The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-09-05
The Commission
Government Bill
To Be Voted On

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of all departments of the City, and
is to be required to furnish a trial
balance of all departments of the
Commissioners not less than once
each month The duties Of this
Clerk shall be City Clerk and Tax
Collector as is now provided for in
the charter of said City, and in adj
dition thereto, shall be book-keeper
and treasurer, and shall be required
to give surety bond of not less
than Five Thousand ($5,0O0.O0)
Dollars. and shall be required to
carefully file as vouchers, all can
celled checks and receipts in month
ly patches for the inspection of the
Commissioners as well as the audi
tor. The City Clerk shall also act
as Cashier, handling all funds of the
City, and shall be required to be
furnished with a voucher properly
issued and endorsed by the Commits
sioner of the department from which
it is issued. and then approved by the
Chairman of the Board before max
ing payment. The bondsman of the
City Clerk shall be responsible for
every neglect or failing on his part
to carry out the duties herein de
fined. The Clerk shall require each
department having employees to fur
nish him with an itemized pay roll
on regular forms that will be adopt
ed, these pay rolls to be certified to
by the person in these departments
in charge of the employees, and
then to be approved as provided for
heretofore. These sheets shall be
kept on file as vouchers, heretofore
provided for. The Clerks salary
shall be fixed by the Board and shall
not exceed Fifteen Hundred ($1500.
OO) Dollars per annum payable
monthly. The Board of Commits
sioners shall have authority to en-
ploy such assistants for the clerical
work for the different departments
as in their opinion may be necessary.
They shall consolidate all clerical
work in one set of officers.
Section "a. - Be it further enact
ed, that the compensation for Chair
man shall be Six Hundred ($6O0.00)
Dollars per annum, payable in equal
monthly installments. The compen-
sation for the other two members
Of the Board shall be Four Hundred
($400.00) Dollars each per annum,
and to be paid in like manner as the
Chairman.
Section rs. - Be it furthed enact
ed, that said Board OF Commission
ers shall have the power and au-
thority to collect such taxes as to
the shall seem for new business tax
and street tax and this Act shall be
construed to repeal and nullify any
limit upon their power to fix such
taxes as now provided in the charter
of said City. Occupation tax to be
limited to $500 as at present, and
street tax not to exceed $500 Der
year. Said Commissioners shall have
full power and authority to provide
method to be followed in the man
ner of returning personal property
by the tax payers of said City. Said
returns shall be made by the tax
payer, under oath, to the Clerk of
said City upon the blanks furnished
by him, and these returns shall be
turned over by him to the Commits
Sioners who shall after the eXami-
nation thereof either accept or re-
ject the same. If any tax PAYERS
returns are rejected by the Commits
sioners he shall be notified, and I'M
less he makes his returns satistac-
tory, the matter shall be left to ar
bttration, each selecting one arbi-
traitor and these two the third.
Section &c. - BE it further enact
ed, that the Board of Commission
ers shall within thirty days after
its first meeting designate a depos-
tory for the City funds. and all
funds OF said City shall be there de-
posted except for reasons of safe
~ and security said funds may be
ordered transferred to some other
depository by the Board of Commits
sioners. Said funds shall be with
drawn from said depository only on
warrants drawn by the City Clerk.
approved by Commissioner of the de-
partment on account of which pay
ment is made, and countersigned' by
the Chairman. In case of sickness
or other inability of any Commits
sioner to sign or approve any of said
warrants the Chairman or other re-
naming Commissioners to be des-
iglated by resolution of said Conn