The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-15

and nays having been ordered and taken:
Yeas-Presidenr Hitler and Messrs. Be-
dell, Detwiller and Fraser-4.
Excused from yoting-Mr. S~impson--1.
Absent None.
FROM H COMMITTEE ON SALARIES AND
CLAIMS
Reporting favorabEy On the claim Of John
I. Edwards. for serving notices under the
Martin Act, 1925. 90, and recommending
that the same be paid.
The report was received and the claim Or
dered paid by the following vote, the yeas
and nays having been ordered and taken.
Ieas-President Hitler and Messrs. Be-
dell. Detwiller and Fraser.
Excused from voting--Mr. Simpson,.
Nays-None.
From the Committee on Concurrent Reso-
lutions:
Reporting fovorablyon the following pay
rolls, passed by the Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners July 81, 1898, and
recommending that the same be concurred
in.
Also submitting the following report:
JERSEY CRY, July 81, 1898.
Hon. Board Of Finance:
Gentlemen. Your Committee on Con-
current resolutions 10 whom was referred,
June 20, 1893. the resolution Of the Board Of
Street and Water Commissioners ordering
paid the following claims:
James l.. Dean, services as driver at
Belleville, month Of September, 1892, S53. 16.
James l.. Dean. services as driver at
Bslleville, month of October, 1892. $55.
James l.. Dean. services as driver at
Belleville, month Of November, 1892, SOL;
respectfully report recommending the
adoption CT the following:
Whereas, James L. Dean has been en-
pioyeG as a driver at Belleville for som
time; and
Whereas, His Honor Mayor Wanser OBJ
jccted to his employment on the ground that
he had been convicted Of crimes against the
election laws, and said Dean brought suit
fo- his salary and was awarded Judgment
and costs in the Hudson County Circuit
Court, before Judge Lippincott; and
Whereas, His Honor the Mayor has since
paid Deans salary for the months following
the handing Town of Judge L~ippincott's
decision, and the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners have repassed Deans salary
for three months, viz, September, October
and November. 1892, which were vetoed by
His Honor, etc. therefore be it
Resolved, That this Board hereby eoncrrs
in the resolution of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, adopted June 30,
1895, ordering paid the following claims;
S53. 10 to James l.. Dean, driver at Belle
vile, September. 1892.
500. 90 to James L. Dean, driver at Belle
vile, October, 1892.
$51 .33 to James l.. Dean, driver at Belle
vile, November, 1892.
Respectfully submitted,
!. 7. DETWILLER,
JOHN d. FRASER,
Committee on Concurrent Resolutions.
The above reports were received and the
recommendations contained therein adopted
by the following vote, the yeas and NAYS
having been ordered and taken:
Yeas-Pi esident Hitler and Messrs. Be-
dell, Detwiller and Fraser-4.
Excused from voting-Mr. Si.npson-1.
Nays--None.
A recess of ten t1O minutes was then
taken.
Upon the r~eassembling of the Board all
the members OF the Board were present.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The following resolutions were presented:
by President Hitler:
Resolved, That rule 80, requiring this
Board to meet on the first and third Friday
of August next, be and the same is hereby
SuSPCIQCQ, dllQ tldl WlSQ LIllS DOdIQ aQ~
journs it be to meet on August %. 1898, at
eight o'clock PM, unless sooner called
together on notice of the Clerk.
Adopted by the following vote, the yeas
and nays having been ordered and taken:
Yeas-President Hitler and Messrs. Be-
dell, Detwiller, Fraser and Simpson,.
CHE resolution was adopted by the .unan-
imous vote Of the Board.)
BY President Hitler, on behalf of the
Committee of the Whole:
Whereas, The Board of Street and Water
| Commissioners has requested this Board to
make an appropriation of the sum of twenty
thousand dollars for the repairs of the public
schools of this city, so that the same may be
opened in proper condition in the month of
September next; and
Whereas, This Board has examined the
condition of said school buildings and finds
that the same need immediate repair. and
that there is no appropriation now available
for such purpose; and
Whereas this Board has caused the Chief
Engineer and the Inspector of Buildings to
make a detailed statement of such required
repairs, which report is on file with the Clerk
of this Board:
Resolved, That the sum of twenty thous-
and dollars be and it is hereby appropriated
to the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners as an extraordinary appropriation for
the immediate repair of said public schools
in accordance with said reports, said APP
preparation to be paid only upon contracts
for the performance Of the work mentioned
therein, which contracts shall be divided as
follows:
No. | for schools 1, 8, 8 annex. II, II
annex, II and 10.
No. 2 for schools 2, 8, 4, 5 and 81.
No. 8 for schools 6, Z. s., 10 and 23.
No. 4 for schools 10, 10, IA, 30, % and
81.
Provided that no payment shall be made
upon such contracts until the Chief Engineer,
tile Inspector of Buildings and the Com
mittee of the Board of Education upon such
respective schools shall have certified that
the work required hereunder has been duly
performed.
Resolved, That in order to provide the
funds for such appropriation the Committee
on Finance be authorized to borrow in antici-
patton of taxes hereafter to be levied and
collected upon temporary loan bonds, a sum
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, at
not exceeding five per cent. per annum, the
payment thereof to be provided for in the
tax levy next hereafter 10 be made;
Resolved. That copies of said report made
by the Chief Engineer and Inspector Of
Buildings be forwarded to the Board Of
Street and Water Commissioners and to the
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