The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18
TRYING TO REDUCE
!. COLLECTOR FEES.
Chairman Pollard Says City Is
Paying Too Much Tor Scr
vices Rendered,
GET MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS
Council Committees Will Ap-
prove City Pay-Rolls Before
Holidays.

Practically all Council committees
having control of city departments
nslll hold special meetings on Thurs
day or Friday night of this week, so
that all city employees may be paid
off before the holidays Tue custom Is
san established one. and the office Of
auditor Warren viii he ousy one on
8the latter days of this week. setting
StEe various departmental pay accounts
Besides the pay-rool meetings. others
scheduled for this week arc as fol-
lows:
Monday Joint session OF the Com
mon Council and Board OF Aldermen
To elect a school trustee from the First
District to succeed John BaEby, re-
signed, Oscar Il Parrish cashier Of
the Church Hin Bank will bo the
nominee OF tho Marshall Ward delega-
ton South Richmond, which has re-
Gently been placed in the First Dis
s1iict. through the redistricting of the
Ecity on the basis OF school popula-
gtion. will also make nomination and
5Lili urge that that part of tue city
%lysag south of the river should he en-
f'.ied to ono representative out of the
S1hroe from the First District on the
school Board
Committees nj Work
Other meetings for tomorrow are
tho Committee on Relief of the Poor'at
S 7. NJ and the Lynch Investigating
committee, which will meet in execu-
rIiNG. session III illt lllN llittl = OlllNt
to continue work on its report on the
basis of evidence already taken.
Tuesday night the Committee on
EFinance will meet at s o'clock, and the
Committee on Cemeteries at 1880
O'Clock.
Another effort will be made on Tues
day night, the fourth, to have hear.
ing before the ordinance. Charter and
reform Committee on The ordinance
reducing the rate OF commissions OF
q t-tE al
Although Chairman umlauf has made
pcyeral efforts TO get his committee
together, IL has postponed the hearings
and failed of quorums several times.
The measure was introduced by Chair
man II. r. Pollard, Jr,. of the Commit
tee on Finance, who will appear in its
support Mr. Pollard asserts that the
City Collector drew something more
than $4,000 in fees last year, for re-
ceiving at his Office such taxes as cit
inct. merely as receiving teller for the
FTreasurers office which does all dis
bursing.
Draws Large Amount.
On the basis of the recent anneNa-
tons, and the new assessment which
greatly increases the tax basis, Mr..
Pollard believes that this officer viii
draw $4,000 or $4,000 next year and
that the rate OF his commission could
We'll be reduced without working any
hardship on the incumbent
Captain Frank Cunni>ham the
present City Collector. is personally
one OF the most popular men in the
city government
Several members of the Council have
already announced that they would in
trodUce an amendment to the charter
ia the next Legislature abolishing the
position altogether 1T the end OF Cap
tain Cunningham's term and adding
70 the staff Of the City Treasurer suff-
cient clerks TO take care both of the
Teceirir. and disbursing of city funds
on warrants from the Auditors Office.
on Wednesday night the Committee
on Local Assessments will meet at s
O'Clock. on Thursday. the Committee
on Grounds and Buildings will meet at
S o'clock. and on Friday the Commit
tee on street Cleaning will meet also
al o'clock.