The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-03
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Amount to be appropriated. -. 1895, 1857 2S
The petitions for allowances for the
smaller departments we're run through
with but little discussion, the following
allowances being made:
Seaer of weights and measures, $1,S50;
city weigher, s77O treasurer, $4,000; clerk,
$780, roads and bridges, $2.560; city hall ex-
penses, $4,000; legal department, $1O,525;
municipal court, SIG, 6,4OO assessors depart
ment, SIS, 1926; building department, $9,500;
board Of armory commissioners, $4,000; cleo
tions S31, 200; mayors emergency fund,
81 900; street opening expenses, $500; Beth
any Home, $4,000; engineer, sSl,S50.
All of the above were in accordance
with the board of tax levy report save the
appropriations for the legal department,
which was raised $525; for the municipal
court, which was raised, $400; for the
assessors department, raised, 1926; for
the building department, raised $500; and
for street opening expenses, raised $500.
The allowances Of the board for $4,000
for elections and of $4,000 for the mayor s
emergency und were cut.
Rand Pleads for Ames.
Alderman Rand came to the front for
the mayor in the latter's request for $4,000
emergency fund. The alderman moved
that the request of the mayor be granted,
and this was Immediately amended by
Alderman s. E. Adams, making the allow
ance 81 ,000 City Attorney Healy ex-
planned that no mayor had ever been
granted over $4,000 for this fund. Then
Alderman Rand waXed warm In his eulogy
Of the present mayors ability as royal
entertainer, and said that all visitors to
the city should be properly taken care Of,
and that there never were two better
entertainers than the mayor and the
president of the council This entertain
ment cost money, explained the alderman,
and he urged the voting Of $4,000 for the
payment of these expenses. President
Jones of the council, who was present,
Jumped to his feet and said that he was
willing to do all in his power to make
it pleasant for the city's guests but that
he would not need a cent Of money from
the city for the purpose. There was no
second to Rand's motion and he made
another that the fund be made $4,000.
There was no second to this.
The mayor was given $1,000 for his
emergency fund.
In urging the granting of an increase OF
$4,825 over last years allowance for the
city assessor, which Is 1926 more than
recommended by the board OF tax levy,
the assessors Office is wholly inadequate
for it's business. With considerable as
perity he said that there is $20,000,0 00C
worth Of personal property in Minneapolis
not assessed to-day that should be pay
ing a revenue to the city simply because
the assessor Is not given sufficient money
to conduct the work. There was no op-
position to the increase and $15,S25 was
granted that department
The item for the health department was
taken up just before the noon recess. The
original estimate of expense for the main
tenanee of the department during the COM
ing year was $69,550, and the board of tax
levy cut this down to 100000 Upon mo-
tion the appropriation for the health de-
partment was made $66,000 $3.50 less than
asked for, but $4,000 more than recon-
mended by the board. This provides for
removal of garbage by the city.
The fire department was granted $34S 500
the amount asked. The board had recon-
mended $343, 900. The street lighting fund
was made $171 1,920, the amount asked. The
controller was allowed $4,000. The city
council contingent fund was made $4,000;
$40 900 was asked for this fund and the
board of tax levy voted to recommend
81, 500 The 5000 asked by the Humane
Society, which was stricken out by the
board, was granted by the committee.
Ames Defends His Politics.
Mayor Ames appeared before the prun.
ing committee to defend his politics. He
said the clerk of the municipal court had
questioned his republicanism before the
committee and the mayor dehed anybody
to show that he was not a republican
so elected and so serving. Several mem
bers of the committee said they had heard
Clerk Allen make no such statement, to
which the mayor replied that his secretary
had taken 1t In shorthand. He declined to
have the notes read.