The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-11
THE CONTINGENT FUND.
TOTAL BUT LITTLE OVER THREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Nearly All the Items are Fully Ex-
pIained-One Warrant for Five
Hundred Dollars for illegal Adj
vice" that is Not Understood.

mayors contingent fund and the man
ner in which warrants are drawn on
/ this fund for various purposes. The
idle talk by misinformed parties has
led to the idea that a very large sum
of money has been drawn and that
there is nothing to show to what it
has been applied.
An examination of the records ex-
plodes this pretty thoroughly. The to-
tai amount drawn is $3,164.65 and a
large proportion of this, as shown by
the vouchers, is properly chargable
TO other funds, as, for example, the
item of $500, drawn in favor of Will
lard Young, which should properly be
against the sewer department.
Nearly all of the vouchers are explicit,
but some items need explanation, as
for instance the item $500, drawn in
favor of the mayor himself. In this
case the only information is that it is
for legal advice To whom this was
paid by the mayor the auditors books
do not show It is probable, however,
that the chief executive himself keeps
a record, but that is hardly satisfac-
tory, even though the public is not
supposed to question any cash drawn
out of the mayors fund.
The following is the list of warrants
drawn up to March 1:
Warrants No. 1884, January 10
James Glendinping, contingent ex-
penses, $500.
No. 1885, January CIV. A. Mckay,
mayors clerk, expense of sending pau
per to Butte Mont, $2005.
No. 1886, January Thames Glen
dining, contingent expenses, $1,000.
No. 1872, January 2S-W. A. Mckay,
mayors clerk, to type writing three
copies of auditors annual report $3.50,
type writing sixteen copies of audi
tors financial statement for Decem-
Der, as per order of city council, jan
uary 7. 1896, $3.50.
No. 1878, January 29-J. w. White
head, jr., to one ton coal for Mrs. Cali
fout DILL attached), $5.25.
Total for January, 81, 433.SO.
No. 4S,079, February James Glen
dining, Foote & Everett incorpora-
tons, volumes, SIS; Dillons nun.
corporations, 2 volumes, S12; exchange,
15c., $27.15.
No. $1,000, February &c. E. Stanton,
Clerk" c. Ira Krebs, attorney, one
half of cost in case of John Groesbeck
VS.. Salt Lake City, $13.15.
No 1902, February 3-Parsons &
Derge, books and supplies ATTACHED
bilD, $685..
No. 1918, February 6-James Glen
DINING, contingent expenses, $3.50
No. 43,114, February Cd. J. Sharp,
one ton of coal each for Mrs. Bour-
geous and Mrs. Emberg. 1915.
No. 1924, February 10-Star Print
ing company, 1000 copies and reports,
$3.50; 200 gum labels, SIPS; $1S75.
No. 43, 125, February 1O-C. R. Mckay:
To amount for expenses east in look
ing up electric plants for committee on
improvements, 500.
No. 1927, February 14.-Union Pa
cific railway: To sending J. w. Cook,
a pauper. to Cheyenne, Wyo., $3.50.
No. 1926, February 15.-John James,
for three and one-haf days services as
clerk of police court, $1150.
No. 43,25S, February 15-Joln Smith:
To one days service as assistant to
chief janitor in moving furniture, etc,
on Sunday, January s. 1896, 50.
No. 1929, February 17.-George
Raleigh: To witnesses on behalf of the
city in the case of Oscar Peterson VS.
Salt Lake City, $40.
No. 4S,26O February 17-C. f. Emery:
To half of sending John G. Robinson
to San Francisco, 1929.
No. 43,261, February sc NJ. Dull:
To copying mayors annual message
twice fifty pages, three copies) and
other work in the mayors Office, $24.
No. 1925, February 1s-James Glen
DINING: To legal services paid q. d.
Hoge receipt attached), $147.S5.
No. 43,264-To book of street car tick
cts for Detective Sheets, S..
No. 1929, February 2O-Tribune Job
Printing company, 800 copies of
mayors message, $12.
No. 1922, February 20-James Glen
dining: Contingent expenses, $5S
No. 1926, February 26--James Glen
dining: To legal advice $500.
No. 49, 296. February 26-James Glen
dining: To two volumes ordinances
governing police and fire departments
city of Chicago (for mayors office $12 |
No. $1,000, February. 2S-Willard
Young, $500.
Attached to the above is the follow
ing explanatory receipt: Received the
above to be used in the purchase of |
lands near the gravity outlet sewer
farm for outlet to Jordan river
WILLARD YOUNG"