The log cabin Democrat., 1910-06-22
COUNCIL HOLDS
 WARM SESSION FIREWORKS START EARLY MAYOR w. H. DUNCAN RESIGNS FROM CHAIRMANSHIP OF
 STREET COMMITTEE.

buAy session last night which, at times, was marked by rather dramatic and sensational incidents. As result of resolution which was introduced by Alderman Drummer as chairman of the finance committee, prohibiting the mayor or any officer from doing any street work or expending any money for any purpose, Mayor W. H.. Duncan resigned as chairman of the street and alley committee, position which he had assumed at the request of the other members of the council, and in a brief but forceful statement turned the street work over to the council. He stated that he need not be expected to resign as mayor, as he had no intention whatsoever of doing so but he resented the action of the council in throttling his efforts to do street work.
 W. J. Drummer, who introduced the resolution which precipitated the fireworks stated that it was not the intention of the council or any mem Der of it to impede street work or to reflect upon the mayor, but that the council was simply desiring to put the administration upon a businesslike basis, in order that the taxpayers might know definitely what was being done with their funds, and that the responsibility for the expenditure of funds would rest not only on the may or but upon the whole council.
 All the members of the council ex- cept F. E. Robins, who was absent from the city, were present upon roll call.
 The first business taken up was the opening of the alley in block 12 of Robinsons plan. Dr. Dickerson, on behalf of the improvement committee, asked for further time before making report as to the recommendations regarding this alley, which was grant ed.
 J. H. Hartje, who has been employ ed by the electric light committee to audit the books of the electric light plant, was present and presented his detailed report as to his findings, a summary of which appears elsewhere in this paper.
 Alderman Drummer, as chairman of the finance committee, then present ed reports as follows:
 To the City Council of the City of
 Conway:
 We, your finance committee, beg leave to call your attention to the fact that the recommendation of this com m;ttee as to the system of accounting for the city, which were adopted by this council shortly after it's organiza- ton, are not being followed out.
 Under this system of accounting it was provided that the mayor should file a statement once month with the recorder showing the amount of fines assessed by him during the past month in order that these fines should be charged to the marshal, the mar shal to receive credit whenever he filed vouchers showing payment there of to the treasurer, upon which the treasurer should be charged with the amount of the fines. We are advised that the mayor has not been filing this statement with the recorder, nor has the marshal been presenting vouchers showing the payment of fines to the treasurer.
 The system recommended by us and adopted by the council also provided that the mayor should prepare a list of the persons in the city subject to street duty, which, after it's approval by the council, should be filed with the recorder, in order that the mar shal might be charged with the total amount of money or labor that should be obtained or collected from such persons; the marshal to be credited with the vouchers showing his pay ment of the amount collected by him to the treasurer, and also with vouch- CTS showing street work; and the treasurer would then be charged with the amount shown paid to him by the vouchers filed by the marshal. It was also provided that the marshal should pay over to the treasurer monthly all funds collected by him in this way The list of persons subject to street duty has not been filed by the mayor l ...l 4L Lo r,,nrck al hnc not hnnn tn1.ni n Q