The record-union., 1896-10-20
THEY Will NOT MANDAMUS,
Trustees Decide Not to Employ Counsel
to Do So.
They Pass an Ordinance by Which
the Position of Detective
is Created.

The City Board of Trustees held its
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tees Leonard, Wachhorst, Kent, Davis,
mckay, Devine, Bentley, Tozer and
Pennish being present.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
Inc following messages from the
Mayor Were received:
10 the Honorab BILE Board of Trustees
0ectlon 6l of Art. v. of the charter
PROVIDES that the Board of Trustees
Snail take possession and have the cus1
lody and control of all maps, surveys,
Held notes, records, plans, specifications,
contracts, models, machines, tools, APP
Ellances, contract rights, privileges,
cooks, documents, papers, archives ana
property belonging to the city, kept by
OF in the possession of any officer.
The old charter provided that the
District Attorney of the County of Sac
ramento should collect all delinquent
taxes, whether State, county or munich
Isal. (See Chap. II, Acts supplemental
to the city charter, approved March %,
1861. In this chapter it is made the
duty of the officers of said Sacramento
city to deliver all delinquent tax lists
to the District Attorney, and this has
heretofore been done, but under the
new charter the City Collector attends
to the collection of delinquent city
taxes
The delinquent lists are now in the
possession of Frank D. Ryan, District
Attorney of this county, and / therefore
recommend that you cause the same to
be turned over to your board, as di-
Cd Nv ba ri ha ar.ta ppcrnctf1yllx- h
mitted. G. H. HUBBARD, Mayor
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
The case of Kendall against the city of
amount of money, which was decided
against the city by the Supreme Court
last May, and in which a rehearing was
granted, will be argued and resu bmit-
ted in November, and as you are aware
it must have the careful attention Of
competent counsel or the city will again
lose the case. L believe that upon a
proper presentation of this case on the
rehearing the city will be relieved from
paying from S150000 to $4,000 as
interest on past due bonds.
Judge S. S. Holl defended the city and
subsequently succeeded, after an a BILE
presentation of the case, in obtaining
oughly conversant with this subject, l
recommend that you secure his services
IN this case. 1 am convinced that he
and the Corporation Counsel can pre-
sent the case to the court in manner
that may, eventually, relieve US from
Iaying this vast sum of money Re
spectfully submitted.
G. H. HUBBARD, Mayor
quent tax list was approved.
Devine moved that the Mayor and
President be authorized 70 employ
Judge HOI to look after the suit.
Pennish was opposed to allowing
Judge Hol to set his own price. He
thought he should state what he con-
sidered his services were worth and let
the board decide what it would pay
linn. The member from the Sixth had
before voted to pay Judge Holl 5000
for defending a former suit, and the
city should be protected.
Devine denied that he had done any
such thing, and said the attorney was
engaged before he knew anything Of
the matter. He included an amend
ment 70 his motion that before engaging
counsel the Mayor and President RS
pert the amount of fee asked to the
board. The motion as amended was
carried
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Tozer for the Finance Committee re-
ported that about thirty feet of sue.
SiCn pipe was required to connect the
rev pump. He moved that the matter
be referred to the Mayor. He recon-
mended that the pipes be left exposed
until after the end of the year The
motion was carried.
G. T. Jones addressed the board in re-
lation to the claims Of NJ. B. Horne
for four months salary as Assistant
Engineer at the Water Works. Mr..
Horne had been employed to do some
work there. and after Engineer
Coffey died it was necessary for some
one to take his place Immediately and
Horne was appointed to do 50. The
board had since passed a resolution
that no one who had failed Of confirma- :
tion should afterwards be employed in
the position. The position has never
been filled by the Mayors appointment,
and II had been necessary that some one
should do the work, and Horne being
there had done 50.
Mckay moved that the bill be paid
The motion was carried. Devine, Kent
Davis and Leonard voting ~.
Devine for the Street Committee said
In regard to the alley between y and
., Fifth and Sixth, that he thought the
majority Of the property owners wished
to have the work put off till next
spring.
The Clerk read a request from several
property owners asking that the inn
provement be postponed until spring
and Davis read some letters on tat
same subject
Devine moved that the improvement
be postponed.
Bentley said the alley was called ur
q year ago and postponed, and now 9
lot of non resident owners wish it dont
again. However, If those who wished
1T would not come before the board, il
was no affair of his.
Tozer said the alley had been hangine
fire for nearly two years, and the alley
needed to be improved. The people ask
ing for il had waited a long time, and
the work should be done, or 1t WI
be POSTPONED for year or two more
Devine said he did not sign the form
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