St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-06
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ACTION OF COMMITTEE.

The foregoing letter and the paw
rolls were considered yesterday aft-
ernoon by the assembly committee
on ways and means, Chairman Lewis
and Mr.. Arosin being the only mem-
berS present. After a brief discuss
sion the committee decided to ap-
prove so much of the pay rolls as
included the names of all city ems
ployes not affected by the resolu-
tion reducing salaries. In order to-
indicate the intention of the com<
mittee, the names of all the city offf<
Gals and clerks or other employee
included in the resolution reducing
salaries were stricken from the pay
rolls, together with the amounts
placed opposite their names. The
others were allowed to stand as they.
came from the comptroller, and the
pay rolls were approved as to them.
The number of officials whose SAL
aries the resolution purpOrtS to re-
duce is twenty-eight. Three of them,
however, did not appear in the pay
rolls before the committee. They
are Secretary Caulfield, of the water
board; Supt. Overton, of the water
works, and Supt. Fitzgerald, of the
Workhouse. 1t is understood that the
pay rolls of the water works Depart
ment and also of the workhouse
passed by the comptroller before the
1st of the month, and that the em-
ployes of these departments draw
their pay on the 1St and I'd day of
the month. The employees of the
water department drew their July
pay Aug. /, but it was learned that
the salaries of Secretary Caulfield
and Supt Overton were not included
in the sum which the city treasurer
was authorized to pay out to the
employees of the water department.
The remaining city officials and
employees whose salaries were to be
affected by the resolution, and whose
names were therefore stricken from
the pay rolls by the committee are
the city comptroller, city treasurer,
city attorney, city engineer, city
clerk, chief clerk, the first assistant
city attorney, chief Of police, four
captains Of police, assistant city en-
gineer, bridge engineer, office sur
veyor, street engineer, chief engineer.
of the fire department and the first
and second assistant chiefs, the mas
ter mechanic, the two judges of
the municipal court, clerk of the
municipal court, the health COM
missioner, building inspector and
last, but not least, the four men,
bers of the board of public works.
DOUBTFUL, BUT DETERMINED.
Chairman Lewis was doubtful wheth-
err the committee could strike the fore
going officials from the pay rolls, and
thereby alter the total amount mem
toned in each resolution, accompany
ing each pay roll, without destroying
the comptroller's audit of the entire
amounts called for in the resolutions.
This action was taken, however, as
being the only practicable manner Of
bringing the matter to the issue, which
is inevitable.
The pay rolls, as amended by the
committee, will go to the board OF
aldermen tonight. What disposition
the board of aldermen will make OF
them, it is difficult to predict. Inas-
much as they will not contain the
names of the officials whose salaries
it is intended to reduce, the board may
pass them. Ii case the city should do
likewise, then the pay rolls would. ac-
cording to the regular practice, be re-
turned to the comptroller, who, in
turn, sends duplicates to the city
clerks Office, where the warrants are