Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19

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FOURTH: Abolish the office of Col
lector for the Water and Light Com
mission, as hereinbetore referred to.
FIFTH: Amend, if necessary, the
chapters relative to the appointment
of an Auditor and the duties pertain
ing to his Office so that the Clerk may
act in this capacity, the advantage of
which is hereinbefore mentioned.
SIXTH: Carefully revise the whole
Charter and correct the conflicting
acts and chapters and the omitted pro-
visions. You will note that no pro-
vision is made for the appointment OF
Superintendent of the Poor.
A fund is provided for "poor main
tenance" and for suitable building,
but I do not find any provisions as to
how and under whom the monies so
appropriated shall be paid, or how the
poor shall be taken care of. There
should also be some amicable arrange
ment between the city and county, as
regards the persons deserving charity,
that no imposition be practiced be-
tween city and county.
Following the aforementioned re-
concentrations, would suggest that
some means be taken to increase the
tax on dogs. Not a larger tax per dog,
but on larger number of dogs. In
1899 there was one lonely "cur" that
it's owner thought enough of to turn
in dollar on. In 1900 81 dogs, of the
81. species paid the tax; in 1901 the
number was increased to a, but in
1902 and 1903 not a solitary dog pre-
sented himself for suffrage and the
consequence was that the Dog-killer
made a large number suffer at the ex-
pense of the City. Now nearly. every
family in the City of Willmar is the
possessor of dog, some persons have
whole kennels and if the dog tax ordi-
nance was properly enforced it would
produce a greater revenue than the
proposed abolished poll tax and just
ices receipts.
Another matter would be to check
up, at least once in every three years,
the consumers of water by a house to
house canvas on streets connected by
Waterman and service pipes. In
this way, any neglect on the part Of
the plumbers and of others to obtain
permits when making connections,
would be discovered.
The City has been to some expense
in the laying of sidewalk around the
small park on Litchfeld Ave. and in
the care of same, and I would suggest
a committee appointed by the Mayor
to ascertain how and under what con-
ditions the City could obtain title to
this property; that the same might be
further improved and be the starting
point of a park-system in your City.
There is nothing which helps build up
and beautify City more than it's
Park-system. s.--~- ~ T..
Another suggestion is to request of
the Clerk wider scope in his report
at end Of fiscal year. It has been the
habit OF rendering such reports III con-
junction with the .treasurer's report,
listing the cash receipts Of the various
Departments and screditlng himself
with the warrants drawn against the
various funds. The warrants then
outstanding are deducted in an a.
mount to equal the balance as report
ed by the treasurer. Such q report
does not give the information neces-
sary to enable the Council to finance
the incoming year. It simply advises
them that the treasurer has certain
amount Of funds on hand, and that the
warrants unpaid will lessen the a.
mount by that sum. How much Of
the remaining balance IS available for
the new years expenses is not stated.
As an example of the utter. worthless
ness Of such statement, for the Coun-
Gil to finance another years business
on. let US take the rennrt ending Mar.