The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-02
BOARD OF FINANCE.
Official Proceedings.)
Continued.

Board of Fire Commissioners requesting
that So, 800 be transferred from the ac-
count of Reconstruction of Fire Alarm
Telegraph to the account of Claims"
fiscal year 1S94-1S95.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
A communication was received from
the City Collector calling attention
to the list of delinquent pay sub
mftted this date, and requesting that he
be authorized to issue warrants, directed
to the proper officer, for the collection Of
such delinquent tax.
The same was ordered fled.
The following resolutions were also pre-
scented for concurrence and they were re-
ferred to the Committee on Concurrent
Resolutions:-
From the Board of Aldermen:
Assigning certain certificates Of sale
held by the city.
From the Ward Line Commissioners:
Ordering paid $500 each to Henry H.
Holmes, Otto Grouse, James F. Fielder,
John H. Westell and Charles W. Laws,
being for salaries as Ward Line Commits
toner's.
Also ordering paid the following claims:
$40 to James Palmer for rent of DON
in Weldon Building, from July Is to
September Is, 1894.
241.5o to e. E. Quaife for services as
surveyor.
50 to J. w. Harrison for one city map.
SIS to George E. Watson & Co. for Office
furniture.
S35 to Estelle B. Peck for services as
typewriter and copyist.
From the Board of Fire Commissioners:
Resolution ordering paid, by and with
the concurrence of the Boa of Finance,
the judgment Of James j. Duane (ss04. 49,,
recovered against the Mayor and Alder
men of Jersey City, for repairs to Fire
Department apparatus, which amount is
to be paid out of the $500 set aside for
use of Board of Fire Commissioners to
pay general claims" contracted prior
to April %, 1894.
A resolution was received from the
Board of Tax Commissioners request
ing thai certain transfers of balances Of
appropriations fiscal yea of 1S95-1S94 be
made.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT.
TEES.
!, The Committee on Finance reported
recommending that the official bonds of
the following named officials be received,
spread at large on the Bond Book and
ordered fled
W. W. Ruggles, Chief Engineer, in the
sum of $25, 600, with Henry Lembeck and
John Craven as sureties.
Charles A. Van Keuren, Surveyor in
the sum of $4,000, with Henry Lembeck
and John Craven as sureties.
The report was received and the recon-
m~endations therein contained were
adopted, and the bonds were each APP
proved by the votes of all the members
of the Board five (5)) in number, on the
call for the yeas and nays by the Presi-
dent.
The Committee on Concurrent Resolu-
tons reported recommending that the
following resolutions be concurred In
From, the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners
general Superintendent, etc., in the
November, 1894, 1881 as per pay roll.
Adopted December 10, 1894.
2. Awarding to Francis J.. Weiss the
contract for labor and materials in erec-
ton of an Electric Light Plant at High
Service Pumping Station, as per speci-
fcations for 81, 041. so.
Adopted December II, 1894.
8. Fixing the salary of Frederick Latou-
rette, Draughtsman, at SIPS per month,
appointed July 80, 1894. II
Adopted July 80, 1894. IL
A. Fixing the salary of John Jennings,
Carpenter, at 50 per day when engaged,
appointed October %, 1894.
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