Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-27
Adds Sixteen Blocks to Present
Area by Including the SUBJ
urb Of Waterloo.
PROPERTY OWNERS PLEASED,
MAYOR Makes Report on Mythical Con.
tlngent Fund-Last Meeting
Tuesday Morning.

approval by Mayor Morris, salt Lake
CITY will have added about 10 city
blocks to It's area, and there will here
after be no suburb known as Waterloo
nv the annexation OF the territory
bounded by State, Fifth East. Tenth
and Eleventh South streets, as propos-
ed in the ordinance. not only Waterloo
proper but other territory. too will
come within the city limits and the
population OF the city will be increased
to a considerable extent.
on Sept. H. 1905, a majority Of the
property owners OF the new district
fled petition asking for annexation
10 the city. The residents OF that VI
olnity have for years enjoyed many of
the advantages OF city life but have
not had a voice In the government. This
privilege will now be granted TO them.
The tract annexed Is within few feet
of being rectangular In shape and Is
bounded by the streets named above.
CONTINGENT FUND A MYTH.
In response 70 a resolution by Black
calling for a report OF the contingent
funds Of the city officials, Mayor Nor
IT'S suDUlbiCu Il III WHICH
he stated that the so-cslled mayors
contingent fund WAS myth and that
he had never had such fund, as every
dollar appropriated to that fund by the
council had been accounted for by war;
rants issued by the city auditor. The
communication follows;
WHAT MAYOR SAYS.
Gentlemen--As per resolution OF your
honorable body at the last meeting Of
the council Dec Is, 1905 ] herewith
submit TO you. statement OF the ac-
count which has been designated 'The
Mayors Contingent Fund"
In connection with this matter | will
say that II would be as much OF an
impossbility, in the required time, for
the mayor of this city, under the sys-
fem carried on by the council for the
past two years. 10 Render 70 this
council an itemized account of all such
moneys expended, to whom paid. and
what service and material the city re-
eeived for same" az 1t would Be for
him to render such an account for all
items contained in the general weekly
appropriation list simply because he
signed such list.
Again. there are many emergency
vouchers presented to the mayor for his
approval 0he same being appropriated
by the counciD by the various heads
OF departments. All such we cannot
Keep an itsmlzed account of, They are
charged to the proper department and
are accounted for by the city auditor in
his reports
Every appropriation to the mayors
contingent fund has been handled solely
by the city auditor. Warrants have
hxnD fn tho r,a rfipq whose N "a 10
were given to the council at the time
of the appropriation and have been
charged to the proper account by the
city auditor. Warrants were not drawn
In favor OF the mayor or the mayors
contingent fund,
In other words, the present mayor of
this city never had contingent fund
and will go farther and say that his
predecessor never had such fund. All
appropriations TO such fund have been
made by the council for its own con-
vtnlence. the money to be disbursed by
the city auditor.
COUNCIL SHOULD KNOW.
Under your system I will say, how
ever. that In order to meet certain
emergencies | have asked for several
appropriations to be made to the fund
not be readily made otherwise But all
expenditures under such appropriation
nave been handed exclusively by the
cry auditor. At the same time / have
recommended TO your honorable body
mat no appropriation be made to this
iund unless request be made from the
mayors department. But, notwith-
standing this, the same appropriation
mas been constantly made since and for
lnoidentals which ! knew nothing Of
until the voucher was presented TO me
Tor approval. Your honorable body
should certainly know that no such
iuhd as contemplated by the resolution
is OF record upon the books OF this city.
therefore,, If your honorable body de-
slres more Information than Ia contain
ca In the statement OF the city auditor,
hereto attached. II will be for the city
auditor TO give 1t, not the mayor. as the
auditor has drawn warrants only TO the
parties whose names were given to the
council at the time Of the approprla-
tl0l and the auditor Is the only official
VINO can show ito whom paid and what
MATERIAL or service the city received
for same"
10 make II palmer, all items appro-
priated TO the mayors contingent fund
WIN ne found In the records OF the city
eaiiad a!u az pilis paid from the so
eateu mayors contingent fund were
comnia. erenloln py tne COUNCIL and the
contptse record covering said FUND Is
eounoII a., ~, 'he proceedings OF the city
"sen'
DIsposIT1oN or rr-Nn
Aooomna,y,n A.
WAS n raror, 60. . -. =, -. ,'eo''
ing tha ION auullor fei' snow
fund and "vy uplnopIl'slea 10 the
made ~ A. uisposl'lon nad peen
thar Inc ,a,a, SAINT ~ ~, e report shoWel
apnronr,a,eS sun, vi elo'o~v'o nau oeen
oontIng. W 'Is so-caueu mayors
ments s,.ns,, i .1 anu 'hat lhe Iispurse-
9g0is ianu, sae SAINT ahiounted 10 w.
amount,ne ,n 40 eoa pS 90 rs umeApehaed