The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
SLIGHT REDUCTION
 IS MADE IN DEFICIT
Operating Expenses of All City Departments Are
 Being Cut

"A slight but steady reduction per month is being made in the monthly ex- penses of the city as compared with the monthly receipts' was the statement is- sued by the city commission yesterday.
 Reduction in operating expenses are be ing made in every department of the city government. it is stated ,and the commits sioners say they hope to materially re- duce the deficit increase during the com ing year. AS an indication of some of the heavy expenses which have to be met by the commissioners, it took nearly $s5O0 to move the garbage of the city last month, and this was a reduction of over $500.
 Through the new purchasing department the commissioners state a saving of over Si00 month is being made in the supplies necessary to operate the different depart mentsa
 The monthly financial statement. with comparative tables, was issued by the commission as follows last night:
 Comparative receipts and expenditures for February, 19l3 and 1914
 RECEIPTS.
 Taxes. 1913, $47773. G3t 1914, S97 ,206 66
 
 Franchises, 1913, $1O0
 City planning, d914. $l00o.
 Recorder court forfeitures and fines, 191s $62s0 50; 1914 s5sd 40
 Interest. l9as, sgsGo.67; 1914. s267 .9S.
 Rents. 19fSfsS92. 45; 1a1f s796.75.
 Departmentaf permits, 19lS. 1S.62; 19l4 $S12051.
 Accounts reteivable, 19lS s27l6s7; 1914
 Municipal industries 1913, s2116 O5; 1914 s2s62. .25.
 Sale Of assets. 1913, ss61 s1; 1914 s752 .es.
 Return of improvement advances, 19l3 $2070.73; 1914, $19 O69.74.
 Miscellaneous refunds, 1913, SAP 49; 1914, $3O44, ,95. # ! Board of, edaea ton. 191sy s27.075 5s; 1914,
 Total. receipts, Slsls s2ss, ,17s. 7s;. 1914, $299, ,796. 02 fk 94
 EXPEND1nGREs. General governmsht, 5191$ sss71 2e 1sl4i Protection& off life and propertv 1e1a sS8, ,79f g; s19la $S5.ssz15 Health and sanitatipn,i 1913, s1f,5oS sS; I1914 $11, ,173. 9f.
 Highways. 1913. sss6l 7a: 1914. ss7i4.14 ., r., Prisons, 1913, $2ss50. or; 19i4 .$2372. 73.
 Recreation 1913, $f53S.S2; 1914, $95s. .71.
 Municipal industries, 19ls s2539 .s5 1914, | S23S0. .S3. aa l Js | Charity, 1913s $16s7 6: 1914. slS25. .9f. Libraries, 1913, $275 .02; 1914, $1O7S. .6s 2 Damage cases, 1914,i $125.
 1 Outlays for land, buildings and eouip- ment, 1913, $4426.sS; 1914, $45So.27 z 1 Bills payable. 1913 $9416.67: 1914 s3O7. .75o. Refunds, 1913, s57s OS;. 1914, $20i5 .7S. t.} ool5 Improvement ID advances 1913 s27s s5, 1914. s.l Board oa, of edhcation, 1913, $4eos5 os 1914 d $446, 150 g. Ma .~
 R. Reccapitulqtlon fortJahuarg and Febru- RECEIpTsS
 January 1913, s4l7,SSS. .69;4 i914.s S47S .255. 90 February, 1918, $2S9 1f3!7s: 1914, s2e9,79s .O9 Totals 1913, s7o7. 057.47. 19l4 s77S05 .sSss < a)iSBURSEMENTS. ' stf i.4. january, 1915 S554 s56. @: 1914 sbsS, ,2so. .24. ' =. Febraaryss 1915 s1ss, ,sl74s1s fsiA sl,034, ,. r. Excess of disbursements $34O e5s,G.I fs | Something over sSo00O6 of the ekcess is lremainder Of bills payable given for float ling debt of 1913, which increased at rate \ or %ato a day, and ran up to $75O0O0. The l commission hopes to reduce the rate of aencit increase during the coming year. tofty-hve hundred dollars of above, paid III III january, increase in general govern ment expense due to commission pafd county tax collector for handling city taxes as Fequired by law. ' -~>,.,>s,.,~- patent MsnobilityY as an honor in token of theiE servioes. The regiment. it is said, passed through the entire war and surrendered at Appomatox.s Many Of the members, however, later -tnF-the war. in eluding the father of Captain Boyd joined Russell'ss Fourth Alapama cavalry ,lnl der Forests command, and did esulqra bla fighting. @ 2 Y 's1's " 1 The act of the legislature as it appears upon the statute books of 1861 is as fol- lows:
 'I. Be it resolved bgsithe senate and house of representatives, ofssthe State of | Alabama, That whilst Ala banla, in com mon With the whole Confectionery rejoices l Tn the triumph of the Confederate arms in the many battles fought fort the defense of their liberties, it becomes the eeneraI assembly of the state8to place on peisr,1a nent record the emotions ofegratit,lde ind pride with which Alabaniians view tbe noble achievements of the H0tn8f1, A1ai. bama regiment on the nemofhbis field of i Manassas. " 's-'' ' ''7
 v, Resolved. That whilst hereby receiy ing the condolence of the whole state tha relations of the fallen brave 'yvft <. sR,<i,, f their hearts blood on that glorious day. l must be consoled with the pleas re- | Hect1on that to have belonged to the Ala Aoafna Fourth, erects monument of un- l dylng fame in sthe affections of A grate. l iu people, and gives patent of repl1b- lican nobility to the surviving heroes of the fight f | s"ApproYed November 6, 1S61."