The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-27
COUNCIL PASSES
 SALARY|ORD|NANCE OFFICERS PAY IS CUT
REFUND OF TWENTY PER CENT ON STREET PAVING ALSO
 PROVIDED FOR.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
 With a few minor changes the or dinance making sharp reductions ir the salaries of city officers agreed up on at a meeting of the city council last week was formally passed last night, the vote on the measure being unanimous. By it's provisions the mayors salary of $20 per month is abolished, the mayor being allowed a contingent fund for necessary official expenses of $150 a year; the treasur- CTS salary is reduced from $50 to $10 per year and the marshals salary is reduced from $50 to $5 per month. The council also passed resolutions creating the positions of street con- missioner and city accountant at a salary of $45 per month for the for mer and $50 per month for the latter. The resolutions creating these posi- tions appear in full below:
 "Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Conway:
 That the council, not later than April 11th, shall employ street con- missioner to begin work on April II, 1916. Said street commissioner shall have charge and supervision of all work upon the streets of the City of Conway, and shall hold his position for such length of time as this coun- cil may deem proper, and shall re- Iceive as full compensation and salary for all his services the sum of $45 per month.'
 Be it Resolved by the City Council of
 the City of Conway:
 "Section 1. The city council shall employ an accountant for the City of Conway, who shall be appointed by a majority vote of said council for a period of two years or until he may be removed or the position abolished by majority vote of said council. Said accountant shall be qualified elector of the City of Conway an dmay be the city recorder and shall be eX- perienced in clerical work. It is thereby made the duty of said account ant to keep all books and financial accounts of the said city and it's sev- eral funds; to audit and record syn opsis of all financial reports of the officers of the city and also of the boards of improvement of the city; to carry an account with the treasurer and the city marshal, charging them with all accounts for which they may become responsible, and giving them +c fo xx,hioh fhny may be entitled credit; to keep the books and accounts of the electric | light and water systsems owned by the City of Conway, charging the consumers of said system with such amounts as may be found due as re- ported to him by the superintendent and to receive and collect all amounts due from consumers of electricity anc water and to issue receipts therefor and to deposit each day with the city treasurer all funds received by hin belonging to the general fund of the city and to deposit each day in banl to be approved by the city water ane light commission, to the credit of the Superintendent of the water and ligh
 plants, all funds belonging to sait plants. And said accountant shal also receive and collect all sums du' to the city for licenses for all pur poses and said accountant, before en tering upon his duties, shall execute bond for the faithful performance O. his duties in such form as may bt prescribed by the mayor of the city in the sum of Two Thousand Dollar! with sureties to be approved by th' mayor. Said accountant shall receive a salary of Fifty Dollars per month that the council shall have the righ at any time to decrease said salar! or to abolish said position entirely.
 "Sec. 2. That hereafter the super intendent of the city water and ligh plants shall be the city plumbing in spector, and the inspector shall be en titled to retain no commission or par of said fees.
 "Sec. 8. Twenty-Five per cent o1 salary and office rent of said account ant shall be paid out of general funds of the City of Conway and fifty pei cent out of the light fund and twenty five per cent out of water fund.-
 After the passage of the resolution creating the position of city account ant, Aldermen Wellington Robbins nominated Former Circuit Clerk J. H Hartje for the position and MT Hartje was unanimously elected.
 Provision for a refund of 20 pei cent of the total assessed benefit! against property-owners in street i'm lprovement districts 2, 3, 1, and } wal made in an ordinance passed by th' council last night. The ordinance provides that this refund shall b' paid in 10 equal annual installments upon certificates to be issued to tn tax-pavers by the collectors of tn