The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-12
FOR CITY AUDITOR
Commissioners Decide to Employ
Expert Accountant.
City Attorney Reads New Law
on Subject at Meeting.
TO SIGN WARRANTS,
Dog Catcher Out Wednesday, So
Watch Your Puppy.
Ordinance Fixing Pay Election
Officers to Come.

AT the morning meeting of the city
| commission it was decided to employ
| city auditor, all of the commissioners
voting in favor of this action. An or
| dinance was ordered drawn with the
salary clause left blank in preparation
Tor the employment of some one to
| fill the place. This action was taken
after decision yesterday not to en-
ploy one.
Commissioner Bone started the ac-
ton which led later to a decision to
fill the place provided for by ANNOUNCE
ing that there was plenty of work for
such an official City Attorney Raj
ston called attention to the law which
snail pay warrants only when they are
countersigned by the city auditor.
mat Is the only way provided under
the new law to pay out money.
The law provides that beside check
ing up accounts the auditor shall do
such other work as the commissioners
direct him to do. 1t was suggested
by Mr.. Bone that the auditor could
help City Clerk Burge, whose office
is run with a smaller force than is
employed by a city of the size of To-
peka anywhere Commissioner Tandy
suggested that it would be difficult
for him to keep a set of books and at
the same time be out all day Euperin-
tending his work of repairing and con-
structing pavement and sidewalks.
Mr.. Holman suggested that the au-
ditor could check up the county tax
paid by the CITY to the county and find
out where the money went and If the
city received any benefit from 1t. In
the end a motion to instruct the attor-
ney to draw up an ordinance providing
for the appointment of a city auditor
carried.
An ordinance providing for the pay
of election clerks and judges was also
ordered drawn.
Commissioner Miller called atten-
ton to the fact that the recent ordin-
ance passed by the council raising sal
aries of all other departments had
lowered the salaries of the employees
of the city light plant. This, he de-
clared, was a mistake and not the in
tention of the council. He asked that
the salaries of these officials be placed
back at the figure at which they were
advanced by the city council last fall.
ance Commissioner, Mr.. Bone. 1t was
explained that the employees of the
waterworks department were receiv-
ing more pay for s hours work than
the light plant employees received for
IL.
Dog Catcher to Start.
The dog catcher starts out tomorrow.
City Clerk Burge brought to the officials
to 200 yearly from this source and also
said that there was much complaint OF
the depredatiOn of dogs over the c1Cy.
Better get Ffdo out, dust him up and pay
the tax on him. William Core will act
as dog catcher temporarily.
Arrangements to provide office room in
the city building for the newly elected
commissioners are being made and you
will soon be able to find them. heso
arrangements will require a few days
longer.
Rather an amusing incident came up
In connection with q visit to the AUBURN
dale bridge which the commissioners and
was suggested that the mayor and coun-
Gil had formerly used the patrol wagon
for such trips. Commissioner Holman OBJ
jected and it was finally decided that the
committee use the street car. MI: Holman
ride in the BLACK Maria.
A petition is being circulated asking the
to repeal the ordinance clos
ing the theaters on Sunday. It is known
however that g majority OF the commits