The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-28

| aJIon tnat II deserves
Yours respectfully.
: &C. c. GOODMAN, Mayor
Finance Committees Report.
The finance committee submitted
| the following report, which was re
! ceived and the recommendations
adopted:
! Your finance committee begs to re-
port as follows: Referring TO the
communication of his honor, the may
| or, recommending that the printing
committee be authorized 10 request
| bids for printing 500 copies of the
| plumbing ordinance, We recommend
| that same be authorized
Referring to the request of the
board of public works that the sum
of $3.50 be appropriated for the pur
pose of grading C. street between
Belmont and LaRua streets and con-
StTucting thereon a hard road twenty
five feet wide consisting of six inches
OF clay rolled hard we beg TO con-
firm our verbal recommendation that
the appropriation be made.
Referring to the recommendation
of the board of public works that an
appropriation be made TO cover tie
cost of constructing q cement walk on
the west side of Seville square at not
exceeding II lie per square foot, the
total cost being approximately S295,
your committee recommends that the
appropriation be made.
Referring to the recommendation
of the board of public works that an
appropriation of an amount sufficient
10 I'LL certain open bitches mention
ed in their communication of January
18th, 1909, on the basis OF go cents
per cubic yard be made, the cost of
hHlrcp fr1aa f0vx
we recommend That the appropria ton
be made
Referring 10 the request OF the
board of public safety that an appro-
priatiOn of $500 be made for the Dur
pose OF equipping the police and fire
systems with telephone stations,
your committee recommends that the
same be made
Referring to the communication of
the McDavid-Hyer Co. requesting that
tax certificates for the years 1897
1901 and 1902, on the west so feet of
the east 90 feet of lot ,, block 50.
East King tract. be cancelled on the
ground that the taxes on said DROP
erty were duly paid, your committee
hndS such to be fact and recon-
mends that the petition be gtanted
Referring to the communication OF
H E Franklin that the sum of S1.95.
personal taxes of B. F. Bryars, paid
by him (Franklin) be refunded on the
ground that same was paid in error.
the said B. +. Bryars not being a
resident OF the city during the year
1908, your committee finds this to be
a fact and recommends that the petit
ton be granted.
Referring to the communication of
J. +. Whittle that he be refunded the
taxes for the year 1908 paid on stock
OF goods at No 401 South Palafox
street, upon the ground that he owned
the property only about 60 days. your
committee finds that inasmuch as
the property was assessed to aim, and
that he did own il part of the year.
that there is 10 authority to remit the
taxes, we therefore recommend that
the petition be not granted.
Referring to the communication of
Avery & Avery, attorneys for n. Gold
ring and w c. Norman, requesting
tlat the additional $500 license as IL
quor dealers for doing business out
side the $1,000 license district be re-
funded and the communication of the
city attorney advising that it would
be legal and proper for the city to
refund the additional amount paid by
the petitioners upon the ground that
the supreme court of Florida has Sus-
tanned the decision of Hon. J. Emmett
Wolfe. Judge of tle Escambia county
circuit court, that said license is il
legal your committee recommends
that the petition be granted and that
the amounts, say $500. be refunded
to y. Goldring and $500 be refunded
to w. c. Norman
The council also decided to return
$500 to Y. Goldring as an overcharge
for license for a saloon conducted by
him in the northwestern portion of
the city, making a total overcharge
of S. eco.