New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-05-11
ceipt books and accepted payments of

Yes, replied Mr.. SchlllIng, while
the treasurer was sick. = Somewhat
appeased, the attorney observed that
they were drifting from the subject
and that the question was why the as
sessment had never been sent to the
auditor.
The former clerk called for the min
utes of the council, saying that it was
the province of that body to order
special assessments, but that they had
never made assessments on side streets
except where there were special bene-
fits. The procedure in these cases was
to give the matter to the board of pub
lie works and if they recommended the
improvement it was ordered by the
council. Thereupon the board fixed
the benefits and damages and after
these had been confirmed they were
placed in the hands of the treasurer
for collection. When he made re-
port of the amounts unpaid the coun-
Gil ordered an assessment roll sent to
the auditor.
In the Fifth North case the mains
were extended down Fourth from State
to Washington, thence to Fifth North
and out Fifth to the hospital, which
had offered $500 to be allowed to con-
meet. AS the property owners along
Fifth did not want the Improvement
there had been an understanding that
they were not to be collected from un-
less they tapped the mains, and those
on Washington street until such a
time as the mains were extended along
that street. The council in this instance
had ordered the assessment levied but
had never instructed him to make out
the assessment roll.
as the assessment made and con-
frmed?" asked Attorney Somsen.
eyes"
SIS there any record of the under
standing between the city and the
property owners?o eyes"
''Then 7 presume this is the only
case?" eyes, tits the only one in the
CITY,"
Mr.. Schilling said that as the
city treasurer had made the assess
ment collections he had not considered
it necessary to itemize in the journal.
Those who paid were always credited
on the assessment roll and the record
would show there.
It appeared that sixteen persons on
Fifth North were assessed but that lot
| 8, of block 1877, had not been entered
with the others.
Going to the cemetery books, Mr..
Schilling made the preliminary state
ment that no record of burials was
kept in the early years. During his
second year in Office he spent about
six months locating graves and record
ing them, but in some instances he was
unable to learn the names of deceased
persons.
Clerk Bobleter informed the COM
mittee that from May, 1889, to April,
1904, 12S burial permits were issued
but that the receipts amounted to only
Sl9. Mr.. Schilling said this was very
easy to explain. All citizens of-New
Ulm have free burial place. They are
entitled to single graves without cost,
and only for non-residents is charge
of 81 imposed.
There were forty-four instances,
said Clerk Bobleter, where the num-
bers Of graves were registered but the
names Of the occupants not given, a
fact which Mr.. Schilling accounted for
by saying that the deaths occurred be-
fore he took Office When he prepared
the records he marked unknown graves
with an Interrogation point to prevent
second interments This was neces-
sary, as there was some confusion at
the cemetery, the council having found
it necessary at one time to pass a res
olution forbidding .interrnents in Tract
A.
Mr.. Schilling was questioned as to
three unrecorded graves which had
been excavated in Tract E since 1900.
In reply to a question he said that it
was impossible to dig a grave without
1 a permit but he could not account for
these graves. He could not remember
he said, issuing permits for them.
| In regard to the discrepancy in the
receipts from the sale of stone, as in.
Dictated by his entry in the financial.
statement and as shown by the reports
of the street commissioner, the former
clerk stated that he was not interested
in the reports of the commissioner
He was responsible for only what he
received, and the Sl2 difference hac
never been paid to him. He directed
Clerk Bobleter to one of the drawers
in his desk, where the latter found {
memorandum of the missing S12. I
was charged against local contrac