The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-03
CITY CLERK RESIGNS;
 COLE REPORT HELD BACK

When asked by a reporter from The Advertiser whether he had any com port, the Mayor denied having received any papers from the Finance Commit tee. It afterward developed that the report had been left in his office ar The Mayor was asked if he would make public the reports on the ac- counts of Clerk Hardaway and the oth- CT officials.
 q do not know at the present time" he said, and shall not until I have had official notice of the action of the "Wili the reports be made public at T do not care to say just now"
 Committee Gives Substance. tee. which was made by Chairman Lobman. is as follows:
 Montgomery, Ala, July 7. 1906. "To the Honorable City Council of "Gentlemen-Your Committee on FL nance, to whom was delegated the duty of employing an auditor to audit the books of the various city departments, of bookkeeping, begs leave to report, that they have spent about six weeks on this matter, and find the only office in which there was any discrepancy was that of the City Clerk which amounted to $4,355.23.
 We are pleased to say that as soon as the City Clerks attention was called to this. he promptly paid the amount into the City Treasury.
 An improved system of bookkeeping has been installed in the several de- partments. thus simplifying the work, and enabling the city officials to obtain acurate information of each depart ment at any time.
 Your committee was ably assisted by MT. Clark P. Cole. and we feel that we were very fortunate in securing the services of such an expert auditor. The full report of the expert audi tor is in the hands of his honor, the Mayor.
 All of which is respectfully sub mitted.
 IN. Lobmsn, Robert Tait, T. Gard ner Foster. l.. Strauss. Committee on Finance
 When he had read the report Alderman Lobman asked that the report be adopted The Council acquiesced with a motion to that effect.
 Resignation of Hardnway.
 Later in the evening the resignation of Clerk Hardaway was read to the Council, accompanied by the following letter from Mayor Teague:
 ITO the City Council of Montgomery, 'Gentlemen:
 herewith communioation from Mir. c. P. Hardaway. in which he tenders his resignation as City Clerk of Mont gomery, same to be effective on the 16th day of this month.
 W. M Tsasue; as;.e. :.
 The resignation of MT. Hardaway is Hon. W. M Teague. Mayor, Dear Sir:
 'T most respectfully tender, through you, to the City Council of Montgomery my resignation as City Clerk of the City of Montgomery, the same to take effect on July 16th, of this month.
 T take this opportunity of thanking you and the members of the City Coun- cil for courtesy and kindness.
 Respectfully submitted.
 "C. P Hardaway."
 Resolution of Regr=t.
 Alderman Lobman moved that the resignation of the City Clerk be &C., cepted. Alderman Sullivan then pro- posed a resolution covering. the accept ance of the resignation by the Council, which was as follows:
 Be 1t resolved bv the City Council of Montgomery as follows:
 That the City Council accepts the resignation of City Clerk c. P. Hard away with regret and hereby takes oc- casion to express it's confidence in the integrity of Mir c. P. Hardaway."
 It was over the expression of regret and of confidence that Alderman J. C. Tyson raised his objection, and de- clared his conscience would not be bound. With the other members of the Council, however. the objecting Alder man from Ward ? voted for the accept anos oS the resignation.