The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-14
Apportionnlent
Board Votes
To Pay Bills

Paving a score or more automobile
dealers money long due them. agalnst
the advice of City Attorney John a.
Cornell, Jr., and a lively TILT between
Daniel Clifford and City Clerk Fran
CHS DUNCAN were the OUTSTANDING
features of the Board OF Apportion-
ment Meeting held yesterday after
noon in the Council Chambers. City
Hall
Mr.. Dunnfyan asked for the sum
of $1,000 a miscellaneous tund TO
he used by his office and City Auditor
Keating's office for additional work
soon to come. Mr.. C1Hord upon
hearing the request asked City Clerk
DUNCAN if he was running ms once
as efficiently as his predecessor. Il
believe I am running it more EN-
GENTLY said MIR. DUNCAN, and
hope to continue to do SO. At the last
meeting the board appropriated S3Oo
to straighten out the books my pre-
decessor deft-'' Nothing further was
said.
BY appropriating money from the
contingent fund, the auto dealers are
saved the Inconvenience of suing the
city or going to Hartford next winter
and having a validating act passed
enabling them to collect. The bills
have been held UP several months
because the new Garage Commission
GERS did not feel Like taking the re-
sponslbi1ity for paying bills contract
ed by former garage othcia1S aIler
their appropriation had been exceed
ed The garage bills amounted 10
S11 O7S.5S Bills which the City At
torney advised against paying total
ed S1,943.12.
A request from Tox Collector Ed
ward Drew for new Ford car Tor
the outside tax collectors was granted
as was a request for two cash registers
to be used in the Office
One machine will be a five column
one costing $1,540; the other four
column costing $500. The machine
will greatly aid in the work OF the OF
flee and will keep g. check on accounts
Mayor Atwater. President William
Burnharn and William 2. kirk spoke
in favor OF the machines.
More than $4,000 ia outstanding
taxes brought in by two out side tax
collectors has made possible the add
ing Of new equipment to the office.
City Clerk Francis Dunigan's re
Quest for $1,000 was granted. This
money will be used to search titles
which have not been brought up TO
date. Mr.. DUNCAN said that the
block maps were moro than six years
in arrears. The fund will also be used
to hire extra help in case it is needed
He said that there are "a streets
where notices must be sent to prop
erty owners and that the present Of
flee assistance is taxed to is greatest
in order to get out the notices within
Is days.
Supt of Charities Angus P. Thorne
appeared before the board and asked
for S21,4e5.6S. Mr. Thorne told the
board that he promised the money in
permission to contract the bills. These
bills are for money expended in re-
heving the suffering among the I'M
employed He was granted the money
on motion of AIR. Clifford.
Action on a request from the Fire
Board for s6O1.27 for payment of
salaries to two retired firemen on
duty at Pleasure Beach was deferred,
The following matters were author
I'D by the Board of Aid erlnen and
were passed. $1,166 for pension for
the widow of the late Lieut.. Isaac |
Williams; $40 weekly for Mrs Edith |
Dietz, widow Of the late Ellsworth |
Dtetz, killed while on duty, S1,625 for |
the city attorney for pending ltiga- |
ton; $1,100 for nographer in City |
Attorney John A, CornelPs office
The matter transferring money from |
the special tax fund which is at pres |
emit used to relieve unemployment |
VIII be taken up with the city attor- /
new. According TO law the money can |
not be used for any other purpose
than unemployment.