The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-31
SCALLY TO GET
 ENROLMENT PAY
Finance Board Votes $500 After Matter Has Been Lying on Table
 Since July.
THREE REFUSE TO SIGN
Logan, Farrell and Rowe Fail to Put Their Names on the Bill When 1t Comes Up for Final
 Approval.

The board of finance yesterday after noon decided to pay to John J. Scally the military enrolment officer chosen by the republicans of the board of all dermen and recognized by the courts and the corporation counsel Leonard M, Daggett, the officer de facto and de jure of the city. his salary of $90O for compiling a list of those males of New Haven who are required under the of whether the board should pay this money to Scally or to his predecessor in that office, George F. Mccarthy, has been hanging fire at the board meet inbs since early in July when the bills of both officers for performance of the work first came to light, following the action of the superior court in deter mining that the meeting held last Jan uary by the republican members of the board of aldermen, at which was ap- pointed Alderman Henry H. Towns bend, member of the finance board, was legal.
 The republicans, it was declared by the democrats of the board of alder men, had held a rump meeting, and that these illegal appointments were the result of their deliberations, the session enduring but few minutes.
 The superior court in sustaining the selection of Mir. Townshend as mem Der of the finance board said that there was a. quorum and that a majority vote prevailed in the naming of Mir. Townshend There also was a majority vote in the case of Mir. Scally
 The democrats, the same night of the meeting of the republicans, also met and named George F. Mccarthy as the enrolment officer. but the courts did not sustain this action on the ground of illegality.
 Both scally and Mccarthy, the latter having served the city in this capacity for many years. made a military en- roIlment of the city Tax Collector Anthony and the adjutant general ac- cepted the enrolment of Scally, al- though there was talk thereafter of it's being deficient in many important re- speots It was said that war vete- rams exempt from poll taxation were placed upon the list by Scully, and that he had used the registration lists of the city in making his enrolment.
 It was upon the initiative of Henry Herz, a retiring member of the finance kpa ,1 f1n4 4A1r the table yesterday afternoon. Clerk Edward A Street read the opinion of Corporation Counsel Daggett as to the legality of the nomination of Scally for the place.
 There has been some talk in this board,9 said Controller Jonathan N. Rowe, that the work of MT. Scally has not been properly done. It seems to me that someone in authority should know whether the work has been prop erly done or not I should like to ask if that work has been accepted by the board of aldermen?'
 T should say that in view of there being so much talk about how the work has been done that I should hes- itate to sign an order of this kind, whether 1t was legal or not" said James Logan.
 The order for the payment of the bill of Scally was then passed around the table surrounded by the financiers and the first member to sign it was Henry Herz.
 Controller Rowe said he did not think it was within the province of the aldermanic board to say whether the work had been properly done or not the tax collector having accepted it.
 T think that it was generally con- ceded," said George w. Lewis, that there were a good many errors in the list but he (Scally) acted as the duly appointed officer and did the work ,
 Mayor Studley thought at first it would have been necessary to pay both bills
 T will sign 1t under the corpora tion counsers opinion,' said the mayor.
 The order for payment was finally signed by Alderman Henry H. Town shend Robert H Nesbit, George W, Lewis, Edward C. Frederick and the mayor. Messrs, Logan and Henry Far rell and Controller Rowe did not sign. The rules of the board require that in order to make a payment legal it is necessary for five members of the board to affix their signatures to the hill and thus ScaIly gets his S900 bv a close shave.