The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-21
BOARD OF FINANCE.

gam and EMessrs. Bailey, Kellers and
Absent-Mr. MidligeA.
Regular order Of business was taken
PETITIONS, ETC.
Petition of r. H. Spengernan for the
returEn Of 81 paid in error for water rents
Referred to the Committee on Salaries
and Claims.
Communication from vredenburgh &
Garretson.S calling the attention of the
Board to a petition presented July IL,
1887, for the ayme of a judgment OBJ
tanned against the city by Lewis H.
Referred to the Corporation Counsel.
Bond of Indemnity presented by Cor
MENUS Quadland in the sum of six $50
dollars, with a request that a duplicate
warrant be ordered drawn in favor of
William e. Keefe for overcharge of water
rents, warrant for three dollars having
been drawn and delivered by the city
July %. 1897, and said warrant having
Referred to the Corporation Counsel.
h following claims were presented,
received, and they were each referred
to their appropriate committees
Journal, s22s. is; Albert Datz. $50; Mackey's
A, B.. c Guide, S.; Postal Tel. Gable Co.,
$4.15, s.. so and $3.50; John A. Nugent, 81.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Communications from William P. Doug
lass, Corporation Attorney, returning pc
tition of Ami M. Coghill, advising
against granting prayer of petitioner.
concurrence of theR Board of Finance were
received from the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners and referred to the
or Concurrent Resolutions.
!. Ordering paid certain claims.
adopted August 8, 1879
z. Ordering paid the salaries of en-
ployes, laying and repairing water pipe,
Tor the month of INV 1897 ag NOR nav
rols amounting to 49, S0.25.
adopted August 9. 1879
=; AWarding to Henry Byrne the con-
street, from Jersey avenue to a point
about 100 feet west Of Monmouth street
gn ACCORDANCE with the provisions Of
Chapter III of the laws of 1885; esti-
mated cost, s7,6S0.10.
(Adopted August 9, 1879
REPORTS OF sTANDfNG COMMIT
The Committee on Concurrent Resolu-
lions reported recommending that the
following resolutions, adopted by the
ers, be concurred. in
1. Ordering paid the salaries of en-
pEloyees, laying and repairing water pipe,
adopted August 9, 1879
z. Awarding to Henry Byrne the con-
street, from Jersey avenue to a point
about 100 feet west of Monmouth street
TN accordance with the provisions of
mated cost, $3.50 10.
adopted August 8, 1879
3; Ordering paid the following claims:-
n 7. 4 =. j. Tel. Co., s14.45, slos.5o
$72.47 and $17.
August 8, 1877
Charles Both, $500: L. s. Hubbard. $3.50;
William J. Altherr. $20S: A. E. Nolan, SIS;
John A. VIII. s14.65, and ]. c. Democrat,
$500.
The report was received and the reso-
lutions We're each c%ohcurred in by the
following vote on the call for the ayes
and nays by the PRESIDENT
Ayes-President Brautigam and Messrs.
Bailey, Kellers and Simpson,.
Nays-None.
Absent-Mr. Midlige-1.
Mr.. Midlige here appeared and took his
seat.
The Committee on Printing, Stationery
and Supplies reported recommending the
adoption OF resolutions ordering the pay
ment of the following claimS:-
$3 to Edward 7. Morgan for typewriting
report of Committee on Concurrent Resp
SIS to Homer w. Hedge for printing
circulars relative to sale of 100000 gold
bonds, for distribution among bankers,
$3.50 to Edward H. Hoos, for incidentals
during July, 1887.
The report was received and the claims
were each ordered paid by the following
vote on the call for the ayes and nays
by the President
AyeS-President Brautigam and Messrs.
Bailey, Kellers, Midlige and Simpsons.
Nays-None.
Absent-None.
On motion of Mr.. Midlige the Board
then took a recess for fifteen Q5) minutes.
Upon the reassembling of the Board all
the members were present, five 90 in
number.
Unde a suspension of the rules the fol-
lowing communications were received
from His Honor the Mayor and the same,
together with the letters accompanying
it, were received and ordered filed.
Mayors Office,
Jersey City, N. J., Aug. 10, 1897.
Honorable Board of Finance
Gentlemen-I herewith send you the
opinion of the State Comptroller and the
Attorney General, on the matter of "the
equal taxation money.
Yours respectfully,
EDWARD HOGS,
Office of State Comptroller,
Trenton Aug. g., 1887.
Hon. Edward Hoos, Mayor, Jersey City,
Dear Sir-I am in receipt of yours of
the I'd inst, with INQUIRY as to my con-
struction of the act, entitled IAN act
to revise and amend an act for the tax
alton of railroad and canal property"
being Chapter So of the Laws of 1897.
My action under this law will be not to
pay municipalities any of the additional
moneys allotted to them by the Law of
and payable in the yea 1898, for the rea-
son that they will be assessed previous
to November 1, 1897, and the law only
applies to those assessed after that date.