Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-11
MEETING OF
CITY COUNCIL
ALDERMAN CAIN INTRODUCES A
RESOLUTION TO HAVE BOOKS
OF CITY AUDITED FOR THE
PAST TWELVE YEARS.
THE LADIES' CIVIC LEAGUE IS
WILLING TO TAKE CHARGE OF
SCAVENGER WAGONS AND AC-
CEPT CITY SCRIPT.

council meeting authorizing the mayor
to employ licensed accountant to in
veStigate the citys finances for the past
twelve years, or from May /, 1900 to
date. However, before the resolution
was voted upon it was withdrawn, and
Mr.. Cain moved the adjournment Of the
council until Thursday afternoon at
o'clock, at which time Mayor Cole is ex-
pected To be present Mr.. Cole was not
at the meeting yesterday, being absent in
Mexico, and Alderman w. :. Blackshear
presided.
The resolution which Mr. Cain pro-
poses to introduce at the adjourned
meeting Of the council follows:
Resolved, by the city council of
Brownsville that his honor, Mayor
A. b. Cole, be hereby authorized to
contract with licensed accountant,
who is well recommended and can
furnish bond, for the purpose of au-
diting the books of each and every
department Of the city government
from May /, 1900, to date, report in
detail to this city council all receipts
and expenditures of each depart
ment as well as the expenditures Of
all bond issue funds. In the event Of
misapprOpriatiOns Of any mOnsys
have been made it will be the obliga-
ton Of the accountant to furnish
evidence necessary to enable the
city of Brownsville to recover from
the official or his bOndsmen the
amount Of money misappropriated.
His honor, the mayor, must present
contract for approval of city cOun-
cil not later than March l, 1913"
No motion was made to adopt the resO-
ution, and Mr.. Cain, after some discus
'ioh by Aldermen, Thorn, Cobolinida
'hixell, withdrew it, and made, II nmO-
ion thdt the council ADJOURN until
Thursday afternoon. Alderman Crixell
thought the resolution a good one and
said the council should get at it right"
~ adopting the resolution and attihg i'll
accordance with it, Mr.. Cobolini said
ne did not believe the council should
vote OH the resolution in the absence of
ne mayor, but suggested that if it be
put to q vote, that he would
vote against it. The remarks by Alder
man Thorn indicated that he would vote
against the resolution should il be
brought to vote, stating that he
thought mistakes might be found as far
back as the investigator went and also
that he did not believe the people Of
Brownsville thought their city council
'grafters." The aldermen present were
Mayor Pro TEN BlackShear. Kirk, Cain,
Browne, Crixell, Benavides, CObOlini and
Thorn.
a committee appointed at last weeks
meeting of the council to investigate the
petition Of the Brownsville Sewerage
company, in which the company asked
to be relieved from paying city taxes for
the year 1910, claiming that the plant
did not begin operation until February,
l9l2 submitted a report that was re
ferred to the city attorney. The commit
tee stated that though he sewerage sys-
TEN was a public benefit and necessity,
1t could not pass upon The legality of the
taxes for 1910 or its illegality, and sug-
geSted that the matter be referred to the
city attorney for report.
Chairman Il. l.. Cain of the street and
bridge committee of the city council
submitted report OH the failure of the
scavenger service last week, which read
as follows:
AS chairman of the street and bridge
and member of the health
beg to make the following
report on the city scavenger service:
AT the last regular meeting of this
council held Monday. Feb. 3, 1913, Alder
man I. Crixell, member of the street
and bridge committee, reported that ow-
ing to the failure to pass tax levy, the
city scavengers and contractors for feed
ing the city mules were unable to dis
pose Of city script paid them for their
services and that they had notified him,
that unless some provision was made
whereby they would be compensated for
their services they would discontinue.
No action being taken by this council,
work was stopped the following day.
DR.. II. K. Loew, city physician, in
formed DR.. G. III. Thorn, chairman of the
health committee and myself, that i'm.
mediate action must be taken to remove
the accumulation of garbage throughout
the city and the filth i'm the streets and
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