The Detroit times., 1912-07-10

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Pound Master. " D...... 90
Weigh Master, +. D........ Ia 20
Weigh Master w. D...... 40
wards ..,.'.'............. 2.2oO 50
6 PGs r Of MaT Mai'f E 80. s. IS 90 90
iClerk OF Market W.D ..... 10 so
Clerk OF Police court..,,... ~ 80
DAVID E. HEiNEMAN,
Accepted and referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means
ITO the Honorable the Common Council:
! Gentlemen-l herewith submit Con-
tract and bond OF the National Surety
company for furnishing Oficial Bonds
! for City Officials as awarded by your
Conway Brief Co. for furnishing
briefs and records for the fiscal yoar
ending June S0th. 1918 These bonds
have been certified by the Corporation
lCounsers ONCE as being correct in form
and execution. recommend their APP
lproval BY your Honorable Body
DAVID E. HEINEMAN,
| BY Aid Gilman:
Resolved, That the contract and bond
OF the National Surety Co. for furnish
ing official bonds and the contract OF
the Conway Brief Co. for furnishing
briefs and records, for the fiscal year
ending June 30th, 1918, be and the same
are hereby approved.
Adopted as follows;
Yeas-Ald Brozo, Burton, Ellis, Gar
vey Gilman. Grindley. Gutman. Harp
fer Hindie kssting Keusch Koenig,
y Mason, Merritt, ostrowski, Owen.
Rosenthal. schultz Skrzycki. Thompson,
Tossy, Vernon. Walsh, Watson. Zoeller.
and the President Pro Tem.-3l
Nays--None
To the Honorable the Common Councils:
Gentlemen-lt has been customary at
the end OF each fiscal year to transfer
from the House OF Correction moneys
"A sufficient sum to reimburse the Po-
lice Pension Fund for such sums as
have been expended for such new
added during the fiscal year and for
which. OF course no estimate could
have been made. Accordingly I have
caused to be transferred from the House
CT Correction moneys TO the said Po-
lice Pension Fund. the sum or slSs.3S
for the purpose stated and the prope.
entries therefore have been made on
the books OF the Treasurer and OF this
office.
recommend that this action be APP
proved by your Honorable Body
I Respectfully,
DAVID L. HEINEMAN.
Controller
Accepted and recommendation con-
CURED In as follows:
Adopted as follows:
Yeas-Ald. Brozo. Burton, Ellis. Gar
fer. Hindle. Heating. Keusch, Koenig.
Knapp. LittleheId. Lodge. Lynch. McCar-
", Mason, Merritt, ostrowski. owen,
Rosenthal. Schultz Skrzycki. Thompson.
Tossy, Vernon, Walsh. Watson. Zoeller,
and the President Pro Tem.-sl.
Gentlemen take pleasure in hand
ing you and the City officers the SIX
teentn issue OF the Red Book" con-
tanning the detailed appropriations for
City government for the fiscal year.
ending June 80. 1918.
Respectfully.
DAVID E. HEINEMAN.
Controller.
Accepted 4
To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen-I desire TO call the at
tention OF your Honorable Body to
what seems 10 be defect In the fiscal
system OF the City, namely. the abb
sence Of any adequate record or re-
port covering the work OF the Chief
Accountant. Tho ordinance covering
this office was passed 81 years ago.
counting office In fact. and before said
office, by reason OF the appointment
OF assistants or otherwise. grew into
a separate department. An amendment
added IL years ego did not I'm any
practical way touch the defect
The city Accountants office Is as IL
properly should be, an absolutely m
dependent department, but some Prov
ID
should report the work OF his depart
ment in the same way as other CITY
officials present their weekly reports.
The ordinance at present provides that
the Accountant should report to the
Common Council when called for and
that he shall be under the control and
dir,ctio OF the Mayor and the Com
mittee on Ways and Means of the
Council Neither OF these require
ments have been exercised as far as
recall and ! doubt very much IL the
supervisory officers In question have
even been aware OF the limited author
ity granted to them.
The voluntary reports made by the
| city Accountant to the Common Coun-
( Gil have been very few In number pos
sibly half dozen each year and with
few exceptions have been perfunctory
statements a few lines in length
A very slight change in the system
would enable any official or citizen 10
know:
What departments have been ex-
amined by the City Accountant
2--The date az which said eNamina-
J ton has been made and the length or
tine consumed In making e.
| 3-The individual work done by the
star
! Under the present ordinance and
methods there is no record OF any OF
these things and neither the Council.
4 Mayor. Controller, or any other official
| IL able to learn without a thorough In
| quest when or what work has been
/ done In the departments by the Ac-
lcOuatant
! The remedy IL very simple. II the
Accountant would nle at the end OF
| each week In time for presentation 10
/ the Commou Council with the reports
! or other city Offices a time sheet stat
/ ing the department In which himself
and each Of hts assistants worked each
! day of said week the requirements OF
! a busIncssllke system ana the protec-
\ tion OF his own office would be secur-
ed ] made this suggestion 10 the out
going Accountant as well as 20 the
new incumbant and they botn at once
agreed that II was the correct thing
+, 90 do. The new Accountant assured me
that while acting as Assistant Account
ant he had for his own protection kept
lidentically the same time sheet OF his
work, but OF course. IL WAS private
document Instead OF, as IL should be
a public record. / have -hsen informed
matter he has manifested some obtec.
/ ton TO the plan, hut I feel very sure
he would not claim there IN any good
/ reason Whatsoever against man
which 10 so manIfestly proper for tue
needa % public Information and the
protection OF His own department.
beg TO recommend that the cues
tim OF tbs slight amendment required
ts obtain the wcskly report In uups.
i ton be referred TO the COMMITTEES on
ways and Means together with the
Mayor. those officials being charged un-