Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10

city, I feel 1t my duty to ask you to CO.
operate with me in assisting its mana
gers In keeping 1t In the best possible con-
dition.
CHARITIES DEPARTMENT.
Gentlemen, II there Is one depa rtment
| of the city government that needs re-
novating. to my mind 1t is this depart
ment. / will not go into details In maxi
| Ing public the abuses that have been
| practised by the present overseer, as
| the most or you are familiar with thcm
| and in order to provide a remedy | know
| of no better way than to remove the
| cause, so I am going to ask you to CO.
| operate with me in having this depart
! ment managed in a more humane and
| buslnesslike way by requesting the char
| ltY commissioners, who have the power
| or appointment, to select some other
| person than the present tncumbant
SALARY OF THE CITY CLERK.
! Sec 123 of the city charter reads a
| follows: THE mayor shall receive such
! annual compensation as shall be voted
! him by the board of aldermen The city
! council shall fix the compensation OF all
other city officers, except as herein other
wise provided" Under the State laws all
city and town clerks arc entitled to GER
| tain fees, which, in case OF our city
| clerk amounts to at least fifteen hundred
dollars. This sum added to the salary
usually voted him by the city council,
! gives him a salary OF several hundred dol
| lars In excess OF the salary given to the
! city treasurer who receives 5000 per year
and which is considered by all other New
| England cities a more responsible posi-
| ton, and in every instance from my OBJ
servation, receives a greater salary than
! the city clerk. In view OF the above I
! feel that 1t - my dut to call your at
tention to this matter, and do earnestly
trecommend that when the salary OF the
city officials are fixed that the city clerk
be given a stated salary on condition that
J he turn over to the city treasurer all fees
collected by him, or In lieu Of this. he be
/ called upon to report the amount of all
| fees collected by him and given such an
| amount as found necessary to allow him
reasonable compensation for services
| rendered.
DISTRICT NURSE.
| The general public may not be aware
'hat LOT 'ie last tnree or lour years the
pour oi our c'y nave ehployeu ana re-
ceiNeu the care ana assistance or one or
A'oie proieSsionai nurses the expense vi
""icH mas peeH pioFlueu oE many Oh our
| charltaDi! ihcllned cluzens In order that
tfis 'host e"ceIlert ana chirl'dple WORK
| ne iurther eHtenoeu "ouiu recommend
mat reasohaole sum ne pro'iuou 10
| heip pear 'he expense FROM my own per
| sohal Kho"ledge or the splendid WORK
| 'heF are uo'hB III the interest OF chdrlty
! 'hey certahiy Shoulu De ehcourased py
giving 'hefh 'hanciai a'u'
PUBLIC WHARF.
, am pleased to saw that after wears
OF continuous strife the matter WILL in
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NEW CITY CHARTERS
In order to insure good city govern
ment two most essential things OF fun
damental nature are necessary first, the
right kind of a charter, and secondly, the
| choosing Of officials. who have the cour-
| age to carry out the provisions OF said
| charter. In other words, person. fully
| qualified to act, and who cannot be
swerved from the path Of duty. This oue.-
| ton IS OF so much importance that
feel constrained to defer action at thi.
! time and will, in the very near future, call
| your attention to II in n .pecial message
at which time I will endeavor to point
out TO you the present defects and incon-
! siStenCies OF our charter As II has AL
! ready been well said government under
our present charter has been mostly OF
| the rubber stamp variety.
81 REEL ran MEM
! THIS IS one OF the most important de-
! partments OF the city government, hand
| Ing annually, nearly nifty thousand dol
! lars, about thirty thousand dollars OF this
| amount being spent FOR the cleaning and
care or our streets. Owing to the large
the most OF the money left after the OK
pense OF cleaning the streets and cutters
Is taken care or should be used for repair
ana upkeep Right here is where the de-
paremeht mas always been very lax.
countries or Europe the pioneers in the
ruliulhs or sood roads nave system
Tor repair ana upkeep which have re-
peatedly requested our commissioners to
auopt rms system When explained,