The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-15
Is DRAWING TO A CLOSE
WORK OF CHARTER COMMISSION
NEARS COMPLETION
The Chapter Relating to City FL
nnnces Finally Acted Upon Last
Night, and All hut One Section
Adopted "A City Purchasing
Committee Provided For.

The work of the charter commission
Is nearly completed.
Last night the remaining titles of
chapter s. which deals with the city S
finances, were adopted.
This leaves nothing more to be con-
sidered save the blanks in title ,, of
that chapter, regulating the public eX-
pcuditureS.
These blanks, when filed in, viii limit
the amounts Of money to be expended
by each department, and will fix the
salaries of the various officials, depu-
ties, clerks, etc.
The title will be considered at the
next meeting, which will lie held to-
morrow night.
Last evening the commA don first
took up title 3. which DEAN with the
public funded debt" Its thirteen sec
tons were adopted in short order.
Its new provisions are set forth in
sections 4 to Z The former specifies
in detail. out of what sources the sink
Ing fund shall be created. 1t does not
effect any material changes, but simply
furnishes authority fer certain actions.
not expressly authorized by the char
ter.
Section reads as follows:
Bonds of the city OF St. Paul, acquired for
the sinking fund, otherwise than with
moneys derived from the water department.
shall as fast as acquired, be Cancelled and
destroyed
Bonds of the city of St Paul. acquired
for the sinking fund with moneys derived
from the water department shall, if issued
fog the purchase, extension or improvement
of the water works, or in renewal of other
bonds previously issued fer any such pur-
pose. as fast as acquired be cancelled and
destroyed.
Al other bonds of the city of ST. Paul.
acquired for the sinking fund with moneys
derived from the water department, shall be
held for the benefit of the said department,
and of its securities; and the interest and
principal thereof shall re paid by the city
as promptly and as fully if such bonds
were held by any other purchaser.
Title 6, providing for the conference
committee, was adopted after brief
discussion. The only material change
consists in emitting the city treasurer
as a member Of the committee, for the
reason that his report is simply a du-
plication Of that of the comptroller.
The most important title adopted was
that creating a purchasing committee
whose duty ii shall he to purchase all
fuel materials, and supplies required
10y the city.
The committee is 10 consist of the
president of the board of public works.
the president of the water board, the
city engineer. the president of the
school board and the president of the
beard Of fire commissioners. The city
comptroller will be eX-officio secretary
of the committee. and the president Of
the board of public works eX-officio
chairman thereof.
w p Murray was emphatically OPP
posed to the plan.
Comptroller McCardy. when asked to
express his opinion, said that he be-
lieved the system would prove benefi-
cial so far as the purchase of fuel was
concerned. but. as to miscellaneous
supplies, he was confident the various
boards could and would exercise as
much economy as a purchasing COM
mittee
Col. Clough moved to adopt section
l of the title.
Mr.. Murray moved to amend by
striking out the entire title.
The amendment was lost by a vote
of 10 to /. Then all the sections. were
successfully adopted, except section IS,
which was referred back to be so
amended as to enable municipal de-
partments to make purchases in cases
OF emergency without making requisi-