The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
RAISED SALARIES
Board Of Audit and Finance
Very Liberal
ON THE BUDGET
Agreed to the Appropriation for
Five Mounted Policemen

Salary of the Mayor, Assistant City
Clerk and Treasurer and Clerk of
the Board of Audit and Finance
Raised-PoIicemen and Members of
the Fire Department Allowed a Ger
tain Amount Per Month for Uni
forms-Offce of Messenger for the
Mayor Was Discontinued - Came
Near Reducing Salary of Superin-
tendent OF Streets.
The board of audit and finance was
truly in a salary raising mood last
night, for they went up on several of
the city officials, beginning with the
mayor, whose salary was increased
from $1,000 to $500.
1t was 4 special meeting Of the
board of audit and finance n all
members were present. 1t was held for
the purpose of passing upon the BUD
get for the fiscal year beginning to-
day. At a conference Of the two
boards held several days ago practical
ly everything with the exception Of the
most of the boards time was taken
up last night in discussing what sale-
ries should be paid certain persons in
the employ of the city.
The first matter on the budget was
that Of the police department. b. far
the most important thing done as re-
garded this department was the action
of the board in agreeing to make all
| appropriation sufficient to purchase
and keep five horses for C. mounted
police force and to employ five addi-
tional policemen.
AS to the salaries of the chief OF
police, captain, sergeants and privates
there was no change in the present
salaries other than to allow IS per
months for uniforms provided the Of
ficers receiving the money wear their
uniforms.
In the sanitary department the men
will get $45 per month, including uni
forms, instead Of $40 per month and
ten cents per day for uniforms. The
chief health officer, at the present
time Mr.. Charles Shepard, who was
spoken of last night in very high
terms by the members of the board of
audit and finance, is to receive $50 per
month, including uniform. Chief
quarantine officer will get practically
the same as last year, $1.S5 per dag.
Officer Frank Harper, superintend-
ent Of trash carts, will get $50 per
month, including uniform, instead of
$45 per month. He has done excellent
work since he has held the position IF
superintendent of trash carts and the
members of the board that passed
upon his salary las night have taken
notice of the matter.
In the future the cattle weigher will
| get the amount he collects from the
weighing in of cattle, which the past
year was some less than the salary
paid.
One Office was abolished, that Of
| special messenger for the mayor. L
was the general opinion hat there
was no need of paying out money for
a messenger when others could do the
work. The salary paid the messenger
was $50 per month. This amount, or
at least $500 Of it, was placed upon
the mayor salary.
There was some discussion as to
what salary the mayor should re-
ceive and when the matter first am
up several members of the board ex-
pressed themselves very emphaticasly
as being opposed to increasing his sal
airy, but after the appropriation for
the messenger for the mayor was
| stricken off the board reconsidered and
raised the mayors salary to $1,000.
J Chairman Mcqueen favoNd from the
first an increase in the mayors salary.
The board discussed the ACCESSIBILITY
of reducing the salary of the city
clerk and treasurer, but it was decid-
ed to let the salary remain the same
as present, $500. There a some
talk of making it 81, 800. When it was
, shown by one of the members that an
excellent report was going to be made
by the city clerk and treasurer as 20
| the amount OF taxes collected, there
was TO further discussion in regard TO
reducing the salary. The salary Ut
the assistant clerk and treasurer vas
raised from $1,000 TO $500. All the
members of the board expressed them
selves in very complimentary terms Of
Col. White and how thoroughly famil-
lar he is with the work in the city
clerk and ~treasurer's Office.
It was the understanding among
the members Of the board that the tax
books are to be written up in the city
clerk and ~treasurer's Office this year
and $3.50 of the amount appropriated
for tax listing was stricken out, leav-
ing $500 for the listing. Under the
law the tax books have TO, be written
up in the city clerk and tr%easurer's
Office.
The salary of Mr.. Thomas D.
Meares, clerk of the board Of audit
and finance was increased from ST.
200 to 1850. In making the raiS4
the members expressed themselves as
being OF the opinion that Mr.. Meares
is the most competent clerk the board
has ever had.
The salary of the superintendent OF
| sfreofc Mr. Pickett some members OF