The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-15
IN Old CLAIM PAID.
Board ofFinance Orders War
rants Drawn For Ger
man and Nixon.

II The Board Of Finance held a meeting
yesterday afternoon. All the members
excepting Commissioner Ringle being
present. 1t being the first appearance OF
Commissioner Mullins since his return
from his wedding tour in Europe, he re-
ceived the hearty congratulations and a
| cordial welcome from his colleagues.
A communication from Corporation At
torney John Wahl Queen reported the
awarding by the Circuit Court of two
judgments against the city, respectively,
in favor of Thomas ]. McKeon for $52l.1S,
and William G. German for $463.05, with
the addition of 1851 to each for costs,
making a total Of $1,O56.@, and advised
| payment of the same. The attorney stat
ing that the suits OF which the judgments
awarded were brought to recover the
amounts claimed to be due. the parties as
Clerk md Assistant Clerk of the Board
of Finance under a former administration
that the cases were tried, the city putting
in a technical defense, the only one it
had, and after consideration the Court
rendered judgment for the plaintiffs, and
that there does not seem to be very good
| ground on which error can be taken.
The full facts Of the case not being UNI
derstood by the member Of the Board
Clerk Kelaher in answer to their inquiry
explained that during the lime German
was Clerk and McKeon Assistant Clerk
of the Board of Finance, several years
ago. it was agreed by the Board that the
| salary of each should be increased, the
Clerks from $500 to $2,00 per annum
and the Assistant Clerks from $500 to
s., 800, and this increase was placed on the
! succeeding pay rolls, yet no formal reso-
luton ordering such increase was adopt
ed by the Board, which. however, adopt
ed each month the resolution approving
the pay roll and ordering warrants
drawn for payment of salaries according
thereto. This continued for some time,
| until Mayor Wanser refused to sign war
| rants for the salaries of German and
| McKeon at the increased figures on the
| ground that the increase had never been
| regularly ordered, and during the balance
of their terms of service they received
only the salary as originally fixed.
Messrs. German and McKeon then
| brought suit to recover the difference
they claimed to be due them, and after
| a long litigation have been awarded judg-
ments for the above stated amounts.
AS advised by the Corporation Attorney
a warrant was ordered drawn in favor of
William D. Edwards, Attorney for Ger
man and McKeen for the total amount
| of both judgments ($1, 056. 0), the money
to be raised by the Issue of a temporary
loan bond.
Resolutions from the Street and Water
Board awarding contracts for the CON-
struction Of an 18-inch vitrified pipe, sewer
in Delaware avenue, to Henry Byrne,
and to Fox & Engel to furnish about 800
! lengths of six-inch and about $50 lengths
| Of eight inch cast iron water pipe, were
concurred in.
In accordance with the concurrence at
the last meeting In a resolution adopted
by the Street and Water Board Septem-
her 6, supplementary appropriations to
the latter Board of $3.50 for cleaning
| sewers and basins and 5000 for cleaning
\ streets were ordered and the Finance
Committee authorized to issue temporary
| loan bonds to secure said amount at a
| rate of interest not to exceed 49, per cent.
| per annum, and insert the amount in the
next tax levy.
Ar additional sum of 81, 5000 was APP
| proprfated and set aside to the credit of
| the Street n Water Board out of the
| one-half of the liquor license monies
available for ~repaving, repairing and inn
| proving of paved streets and public places
| and reconstruction of sewers, and a war
rant ordered drawn on the City Treas
urer for said sum to transfer that amount
| from license receipts for year 1899 to June
80, 1900. to credit OF said Board.
Warrants were ordered drawn for $500
to transfer said amount to October. 1895,
interest, and to pay one-half of interest
due on said date on s15o,00o 4 per cent.
April, 1928, chargeable to Free Public
Library appropriation of 1859; and also
a warrant on the City Treasurer to be de-
posted to the credit of October. 1898, in
| terest on general account. s35. 475; on gem
| eral account to pay interest ON assess
ment bonds. sss,zS; on water account.
$42, $50: total, $114. $50.
A warrant was ordered drawn in favor
of Hugh Dugan, County Collector, for
$4,000 on account of county taxes for
year 1ss8-ss.