The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-09
BOARD OF
TOmcial Proeeedings

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nance was held in its rooms at the City
Hall on Wednesday, June 2, 1897, at eight
O'Clock p. M.
Present : President Brautigam and
son-5.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
The minutes of the following meetings,
regular, May 6, 1897; adjourned regular.
May 10, 1897; regular, May y, 1897, and
adjourned regular. May rs, 1887, were APP
proved as printed in manual form, on
'n0e0i - PET IN + ETC.
Petition of Fuller's Express Company
for the return of Sc for erroneous pay
ment of water rents for year 1897.
Referred to the Committee on Salaries
and Claims.
Communication from Albert Payne rela-
tive to dispensing with his services as
Marshal to the Second District Court by
Board that he is an honorably dis
charged Union soldier, and claiming that
said action of the Board was Illegal I'M
der the laws of this State.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bond of James Dugan as Constable in
the sum of $1,000, witt DAME Y. Lewis
and John Daily as sureties.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
CLAIMS.
The following. claims were presented
and received and they were. each referred
to their appropriate committee
J.. j. O'Hara, $129.20; Frank Meyer, $25;
W. W. 7Chilver. s26; Charles H. Dayton,
! SllI.0l, George b.. Fielder, Sll.6O.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor the Mayor
Jersey City, N. j., May 26, 1897.
Hon. Board of Finance.
Gentlemen-I desire to INFORM your hon
orable Board that l have this day appoint
ed Mr.. Willard c.. Fisk Assistant City or
Corporation Attorney of Jersey City, n.
J., for the term of two years, from the
fourth Tuesday in May, A. D., eighteen
hundred and n~inety-seven, in accordance
with the provision of an act entitled "An
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les of the first class in this State, to pro-
vide for the appointment and duties of the
officers therein, and for their compensa-
ton and term of Office passed May IS,
1894; and have fixed his salary at the sum
of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, pay
able monthly.
Very respectfully yours,
EDWARD HOGS,
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
From His Honor the Mayor
Jersey City, N. j., June 2, 1897.
To the Honorable the Board of Finance
Gentlemen-After a careful personal in
v~estigation both by myself and by com
petent real estate owners, citizens and
taxpayers who understand the value of
real estate and whose integrity and hon
| eSty cannot be questioned, and who have
the welfare of the city at heart, | have
| approved the resolution concerning the
new school sites and which were passed
by your honorable Board on May 10, 1897.
The location of the sites is excellent and
I believe will relieve the aecessitySSfor
Fschools..whirhsat,pnese eSfssltts these sec
b~tfonsstAs for;the price it is a difficult mat
| ter to get at the true value. The assessed
value of property in itself does not furn-
ish a fair criterion. Unimproved property
receives the same protection as improved
| property, and in many instances should
be assessed much higher than it Is both to
| compel improvement, to pay a fairer pro-
| portion of the taxes, to relieve the heavy
tax on improved property and to benefit
| the city at large. The fact too, that the
city needs not one but several lots and
that almost necessarily, more than one
owner is to be considered IN purchasing
these lots is also IN element which tends
to3affect the value l firmly believe that
the city is paying q fair price and no
more.
EDWARD HOos,
Mayor.
Ordered filed.
From the Clerk Of the Beard
Jersey City, N. j., June O., 1897.
Honorable Board of Finance
G~entlemen-I beg leave to inform your
honorable Board that the following con-
stables have failed to renew their bonds
as required by Section 8, Chapter 1876. Laws
of 1885,
William Herche, Third Ward.
Thomas a. McCabe, Fifth Ward.
Charles Bodden, Twelfth Ward.
Yours respectfully.
MARTIN FINCK,.
Received ana OfdereQ MED.
From the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners
The following resolutions requiring the
concurrence Of the Board of Finance were
received from the Board of Street inc
Water Commissioners, and they were each
referred to the Committee on Concurrent
Resolutions
L. Resembling resolution adopted May 10,
1887, fixing certain salaries except so far
as 1t refers to the salary of assistant tap
per.
adopted May %. 1879