Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-01
CONCLUDING
ITS LABORS
Last Meeting IF the Old City
Council.
CITY CLERKS FINAL REPORT
Money That Has Been Received and
Paid Out During the Past
Year,
CITY CLERKS FINAL REPORT

1Hc last meeting VI TIE Ola CITY CUuA-
Gil was held this afternoon with Mayor
Harrington presiding and all the alder
men present. The minutes Of the last
meeting were read by City Clerk Hol-
land.
Alderman Knowlton moved that that
portion Of the minutes relating to the
petition of Billy Woods for the use of
the Armory as a gymnasium, being UNI
finished business, be expunged from the
minutes. Britt thought the proper
method was to rescind the former action
and refer the matter to the new coun-
Gil. Knowlton's motion was lost.
A letter from Henry G.. Halves, stat
ing that he would be in Butte early in
May to testify in the case of the City VS..
w. A. Clark, as surety for the late Simon
Jacobs, was read and filed. Halves is in
San Francisco, and he suggests that it
would be proper for the city to reim-
burse him for his trouble in coming to
Butte. A communication from the city
attorney accompanied the letter.
The report of City Clerk John G. Hol-
ments for the fiscal year ending May 1st.
1899, and an inventory of real estate,
buildings and other property own ed by
the city was as follows:
Cash in city treasury May list, 1895,
$104, 653.02; receipts during this period ag-
gregated 1854, 319 so; receipts from licenses
make a total of $67 1924. rs; the grand total
of receipts being 1926 ,Ss6.77.
The record Of disbursements is as fol-
lows:
Public library. $14 ,675.S5; salary $50, 437.-
As; street and alley, $37, 527.07; fire and
water, $3S, $50. 20; light, 1923, 036. go; police,
$50, $50. %; special alley, SIS, 269. OS; public
improvement, $13, 4S4.3 81; general, $7,535.52;
sewer, $50, 307. SO; health, $S,16s.21 street
grade. $7,03S.59; engineering, 1874. 76;
sprinkling, 9,24o.9 5; emergency, $13, 1874. 80;
ing, 81, 7S4.O0; special sidewalk, $27 ,0S0. "A;
paving, s 5,9S7.55; total disbursements
$431, DOS. 33.
Interest, on warrants, paid during this
period, $27, 1876. SO; cash in city treasury
May LIST, 1899, $6S, 691.61; grand total, $685.
S96. a.
Warrants outstanding May 1st, 1899 ag-
gregate 1891 SAG. 90; bonds outstanding
May LIST, 1899, $140, 600. 90; total indebted
ness May list, 1899, $471, $40. %; lash in city
treasury May LIST, 1899. $6S, 691. 81; net in
debtedness May list, 1899 $402, S54.61.
Warrants issued during this period ag-
gregale 1897, S9s. %; warrants outstanding
May LIST, 1895, 1857 ,244.13; deduct amount of
corrections in balances of outstanding
warrants since 1859, 81, 497. 35; total issued
and outstanding, (corrected) 1892, 643. 70;
warrants paid during this period, $751;
COS. 80: warrants cancelled during this per-
iod, 1913; total paid and cancelled, $431,-
097 AS; warrants outstanding May LIST, 1899
1891, SAG. %.
Inventory Of real estate and buildings
and other property belonging to the city
May LIST, 1893, according to the inventories
of the several departments on file: City
hall building, furnishings and site, $50. 900:
old city hall building and site, $12, 900:
public library building, furnishings and
site, 500 900; Quartz street fire station.
building and site, $12. 900; Arizona street
fire station site, 5 5000; fire department.,
including fire alarm system and other an
paratus, $21 1927; health department, in
Guiding crematory site and furnace, $751;
800; street and alley department, inc,ud-
ing s%prinkling carts,$ ,295. 25; police de.
partment, $40S; engineering department.
$912. so; general departments, including
the offices of mayor. city treasurer and
city clerk, $500; total, 1926, 495. 02; insur-
ance on city property, $57, 900.
A resolution, introduced by Alderman
Britt, conveying the thanks Of the coun-
Gil to Mayor Harrington and the retiring
of the council, was passed by
unanimous vote, the interested aldermen
not voting.
The council was in session when the
Inter Mountain went to press, and the