The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-07

The lI.I ec .t,rtrrt . Dad M
bond of T. H. asr.r.. 81 fs
iinquent taxes, in fs al
with the Fidelity and Depus. r
of Maryland, MS surety, be approv. c
| filed. The Recommendation was adopted. :
The committee recommended the adopS
| ton of the following resolutions: Gre
solved, That the following accounts be
and are supplemented as follows from
the general fund of the city, and the
auditor is instructed to make entries on
his books accordingly; Health, $500;
water, $1,000; sewer repairs, $500;
schools, $500; commissions, 1000;
contingent, 500; bridges, $780," The
recommendation was adopted by q yore
of 16 to 2.
The committee called the attention OF
Council to the fact that the chief of police
has not been making settlement with the
auditor and treasurer in accordance with
the rules prescribed by law, viz: that he
shall make his settlements and pay all
moneys collected by him into the treasury
once week. The committee has ascer-
tanned that the chief of police has not
made settlement for four weeks The
committee recommended that the clerk
OF the Council notify the chief that he
must make his settlements weekly, as
provided by ordinance. The recommenda-
ton was adopted.
Ahc WIS unable TO make an
examination of the police justice's daily
statement of fines imposed and amounts
collected in the police court of this city,
owing to the fact that the police Justice
had failed to furnish the statement to
the committee, as he was instructed to 10
by Council. The committee deemed it
necessary to again complain to the Coun-
Gil of the manner in which the books are
kept in the office of the police Justice,
mi npfn
the checking system of the city and rem
ders it absolutely impossible for the
auditor to make n satisfactory check or
examination of the books of the police
justice, or the accounts of the ailor. At
n prior meeting of the Council the COM
mittee recommended that this question
OF the keeping of the books of the police
court be referred to the mayor to require
the books in the said departments to be
properly kept. The committee made an
examination of said books and found that
the police justice had failed to comply
with the instructions of the mayor, lie
such Instructions had been given. sThe I
committee had examined into the form
of books prescribed for said departments,
and found them admirably adapted FOR
the purposes. In connection with this
the committee offered the following reso-
lution
Resolved, That the mayor be in
structed to require the books in the office
of the police juctice to be kept in accord
nnce with the prescribed form Of said
books, and if not SO kept to enforce the
law rs prescribed by the city charter
The recommendation was not adopted,
but after hearing the explanation from
the city auditor and from the police jus.
tice, Mr.. Terry moved that the question
OF the proper manner of keeping the
books in the. police court be referred to
the auditor to confer with the police JUS
tice, and give the necessary information,
so that the books may be properly kept.
The street committee submitted their
report. The committee recommended
that the inlet from Eighth street s. W.,
to the top of the hill near Tenth street,
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