El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-05

mentioned in paragraph one of this
department. CO-Finally, we respect
fully recommend that the ordinances
regarding the recorders court, the
police department ard otfenSes should
be published and furnished in pamphlet
form to the members of the police dc
partment for constant guidance in the
performance of their duty. (S)-We
find the accounts and reports of the
chief of police correct.
The report is accompanied by quoted
entries from the old and often irrespOn-
siDle way of docket and registry en-
tries, showing how mistakes were
often made in that way, as assumptions
on the part of previous police officials
entirely unwarranted by law. Oae Of
these instances cited, caused Mr.. Cilf-
ford to ask why, under Chief OF dice
Fink, prisoners with money on their
person were released without paying
any fines after being fined by the re-
cOrder. Also as part of the report was
detailed historical statement of every
warrant issued by the city during the
past year. 10 this connection a recap
itulation of the treasurer's department
shows, balance, July !, 1896. S2S,-
959. 22!: amounts received. '91, $780,
800. 81; check No. 22l1 outstanding,
81. 90; total; Sl1S,932 l9!. EXpendi-
lures, S95, 431 80; cash in State Nation
al bank, S1S,S79 90; cash in treasurer's
safe, sos; cash from Ell Paso National
bank, S5,lOS.SO; balance, .00!: total,
$11S.932 l9t. In the assessor and col
lectOr's department, the boards report
makes the following apitulaJion:
roll collections. SO, 734.l1; sewer and
occupation, So. l56.l1: poll, S3S5.0O;
contingent, 81, 3S5 %; dog, $4,000: to-
tai, $50, 9OO.39. Advalnrem. So, 232 Is;
Smiths commission, So 399 90; scnool
fund, ST., 394.06; Smiths COM. S707. so;
Sewer and occupation, s., l56 l7:cOntin-
gent, 81. 229.S7; Smiths com $l36 76:
dog. 1921 .O2; Smiths com. sS.4S; poll,
S3T1 .29; Smiths COM, Sl,271; balance,
S27 SO: total, $50 900 80.
Under the schedule of amounts as
shown by the report of the chief of
police, beginning January |, 1896, to
January l, 1897, the following summa-
ries are taken: Fines collected, S496o. -
%: fines served, 1899 80; fines due. S23l.-
so: escaped, S2S0.50: remissions, 1887 90:
suspensions of judgment, $1,000; ap-
pealed county court, $1,000; released
and sent out of town. Sl1S so.
BY way of comparison, the report
details the following statistics, for
Chief Fink's admin stration: fines due
$131 90; fines collected, S34.O0; fines
collected and not reported, SI2, viz,
Bob Martin, So, George Bruce So, and
Blank 81 Fines due under Chief Hiile-
brand, $4,000: fines collected, $500:
fines served, $500.
The council received and filed the
report and decided to meet in adjourn
ed session to consider in detail the
report of the examining board.
Mr.. Stewart for the finance commit
tee submitted the following which was
adopted:
your committee to whom was re-
ferred the petition of the several tax
payers pray ing that the amounts that
they and all others h I'VE heretofore
paid the city on the Ell Paso water
bonds interest and sinking fund, be
refunded to them by beng allowed on
their present taxes due the city, so
that each taxpayer that has paid his or
her taxes heretofore assessed will re-
ceive the same back on the first taxes
due by them to the city.
"While we would be pleased to grant
the prayer of the petitioners, yet we
must be governed by the opinion and
advice of our legal advisor. Oar city
attorney, Judge Townsend, gives as
his opinion that the city cannot do as
requested in the petition; and our
special attorney Mr.. Patterson, who
has charge of the delinquent tax suits,
is of the same opinion the city at
torpey, aud goes further and says it is
not practicable FIR the council to at
tempt to do anything in the matter
until decision Is obtained from the
higher courts, as the water bonds tax
is the priuci pal question to be decided
by the upper courts. Therefore,
whatever opi0ion your committee may
have. either for or against the aIvis4-
bility of the prayer of the petitioners,
we are compelled to report and recon-
mend that the petition be denied until
the delinquent tax question is fully
decided, and the matter, if done at
all, dOne legally"
| agree TO so much of the above re-
port sadvises against allowing per-
have heretofore paid taxes
for water bonds to deduct the amount
paid from this years taxes.
w. NJ. COLDWELL.
Mr.. Stewart reported that trees for
the two plazas has been shipped.
A petition from a number of citizens
asking that the acequla be repaired so
they could get water for their yards
and gardens, was referred to the ace
quia committee.
Toe clerk opened two bids for print
ing the codified ordinances as follows:
Hull'S Ell PdsO Steam Printing cOmpa-
ny bid as follows: 800 copies of 200
pages. paper bouud, S24l: 1000 copies of
200 pages, 1924; 500 copies in cloth,
1888; 1000 copies ditto, S364 The
Times publishing company bid, 100
copies in paper. $500; 500 copies, Si45;
1000 copies, 500. The matter was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
Mr.. Stewart then introduced reso-
lutiUn correcting clerical errors in the
minutes of the city council likely 10
injure the public sch Dol levy, as the
errors were at Variance with the facts.
After the suIta bic number OF where
asses. the resolution read.:
IN ow, therefore, it is resolved by
the city council of the ely of Ell Paso
that said record of date April 1, 1888,
a. the same appears upon said page
2i0 of said book G be and the same is