Weekly journal-miner., 1915-01-06
OVER $40,OOO IN TREASURY OF
 PRESCOTT
COUNCIL TRANSACTS ONLY ROUTINE BUSINESS AT ITS REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING EAST NIGHT
(From Tuesday's Daily.)

Receiving and filing the regular monthly reports of the various city officers and passing on the December expense accounts and ordering war rants drawn constituted the sum to- tai of the business transacted by the city council last night.
 Report Tax Collector.
 According to the report of the City Tax Collector, F. H. Williams, the delinquent tax roll amounts to $2.216.10 The total assessed valua- ton of taxable property amounted to $3,S79,550 which, at one per cent made a tax roll of $3S,97550. Of this amount a total of $36, 6,462.65 was collected and there were exemptions amounting to $296.75. During the month of December there were tax es for 1913 collected to the amount of $22.O5 and for 1914 the collections amounted to $2S7.75, or total of $309.S0
 Condition of Treasury.
 The report of Treasurer Charles K. Scholey showed that he commenced the month of December with a cash balance on hand of $44,S13.1S, to which was added in receipts during the month $6,346.47, while it took $9,9060o cents to pay the monthly demands on the treasury, including interest and everything that had to be met, leaving in the treasury on December 31 cash balance of $41,- 253.56. Of the amount received was $2o4.30 from the collector in licenses, -n,-arnI in, l separate report by the collector, and $50 in fines collected and bonds for fcited, as covered in the report of City Recorder J. H. Robinson. The bonds forfeited amounted to $110, those forfeiting the same being deSig- mated as Jane Doe and twenty-one others" The treasurer's report also covered that of the sealer of city weights and measures, who collected during the month $575 and sealed eighteen scales. The report of the sealer showed that during the year 1914 he collected total of $108, seal ed 474 scales and condemned four teen.
 Water Report.
 The expenses of the water depart ment for the month, according to the report of Foreman R. N Nor rell, were $1,70894. It showed that at the beginning of the month there was on hand a total of 1907 ,940 gal Ions of water, to which was added during the month 7,362,645, the nor nal amount used for this time of year having been used. According to the report of Collector Williams, which fits nicely ill this report, it was shown that total of $3,C75. 40 was collected from city water users during the month. This amount went to swell the fund noted as re- ceipts in the report of the city treas , urer.
 Report Chief of Police. Tallying with the report of the city recorder and police judge, this report showed that during December there had been a total of thirty-three ar rests made, twenty-two of which were for what is known as violating city ordinances" and eleven for mis- demcanors.
 Band Leader Heard.
 Julius JacOby appeared before the council with reference to the con- tinuance of the use of the instru- ments owned by the city during the coming year, on about the same basis they were used during 1914, and the council informed him that the mat ter would be taken up at some fu- ture time
 Election Clerks.
 J. H. Robinson announced that he had appointed J NJ. Aitkcn, o. Bruchman and Joe Lewis to serve as clerks at the city election to be held today
 Those Present.
 Those present at the meeting were: Mayor w. H. Timerhof, Councilmen Heap, Head and Richards, Collector { F. II. Williams, Recorder J. H. Rob inson, City Attorney E. J. Mitchell, Water Foreman R. \. Morrell, City Engineer Waara and Chief of Pc lice r. II. Heisler.