The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-11

COUNCIL, anu DIS L have uCl ClOlOlC
notified you, have also reappoint-
ed the present members into the
authorized committees as fol-
lows:
Finance-Hahn, Baker, Lach-
er.
Accounts and Stationary--Bak-
er, Tanner, Deeds.
Ordinance and Police-Tan-
ner, Ness, Ulrich.,
Streets, Alleys and Telephones
Ness, Baker, Cole.
Fire Department--Ulrich, Ness
Lacher.
Water Works-Cole, Ulrich,
Deeds.
Sewers and Drains-Lacher,
Hahn, Baker.
Electric Lights-Deeds, u
rich, Cole.
Auditing-Hahn, Cole, Tanner.
Cemetery : Lacher, Deeds,
Hahn.
The name first given on each
| would also recommend that
of that committee and | have en-
deavored to make as fair distri-
button of the work. incumbent
on the members, as possible, and
to give to each member the re-
sponsibility of Craftsmanship OF
an important committee.
While the work done in the
past by this Council is to be rec
commended and in my opinion
should be followed hereafter in
respect to handling the business,
in this, that the respective COM
mittees should make reports
which should be given full faith
and credit by the council until
better informed, yet, in my opin-
ion too much has been left to the
chairman, and as a whole the
committee has been prone to fall
in with the views offered by the
chairman, or at least not openly
disagreeing with the report.
AS the council will now consist
of eight members, the dispropor-
ton between the committee and
the council is greater, and | rec
ommend that if any report is not
concurred in by all three mem
bers of a committee, that a mi
nority report be also made.
/ would also recommen that
each committee set to work with
view to correct any abuse exist
ing in the respective department
assigned to it and that it investi-
gate and recommend such re-
forms as seem imperative, or that
may be useful.
For instance would suggest
that the committee on Finance
investigate the subject of refund
ing our indebtedness some time
in the near future when our more
extensive Improvements are
about completed-and that it de-
termine some system whereby
the treasurer is charged on the
records of the Auditing commit
tee with the sum total of the tax
duplicates, and penalties as they
accrue, and that he be charged by
said committee with all street as
sessments, water-rents, licenses
and fees that should come into
his hands, and that said commit
tee credit him with the bi-month-
ly vouchers allowed by the coun.
Gil, which would be the total Of
bills allowed at each meeting, tc
this end, that at any time the
committee could know by referr-
ing to its own books, just what
the treasurer's books should
show, and the treasurer could on
| y discharge this obligation by
showing the City warrants paie
and by his delinquencies uncol
lected.
| / would recommend also thai
the Water Works committee
open a set of books, charging thu
treasurer with all annual rentals
correcting from time to time ad
ditions reported by. the Water
| Works superintendent and cred
iting the account with dclinquen
cies and such vouchers as are al
lowed by the council out of Thu
fnud, for in this manner, only
| will each department stand on it!
own basis. :.
i ] would recommend also tina
the council establish two new
committees, one known as Fran
| chise Committee" and one a!
Street Improvement Commit
tee."
i The importance of the frs
committee is apparent and / rec
ommend the latter particular,
for the reason that it may formu
ulate record of receipts and dis
bursements, of bonds due and be
coming due, and although .exten
4 sive Improvements may not b,
made in the near future yetss;
j, large number of assesD lnkhts re
i main tosbe eaid within tie mex
flew years
i ] recommend further that tn