Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-09-17
RESPECTING CITY AFFAIRS.
PrOtracted and More or Less Fruitful
Session of the City Council
Last Night.
WATCH DOGS OF THE CITY TREASURY
Finance Committee Calls Attention to
Violations of City Ordinances-Com-
mittee Appointed to Cooperate
with Board Of Trade in Mat
ter of Entertaining lrri-
CATION Congress.

The city council met III regular session
last night. In the absence of the mayor,
President Pedro Delgado called the meet
ing to order. Councilmen Andrews, Gar
cha, Holmes, Harroun, Dominguez,
McCabe and Sena responded to roll call.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Marshal Gold reported that during the
first half of September he had collected
Us in fines, paid out for jail expenses
Sl.25 and paid over to the city treasurer
1915.
The marshal, in the capacity of ex-
! officio street commissioner, also present
ed written reports of his transactions in
the several wards as follows:
LIST Ward-Voters registered, 349; num-
Der who worked, 2l7; road taxes collected,
in cash, $40; paid out for lumber, $5.
I'd Ward-Voters registered, 351; mum
Der who worked, 1856; road taxes collected
in cash, $l3 pai6 out for lumber, 81 20.
Sd Ward-Voters registered, 2Ss; num-
Der who worked, los; poll taxes paid in
cash, $3.50; paid for lumber, $40.
Cash balances on hand: LIST ward, Sc;
I'd ward, $11.S0; Sd ward, $34 40; total,
$500.
The reports were referred to the appro-
pirate committees.
The finance committee made an elab-
crate written report respecting all mat
tiers pending before it, which was acted
upon by sections.
The reports of the city clerk and city
treasurer were approved as per recon-
mendation of the committee.
The reports of the city marshal from
July to August 10, 1895, were returned
disapproved for the reason that they were
not accompanied by proper vouchers for
moneys paid out. After some discussion,
however, and explanations by the mar
shal, the council approved the reports
with the understanding that hereafter the
marshal would take receipts for all mon
eys paid out.
Respecting certain balances on account
OF bicycle and other road taxes collected,
retained in the hands of the marshal the
committee called attention to the ordi-
nance requiring that all balances in the
hands of any city officer should be turned
over to the city treasurer before 3 O'Clock
each day, violations of the ordinance lay
ing the offending official liable to remov-
al by the council.
The marshal explained that he had
been instructed by the council to retain
the balance of 1924 collected on account
OF bicycle taxes to pay Mrs. Rita Goosch
for small piece of land and he supposed
that her deed for the same would be ac-
cepted as a sufficient voucher for the
money. As to the other balances retained
he had asked the council what disposition
to make of them, and, receiving no in
structions to the contrary, had kept them
temporarily on hand 30 as to have cash
to pay for lumber.
Messrs. Garcia and Andrews, of the f.
nancial committee, both strongly insisted
that the marshal had no right to disobey
n city ordinance, nor had the city council
any right to authorize him to do SO.
The part OF the marshal's report relat-
ing to the 1924 retained and paid to Mrs.
Goosch was finally approved.
Action on that part of the committee's
report, calling attention to the ordinance
on the subject of other balances in the
marshal's hands, was postponed until the
next meeting.
Touching the accounts of Sheriff Gun
ningham for feeding prisoners, amount
ing to $260.50, the committee reported
that Mr.. Cunningham was willing to take
30 per cent in cash, and recommended
that the sum of $1232O in the fire de-
partment fund and the sum of $l7.48 in
The city engineer fund, amounting to
bl45.6s, be used to pay in part Mr.. Gun
lingham's bill above stated, $26O.5O at
80 per cent, making $20s.4O. This recon-
nendation was approved by the council.
The following bills, reported back by
The finance committee, were approved:
Water e. Improvement company,
b1G660; Santa Fe Gas q Electric COM
oany, $163.26; New Mexico Printing COM
oamy, $51.55; s. s. Beatty, $3.50; James
Edwards, $40.
After discussion as to the authority of
he marshal to employ road overseers
he council finally agreed to pay the ac-
counts of Pablo Sandova and Jose Mar
inez y Padilla for such services at the
ate of 81 per day out of the contingent
und, which ia equivalent to about ST. Der
lay in cash.
The city clerk and the city treasurer
7ere granted interest on their salary
variants from September l, 1896.
The recommendation of the committee
hat the special police be paid out of the I
ocular salary fund was adopted. I
The claim of Santiago G. de Baca for
20, on account of alleged damages to
is property, was referred to a special
ommittee consisting of Messrs. A ndrews,
larroun, Holmes, Dominguez and Sena, l
nth instructions to report at the next I
netting. ,
The committee on health reported no =.
ust cause Tor the complaints of Messrs.
'. j. Helm and l.. G. Read. Placed on file. {
The committee on surveys and lighting !
ecommended that the light at the corner ,
I the Gildersleeve residence be changed :.
'om its present location to the pole east !
said light on the north side of Palace e
venue and Delgado street. The com nit u
30 also recommended that the city clerk
9 instructed to notify the Electric Light '
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