New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-10-14
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Former City Clerk Albert Meyer and
Hubert Berg who was deputy clerk for
the latter part Of Mr.. Meyers incum-
bency Of the office were both present
when the report of the finance committee
was presented. When asked after the
report had been read if he had anything
to say Mr.. Meyer propounded the follow
ing questions to the council:
1. Have all moneys received and
disbursed during my term Of Office from
April, 1912, to April, 1914, been account
ed for properly?
2. Why were the books of the city
not audited when took possession OF the
office in April, 1912? Did I ever receive
one word of instruction from the finance
committee or council?
8. Have any records of the city dis
appeared during my term of office? Are
they missing?
4. Why were the meters estimated?
5. Why did the finance committee
audit the water bills separately from the
regular audit, while those of my pre-
decessor were not so treated?
6. Why did not the accountants audit
the water bills during my term of Office?
Why were those of my predecessor not
audited?
7. Why did councillors pay their
water bills on the same basis, if wrongly
computed, as other citizens?
To some of these questions President
Retzlaff made no answer because, as he
informed Mr.. Meyer, they had absolutely
nothing to do with the audit of the books
as reported by the expert accountants
and that the city council was not there
for the purpose of answering questions
not germane to the matter under con-
sideration. He took occasion, however,
to tell Mr.. Meyer that the council had a
right to expect that man who aspired
to the Office of city clerk would have the
necessary qualifications to run it and
that itswas not up to the city council or
any committee to give any instructions
when Mr.. Meyer assumed the Office. He
also told him that he might have resigned
if he found out that he was unable to
handle the work.
The following resolution was then
offered by Councillor Hamann, seconded
by Councillor Ruemke and was unani-
mously adopted by the council:
''Be it resolved by the city council of
the city of New Ulm that the report of
Warwick, Mitchell, Peat & Co., expert
accountants, covering the audit of the
books and accounts Of the city of New
Ulm for two years, from March 81, 1912,
to March 81, 1914, during which period
Albert J. Meyer held the Office Of city
clerk, together with the report of the
finance committee in connection with
said matter be filed.
''Be it further resolved, that the chair
man of the finance committee be and he
is hereby directed to demand of Albert j.
Meyer immediate payment of the sum Of
$3.50, being the amount of the second,
fourth, fifth and seventh discrepancies
noted in the finance committees report,
and that the chairman of the finance COM
mittee be and he is further directed to
demand that said AlbertJ. Meyer under
take at once the collection of the sum of
$1,776.74, being the amount short col
lected by him for the cemetery trust fund
and for city water, as noted in the third
and sixth discrepancies in the finance COM
mittee's report.
BE it further resolved, that the city
treasurer and city clerk be and they are
hereby directed to take immediate steps
to collect all outstanding special assess
ments that are DUE"
Mr.. Meyer appeared at the city clerks
office Monday morning with w. C. He'll
bron who made the first attempt at
auditing the city's books nearly year
ago, for the purpose of checking up some
Of the matters in dispute. When asked
by a Review reporter whether he had
any statement to make, Mr.. Meyer
replied that he had nothing to say at
this time except that he would issue a
statement to the public in a few days. 5.