The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-29
THE PUBLIC WILL BE HEARD
BE BOARD OF FINANCE IN REFER
ENCE TO ESTIlIATES.


Board Voted Last Night to Set Aside Two
Nights to Hear All Citizens Interested
City Notes to Amount of &500,O00 APP
proved-Iembers of Board of Education
Heard.
The bord of finance met behind closed
doors again last night, the only persons
admitted to the star chamber being
certain members of the board Of educa-
tion, from whom the members of the
board of finance desired to obtain intor-
nation concerning the district notes
given in anticipation of the tax and
made payable during the early part of
November. The amount of these notes
is about $150,0O0. The members of the
board of education present were Messrs.
Hooker and Financial Clerk Hewlett.
With these gentlemen the members of
the board of finance also discussed sec
tion III of the charter, the latter part
of which section states that the school
moneys shall be subject to the order of
the board of education under such rules
and regulations as the board Of finance
may from time to time establish.
The board of education at it's meeting
voted to recommend to the board of
finance that the city treasurer be in
structed to keep a separate account
with the school distric, and that the
committee on finance of the board Of
education draw orders on the city
treasurer for the payment of district
bills. This recommendation or sugges-
ton was presented last night but was
not adopted The board of education
now has on hand $11 900 and expects to
receive $57, 900 from the town soon af-
ter November l. The payroll of the
district amounts to about $31 900, and
the amount on hand, together with the
money to be received from the town,
will be amply sufficient to provide for
the payment of current expenses until
after the next meeting of the board is
held.
The board of finance after hearing the
memebrs of the board of education dis
cussed and approved notes for about
$500, 900 given by the city government in
anticipation of the taxes now being
collected These notes are all made
payable shortly after November l. 1t is
expected that nearly all the tax will
have been collected by November 15,
and that all the notes will be paid by
that time.
aN1 no q f1nf
separated from the entire tax because,
as it is claimed, the collector has not
had time to apportion the tax to the
town. city and district. 1t is claimed
that the provision of the new charter
which requires the collector to pay over
by 9 o'clock each day to the city treas
urer all the tax moneys which he has
received that day, delays the collector
in dividing up the tax since he does not
have time to divide the amount each
day. but pays it over in a lump sum
to the treasurer.
There will be in the near future two
meetings of the board of finance, which
will not be executive sessions and the
public will be permitted to enter the
chamber and watch the machinery OF
public business in operation. The board
voted last night to set aside two nights
on which to hear any citizens desirous
of being heard in reference to the esti-
mates for next year OF my or all the
departments. The time Of holding
these meetings is yet to be designated
mated.
1t was also voted to recommend to
the court of common council the trans
fer of $100 from the Edgewood avenue
bridge account in the department OF
public works to the general bridge fund
in the same department.
The estimates of the department OF
charities and correction were submit
ted to the board by City Clerk Lyon
but were not considered, their consid-
GRAFTON being deferred to future meet
| ing.
| The total amount of the estimates fol
| thirteen months for charities and cor
| rection is 500, 1892. The estimates il
sum totals are as follows: