The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-02
BOARD OF FINANCE.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.

Special meeting OF the Board OF Finance
was held in its rooms'at the City Hall on
Wednesday. July %, 1894, at min thirty
o'clock A. NJ.
Present-President Jones. Messrs. Bailey,
Detwiller and Hardenbergh-4.
Absent-Mr. Simpson,.
The call for the meeting which was for the
purpose of receiving and acting upon the re-
port of the Committee of the Whole; fixing
the appropriations of the several Boards for
the coming fiscal year. and providing for the
payment of August, 1894, interest, was read
by the clerk.
The following resolution was presented by
Mr.. Hardenbergh, and the sarne was adopted
by the votes of all the members of the Board
present, four a. in number, on the call for
the yeas and nays:
Resolved, That warrants be ordered drawn
on the City Treasurer in favor of that officer
in payment of interest due August l, 1894,
as follows:
From General Account. ....... $40, $50 90
From Water Account. ....... ID, 625 90
The Board then took a recess until two
thirty o'clock P. NJ, on motion of Mr.. bet
willer.
Upon the r~eassembling of the Board the
following members were present.
President Jones, Messrs. Bailey, Detwiller
and Hardenbergh-4.
Absent-Mr. Simpson,,
The Committee of the Whole then pre-
scented the following report, and the same
was received and the recommendations
therein contained were adopted at fifteen
minutes after three O'Clock P. M, by the
following vote, on the call FOR the yeas and
nays by the President.
Yeas-President Jones, Messrs. Bailey,
Detwiller and HardenberghA
Nays-None.
Absent-Mr. Simpson-1.
Jersey City. July 81, 1894.
Honorable Board of Finance.
Gentlemen.-Your Committee of the
Whole to whom were referred the estimate
and recommendations of all the Boards of
Jersey City, including the appropriations
from this Board, respectfully report and
recommend that the amount proper and
necessary to be raised by tax during the
current year, for the fiscal year beginning
December /, 1894, and ending November
80, 1895, be fixed at 81. 737. SO7 .06 as the
appropriation and limit OF expenditure for
the purpose of the several Boards except
where by law it may be otherwise provided
the above amount, taking into consideration
the money to be paid 70 Jersey City by the
state for school purposes and the money TO
be paid to Sersey City under the act APP
! proved April 10. 1884, and one ninth ~
to be added as required by the act Of March
81. 1884, the committee recommends distri-
| buted among the several Boards in the fol-
lowing manner as the limit of expenditures
OF the said Board for the purpose and in the
manner mentioned. viz:
Board of Street and Water Commis-
| %sioners."
For payment of such contractor or con
| tractors as shall be awarded contracts for
cleaning the streets and removing the gar
| bage of Jersey City during the iscal year,
commencing December /, 1894, this appro-
priation is made for payments under such
contracts as shall be approved by the Mayor
| and Board of Finance and noportion thereof
shall be used or expended for any purpose
whatever nor shall anycharge be credited
against this item for work done or materials
furnished unless the same shall be done or
furnished in accordance with specifications
prepared by the Chief Engineer and approved
by the Mayor and Board of Finance, inclu-
ding salary of Inspector, provided that special
| street cleaning may be done by proper reso
luton of said Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners, approved by the Mayor
$40, 900. 90.
For cleaning sewers and receiving basins
the Board of Finance reserves the right at
any time to have the sewers and receiving
basins Of the city cleaned by contract or con
tracts to be approved by the Mayor and
Board Of Finance in which event no portion
of this appropriation shall be used or ex-
pended for any other purposes whatever nor