The herald., 1893-02-12
THE cITY's FINANCES.

The Report Adopted Yesterday by this
= The city councils finance committee
yesterday adopted the following report
Recommend that the reports of the
city auditor showing the condition ol
the funds for week ending January 2S
1898, and February 6, 1893; report oi
water overseer on sales Of water for the
month of January, 1898; and the report
of tho city auditor on the water over.
eeer's report for seven days in the
month of January, 1898, be filed.
Recommend that the demand of L. H
Lyon for $25.S5, j. M. Baldwin for 500
w. A. E. Noble for $15, J. T. Brown fol
$16, D. F. Donegan for $3.50, be denied.
Recommend that petition No. 60 from
"A. Mccartney for rebate of taxes be
referred to the city attorney for his
opinion on the same.
In the matter of petition No. 75, from
Helen M. Durgen, asking that tax sale
certificate No. 40. to be found on page
I4S5, of volume of tax sales, for the
year 1887-S8, be cancelled. the city as
SCISSOR having reported to the committee
that the statements therein set forth
are correct, we recommend that said Pc
tition be granted, and that the city clerk
BE ordered to mark said tax sale GER
ltifcate No. 40, for the year 1SS7-SS, can
celled and redeemed of record, the same
being Q double of assessment No. 1493,
unknown owners.
In the matter of petition No. 80, of
Maria Medran, asking that tax sale GER
tifcate No. 2727, for the year 1S71-92, be
ordered cancelled and redeemed of rec
ord. upon the ground that the property
therein described isl double assess
ment, the city assessor having reported
to the committee that the facts therein
set forth are correct, we recommend
that the city clerk be instructed to mark
said tax eale certificate No. 2727, to be
found in volume 8 OF tax sales, at page
309, cancelled and redeemed Of record.
In the matter of petition No. 81 from
Max Harris, asking for the return to
him on account Of tax sale certificate
No. 1890, for the year 1S90.9l, upon the
ground that the property therein de-
scribed is doubly assessed, 4 and tho
taxes already paid as shown by assess
ment No. 1l9, the city assessor having
reported to this committee that the
statements therein contained are cor
rect, We recommend that eaid tax sale
CokLluCdto IOs loJU De ulbTkou Chuc6lleQ
and redeemed of record, and that upon
the presentation of q proper demand up
on the tax fund of 1s90.91 the sum Of
$23.72 be returned to the petitioner.
In the matter Of petition No. S17, from
N. P. Campbell, asking return to him
on account of certain tax sale certifi-
Gates, which are alleged to be either er-
foneous or double. the city assessor hav-
ing reported to this committee that the
facts therein contained are correct, we
recommend that certificate No. lilo for
the year 1880-91, certificate No. 19l for
the year 1S9S-90, certificate No. 443 for
the same year, certificate No. 1243 for
the year 1888, that certificate No. TAB
for the year 1SS7-SS. and certificate No.
746 fo- the year 1SS7-68 be marked can
celled and redeemed of record, and that
upon the presentation Of proper demands
the following sums be returned to the
petitioner, to-wit: Certificate No. lilo,
tax fund of 1890-91, $1.01 certificate No.
191, tax fund of 1sS9-9O, s5.63; certif-
cate No. 443, tax fund of 18S9-90, So. SO I;
certificate No. 1243, tax fund of 1887 -SS,
1884; certificate No. 743, tax fund OF
1667-88, $2.S2; certificate No. 746, tax
fund OF 189S-88. $282.