The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
MAY Be CITY'S
REPOSITORIES
Supervisors Plan to Loan
Temporarily to Banks the
Cash Collected for Taxes
APPEAL TO LEGISLATURE
Water Companies to Furnish
Statements Preparatory TO
the Fixing of Rates

Ihe Board OF Supervisors yesterday
referred to the Finance Committee d
resolution reciting the intention of the
board to memorialize the State Legisla-
ture to submit to the people an amend
ment to the constitution permitting
municipalities to authorize the deposit
of public funds in banks and similar
financial institutions on condition that
a reasonable interest be paid on cur
given in the form of United States
bonds or bonds of the municipalities
whose funds are so deposited.
Supervisor DAncona said the pur-
port of the resolution was to relieve the
stringency of the money market result
ing from the tying up of cash paid into
the city treasury for taxes. He said
it would add some 200 to the reve-
nue. of the city and would help the is
suance Of municipal bonds, as it was
intended to require as securities forsthe
loans only municipal and United States
bonds. Braunhart thought State bonds
or other adequate securities should be
included in the list, and his motion to
refer TO a committee prevailed. The
effect Of the resolution, if adopted. will
be to make banks repositories for the
city's funds.
CITY GETS JUDGMENT.
The City Attorney reported that the
Superior Court had rendered judgment
in favor of the city and against ex-
Treasurer S. H Brooks for $2559 IS,
representing fees collected on collateral
inheritance taxes. Similar actions af-
fecting other fees collected by Brooks
are pending in the courts.
As preliminary to the annual inves-
tigation for the fixing of water rates
the board adopted a resolution direct
ing all companies supplying water to
furnish statements concerning their
financial operations and a list of the
properties actually used in their busi-
ness. The Board of Public Works was
also directed to submit an appraise
ment of the properties of the Spring
Valley Water Company, to enable the
Supervisors to establish basis of val
uation upon which TO fix water rates.
Two ordinances. one brohibiting the
carrying of swiil, offal or other refuse
matter in the same vehicle with ashes.
unless separate compartments are pro-
vided therefor. and the other providing
that refuse from vegetables and other
decayed matter be deposited in sepa-
rate receptacle from ashes, were re-
ferred to the Health Committee.
The Finance Committee formally al
lowed the bills of F. NJ Yorke & Co.
for repairs to bituminous streets during
September. The August demands have
been disaIlowed, and the courts Will be
evoked TO determine their legality.
The committee cut down the bills Of
B. Hays for transportation of voting
machines, aggregating 1872, to 1886 10
aftelShearing expert testimony that the
charges were excessive.
The Chief of Police was cited to ex-
plain why acquisitions had not been
filed for harness, bills for which were
approved by the Police Department
Payment of the bills was withheld.
MANY VOTES NOT COUNTED.
During the discussion over some bills
for the Department of Elections Dep
uty Registrar Zemansky remarked that
in one precinct eighteen ballots that
should have been counted as voted had
been placed with the unused ballots by
negligent election officers. Zemansky
said that if the same proportion was
kept up in all the other precincts there
were 5000 votes that had not been
counted at the last election. This was
construed by the committee as strong
argument in favor of the voting ma
chimes.
The petition Of the Mission Improve
ment Clubs for an investigation of the
alleged substitution by the San Fran
cisco Gas Company of arc lamps of
lesser candle power for the arc lamps
in use in the outlying districts was re-
ferred to the Light Committee.
Stationery Clerk John F. Finn filed a
report showing that the sum Of s31S4 81
was spent during October for station
cry, printing and stamps, making $10,-
034 73 expended In four months.
The protest OF c. II. Benson of 222
Sansome street that the ordinance re-
curing women to remove their hats in
theaters was not being observed was
referred to the Police Committee.