Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-03
BOARD OF FINANCE
Approved Printing and Health Bills at
 Last Nights Meeting.

Approved Printing and Health Bills at
 Last Nights Meeting.
 The board of finance held it's regu- lar monthly meeting last night and ap- proved the payrolls and miscellaneous bills. The report of City Treasurer George A. Gibson was read, accepted and placed on file It was as follows: To balance on hand Sept 1,
 1902 ...... ........... .26S,O11.Sl To w. 10. Thoms, collector,
 sewer assessments ........ 7036S To W. E. Thoms collector,
 paving assessments ... ... 2S1.70 To w. E. Thoms, collector,
 street assessments ....... 120.00 To w. E. Thoms, collector,
 city permits ........... 5950 To w. E. Thoms, collector,
 city taxes, list 1901 .... 6110.30 To John F. Kellogg, city at
 torney, sewer assessments 564.35 To John F. Kellogg, city at
 torney, street assessments 343.97 To John F. Kellogg, city at
 torney, sewer assessments 300 To Thomas F. McMahon,
 agent, rent of city hall,
 first district ........... 75.00 To Thomas F. McMahon,
 agent, rent of Gty hall,
 public lands and buildings T5.0O To c. M. Egan, chief of po-
 lice, city licenses 5000 To T. H. Hayes, almshouse. 10000 To John F. O'Brien, superin-
 tendent water repairs .... ITO To John J. Fitzgerald, clerk,
 West Side Hill school .... f17.50 To Manufacturers National
 bank, interest on daily bal
 ances ................ 35O.0o
 Total ...... SPIT, ,039.60 By silndry city orders ......$ 61,643.40 By interest on Center school
 district bonds .... ....... 10000
 Total ... ............$ 61, ,S43.49 Balance on hand Oct l.
 l902 ...... ....... ...... .$215, ,196.1 Il
 The bill of $1 1,095 from the Water bury Blank Book Go for printing 2,oO0 copies of the charter was ordered paid This matter has been before the board for some time and judging by the way some of the members railed at it's size nobody thought it would be ordered paid. Commissioner McEvoy reported last night for the special committee to whom it had been referred, stating that it was not excessive, and the board decided to let it go at that and ordered it paid. Col lector Thoms submitted list of those who have paid their taxes and the doc ument was ordered recorded in the minutes.
 An opinion was received from the city attorney relative to the payment of bills contracted during the small pox epidemic and not yet liquidated, which showed that it will not be ne- cessary to lay a special tax to meet the deficit. The health appropriation amounted to $3,200, but the smallpox bills aggregated over $25,000. The city attorney says in part: Tt will not be necessary for the board of al dermen to provide for the liquidation of such amounts before the end of the current year, and, construing the char ter as whole, it is my opinion that the amount expended by the health depart ment in excess of it's appropriation can be covered by special appropriation for such purpose from the appropria- tions for the ensuing year, and that it is not necessary to lay a special tax at the present time. The language or section 112 of the charter shows that il is clearly intended to meet any situa- ton where an amount must be eXpend- ed in excess of the appropriations, al- though that is forbidden by section 92. This section provides that in case of epidemic the board may make all ex- penditures which it may deem neces- sary, etc. If the appropriations are exceeded it is not necessary for the board of aldermen to immediately pro- vide for the liquidation of such amounts, or to lay special tax. am decidedly of the opinion that this can be covered by special appropria- tion next December"
 This means that we shall have no special tax. The following commun- ication was received from Comptroller Russell:
 ssIn compliance with vote passed September IS, 1902, directing me to submit to your honorable board at it's next meeting an estimate of the un- appropriated revenues or assets of the first taxation district, I hereby submit the following report:
 tUnappropriated Revenues. Excess of taxes over amount
 estimated on list of 1901 '. .$3, 170,96 ssMilitary tax. lists of 1901 .... 3, ,42S.OO "Poll tax, lists of 1901 .... s32.0O Amount received on town
 tax, list of 1S98-99 and 1900,
 not included in the estimates
 for 1900 10, ,0OO.O0
 $17,430.O0
 ssThere are also balances due on town tax lists of 1S9S-1S99 and 1900, thn c1ln1 nf Go7 12A 10. IVY ThR tax col