The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-06

JERSEY / T. NEWS. {
] turn Of s22.eo. for duplicate payments Of
water rents for year 1898.
Referred TO the Committee on Salaries
and Claims.
The following claims were received and
referred to their appropriate commit
tees
OF Howard c. Griffiths, $1,000; James
r.. Herbert Potts. Sill; John ". Queen,
$3.50; Albert Dafz. SIS and sl21. and n. Z.
& n. ). T~elephene Co., ssas. $50, S25.65,
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Corporation COUNSEL
To the Honorable, the Board Of Fl
nance
Gentlemen-In the matter of the iudg-
ment obtained by Mr., William w. Farrier,
fer $2.059. 16. for plumbing work in the new
City Hall. I recommend that the same be
paid. The city is clearly liable to Mr..
Farrier under his contract. and there is
not any ground for further LITIGATION in
the premises. You may lawfully issue
temporary loan bonds to pay said judg-
ment.
Respectfully,
ALLANtL. McDERMOTT.
Corporation Counsel.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
From the Corporation Counsel
July IS, 1898.
IL liz IIOl1JI Dlt IA IO1T0 4 EEtAl IN 80
/ have examined the communication of
the Hudson Telephone Company Com
pany, and adviseftllat your Board has not
power to grant the privileges therein ask
ed. The permission sought can be.
granted by the Board of Street
and Water COMMISSIONERS. the
Board Of Fire Commissioners and the
Board of observation-disclosures. You cam,
under your general power Of supervision
over whatever involves expenditure or
saving of city funds, refer the offer made
to those Boards. with such recommends.
ton as appears / roperito you.
ALLAN L. McDERMOTT.
Corporation Counsel.
Referred tossthef Special Committee on
Telephone Contracts.
From the Corporation Attorney
Jersey City. N. J.. July q. 1898.
To the Honorable Board of Finance.
Gentlemels-I beg leave to advise your
Honorable Board hat on the 18th day OF
July inst, an attachment was issued out
of the Hudson County Circuit Court, az
the suit of the First National Bank of
Jersey City against George u. Loft. The
writ is returnahle July 26 inst and was
served upon ths City Clerk July ID inst,
The affidavit upon which the writ was
issued is for ten thousand three hundred
and thirty dollars and sixty cents
($10, 1876. G0)- I ami informed that the money
which the plaiiltiff desires to recover
arises from a Martin Act sale, at which.
George W. Loft was the purchaser. The
property was afterwards redeemed by
Nat. E. Smith and four hundred and
twenty-six dollars and sever cents fS426-0D
paid to the city.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN w. QUEEN,
City Attorney.
Referred to<the Finance Committee.
Jersey city, N. J., July &c. 1898.
Honorable Board of Finance.
Gentlemen-I herewith inform you that
by virtue of the provisions of Chapter
~ ~ sc +la So n ~ an
act entitled IAN act concerning the gov
me of cities of this State,'' approved
April 6, A. D. 1889, I have appointed Mr..
Robeut Davis City Collector Of Jersey
years. to succeed Mr.. Simeon H. Smith.
whose term expires August 3, 1898.
ERwARD HOGS.
Received, and ordered filed.
From thesCity Clerk
Certificate Of the City Clerk as to quail
fication of Robert Davis. City Collector
ito take effect August 3, 1888.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Board eff Street and Water
Commissioners
The following resolutions, adopted July
20. 1898, and requiring the concurrence of
the Board of Finance.
l. Ordering paid certain claims.
2. Ordering paid to the East Jersey Wa
ter Company So, 1893. 40, for water furnish
~ otAtt ZIP ~ ~ DA1
and March 1898.
Referred to the Committee on Concur
rent resolutions.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT
TEES.
The Committee on Finance to whom
was referred this day the official bond of
Robert Davis. as City Collector, in the
sum of s15o,0OO, reported recommending
that the said bond be received and APP
| proved, and that The same be spread at
large upon the bond book and ordered
filed.
The report Of the committee was re-
ceived and the pond was approved by the
following vote, on the call for the yeas
and nays by the President
Messrs. Midlige, Ringle and Simpson,
Absent-Mr. Bailey.
The Committee On Concurrent Resolu-
tions reported recommending that the
following resolutions, adopted by the
Board of Street and Water Commission
ers. be c~oncurred in
J.. Ordering paid the claim of the East
Jersey Water Co.,, for water furnished
under contract during January, February
and March. 1898, amounting to s95, 1893. 40.
2. Ordering paid the following claims:-
July 20, 1885,
$3.50 to N. Y. Lubricating Oil Com
pany, claim No. 1893.
ess. :
500 to r. B. ingram, claim No. p.
$7.O to R. B. Ingram, claim No. %.
Soo.UU 10 Jdffl6S t. 0AQS I'LL, tidlil M.
4Se.
S. to Jas. P. Hall. claim No. 2S6.
s. to Jersey City Supply Co, claim No.
Ito.
sssss, % TO Jersey City supply Co., claim
No. LIB.
SIS to Jersey city Supply Co, claim No.
LIN.
No. 736.
sss.I2 to James F. Stewart Co.. claim
No. ESQ.
$3.50 to James Muldoon, claim No. All.
January q q; lSsS.-sss.4 to NJ. Karney,
March Is, lssS.-s25.5o to D. J. Smith.
claim No. 625.
The report was received and the reso-
lutions were each c~oncurred in by the
votes of all the members of the Board
present. four "a in number, on the call
for the yeas and nays by he<President.
The Committee on Salaries apd Claims
reported recommending the payment OF
the following claim
of James H. Clark. s2i.50. for taking
acknowledgements of City Clerk to Mar
tin Act deeds.
The report was received and the claim
was ordered paid. by the votes of all
the members Of the Board present, four
"a in number. on the call for the yeas
and nays by the President.
Is The same committee further reported
recommending the adoption of the follow
to- 80 az.