Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-06
EXECUTIVE BUDGET
IS HELD IRREGULAR
Councilman Mills Says Ordi-
nance Has Not Been
Complied With.
COMMITTEE TAKES NO ACTION
Adjourns Until Required Details
Are Furnished for Fur
ther Consideration.
COMMITTEE TAKES NO ACTION


gets lack OF details caused the meet
ing Of the Finance Committee 10 come
TO an end last nigh. almost before
1t started After some specch-making
much repartec and considerable result
ing confusion the committee adjourned
until Monday night. when the Mayor
VIII furnish the detailed information
in ;ypewr!tten form SO that each mem
ber OF the committee may have COPY
owing 70 its expected Importance the
meeting OF the committee was held in
the Council chamber and many in
terestcd citizens were in attendance
Just as Mayor Ainslie took the flood
10 address ,he committee on the bud
So, SGunci !Inan Jones innocen;ly eX-
pressed the desire TO have comparative
hSures OF this and other years Coun-
cifman POWELL expressed the same wish
At TINS point Councilman Mills arose
have been submitted in accordance
with the ordinance OF December 10
1918; He then read :he requirements
OF this ordinance. which provides for
the expenses Of the two previous years
reasons for proposed increases and de.
creases, the total amount of the city
aeo1 With schedules of dates when loans
are due, and many other things Hc
declared that the committee could not
proceed intell!gentiy until II was fur
nlShcd with the facts and figures called
Tor oE the ordinance.
MAYOR SAYS HE HAS DETAILS
ASKED FoR BY MORGAN MILLS
Mayor Ainslie declared that the
forms presented by him TO the Council
Followed the Cleveland ordinance and
mat II was Impossible 10 give exart
comparisons with previous years, ow-
ing 10 the rearrangement of depart
inents. He said. however that he had
IN mis- possession all the details wished
o! inc committee and was ready TO
In reply MIR. Mills said:
The ordinance calls for all dn,ai,s
20 DC sent TO the Council and tha.
has not been done" ia
Mt Jones then declared that il would
printed form SO that every detail cnuid
be seen. @outu
The Mayor then. said that il the com.
ln'tiee hn Zee wanted printed copies /, would
walt uh.sl the "-o:.s Of Printing eo,iS
be done. eou!o
Mr.: Powell stated that i, was very
civ sy nsyyoISs 10 nave comparison of tho
me Mayor again declared th,, :,
Va impossible to comply with the
ordnance in question, and that no
rnitta puoset presented TO the COM
nlttee had ever been made out In tho
way provided by that ordinance.
MILLS SAYS MAYOR HAS NOT
COMPLIED WITH oRDIS.>r,,
In reply, Mr.. Mills, in his dircc,
manner, said:
his ordinance says you should prc.
sent these details to the Council You
nave failed 10 do this"
Then the Mayor sprung a mild scnsa-
ZION when nc said that he had been
INFORMED that the City Attorney had
said that the ordinance is not yaiid
however. he did not insist on This
point but was perfectly willing 20 rcn.
oer inc statement desired by the COM
mittce.
Mr.. Powell moved that the City At
iorney be asked to give his opinion
as to the validity OF the ordinance.
lie declared that the City Attorney
drew tho ordinance, and if he Thought
- void should have so informed the
Cnarter Change Committee.
councilman Haddon saw no reason
icr the adoption of this motion as the
Mayor was willing TO give the infor-
nation in printed or typewritten form.
lie suggested that Mr.. Powell with
draw the motion, and this was done
The Mayor explained that the forms
presented were not his own but were
drawn by Comptroller Cofer who at
tended the Charter Change Committees
meetings and who, he presumed, knew
wnat tho committe wanted. The com
mittee then adopted the motion TO
adjourn TO Monday night.