Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-03
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
The Proceeds From the sale of waite
Bonds Almost Exhausted.

The Proceeds From the Sale of Water
Bonds Almost Exhausted.
The board of finance met last night and
approved of bills amounting to SO, 900. Is.
OF this amount s51 Hills was on account
of the new water supply. DIR Robbins
bill of $3.50, which has occasioned so
much discussion. was among the big batch
of bills approved. A bill from the
Southern New England Telephone Co
brought out considerable discussion. Some
time ago it was decided that the central
should ask the name of the caller, which re-
suited in the use of the city clerks name
on different occasions when that official
was some place else at that time. The
city has to pay the bills no matter who
sends the message. An effort will be made
to have the state pay for the court tele-
phone. If this cannot be done the tele-
phone will be removed to the office of the
street inspector.
The city attorney was to have been
present, but was unavoidably detained
and sent in the following draft of an ordi
nance for recommendation to the court of
common council. This was done in ac-
cordance with a vote passed at the pre-
vious meeting of the committee. The
draft was accepted and recommended to
the council:
Be it Ordained by the Court of Common
Council of the City of Waterbury:
Section 1: Whenever. in the opinion of
the board of finance of said city, it shall
become necessary to borrow money to pay
any Indebtedness contracted and properly
approved by the committee on additional
water supply for said city, under au thority
of an act of the legislature of this state
approved April 25. 1898. and any votes of
said court of common conucil which have
been or shall hereafter be passed relating
thereto, said board of finance may provide
for the MANNER and terms and effecting
such loans for such purposes and no other;
provided, that the total amount thereof
shall not exceed the sum of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
Section 2. Such loans so effected, or
such part thereof as said court of common
council may direct, shall be paid from the
receipts of the sale of any bonds which the
IS id city of Waterbury has been authorized
or shall hereafter be authorized to issue
for the purpose of obtaining an increased
water supply for the use of said city.
Section 3. Section 3, on page 1923 of the
charter and ordinances of the city of Water
bury, is hereby repealed so far as the same
is inconsistent herewith, but for no other
purpose than that above stated.
The mayor stated that after the July bills
| were paid there would remain about 500,
| 500 of the proceeds of the sale of bonds.
In about two months the city will have to
borrow money to continue the work. The
mayor recommended that the ordinance
sent in by the city attorney be accompanied
to the council with general statement of
the facts in the case. the amounts ex-
pended and for what purpose. The mayor
will prepare this statement and present il
to the finance committee next Monday
night at a session to be held previous to
the council meeting.
| City Treasurer G. F. Bannon's report fol
July showed receipts to the amount s25,.
S66.S0. Balance in bank August /, 1894
1929, 54617.
City Clerk Grady presented report oil
the different city officials bondsmen,
which was approved.
The matter of the collection of bacl
taxes on the rate bills of lSSS-9-90 and 81
was referred to the council asking for au
thority to give credit to tax collectors fol
errors in rate bills and taxes which in tn,
opinion of the meeting are not collect
able.
The city clerk was instructed to notify
City Attorney Burpee and the collectors or
lists OF 1SSS-S9 and 81, regular and
| special, to meet the board on Angus
% at o'clock in the evening.
Clerk Grady read an opinion of Cit,
| Attorney Burpee relative to bill sent il
| by the town clerk for recording city tal
liens. He recommends that the bill of tn
town clerk for recording such liens b,
paid. The opinion refers to the section o
the statutes which provides that the fees o
| the town clerk for recording tax liens shall
be twenty-five cents in addition to which
sum there shall be allowed in favor of tn
municipalities filing such liens the sum o
fifty cents. making total of sevcnty-fiv
cents, which shall be collected in addition
to the tax SO secured. The opinion wa
ordered on file.