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respectfully recommend that these several
amounts asked for be appropriated, except items
two and FIVE il the estimate for the board of
health, viz: 1.-TWO assistant, $780," owing to
the enactment of house Of delegates bill No. 43l,
recommend that this item BE- $50.
In reference to item No. 5, sewer inspector"
allow me 20 ask: With heath otiicer, assistant
health officer. plumbing inspector, sanitary in
spec;or and q street and sewer commissioner
what in the world does the city need of sewer
inspector?
This Is. however, not altogether COM
plete. although it is in accordance with
the provisions of the governing ordinance.
because II does not include the charter
salaries.
The city treasurer has inaugurated a
new system of street grade assessment
books. Heretofore all rolls have been
copied into one large volume. and this i'm
provement, instituted by his predecessor.
W. L. Ames, has proved exceedingly con-
venient ana valuable. Mr.. krug has now
divided assessments into two parts. Streets
graded under the Immediate payment
plan will be recorded in one volume and
those graded under the bond system will
be IN separate volume. As the latter ac-
counts will extend over ten years for each
street some such modification became
very necessary. The work on the assess
ment rolls has been greatly increased. and
additional clerical help has become i'm
perative.
The city taxes do not come in as fast as
was expected, and unless property own
ers bestr themselves there will be most
inconvenent rush toward the end of the
period. All who can should pay promptly.
as delay tends to increase the expense.
There is a sufficient clerical force. pro-
vided the taxes are paid evenly through
out January aud February.
One of the most important events for
the city lately occurring is the decision OF
the supreme court in the case of the city
against Doran, which essentially modifes
the celebrated and much criticised decis-
ion in the Wilson case. That decision has
suspended all litigation on the old
grades placed in the hands of w. s.
Reife and ". II. Moore for fore
closure, but now the cases
will be prosecuted vigorously and
the city will be enabled to recover very
considerable share Of those delinquent ss-
sessments. Many property owners were
encouraged to contest the city's claim on
account of the Wilson decision, but now
they will no longer be shielded by tech
HiChiity anu must DdSe their contention
upon substantial damage or injustice. In
no year has there been so large an amount
of delinquent assessments paid as during
1892. and the result is very gratifying
With the election of S. S. Carlisle to the
house of delegates that body can now
boast of two lawyers, the other being
Thomas +. Drew. The aldermen have no
lawyer amongst them. The probability is
ha+ "
is druggist. and it is appropriate that
one of that business should be represented
in council which has four doc
tors, DIR. J. P. Sweeney, DR.. J.
s. kloeber. DR.. J. Eugene Jor-
dan and DR.. Crichton. Aldermen
Miller and Ingram and Delegate Callgan
are teamsters, Alderman Brewer is cap
italist, Alderman Cram is independent.
Alderman Carrie is an engineer and Alder.
man Daulton is carpet merchant. Dele
gate Lyon is independent, NJ. J. Cook is a
real estate dealer, W. 5. Brace IS superin-
tendent of the Western mills. and G. K.
Coryel is of the printing firm of Ingra-
ham & Coryell.
The tigation of Chief Hunts elipi.
bility will not come up until the regular
meeting of the ire commissioners. An
injustice has been done Corporation
Counsel Donworth in the matter.
He passed upon the final naturaliza-
ton papers of Chief Hunt, hay-
ing no reason to 90 back OF the record. II
there is any irregularitv in the papers it is
not such As would come to his notice on
their face. The trouble in the department
would he settled by the appointment of
Jack Macdonald, but Commissioner MaseI
Is not III his favor, and he could only be
sure OF the votes OF Mayor Ronald and
Commissioner Foster, one short of a ma
jority.
SkMhNTs.