The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
TREASURER is 1T.
Council Deals With Him Instead
of Recorder.
Several Property Owners Relieved of
Paying Interest and Penalties on
Old Special Assessments.

The council held busy session at its
adjourned meeting last night Vice
President Taylor presiding in the alb
sence of Mayor Petersen. 1t was de-
cided to follow the advice of City At
torney Daley and deal with the city
funds through the treasurer instead of
the recorder, who has proved recalci-
trant on several occasions in the past.
Aid. Heinze of the committee on
ways and means said that he had ar
ranged with the National Citizens
bank to honor warrants on funds that
are overdrawn, without interest, I'M
til there is money in the funds. The
road fund is overdrawn SO, 800. %, the
park fund $351.14, and the sprinkling
fund SALT. There is plenty of
money in the city treasury, 50, 536. 81
being in the current fund, 50, 665 in
the special assessment fund, 3d. 571. 0S
in the waterworks fund, So, 56S. 30 in
the interest fund, 1853. 65 in the sink
ing fund, and 1912 rs in the library
fund. He did not know what had been
done with the So, 900 of liquor license
money that was some time ago ordered
placed in the road fund.
Aid. Deebach moved that the treas
urer be directed to place the proceeds
of the last three liquor licenses grant
ed-those of Joseph Blatzheim, Louis
orlando and Kelly Bros. in the road
fund. This was carried.
Later in the evening Aid. Deebach
offered the following motions, prepared
by the city attorney, which were car
ried:
"That the city recorder and city
treasurer be notified not to place any
money in the sinking fund of said city
at the close of the present fiscal year,
except,
"First. the surplus remaining in
the treasury at the end of the fiscal
year after payments are made, or ap-
propriated amounts set aside for the
payment of either principal or interest
on bonds. issued by said city of Man
kato, received for that purpose and
having been duly levied and assessed
under the provisions of section 3 of
sub chapter of chapter AZ, special
laws 1891 of the state of Minnesota.
Second Proceeds of all delinquent
taxes levied for the same purpose. 4"
"In addition to the duties of the
city recorder, it is hereby made his
duty to report at every meeting of the
common council the condition of the
respective city funds.
SIT is also hereby made the further
duty of city recorder, whenever the
common council direct the placing of
any moneys to be received by the city
of Mankato in any certain fund, or
whenever the common council bor-
row from one fund to aid and help
another fund, to Immediately notify
the city treasurer of the action and
direction of the common council, and
also to Immediately notify the city
treasurer of all notices and directions
made by the common council to said
city treasurer. !"
Old Assessments Settled.
B. G. Taylor presented the matter Of
the special assessment on DR.. VIM.
Frisbie's lots in West Mankato, and
said that some of them are not worth
the assessments and he was willing to
let them go. He presented a list of
lots that were sold for $173.21 and
offered to pay that amount, or to pay
$3.50 to clear up the assessments on all
the lots. The amount that the entire
property was sold for was 1857. OF,
and with interest to date it would
amount to about $3.50.
A. R. Pau Jr appeared for Oscar