The Jersey City news., 1892-02-03
BOARD OF FINANCE.
TorFrcIAL pRocERDTNsAj !

Present-President Edelsts!u, Messrs.
Allen and Kenny.
Absent Messrs. Hitler ard Peterson.
On motion the reading Of the minutes
Was dispensed with. and they were ap-
| proved as printed.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AND COM
slUNIcATIoNs.
| Petition of Michael Foley for return Of
taxes Of 1890 paid In error.
| Received and referred to the Commit
| tee on Finance.
| PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
| Claim of the Jersey City Electric Light
| Co. Of $4.46, lighting Treasurer's office,
Claim Of the Jersey City Electric Light
Co. OF .s32 Sc. lighting Collectors office,
| December, 1891.
Claim of Hugh E. McLaughlin of s11O
| for coal.
Claim of Frank McDermott of $50 for
| ice to January l, 1899
Claim of ]. d. G.. Outwater of $40 for
dictionary for City Comptroller.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Printing. Stationery and Supplies.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
| The following communication from the
Corporation Counsel was received and
ordered entered upou the minutes:
JERSEY CITY, January 5. 1892.
| Hon. Board of Finances:
| OplnAOA hdo DCCn
asked as to whether yoar Board has the
power to borrow $50, 600 on temporary loan
bonds for the benefit of the Water De-
partInent, and In anticipation of water
rents now due and payable but hereafter
to be collected. said moneys SO borrowed
to be used In the payment OF bills which
have accrued against said department. l
advise you that you have no such power.
When the present Board of Street and
Water Commissioners were appointed
there was floating debt of about A14, 900
cue from the Water Department to the
general account of the city, which had
been incurred and gradually increased
during the past twelve years. This debt
had grown out of the long established
practice of the city in paying for all ex-
tensions of water mains out of the current
water receipts, SO that when money was
required to pay the interest on the funded
debt of the department the deficiency
had to be made up by loans from
the general account Finally, relief
was obtained by the passage of Chapter
263 of the laws of 1891, whereby water
bonds to the amount OF S350,OO0 were
were paid under the act to the Board of
Finance, and at the same time the
balance Of $64, 900 was also paid out of
the current water receipts. This draft
has proved too heavy for the Water De-
partment as now constituted, hence the
appllcallou. OnOer Sectlou loo Oh tne
charter of 1871 temporary loan bonds
can be issued in anticipation of the col
lection of taxes or assessments for i'm
provements, but not for water rents;
under this section most of our temporary
loan bonds are issued. No construction
OF this section can include water rents
find upon examination no supplement
to the charter nor any general act author
izing such bonds in anticipation of the
collection of water rents, except the above
law of 1891 under which you have ex-
hausted your powers. For many years
such differences have been made up by
loans to the water account from the gem
eral account, which would be repaid in
whole or in part from the water account
during the months of June and July,
when the active work of collecting the
water rents was in progress and the de-
partment was in funds.
"Respectfully submitted,
"WILLIAM d. EDWARDS.
Corporation Counsel"
Communication from the City Collector
acknowledging the filing in his office.
January 6, 1892, of the assessment map
for the improvements OF Woodward street.
between Grand street and the Morris
Canal, amounting to IS. 423 13.
Communication from the City Collector
certifying to the fling in his office, jan
uary 6, 1862, of Report No. 76 of the Com
missioners OF Adjustment, amounting to
$77, ,405.79.
Received and ordered filed.
Annual report of the Board Of Street
and Water Commissioners for the fiscal
year, ending December 1. 1891.
Received and ordered filed.
The following resolutions adopted by
the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners were received and referred to the
Committee on Concurrent resolutions:
!. Ordering paid the following pay
rolls:
Pumping and Reservoirs-Belleville
and High Service. December. 1884,
$5.097 Sc.
Assessments and Extensions-General
Superintendent. ETC., December. 1891.
$9S999.
2. Awarding contract to Henry Byrne
for cleaning streets, etc., and requesting
pose.
8. Two (2) resolutions ordering paid
certain claims.
4. Ordering paid certain claims for
street cleaning.
The Clerk reported the service of certi-
fled copy OF rule to show cause issued in
the New Jersey Supreme Court January
8, 1892, and returnable at the State
House, Trenton, on the third Tuesday of
February, 1892. Id the suit of the Trus-
tees of the Free Public Library for Jersey
City for $2S. 1885, %, balance of appropria-
ton.
Received and referred to the Corpora
tion Counsel.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Sal aries and CT aims
reported the following resol utions and
recommended the adoption of the same:
l. Ordering paid the regular monthly
pay roll for January, 1891. when due.
2 Ordering paid 1929 l6 each to the
Jersey City News. the Evening Journal,
the New Jersey Stats Zeitung and the
Jersey City Herald for printing official
minutes during January. 1892. when due.
8. Ordering paid $50 to G. s. Westervelt
for extra services in itemizlng reports of
Commissioners of Adjustment during
January, 1892. when due.
A. Ordering paid S25 to Frank P. Van
Saun for extra services as stenographer,
ETC.. during January, 1892 when due.
s. Ordering paid SO to N. p. Wedin for
services as Assistant Clerk to the District
Court. January. 1892. when due.
The ayes and nays having been called
on each of the above resolutions, the re-
port was received and the resolutions
adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-President Edelstein. Messrs
Allen and Kenny.
Nays--None.
Absent--Messrs. Hitler and Peterson.
The Committee Oh Concurrent Resolu-
tions reported the following resolutions
of the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners and recommended that the
same be concurred iu:
l. Awarding contrac. to Henry Byrue
for cleaning streets and removing ashes
u Pro-