The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-19

ADJOURNED meeting OIL lQC BOdTu u L
nance was held in It's rooms at the CITY
Hall, Thursday, June 80, 1895, at four
REHABILITATION Heppenheimer and
Messrs. Bailey, Midlige, RiEgIe and Sfmp-
Absent-None.
Petition e The trustees o q The h Swedish sos !
questing cancellation of certain taxes
levied against the property Of said
church.
Referred to the Committee on Salaries
Communication Of soney ana Sage,
Newark. n. j., agreeing to furnish to this
Board one hundred bound copies Of Tie
codification of the Martin Act" as pre-
pared by Mr.. Howard G. Grifiths, for
the sum Of $50.
CLAIMS.
The following claims were presented.
received and referred to their appropriate
II. p. Hamilton, $l21; The N. j. Title
6 sa, Butler. $40 sleS, q: wyck@9ff, seaman s. 4 :
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Rayine Road Sewer Commits
SION
June "a. 1898.
Hon. Board Of Finance OF Jersey City
Gentlemen-I herewith submit to you,
as required by the statute, requisition for
ninth payment to Thomas C~avanagh, be-
Ing amount due and payable under the
final estimate of the Engineer, amounting
to eight thousand two hundred and thirty
dollars and twenty-five cents (ss, 23O-25).
Respectfully,
d ". HARRISON.
Pres. Ravine Road Sewer Commission.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
From the Board of Tax Commissioners,
Board of Aldermen and City Hall Com
mission
Submitting estimates Of appropriations
for 1888, also from the Board of Police
Commissioners and the Board of Street
ing estimates of appropriations for 1885
All referred to the Committee of the
Whole.
From the City Treasurer
Communication submitting q statement
showing amounts of moneys collected, as
interest on bank balances.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Corporation Counsel
Jersey City. n 70. 1898.
To the Honorable the Board Of Finance
Conference.-The petition Of Peter Still
well, Esq, attorney for Harris Rubine:
remove a lien upon certain property, as
sessed and sold for taxes. The proper
" was sold to the city in 1871, and NJ,
Stillwell insists that there was not then
any law authorizing the sale.
I cannot agree with this contention for
absence Oh power to sell in 1871, but if it
NStD AahNA.s TX fsCItAAt ~
held in laches in waiting over twenty-five
years in applying for relief.
/ therefore recommend that the petition
be not granted.
Respectfully,
ALLAN i. McDERMOTT,
Corporation Counsel.
Received and ordered filed.
The following were also received fro,a
the Corporation Counsel
Jersey City, June 20. 1895.
To The Honorable the Board of Finance,
Tarcaxr. Citxr X
Gentlenen-I have received the follow
Whereas, The Board of Education has
requested this Board to appropriate y
large sum of money for the purpose of
making necessary repairs to the various
school buildings in the city during the
coming ummer; and
Whereas. The money for such purposes
has heretofore been raised by the issue Of
temporary loan bonds; therefore
Resolved, That the Corporation Counsel
be and he is hereby requested to advise
his Board, in writing, at its next meet
ing (to be held June 20, 1899, as u
wherether or not this Board has legal au-
thority to issue temporary loan bonds for
such purpose.
The amount that can he expended for
the purpose described is the amount fixed
year. 1t has been. the custom to issue
temporary loan bonds, and use the pro-
ceeds, in excess of the amounts placed IN
the tax levy. in repairing the public
schools during the summer vacation. Tins
custom was initiated in order that the tax
rate of some past year might not truly
the year for which the tax levy was
made. Custom and amount have groWa
without warrant OF law Any expenditure
in excess of the fiscal budget is illega,
and / must advise that your Board Is
without any authority to appropriate a
large sun of money for the purpose of
making NECESSARY. repairs TO the various
school buildings in the city during tie
coming The issue must be met
some time, and the only legal time is now.
In the fiscal budget to be made by your
Board next month there shout be incluG-
ed the amount necessary for repairs dur
ing the year ending December l, 1893, and
there shoul not be included any sum fer
repairs made before the first of pecen1-
Der, 1898. Repairs heretofore made and
not provided for in the past tax levles
should be taken care of by legislation.
The same VEN may be looked 10 for re-
lief in the mater of repairs necessary this
summer and not provided for in the levy
of 1878. Contracts may be made, with
stipulations that the parties furnishing
work or materials shall receive paymept
when payment is authorized by the Legis-
lature. Such legislation would ut.-
doubtedly be passed on APPLICATION by the
Respectfully,
ALLAN l. M'DERMOTT.
Corporation Counsel.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Corporation Attorney
Jersey City. June p, 1898.
To the Honorable Board of Finance
conference.-the enclosed c~ommunica-
tion of David B. Day, requesting pay
ment Of certificate No. 100. for $3.50, of
the Ravine Road Sewer Commissioners.
issued to NJ. Mullone April Is, 1880. for
publishing notices.. which. was received
by your Board on March Is last, and re-
ferred 10 my predecessor. has recently
been handed to me for action; the holder
Of the certificate requests payment there
of. II a recent suit by the Evening Jour
nal Association against Jersey City and
Hoboken, to recover payment of two
..as1 aort e - tac a lid rnaont u-a - ron.