The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-12

Increasing expenses caused the
Board OF County Commissioners to
start a retrenchment policy in a de-
termlned manner last night, when the
Dody was called in regular session,
Expenses were quite beyond the re-
celpts as shown by the balances to
the several funds in bank, and it was
necessary last night to adopt a reso-
luton directing the treasurer to trans
fer the sum of $4,000 from the gen.
eral fund to the fine and forfeiture
fund to meet the current expenses.
The report from the bank showed last
night that at the end of the past
month the balance to the credit of the
fine and forfeiture fund was but $1.34.
Sheriff Van Pelt's check to the treas
urer, amounting to $511.5S, was re-
|ported, thus making the total of the
fine and forfeiture fund to date just
$513.12. Against this, however, right
at the start were the feed bills from
the county Jail and the county road
works, amounting to $1,16S.6O. This
left the fund short of the sum OF
$655.45 to cover the current months
expenses. Some time ago the COM
missioners passed resolution direct
ing the clerk, Mr.. Macgibbon, to
transfer $4,000 from the general TO
the fine and forfeiture fund. In the
light of an opinion from the state au-t
ditor, however, the clerk notified the
board last night in a communication
that he would be unable to make the
transfer as ordered. The board had
to have money to meet the expense
for feeding county prisoners alone,
and to get it, resolution was adopt
ed directing that the treasurer make
the transfer. The fine ard forfeiture
fund, at present balanced, amounts to
S4,S ,S57.44.
The board, further pursuing the
retrenchment policy, turned down
lbill from County Judge Bellinger OF
S105, for typewriter. Then the bill
| of the North and South Publishing
company was not considered /. In fact
that seemed to have been sheIved
long ago.
The tax collector, in the past two
months, had collected a total of about
$4,000 of the road and bridge tax. The
board at a previous meeting had or
dered that warrants be sent the city
monthly to keep down the expense of
the city's account growing too large
to handle. When the report was
heard last night, Commissioner Brown
moved that warrants for the ~city's
share be drawn and turned over to
the city. Mr.. Brown thought it was
easier to pay these warrants monthly
than to have them accumulate. He
later withdrew the motion, for the
road and bridge fund contains now
about one-ha1f of which is due to the
city. The report of deposits to the
fund, as coming from the bank last
night, showed the fund to contain
but s1,1S3.35. The city's share Of
collections up to date amounts to
lover $4,000. Payments to the city
will be held up, it was explained, un-
til later in the year when collec-
tions grow larger. 1t was understood
that the Indebtedness would be clear
ed off during the month of March.
The board had enough to keep It
figuring for some time.
DETAILS OF MEETING.
The board was called to order by
Chairman Oerting at 7:05 o'clock.
The entire board, consisting of
Messrs. Brown, Davis, McQuarrie and
Steward, were in attendance. Four
sets of minutes were read and ap-
proved, and this consumed nearly half
an hour. Finally the board did reach
the calendar and went through it
quickly.
SOME PENSIONS.
Opposition was made by Command
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