The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-05
ROARD OF FINANCE.
lOmcial Proceedings.J

Regular melting of the Board of Finance
was held in its rooms at the CITY Hail. on
I Wednesday, February 2, 1898, at eight
O'Clock p. M.
| Present-President Brautigam and
| Messrs. Bailey, Midlige and Simpson,.
Absent-Mr. KellersI
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
The minutes of the regular meeting, jan
| uary 10 and the adjourned regular meet
ing. January 26, 1898, were approved as
| printed in manual form on motion OF Mr..
PETITIONS, ETC.
The following petitions were presented
and received and they We're each reIeTrea
to the Committee on Salaries and Claims:
Petition of David B.. Day, for cancella-
ton of assessment for personal taxes,
1869. -
| lation of assessment for personal taxes,
| years 1885 SO, and 1861, at No. 2o Thlfd
street.
received and they were each referred to
their appropriate committees-
| se6: Frank Meyer. $a5; 7. Y. Brown. SAP;
| M. "A. Lennon, S1l40; George B. Fielder,
| $3.50; Edgar A. vreeland, sl61.s2; Corbin
. OFF oPFfcGAL CONCENTRATIONS.
From the Board of Tax Commission
Requesting that the City Collector can
| eel the assessment for taxes on lot ~
DlOCh1 o1Ds 0AN ~ 1888
| year 1867. ~ e,o.
and Claims.
concurrence of the Board of Finance,
were received from the Board OF Streei
| and Water Commissioners, and disposed
of as follows
/. Requesting Board of Finance to set
| aside $40, 600 for the purpose of liquldating
claims for advertising, on account OF
Chapters III and 2Sa, Laws OF lsso, fne ~
| amount heretofore allowed said Board for
| such purposes having been exhausted.
| (Adopted January 81. 1871
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
9 Directing the Water Registrar to can
| eel of record water rents on property sit
nate on block. S07. lot IT. Leonard street,
assessed to P. Pingeon for year 1857
s5.7o--no water having b 1ssg used.
3. Ordering paid certain claims.
(Adopted January II, 1881
Referred to the Committee on Concur
REPfoRTs OF STANDING COMMIT
TEES.
The Committee on Finance. to whom
was referred the resolution adopted py
| opening and extending. etc, of a street to
be called Baldwin avenue, ana oraesins
| tanned, reported recommending tnat the
said resolution be referred TO the Gorpor-
alton Counsel and CITY Comptrolier;
4 lie 1CSOlutiOAA 90
| mended. -
The Committee on Concurrent Resolu-
lions reported recommending that the Iole
| lowing resolution adopted by the Board OF
| Street and Water Commissioners be con-
/. Directingsthe Water Registrar to can
| eel of record water rents on property stu
| ate in Block S07, lot II, Leonard street, as
| sessed to p. Pingeon. for $50, for year
i 1897. no water having been used,
The report was received and the reSoiu-
ton was concurred in by the following
| vote on the call for the ayes and nays by
| the President
| Bailey, Midlige and simpson,
Absent-Mr. KellersI.
The Committee on Salaries and Claims
to whom was presented by Mary j..
| Tuite. tax bill for year 1892, requesting, that
| certain interest be deducted from said bill,
reported recommending that the Clerk OF
this Board communicate with the said
! Mary j. Tuite, informing her that this
Board has no power in the matter;
Report was received and adopted.
THE Committee on Salaries and Claims
| further reported recommending the adop-
| ton of resolutions ordering paid the fol-
$50 to M. *. Lennon, for typewriting
! for Corporation Attorney.
s161s3 81 to Edgar A. Vreeland, for salary
due as City Marsha from May y 20
airy claimed at $1.500 per year and amount
| paid at $1,000 per year.
! 81 to the Jersey CITY News Tor printing
| cepies of brief, case Jansen VS.. Jersey
| city and Richard English.
SIC. 20 to the N. ". n NJ j. Tel. Co. for
t~exchange service January. 1 to March 81,
+ 1895, and tolls September / to December
1S97. CITY srreasurer's Office.
s5.75 to the N. Y. and N. ]. Tel Co. for
| exchange service, January i to March 81,
| 1898. CITY Collectors office.
90 cents to the N. Y. and n. j. Tel. Co.
| for telephone service. September ! to De-
cember 1. 1897, Board of Finance.
Chargeable to claims account.
s2l.40 10 the N. Y. and N. j. Tel. Co.
| for exchange service at Office of N. J..
| Title Guarantee and Trust Co., January
70 March 81, 1898. and tolls for Septem-
Der / to December /, 1891, office City
| Comptroller.
! and $3.50 to account claims.)
$500 to George B. Fielder for register
| ing city deeds {~chargeable $3.50 to account
| Martin act and $6.54 TO account claims)-
s32.5 to George b. Fielder for recording
city deeds.
| s32 to T. Y. Brown. for verifying and
making diagrams of certain parcels of
! land bought. by the city at several tax
sl1-40 to NJ. A. Lennon, for drawing Pc
| titions in Martin Act cases for Corpora
ton Attorney. 49,.
S25 10 frank Meyer, for services as Mar
| shall to First District Court for month of
~Ichargeable to account fees, First Dis
10 Is Frank 3. Higgins. for fees as
/ Clerk. First Criminal Court for Decem-
J Der, 1897.