Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-08

needed fin New London moro than nn- other, 1t Is an ordinance for tho regu~ lation of sealing weights and meas ures, as it is for the benefit of the greater majority of residents.
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 That the n1ayoralty personalities that have been prominent between Mayors Armstroncf and Mahan were to end when the former retired from office. each having had an inning of three years duration, is not to ma terialize, for now Mayor Mahan has started an investigation Of satisfac~ ton. just as did Mayor Armstrong when he took the helm of the city ship Mare Liberum. At the council meeting Monday evening the mayor look exception to this paragraph from the ex-mayor's message, as printed in the municipal record. just publish ed:
 "The city's business was so financed that on September l. 1909 there was S225,000 in the city treasury ln cash. On entering upon our term of office in October 1906 we found an acc cumuiation of unpaid bills and a de- pleted treasury"
 Mayor Mahan read that paraerapF to the council following A. notice from the city treasurer that in order to meet the current expenses it would he necessary to borrow money until the money from taxes came in. The mayor declared this to be a misrep- resentation of the facts and was made for the purpose of misleading the nub- lie and with full Knowledge of the fact that from that amount must loo deducted the expenses of the city for the months of September and October. or to the end of the city's fiscal year. In justice to himself and those who served with him during the last year of his former administration this wrong should be righted and he called upon the finance committee Co iuVeB- tigate and report at the next meeting NaI rN raF HaaN the end of the mayors administration in 1906 as compared with the actual amount on hand when Mayor Arm strong retired in 1909. Mayor Mahmm said that he left sgS OO0 in the treas ury and that the sum left by Mayor Armstrong was S82 00O
 Now that examination iE to be made the finance committee should go far ther and get at the real facts in tho case. To do this it would be necea- sary to take into account the bills due and not paid at the end Of each ad- ministration of both mayors, and not be content with figures that might not represent the actual conditions Mayor Armstrong declared that when he aH- sumed office he found Fan accumula- ton of unpaid bills and depleted treasury" and this statement should not be separated from that portion oG the paragraph that relates to tho S226,000 in the treasury on Septem- Der 1. with bills for two months yea 10 be paid
 The chairman Of the finance com- nittee reminded the mayor that tho statement of the eN-mayor was based on the financial standing of the city on September 1, and not at the end on the fiscal year. The mayor insisted, however. that there was plain motive to deceive the people and misrepresent the administration that preceded, and that therefore the cash on hand at tho end of each administration should ha Of1riallw given to the UHbIlc.
 The mayors message covers twen- ty-seven pages of the municipal rec ord and the single statement as t1 the financial condition of the city on September 1 1909 as compared with the beginning of Mayor Armstrong; administration, is the only one that has thus far been publicly and ad- verseiy criticised.