The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-08

not to any past or present eXtrava-
gance in the management of the city's
affairs.
II was impossible for me to enter
thoroughly into the situation previous
to the last meeting of the council but
since then / have canvassed every
| item in connection with the public
service fund. where the greatest
shortage exists. As "a result | be-
lieve that ! am in position to outline
a wey by which you may make ap-
lproprlations for the public service de-
partment and comply with all require
ments of the Smith law. Naturally,
it will provide scant funds for that
| department but you -. zee that in
an emergency like this small
amount looms as large os would thou
| sands Of dollars in days OF an over
flowing treasury.
The General Fund.
In order TO meet this situation, the
general fund must be looked TO for
repenishing the public service fund
and for that reason the officials who
have control of expenditures within
, the general fund should curtail their
expenses in order that 1t may be pos
slble TO transfer a large amount Of
money to the public service depart
ment.
July /. the beginning Of the fiscal
half-year. there was in the general
fund a balance of $4,SG733 and the tax
collections for this fund amounted to
$5,O99.56, making a total of SlO,566s9;
to this should he added S425 due the
fund at that time for special assess
ment legal advertising and Sl6+25
from an old tax collection recently
discovered by the county auditor,
This would render s11,5Gl.l4 available
I for use during the present half-year.
| From this amount / would suggest
that the following appropriations be
made;
Council-salaries 5000; clerk of
council-Snlary, $3.50; serving notices
$l25. Mayor-Salary. 5000; clerk hire.
$50; furniture and fixtures. 81. Audi
tor-Salary. $525; furniture and fix
lures, $3.50; stationery, 1856; incident
ais. $3.50. roasurer-Salary. 1926
incldentals. &c. Sollctor-Salary. $500;
stationery, sS; law library S24. Elec-
Registrars. clerk. etc. $1,OO5;
booths. rents, etc. SlSS; furniture and
fixtures, Sl4C; stationery, $500; incl
dentals, $50. Legal advertising -
Mayors proclamation, SIS; general
ordinances and resolutions. $3.50; spe-
cial assessment ordinances and reso-
lutions, 500. Board of control, clerk
hire, $50. Miscellaneous executive,
sl6O Humane officer, $40, Total,
S6,4lS
From these figures are TO be de-
Quoted 1925 for serving notices under
the clerk of council appropriation. all
OF this expense being eventually
Eborne by the special assessment fund
and not being an actual appropria-
tion from the tax levy fund; 500 from
the appropriation for special assess
ment advertising for the same reason;
SlCSO from the mayors furniture and
fixture account, $2.17 from the audi
tors furniture and fixtures account,
$lG35 from the auditors stationary
account, $3.50 from the auditors Incl
dental account, $3.50 from the solicit
or's stationery account, $l3.25 from the
solicitors law library account. 1885, 70
from the general ordinances and re-
solutions appropriation and $26.1O from
the miscellaneous executive account.
all Of these being amounts that the
preparations named Were overdrawu
July 1 and not TO be figured as money
to lie spent. The total to be deducted
Is S,0i941. leaving a balance of s5.-
39S59. Add to this S15sS9. balances OF
appropriations left over from the first
six months 10 be available for use
during the last six This makes a
total OF S5.5524S needed TO cover the
net general fund appropriations. De-
duct this from the balance July and
the tax collections since that date,
amounting to sl1,516.14 and a balance
Of $5,60366 Is left to be transferred to
the service fund. | have included in
the general fund appropriations and
also In the appropriations which I
shall suggest for tine public service
fund all expenditures up TO Septem-
ber /.
Election Appropriations.
The appropriations set down for
election purposes were secured from
the clerk of the board of elections.
They do not include the pay of off,
cials of the primary or the coming
election, amounting to about 1000.
The county auditor has assured me
that II Is entirely legal TO pay this
expense from the county treasury this
fall as has always been done, and
deduct 1t from the clty's tax collection
In February.
have taken no account OF the pros
pectve revenue for the general fund
coming through the mayors court
and as this averages more than 800 a
month II VIII cover any slight emer-
gency that may arise within this
fund
Taking up the public service fund
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