The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-06-07

May u, 1901 TO the Honorable Mayor
and City Council: l herewith submit
the following statement, showing the
receipts and expenditures of the city Of
Nebraska, for the fiscal year
May !, 1900, and ending
May q, 1907
RECEIPTS.
receipts Nos. 1877 to $50, in.
elusive:
From saloon occupation tax & $3.50 90
From fire insurance com.
panies' occupation tax. 1h5 90
From hack, dray and mis-
cellaneous licenses. ........ 43S 95
From dog tax x............. 2l3 90
From sidewalk repairs, etc.. 80 GO
From county treasurer, gen.
eral taxes. ............. 9,24l 81
From county treasurer, road
taxes. ..... GOT n
From water rentals. ...... 2,720 80
Total. ... .$l5,7 ,756 40
EXPENDITURES.
General fund:
For salaries Of city officers
and employees. ...........$ 3, ,42O 56
For electric and gasoline
NSntlnR. ................. SaU Oo
For election expenses and
supplies ........ 100 Az
For street labor and mater
ial. 1874 Al
For printing. ng............... 24S II
For Office and other supplies 81 AZ
For fire alarms and fire de-
partment expenses. .... "a 20
Telephone rent and miscel.
laneous expenses. ........ 676 90
Water fund:
For salaries, water commits
sioner and engineer. =. ..S 967 5O
For coal and supplies. ...... 2,l2S &C
For repairs and extensions. 307 AZ
Road fund.-
Street labor and material. 8 6S2 81
Interest fund:
For interest on bonds. ......S 3,5l3 81
Street light fund:
For electric and gasoline
lighting ............$ 956 81
Fire department fund:
Cash paid to treasurer of fire
| department on order of
president and clerk Of de.
| partment t................$ 2l9 81
Total expenditure for ryear$l4 ,917 4;
Leaving balance of receipts
On November /, 1900, the water com
missioner reported that they had cashet
and turned over to the council certif
Gates of Indebtedness against the water
fund as follows:
BY II. III. Patterson, certificates
Nos 656, G57. 7OS, 724, 726,72S
balance of SOB, 800, 903, 93l,
932. ............... .....,......,S4 S494 g
| XIV Il E SlmnSnn Nos NOl pHS
$3.50, 944, 94S. ................'. POS o.
Total. ................... 1892 Z
i Which total should be added to tn,
amount Of receipts above, making tru
total of receipts, $l6 ,549, 26.
Owing to the nature of these transac
tions no entries Of them appear OH tn
accounting books of this Office and ar
therefore reported in this manner
Warrant No. G57O for $50 was turne,
over to me by my predecessor with tn
other books and papers, and still lies il
this office, having never been called for
This warrant was issued September s
1899, TO the Northwest Publishing CO
: IN payment for four city maps and Oh
plat book.
In conclusion | wish to add the fol
lowing supplemental report:
On May !, 1900, the certificates
of Indebtedness outstanding
amounted TO general fund. $2,299
Water fund. .......... 494
| Aotai. ...SS, tJf u
On May u, 1901, certificates of
/ Indebtedness outstanding in
! general fund. 81 ,023 j
-
Present debt less than one year
, / also desire to cali your attention /
the growing necessity for bond re.
lister book for this office. Without sue
a record the history of the various bon
q issues of the city will be very difficu
= to ascertain.
+. All of which is very respectfully sui
mitted. S. II. MCFARLAND,
n City Clerk.
o The streets and alleys committee r
4 ported that they had ordered another c,
- Of crossing stone.
is The public works committee reporte
g that they had repaired the large wat
1t works pump for the present, and hi
!. ordered repairs for the pump and
IS soon as they are received it will be pc
,e manentiy repaired.
B. The nuisance committee report,
ot that they had received several cor
I, plants, which they had investigat.
ID and ordered abated where consider
OF necessary.
t. The petition and bond of G.
st Doughty for a plumbers license W
y presented and verbally approved by /
,p water commissioner. The matter W
t. brought before the council and /