The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
LET EN- BRING IN
THEIR LAWYERS,
SAYS MAYOR
Ready for Fight With Attorneys for
City Departments Who Dispute
Hally's Opinion as To the
Tax Limit.
Says Croul Can't Have More Than
100 Extra Patrolmen-Hot Time
Certain in Saturdays Meeting

Let them bring in all the lawyers
they want to- We are ready for them.
declared Mayor Thompson, dehantly,
Friday morning, when informed that
some OF the heads OF the city depart
ments had consulted attorneys with
view TO combating Corporation Coun-
sci Hally's opinion with reference 10
the tax limit, In the meeting which
the mayor has called for Saturday
afternoon From present indications
the meeting is going to be liveiy
one
I'VE are paying $1,000 year for
corporation counsel, continued the
mayor We get our law from that
office, and | will put Mr.. Hally up
| against any lawyer in the city or De
! troit or any number Of lawyers. Ot
course, you can go down on Griswold-
ST. and find plenty Of attorneys to dis
agree with him on any proposition. he
has had as many az 10 lawyers ar
rayed against him In court and still
he has come out on top. I'll bank on
Hally"
The mayor has figured out that II
will be necessary to cut only VAIL
1928, outside OF the necessary slash
In the sewer estimates, from the bud
get submitted TO the board OF esu-
mates by the common council to bring
the tax rate within the $40 limit. Or
course, he will insist on a much larger
cut than this, for he believes that last
years rate OF 1887 per thousand was
much too high. Last week the mayor
figured that cut OF about $2,50O,0O0
al 10 to unf 10 "a
down to $3.50. the goal he seeks. and
he stands by these figures.
This is the way the mayor figures
the dope" on the $40 proposition The
budget, as IL left the council, totals
s1l,658, 1919. including bonds. For
this figure he deducts 1901 900 Of art
museum. city hospital, public library
and park and boulevard bonds, which,
under the Hally opinion. can be Is
sued outside of and without regard TO
the two per cent limit. This leaves
$l0757 1929. Two per cent OF the
present assessed valuation Is $7,44O,-
600 This amount, plus s2.000,0OO In
estimated resources and miscellaneous
revenue. makes total OF $9,44O,OOO,
which, according TO the mayors hg-
ures, the city Is allowed to raise by
taxation this year, or 81 ,317 .1S2.14 less
than the net budget OF $1O,757, lS21S
Deducting the $4,000. which Mr..
Hally says must come on from the
sewer bonds allowed by the common
council, from the sl,317, 1919, the diff
ference between the net budget, ex-
Guiding the sewer bonds. and the
amount allowed by law is only SAT-
oil
estimators last year was SS,357 900. or
81 0S3, 900 less than this years limit.
Mayor Thompson also estimates
that there Is no wlying around In the
various funds about $2000,000 in un-
expended balances, which he thinks
should be given consideration by the
estimators.
''All these departments are coming
in and asking for more money than
they were allowed last year when
they have money In the bank they
have not used" said his honor. "Tha
Is not right Let them spend what
they've got before they talk about In
creased appropriations. There is no
use in letting the money lie around
In the banks at 2 per cent"
The mayor pointed out, from the
records. that the board Of education
had s590,000 on hand March l. On
the same date there was 1923, 900 In
the public sewer fund; s142000 In the
grade separation fund, and 1926. 900 In
the general road fund His attention
was called TO the fact that these bal
ances will be greatly reduced before
the end of the fiscal year, however
The mayor will not stand for the
councils action in allowing Commits
sioner Croul 200 additional policemen.
He can't have more than 100, and
he's lucky IL he gets that many" said
the mayor. 81 told him that to his
face, too realize that he needs
some more men all right, but 200 In
one year is too many. Let him take
some men from his traffic squad II he
needs them on the beats so badly"