The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-18
City Council Determines
to Keep Better Track
of Financial Matters.
CASH IN TREASURY
Reported as $6,Sl3, ,5O---Survey Of
City Is Ordered..MOre Gravel
ing Ordered.

"The newspapers, the White Pine
News, gets reports of our financial
condition right along and | believe
that we are entitled to them, too, but
we want our reports to be made ac-
cording to law" said Mayor f. M.
Clark at the regular meeting of the
city council last night in support of
a resolution introduced by Council
man J. H. Carbon, requiring the city
treasurer and the city clerk to pre-
sent to the council at the first meet
ing in January, and monthly there
after, joint report of the city's
finances, to be prepared under the
direction of the city attorney.
The resolution was introduced by
Councilman Carbon, after a general
discussion of the affairs of the city
treasury, and the need of complete
and adequate reports from the vari-
Gus officials. The sum total of this
discussion was that the council had
not been complying with the law in
keeping track of financial affairs but
proposes doing so in the future.
Police Judge A. ]. Cartwright was
also instructed to prepare de-
tailed and tabulated report of the
financial affairs of his office, to be
presented to the council at the first
meeting in January, and monthly
thereafter.
The discussion of financial affairs
arose during the presentation of bills
against the city. A bill for $74 for
IA hours work, presented by the men
who erected the fire bell tower, was
discussed at length, it being consid-
cred by the council that 81 per hour
was too great an amount to be
charged the city for the work. The
bill was referred to Councilman
Francis Root for adjustment.
Councilman Carbon said that he
regretted that the council at its last
meeting had approved and ordered
paid a bill presented by a local res
tauranteur for feeding certain quar-
antined patients who alleged that
they could not pay for their meals.
He said that the bill was too high,
and that a man with ordinary bust
ness sense would not have allowed
city patients who admitted their in
digency TO have such expensive meals.
He said that it was bad precedent,
and that while he was in the council
he would see that such bills were not
paid unchallenged.
As a result of the discussion, it was
decided that hereafter all bills, when
presented to the council, must be APP
proved by the person incurring the
Indebtedness on the part of the city,
and that full explanation must ac-
company each bill, showing why the
Indebtedness was incurred, and show
ing to what use the goods purchased,
or the labor performed, was put.
The report of City Treasurer A. S.
Leahigh for the period from Novem-
Der II to December II, was then
read, showing the funds of the city
to be in the following condition.:
To cash in treasury Nov, -,
1907 .............. 81 $9,SSO.63
BY cash from county treas
urer for city gaming Ii
censes for October and
November -. ........ 2,325.O0
BY cash from city clerk for
city licenses, same period. 2,S50.0O
By cash from police Judge
for police court fines. 32S.00
Total cash to be account
ed for ............. . $9,3S3. SO
To city warrants paid from
Nov. II to Dec. II -. 2,S7O.1 3
Balance on hand in treas
ury Dec. II ....... Sc, $50
This report was received, accepted
and placed on file.
The city engineer was given a
large piece of work, when the follow
ing resolution, introduced by Coun-
Gilman J. Fl. Condor, was read and
adopted
Resolved, that the city engineer
be and is hereby instructed to sur
vey the city, including all streets, al
leys and property lines; to note and
tie the boundaries of all streets and
alleys by description to permanent OBJ
jects where practical; also to plat
and make all lots, pieces or parcels of
land within the city and owned by
different persons; showing improve
ments thereon, and the character
thereof, and giving the names of the
owners when obtainable."
In support of this resolution, Coun-
Gilman Carbon said that such a map
would prove valuable to the assessor
when next the assessment roll is
made up, and that he did not doubt
that the county would be willing to
pay for the use of such man in COM
piling the assessment roll. The res
olution was adopted.
Il guess the salaries will not seem
so large as some would have us be-
lieve they are, if every official and
employe of the city does all the work
that is required of him." said City
Attorney Walker.
Councilman Carbon recommended