The record-union., 1896-03-24
SACRAMENTO THE WINNER.
James TOuhey Captures the Capitol Park
Street Contracts.
Ordinance introduced to Compel Street
Car Companies to Put on Tenders
-Maley Reinstated.

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The City Board of Trustees held its
weekly session last night, Trustees
Leonard, Wachhorst. Kent, Davis, Nc
Kay, Devine Tozer and Pennish being
present, and Leonard presiding.
w. NJ. Sims asked if the board had
considered the claims for damages from
surface fioodwater in the southern part
of the city.
Leonard said the matter had been re-
ferred to the Corporation Counsel, and
his opinion had been rendered. The
Clerk read the opinion, which was that
the claims could not be collected, and
that the matter of damages was one, at
the worst, that should be passed on by
a jury, as it would be a poor precedent
for the city to acknowledge itself liable,
to say nothing of allowing parties TO
fix the amount of their damages.
Devine said that, in accordance with
the opinion, the Finance Committee had
refused to audit the claims.
The following messages were re-
ceived from the Mayor:
DELINQUENT TAXES.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
During the month of June, 1890, your
honorable body entered into a contract
with NJ r. Beard to collect delinquent
taxes due the city.
Mr.. Beard has collected from 246 per-
sons quite a large amount of taxes,
covering a period of time extending
from 1879 to 1894, both inclusive.
These taxes still stand against the per-
sons on the delinquent assessment roll
iii the hands of the District Attorney,
and are cloud on the titles to the real
estate against which they stand. AS l
understand il, the District Attorney re-
fuses to mark these taxes paid unless
he is authorized to do SO by your board.
AS these taxes have been paid in good
faith, I would recommend that your
board pass a resolution authorizing the
District Attorney to make the proper
credits on the delinquent assessment
rolls of the payments of taxes which
have been collected by Mr.. Beard under
his said contract.
[ herewith transmit to your board a
list of the amounts of taxes which have
been paid, and the names of the persons
who paid them, together with a de-
scription of the property of each set
opposite their respective names. At
tached tc this list is a certificate of the
City Auditor to the fact that Mr.. Beard
has paid into the City Treasury one
half of the amount collected, to wit,
S2,020 81, the city's proportion of the
amount collected under your contract
with Mr. Beard Respectfully submit
ted, c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
POUND ORDINANCES.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
I herewith return to you, with my ap-
proval indorsed thereon Ordinance No.
-, entitled "An ordinance to amend
Section five 90 of Ordinance No. 17S,
entitled in relation to dogs, passed June
10. 1892; also Ordinance No. -, en-
titled AN ordinance to amend Section
/ of Ordinance No. $40, entitled An or
dinance providing for the payment of
salary to the Poundkeeper in addition
to the fee heretofore allowed, and in
creasing his duties and providing for
supervision over the performance of the
same approved April 8, 1894" Re
spectfully submitted,
C. H. HUBBARD, Mayor
MALEY'S SUSPENSION.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
On the 10Th day of March, 1896, NJ NJ
Drew, Chief of Police. suspended Off
Ger George w. Maley from the police
force, and has since preferred charges
against said officer, which are herewith
transmitted to your honorable body for
further action. Respectfully submit
ted, C. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
E. c. Hart addressed the board, ask
ing that the charges against Officer Ma
ley be investigated tonight, but as sew
eral members of the board could not be
present it was decided TO do so on
Thursday night.
James Finney, who started to build
the fence on the Y-street levee, and
whose bill was vetoed by Mayor Stein
nan, said he was told that the injunc-
don was appealed to the higher court,
but found it had never been done. He
had come to propose that the city
either buy the fence or allow him to
take it down.
On motion of Kent, the matter was
referred to the Mayor, to decide whether
the city would buy the fence or let Mr..
Finney take it down.
Tozer moved that. as there would be
only one or two witnesses to examine in
the Maley case, the action of the board
be rescinded and it be heard tonight.
The motion was carried.
The bill of F. NJ. McKeever, for $50
for repairing the gate in the sewer at
Seventeenth and S streets, was con-
sdered a little steep, and was referred
to the Superintendent of Streets. Kent
said that some one had broken the gate
several times in the last six months,
and has cost the city over 500 He
thought it would be well for the city
to offer $50 reward for the arrest and
conviction of the person who did the
damage.
Two Japanese presented another bill
for damages by f1oodwater for S1,5OO,
which was rejected.
The bills of several Cinnamon, before
presented for like damages, were also
rejected
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Tozer. for the Finance Committee, re-
pcrted on the bill of G. w. Herr for san
ftarv work, that the majority of the
committee recommended that the bill
be paid.
Devine. as the minority, said the case