The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-02
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/ sss iaes MaKhts AEa Af y fwauts Ire
salaries al ta~ Hsasos aad aissfn~n
received a srtsnsaiax The mayors
satags ~aA sss bali la twa and shs
saoIam~sts III The slassmanic off.
Gers were reduced from ti7.n to-
l1"" - month The ordsr flxinx sh~
new salaries becomes effective Gu
Aprtl i, and ~iil apply the first
year tn the mayor aud three alder
men. who are 10 t,e elected In Aprii
Az shs expiration cs tn. terms of
the three aldermen who hold ases
/ untll 1898 the reduction la salaries
will appls TO all members of the
icouncti. Heretofore the mayor has
been receiving monthly salary of
$50. but after April The monthly
warrant for this diguitars will be
made out In the sum of t.5. In ad
dition To this he will reeeis. the
usual recorders fees. which are fix
| I'd by the statutes OF the state
| According 10 The laws OF Texas
| city ennncils which do not operate
under special charter must fix
! salaries at the January meeting OF
| the board After the routine business |
f. had been transacted last night Alder |
man IanEsford. chairman OF the fin |
ance committee. offered a motion |
thar the salaries Of aldermen be re-
dueed from st5a se $50 year. or |
$500 month. This motion was |
amended by resolution providing |
! that the aldermen receive their sal |
aries monthly When the vote was |
called for the motion, with Its |,
amendment. was unanimously adop- !
ted 1t was then moved that the may |
or's salary be reduced from $50 10 |
$25 month, and this likewise re-
ceived the unanimous yotes of the
council. BY adopting this policy OF
retrenchment there will be an an
nual saving to the city OF about 1914.
The fact that the general current
fund and the water fund are heavily
Z oyerdrawn makes II imperAttye that
I the city fathers adopt sone method
Of cutting down expensea In oroel
THAT the city may ret ont Of d0bt. I'm
4, less something h done TO remed
Is the situation it will be only que,
rs ton OF short time when the cit
se will be paying its bills In scEip.
a' Mayor Robertson is in hearty a
= cord with the movement started la
* night to keep the finances Of the Gil
he on a cash basis. and the motion
e. cut salaries received his enthusiast
le endorsement Had either motion re
e suited in tie vote the mayor wou1t
e have cast She deciding vote In the
s affirmative Mayor Robertson has
e gone over the situation thoroughly
l with Alderman Langsford. and when
all the facts and figures were be-
fore them it did not take them long
to decide on the proper course 10
! pursue to prevent the city war
rants being cashed below their face
value For this action they, together
with each member of the council
who voted for the salary cut, should
receive the hearty commentator OF
every citizen of the town.
The street com missioner reported
the collection OF $40 during the
month of December The most OF
this money was paid by negroes who
had lately returned from the cotton
fields. The report showed the
amount of work accomplished on the
streets each day during the month.
/ The most important item In the re-
port was that with reference 10 the
construction and test of split log
drag. II was tried on Brown street
and found to work successfully
. since then IL has been used on col
iege. Rogers and Main streets.
The city marshal reported collec-
tious from fines amounting 10 s251,-
! 1O The execution of twenty dogs
| during thr month was reported
The city health officer reported
| the intcrmeut of TWO adults for the
month This is the best report that
has been made FOR any oue month Ia
several years
The water superintendent report
I'D his COLLECTIONS AZ $3.50 y" and eS-
penditur'~ at s57N1t
The follo~lng report of the oitS s.
financs. vas mad, b., thc oi'y ~---
r~tsry
Currrui uud uterdra~u 80" 80
Water fund pX~rtFA~n . ".itF -
Cemet.ry fund pvcrdfa~H a." II
Road aud bridge fnud. bal
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Water improvement fiud.
n halanre ou hand ... ..ssa ~
MI INTEREST AND rfNAtNts - NJ
puuIlr ss ht-ai hnuae Fnild
luE nnudr @<s.-s
Mater Nmrk. Improvement
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