The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-15
BOARD OF FINANCE.
[oFFICIAL PRocEEDINGs.1

lOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Special meeting of the Board of FL
nance, held at the City Hall, Thursday,
September 90, 1892, at 10 o'clock A. M.
Present-President Edelstein, Messrs.
Allen, Bedell and Aillier.
Absent-Mr. Peterson.
The call for the meeting. which was for
the transaction of general business, was
read by the Clerk.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Claim of j. w. Harrison of $3.50, for
stationery for the City Clerk.
Claim of F. Heppenheimer's Sons of
$62. so for li~thographing.
Claim OF the Jersey City Neows of $3.50
for printing tax sale pamphlet.
Claim of John Mullins & Co. Of $31. so
for repairing desks, etc.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Printing, Stationery and Sup
plies.
Claim of j. Herbert Potts, attorney of
T. w. lowering Of $415.S2 judgment and
costs recovered against the city.
Claim of j. Herbert Potts, of S415.S SO
Judgment n costs recovered again st
the city.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Finance
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Mr.. Allen presented the following com =
muntcation from the Sinking Fund Com
ALisolOAt WD1Ch was 1OCGltGQ anu OruGT0u
spread upon the minutes aud fled:-
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 81, 1892.
CHARLES w. ALLEN, Esq,
Chairman Committee on Finance.
DEAR SIR:-The following resolution
was passed by the Sinking Fund Com
mission of Jersey City, at it's meeting
held September 20. 1892, and approved by
the Mayor, September 81, 1892.
Yours respectfully,
G. S. W~EsTERvELT,
Whereas, 1t appears that the Board of
Finance intends borrowing $3.50, 600 in
anticipation of the collection of taxes of
1891: and
Whereas, This Commission is in posses
sion of moneys which they desire to In
vest;
Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board
be and he is hereby instructed to notify
the Committee on Finance of the Board
OF Finance that this Board would be
pleased to loan on temporary bond a sum
not exceeding $125, 600, at 4per cent. in.
terest per mum.
the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners We're received and referred to the
Committee on Concurrent Resolutions:
l, Requesting an additional 2ria
tion of $4,000 for cleaning sewers and
basins.
2. Awarding contract to Theo. Smith
q Bro. for the erection Of six new boilers
at Bellevllle.
3. Authorizing the sewering of Hen
derson street from Fifteenth street to
Seventeenth street.
4. Ordering paid the following pay
roll.
Labor on meters. September 1892, S6l3.3 8
Sunerlntendent. ETC., September 1892
1854 80.
Water Registrar, ETC.. September 1892.
5. Two (2) resolutions ordering paid Ger
tain claims.
Communication from the Board oil
Police Commissioners requesting an adj
ditlonal appropriation of $1,000 for SAM.
tary purposes.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Finance.
The following communication from tht
Corporation Counsel endorsing the officia
bond of John D. German, as Tax Com.
missioner, was received and ordered iait
upon the table:
JERSEY CITY, September 20, 1892.
Honorable Board of Finance:
SIRs:-The Official bond of Jehn D. Cor
man in $4,000, with Hugh Dugan anc
Joseph L. Kelly as %sureties, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his duties
as Tax Commissioner, is herewith re-
turned by me. l advise you to approx
the bond and order it filed. Section 4 Of
the new Charter of 1889, provided tina,
the Tax Commissioners provided fol
herein, shall each give bonds in So 0I
for the faithful discharge of their duties
to be approved by the Board of Finance
in every such city,"
MI. German neglected to give bond:
for over one year The statute now il
force places no limit upon the time with
in which such bond may pc presented
The Tax Commissioners failure does not
however, invalidate his official actions
now that the bond has been given. for
assure you that no objection can be
raised as to the sufficiency of his sureties
1t should be approved. l return tn,
bond.
Yours respectfully,
w. ID. EDWARDS,
Corporation Counsel
Concurrent resolution adopted by tn
Board Of Aldermen September ~, 1892
for application to the Hudson Circui