The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-04-10
Term REPORT OF
RETIRING MAYOR
S. v. REYNOLDS GIVES ACCOUNT
or HIS STEWARDSHIP.
COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF MONEYS
Ex-Mayor Takes Occasion to Make
Some Comment of Pertinent
Nature Regarding His Ad.
nlinistration and Critic5
MAYORS Report.


Report of the Mayor from the 3rd
day of April, 1911. the time at which
he took office. to the close of business
on the 9TH day of April, 1913, covering
a period of two years and four days.
To the City Council of the City of os'
kaloosa, Iowa, and to the People of
the City of Oskalosa, Iowa:
transmit herewith my report for
the two years and four days of the
Mayors Office or during my admins
tration covering receipts Of said office
and went into detail in order that no
one may misunderstood the report.
The statute provides that the Mayor
shall make a report to the Council and
the public OF the doings in the Mayors
Office for the time covered by his adj
nlinistration, and that said report snail
be in such a form that person OF
ordinary understanding may under.
stand the same, and have gone to a
great deal of trouble to make this re-
port plain.
There has been a great deal said dur
ing the campaign that closed and a
great many people have ingnorantly
or innocently misrepresented the facts
and in making this report have given
the number of the vouchers delivered
to the Mayor by the City Treasurer.
Van p. Wittenmyer.
Let me repeat again that the Mayor
individually has never handled one
dollar of the City's money. but that all
money has been handled thru Arthur
Walls, Chief of Police and T. II. Car
lin, City Clerk. but since their reports
tally exactly with the Mayors record
he. without hesitation, pronounces
them correct.
II may be unpleasant to some people
to read this report but it ought to be
a pleasure to the honest taxpayer to
know the source of the City revenue,
and what become of it. ! have includ-
ed in my report the report of the
Street commissioner even. and have
included in my report the money re-
ceived from the saloon license which
some people enormously claimed that
I was including in my report issued
some time ago. The amount OF money
received by the Mayor from fines and
costs, total the sum of s4607.23; the
amount OF money received by the May
or for licenses outside of the saloon
licenses, totals the sum of $2979.40;
the amount of money received by the
Mayor from the dog tax, totals the
sum of $1z36.75; the money received
by the Mayor from miscellaneous
sources, total the sum of s1147.67: the
scayenger licenses $3.50, making a.
grand total received thru the Mayors
office of $10049.55.
The amount of money received by
pcf4
to the Mayor is the sum of $1715.60;
the amount of money received by the
Treasurer for saloon permits issued
by the Mayor, totals the sum Of sS050.-
90. making a grand total of sl9Sl5.15.
In order that the public may be fully
Informed in simple and plain man.
ner OF the sources of the revenue | will
add to the amount of money received
from taxation, S53725.13 to amount of
money received from all sources
S7354o.2s.
The money coming properly thru
the Mayors Office as first listed
amounts to the sum of $1O049.55.
We can not refrain at this time from
a comparison with the receipts of the
Mayors office and in doing this we are
not criticising, but simply taking pride
in the showing made. Commencing
with the administration.of Mr.. Sewers
the first Monday in April. 1894, and
closing with the administration Of Mr..
l.. NJ. Bacon, on the 3rd day OF April.
1911, there was turned into the City
of Oskaloosa, from the same sources
embraced in the present Mayors re-
port the sum Of st7,3o7.41. Turned in
by this administration in the twol
years and four days the sum OF
$l0049.55.
We hope the next two years will be
more prosperous in this respect than
the last two years.
There was turned in during the per-
iod above mentioned, to-wit: First
Monday in April. 1894. to the first Mon. !
day in April. 1911. covering a period
Of ~ years the sum Of s17,3o7!41, or |
an average of a fraction over 100000
per year, or 100000 for a term.
In the light of these figures the pres
ent Mayor retires with great deal OF
pride.
Paa Na,,rher And Aunnhsr