The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-21
PAYROLLS WARFARE
Board of Finances Resolution
Goes Into Effect Without
the Mayors Sigma
ture.

Public attention has been of late direct
ed to the fight over the payrolls Of the
water department and whether or not
they were to be coneurred in. by the
Board of Finance. Mayor Hcos, by his
action a few days g in sending back
the resolution to the Board of Street n
Water Commissioners. virtually sided
with the Finance Board All this time.
however, there has been before his Honor.
a resolution of the Board of Finance
bearing directly on the issue. 1t was sent
TO the Mayor 0 n July 8, and according to
law ten days We're allowed in which the
Mayor could take action. The ten days
were up today and as his Honor has
neither affirmed nor disapproved it It goes
into effect. The resolution Isl
Whereas, 1t has come to the knowledge.
of the Committee on Concurrent Resolu-
tons that the BOARD of Street n Water
Commissioners did at one OF their recent
meetings pass the following pay rolls
Water Registrar, etc. Cyater Depart
ment), for month of June, 1897, n extra
clerks in Water Department for month
of May, 1897, and that without submitting
the resolutions, ording paid said salaries
to the Board of Finance for its concur
renee, the resolutions referred were pre-
approval, that His Honor the Mayor. did
approve the resolutions, Notwithstanding
the fact that they were never presented
to the Board of Finance or concurred IN.
in consequence of which warrants for the
several amounts on said payrolls were
made out, signed by His Honor the May
Or City Clerk, City Treasurer. and City
Comptroller, n delivered 10 the parties
to whom they were drawn; and
Whereas, This committee believes that,
as all claims against the water account
require the concurrence of the Board of
Finance before they can be paid, and
that fact is recognized by the transmits
sion to this Board Of all such claims by
the Board of Street and Water Commits
~sioners. so also do the resolutions order
ing paid the salaries of the employees of
this city, which are c~hargeable to water
account, require the concurrence of the
Board of Finance;
and City Treasurer be and they are
hereby requested to withhold their sigma
lures from all warrants to pay salaries,
chargeable to water account, unless The
resolutions ordering such salaries paid
by the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners shall have first been concurred
in by the Board Of Finance. unless the
Corporation Counsel shall advise this
require the concurrence of the Board of
Finance; and the Corporation Counsel is
hereby requested to give his opinion in
writing on the right of concurrence by
this Board in the resolution above men
toned.
LII LIE last pdil "a iC iCoOaoeaSAA WAS
it says, unless the Corporation Counsel,
etc, )" it will be remembered that the
Corporation Counsel has already given a
long opinion on the matter and In it he
holds that the Board of Finance must
concur in claims to be paid out of he
water account
It is believed that the Comptroller and
City Treasurer who are requested to
withhold their signatures will honor the
Board of Finances wish in the matter
and will not sign any warrants unless
the Board of Finance concurs In the
claims.