners, S45'
dog catcher, 5000; clothing, 81, ,40I
equipment, $25; rent, 1870; stationery
$50; cleaning, $50; telephone, $32C
gas, $95; printing manual and binding
$780, total, $5,050.
On motion of Mr.. Cotton there wer
inserted in section l the words "fv
thousand and fifty dollars" and tn
figures '5,050."
Pending the adoption of the preambl
Mr.. Murray said, Everybody know
provision was made for the department
the sum of $500 was appropriated"
Mr.. Colton-"I. was made to the de
partment but not to the commission"
Mr.. Murray-"lt amounts to the sam
thing"
Mr.. Colton-"A committee of Counci
is different body from the commission
Council appropriated $500 and tn
commission has spent $4,4S4.7S. TIL
difference less the amount, now to III
credit of the police committee (abou
S7S) is what this Council has had to ex
pend in paying Bills left by the polio
committee Of the last Council"
Mr.. McKcivey-''fhe rent of -th
patrol station aid the cost Of horse fec
amounted 10 S53l.50, uniforms cos
$2,.GS2t and we have paid bill
amouating to $500 left unpaid by tht
police committee of the last Council
(Mr MckclYcy's figures did not agre,
with Mr. Colton's.) j got these figure
from the auditors books.n
Mr.. Mu.ray-"I question the right o.
the board to spend more than its appro
priation. The commission is eXtrava
CANT. will show when the bills com,
in tha. they are higher than the esti
mates of other bidders"
The enacting clause was unanimously
adopted Mr.. Murray explained that hl
saw the necessity for getting the mcnel
and therefore he wonld vote aye; other
wise he would not. After the passage 81
the ordinance it was referred to the
mayor.
AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE ASSURED.
Mr. Cotton reported that the special
committee on overhead bridge atFourti
street and Railroad avenue conferred
Tuesday with Superintendents Kenney
and hutchinson and the r., w. S b
railroads chief engineer, was plessAhs.y
received ard the engineering depart.
ment was instructed to prepGsc pssS5
which will be ready in about week.
The city treasurer reported that Coun.
Gil has deposited in Union National Bank
$50, 1856 Is to the credit of current ex.
penses and S4,45462 to the credit Of
special fund and in each of the four dc.
posiiory banks $3.50 to the credit OF
current expenses. He also reported the
following receipts; From City Auditor
Billany, $1,415, show license and dog
tax, collected by Chief of PoHce Black
burn; from ex-City Engineer Bough-
man, Sl9.70 fees; from the Gillis trust
fund, 50, interest; from Administrator
Mcaley, $S75, city and school tax for
1890 and 1891; from Collector Mitchell,
$3.50, similar tax for the same years.
The city auditor certified to the cor
rcctncSs Of the accounts OF the city
treasurer, the chief of police and the
late city engineer and reported that
Councils total in bank is $40, $3.50.
100000 MORE FOR STREETS.
To the finance committee was re-
fcrrod communication stating ar.
conformity with an act OF General
Assembly passed at Dover May 18th,
1891, authorizing the mayor and Coun-
Gil to borrow 100000 for the improve
ment of the streets of Wilmington, the
Board of Directors Of tho Street and
Sewer Department request the prepa-
ration of an ordinance authorizing the
issuing of bonds to the amount of
100000 on or before April 1st, which
amount is for the year.
Mr.. Dannenberg gave notice of the
introduction of an ordinance amend
ing the ordinance concerning public