The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-09


Taxes, year 1S94--.-.....--.....s19 q
Taxes, year 1896. 10 q
Total ssS sc
and that the City Collector be notified.
By MIR. Bailey
Resolved, That the city Comptroller be
and he Is hereby directed to transfer to
General Claims account 1~S95-lS96, the
following unexpended balances Of appro-
priations OF the Board of Aldermen, ifs
cal year 1S95-1S96:-
Relief of out door poor........... 81, 733 "a
Gas and fuel for Fourth Regi-
District Court salaries, etc a.s Isl i i
Care Of horse of Building Inspec-
Elections 8 soS & &
Light and heat at city Han. Ill =
The Board then took a recess on motion
Upon The reassemblIng Of the Board
at 9:5 P M. of this date the same mem
bers were present as at roll call, five 90
Mr.. Simpson moved that when this
BOARD adjourns it be to meet on Tuesday.
December %, 1896, at eight o'clock F. NJ.
The Board then adjourned on motion
of Mr.. Simpson.
MARTIN FINcK.
Clerk.
! Adjourned meeting OF the Board of Fin
anoe was held in its rooms at the City
1 Hal, on Tuesday, Defender %, 1896, at
| eight O'Clock P. M.
Present - President Brautigam and
Simpson,.
Absent-None.
The regular order of business was then
ftaken up.
PETITIONS, &C.
Petition of Meta Martens for the return
of s5:4 Inadvertently paid for the taxes
Referred to the Committee on Salaries
n Claims.
Communication from William Brinker-
hof, attorney for Carrot d. Van Reypen
and others, requesting aymen of judg-
ment recovered against The city for $647. 81.
Referred to the Corporation Counsel.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
: The following claims, we've presented,
! received and they were, each referred to
the Committee on Salaries. and Claims
Andrew j. Boyle, $38; William P. Doug
las, So: T. Herbert Potts, $1e5.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From the City Comptroller
Jersey City. Dec. 90, 1896.
Honorable Board of Finance
Gentlemen-Owing ito increase of bust
ness in this department / find it impossi-
Bile to properly conduct this office, espe-
| cially at this season of the year, with the
number of assistants at my command. /
| therefore have appointed Isaac Van
| Saun as temporary clerk for a period OF
three months, at a salary Of $50 per
month AS his time will be occupied with
business connected with the Martin
Act" his compensation is a proper charge
4 against that account.
l would ask hat you consent to said
appointment by resolution of your Board,
GEoRGE r. HoUGH,
City Comptroller.
Received and ordered filed on motion
| of Mr.. Detwiller.
! From the City Collector
Jersey City, Dec. %, 1896.
To Honorable Board of ~Einance:-
Conference.-The is to certify that
have received from the Board of Streets
and Water for collection IN my Office the
following assessment map
Improvement of Orchard street, from
Crawford 70 Montgomery street, amount
s. H. SMITH,
City Collector.
Received and ordered filed, on motion
of Mr.. Simpson.
From the Board CT Aldermen
Resolution adopted December %, 1926
.Bruen, Lots part "a and IS, Block 81, CLEAR
avenue, sale No. 2,87S."
Referred to the Committee on Concur
1 rent Resolutions.
The following resolutions were received
| from the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners, and they were each referred
to the Committee on Concurrent Resolu-
i. Ordering paid certain claims.
(Adopted December %. 1867
2. Ordering paid certain claims Charge
able to account Cleaning Streets fiscal
year, 1896-lS97).
adopted December 2S, 1882
The following resolution was also re-
ceived from the same Board and referred
to the Committee on Finance
8. Requesting Board of Finance to make
certain transfers of BALANCES of appropria-
lions Fiscal year, 1S95-lS961.
adopted December Is. 1867
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT
TEES.
The Committee on Concurrent Resolu-
| tons reported recommending that the fol.
| lowing resolution adopted by the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners. De.
cember %. 1896. be concuired iD:-
Ordering paid the following claims:-
n: r. Worthington, $3.50; John E. Nc
Arthur, S90.75; Pennsylvania r.. r.. Co.
1926; United Gas Improvement Co. sl0.65
Woodstock Co.. s2I: Jersey. City Herald
ST.; Jersey City News, S23sd5; Evening
Journal Association. s2S.A5; w. II. Rees
$f3.50.
The report was received and the reso-
lutions were each coTcurrel in by the fol
Z lowing vote. on the can fer the ayes and