The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-10
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Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) p. J. WINNERS, President.
II. j. DAEKE, Secretary.

This school, last year, served 375
night school students and over 400
working boys and girls between the
ages Of IL and II.
The Vocational School is maintained
for the benefit of boys and girls who
are so unfortunate as to be unable to
take advantage of the regular schools.
The law authorizes the Board of In
duslrial Education to call for a three
fourths mill tax on the assessed yalua-
ton of the city which would amount to
about Sl5,OOO0O The budget calls for
less than this amount.
Payment of the bills Of the Arthur
Schuetze Manufacturing Co. amount
ing to Sl77O5 was discussed.
The following opinion of the City
Attorney was read:
May a member of the police and fire
commission Of the city of the third
class be paid for carpenter work upon
the city hall:
The police and fire commission is
provided for by Section 959-39m to
959-iG, Section 959-iOm provides for
large control agd management of the
police and fire departments of the city
| by the commission including the pur-
chase of all apparatus and supplies and
the auditing Of all bills, claims and dis
bursements Of the departments This
section further provides that it should
apply to cities of the third and fourth
class which shall adopt the same by
majority vote of the electors thereof.
This section has never been adopted by
the voters of the city of Manitowoc,
and the functions of the police and fire
commission Of this city are limited to
| the provisions of other sections of
chapter i5v. This limits the activity
of the commission to the holding of ex-
aminations for members of the depart
meni, appointing the chiefs, and max
ing certain rules for the control there
of, practically, making it more or less
a civil service examining board.
Section 959-1O provides; "No salary
or other compensation shall be paid to
any member of such board"
Section 1921 provides as follows
mo city officer shall be interested
directly or indirectly, in any improve
mcnt or contract to which the city is a
parity and whenever it shall appear
that such is the case, such contract
shall he absolutely null and void and
the city shall incur no liability what
ever thereon No city officer shall be
accepted as surety on any bond con
tract, or other obligation made to the
city.
The general charter law further pro-
yideS: mo officer or employee receiy-
ing as alary from any city, whether or
gained under the general or special
law, shall receive for service of any
kind or nature rendered to said city
any compensation therefor other than
the salary fixed and provided for such
office. This act shall apply to all off
cials now serving or hereafter elected
or appointed to public place.
Sec. 925-3lc.
II is apparent that the last quoted
section does not apply to a member of
the police and fire commission as the
members of that commission do not
receive any salary or compensation
whatever for their services as such
commissioners,
The question then is whether or not
such commissioners are stopped from
receiving compensation under the pro
visions of section 1871 which Is above
quoted That section provides that
No city officer shall be interested,
etc" If the commissioner is a city Of
hccr any contract made with him is alb
solutcly null and void and the city in
ours no liability whatever thereon.
The general charter law specifically
sets forth who are the officers of the
city That section is as follows
The officers of cities of the second
third and fourth class shall be Mayor,
Treasurer, Clerk, Comptroller, Attor-
ney, Assessor or one or more Assessors,
three or more Justices of the peace,
one or more Constablcs as the Common
Council may detegmine by ordinance, a
physician. street commissioners. chief
! Of the Fire Department. Board of
/ Public Works, Board of School Com
missioncrs, one or pore policemen, two
Aldermen, and one supervisor from
each Ward and such other officers o.
boards as the Common Council may
ldcem necessary
! Section 925.23.
This section specifically designatcs
certain persons is officers Of the city