The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-01


The city fathers held an adjourned
meeting last night at $3.50 o'clock with
President Buckner in tho chair Those
present were Messrs. Boehm, Clinoen.
peel, Crabill, Davies, Dlckerson, Dug
gan, Graves, Groves. Hough. Loughery,
MoClelland, Moomaw and Terry.
Mr.. McClelland, chairman of the
finance committee, reported that the
bond of G. G. Payne, commissioners OF
revenue, with c. Ii. Vines and II. w.
Miller as security, was acceptable, and
the report WAS received.
The offer Of tho Southern Bell Tele-
phone Company to give the city the use
OF their line from the mayors office to
the city almshouse was accepted, and
the city solicitor was instructed to
draw up contract accordingly.
The reports OF the treasurer. auditor,
chief OF the fire department, sanitary
inspector, pound master, city physician,
Acting Coroner Pole and Coroner DR.. 81.
V. Gray, board Of health and the super
intendent Of schools ana the school
board were ordered to be received and
filed.
An invitation for the Council to at
tend the exercises to te held at Crystal
Spring Wednesday, July 4, under the
auspices of the Jr. o u, A. NJ, was
road and ordered to- be received, and
vote of thanks was extended to the
committee.
Council then adjourned to meet again
Monday night st which time % new
president will be cleo Led and tho new
membe from tho various wards will
be initiated.
Auditor Mobiles Report
The auditors second annual state
ment. giving in detail tho receipts aud
expenditures of the city Of Roanoke for
the fiscal year ending Juno so, 1891, is
given in Fart below:
The bonded indebted ness OF tho city
is as follows:
Corporation bonds. s Is 600
Drainage bonds ......... 1000
Pnoac building bonds. ....,. 10, 600
r. e s. subscription bonds. =. 200, 900
FIRE building bonds. ........... 5000
School and sewer bonds...... $4,000
i5rldge bonds. ................. 80, 900
sewer bonds. .-.............. 100000
street Improvement bonds. $50, 600
ncnool bonds. ................. Al, 0G0
Official map bonds. ...... $4,000
jail oonds. ................. $4,000
tlre apparatus bonds. ......... 2l,000
Total. Observation-Disclosures. SITS, 200
There are also $4,000 school bonds
remaining unsold, which are not in
Guided In the above ststement, making
the total amount Of issue, when all tho
bonds are sold, S3l2,000
ASSESSMENT OF TAXES.
The assessed vRluation o. real and
personal property in the city OF Roanoke
is lO,oS7,T4l, which shows AN increase
over last years valuation of S1lS+26
By the constitutional Limit city bonds
can be issued to the amount of 10 per
cent. on tho assessed valuation on city
property leaving margin fer the issue
of bonds, S2S6,774 10.
The amount collected by tho police
justice and deposited with the CITY
treasurer from July / 1893 to June 30
1894, aggregates S3,0l0.3O,
The revenue derived from the city
market for the year ending June 30,
1894, amounts TO 81, 36S %, decrease of
S332 70 from last year.
The inventory of the alnlshouse per.
sonai property amounts to S9iO,25.
au OF the opinion that Council could
make decided Improvement in rcla..
ton to the conduct Of the almshouse by
passing suitable resolutions prescribing
tho duties of tho overscers Of the poor.
L would suggest the ovcrseerS be re-
quired 10 meet once S month sc the
almsbousv pass all bills aud approve
same before they are presented TO the
auditor, keep record OF their proceed
ings, submit tho same TO Council
monthly and that they be allowed SO for
said NEE ting for each member present.
With the close OF the present admin
istr"ton have served my second year
as auditor, and wish TO oaank you for
the many courtesies shown me and to
testify to the able and conscientious
manner in which your commitsee have
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