The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-23
A CITY CLAIM REJECTED.
Bills for Transporting Children tt
Whittier School.
Owing to a Technically the State
Examiners Refer the Matter to
the Legislature.

If the municipal authorities are not
vigilant the city is liable to lose over $4,000
due from the State. The city paid out that
much money for the transportation of
children to the Whittier Reform School,
and there is now some question about its
payment to the city.
The Board of Supervisors recently re-
ceived the following note from the State
Board of Examiners at Sacramento, which
has been submitted to the Legislature:
We have received from the city and county
of San Francisco for expenses for conveying
children to Whittier State School, as follows:
For conveying 181 children Q21 under Sec
ton 116 and go under section 20) from Sep
TENDER 3, 1891, to January %, 1893, inclusive,
$3423 90; for conveying 25 children az under
section 16 and 8 under section 20), from Feb
ruary 26, 1898, to May %, 1898 inclusive,
$3.50 3D. for conveying ID children e under
section 16 and 8 under section 20) from July
Is, 1898, to November 8, 1898, inclusive,
Sab; total claimed, $4367 13.
We have rejected the amount charged for the
per diem of the persons who conveyed the
children (Such charges not being expenses and
there is no law authorizing the State to pay
county for any per diem) and have also re-
jected half of the expenses for conveying the
children that were committed under section
20, as the county should pay a half. The ball
ance, found to be correct from the data fur
nished, is $3470 al, and If the State is legally
liable therefor we recommend that an appro-
priation be made Tor said amount, and we here
by refer said claim to your honorable bodies
for such action as you may see fit to take in the
premises. One reason why We have not ap-
proved these claims is that serious question
has arisen before the Board of Examiners as to
whether the State is liable for said claims un-
der the provisions of section % of the act ap-
proved March %, 1898.
Total amount of claims .................. $4S67 13
he]ected"..... ."........................ $50 ~
Balance referred to your honorable
bodies. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S347O Al
Under this statement the city's claim
has been rejected with the exception of
S3470 A. and the payment of this is left to
the discretion of the Legislature, for the
State Examiners say eff the State is legally
liable we recommend an appropriation"
This will be dead loss to the city, if the
entire claim is rejected for the money has
all been paid out of the city treasury.
When the Industrial School of this city
was abolished the children were trans
ported to Whittier by the superintendent
of that institution. So much per diem was
charged and paid by the city, with the ex-
pectation that the State would refund the
money. If the Sheriff had transported the
children the law would easily apply, for it
provides that the State will pay one-half
Of the per diem for the transportation of
incorrigibles. 1t is only within the last
year that the Sheriff has transported chill
dren to Whittier, and all his bills have
been properly allowed by the State.
The members of the Board of Supervisors
are anxious that this money should be re-
turned to the city, and statement is being
prepared to be forwarded to Sacramento
showing the affidavits and vouchers of
those to whom the money was paid.
All these atfidavits are on file in the
Auditors office. A committee will prob
ably be appointed to proceed to Sacramento
to see that the case of the city is properly
presented, and that it will not lose its
on technical grounds, and the city should
not lose what is it's due. Formerly the
Whittier School cost the city about $4,000
month, but that cost has now been reduced
one-half. The city, however, owes the
Whittier School about $13, 900, which money
deficit created at the end of the fiscal years
1929