Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-05-23
TAX RATE WILL.
co Up AGAIN
$4,000 Must be Added to
Next Years Budget, Alder
men Are Shown
PARTLY FOR UNPAID TAX
Water Board Which Antici-
pated Surplus Has Failed
to Show Any
PARTLY FOR UNPAID TAX

The report of the city audit. con
Quoted by Braverman e. Smith. was
officially accepted by the aldermen
last night. Alderman Albert G..
Waters, as chairman Of the finance
committee. making a report on the
financial condition of the city As
shown in the audit. in which he
stated that s123,0 900 must be added
to next years budget in order 20
cover various items which will mean
an increased tax rate.
OF this amount about $4,000
consists OF taxes unpaid from 1914
to 1921, of which s60,321.03 was MT
reported during the three years
1914, 1915 and 1916. An item o.
5000, carried as receivable from
the water board that anticipated
surplus of this amount but failed to
do so. is another big feature in the
audit figures.
Second class railroad tax amount
ing to s15,525 anticipated and re-
corded as an asset is worthless, the
| report showed, and $4,000 eme--
gency bonds to paxa.the-ecxsot ot
teachers bonuses were sffbt included
I in this years budget.
The report Of Alderman Waters
as chairman OF the Judiciary COM
Lnittee follows:
I'VE have ana lyzed the audit re-
pert of the city OF Perth Amboy
for the year 1921 and find that the
following items especially comment
ed upon by the auditors should re-
ceive our careful consideration. as
they must be taken up IN the bud
get in the near future and will di-
rectly increase the tax rate
f.'Tha auditors n PhRPkinq fha nm
raid taxes from 1914 to Dec. 81.
1921, discovered an error TO the ex-
tent of S62,05O.03. The general
control accounts were overstated by
this amount. That is 70 say, the
open accounts in the collectors Of
fee were less than the general
books in the treasurer's Office show
ed. This accounts for tie greater
portion of the deficit shown on their
balance sheet.
I'VE are carrying as an asset, an
account receivable from the water
department of $55.0O0. This amount
was anticipated as a surplus that
the water works was expected to
earn during 1921. Unless the water
department can pay this amount
during the year 1922 We will prob
ably be called upon TO charge this
item of by increasing the taxation.
There is also an item of $15.-
SSH still carried as a receivabls.
Tor the year 1920 as a second class
railroad tax which is worthless and
this should have been provided for
n the last budget.
This makes a total Of over s139.-
600. which no doubt the Commis-
sioner of Municipal Accounts wAl
instruct is 10 take out of the assets
within the next year by tax levies
The auditors show a surplus in the
current division Of approximately
$50 600 of which s21. 900 was appro-
priated in the 1922 budget leaving
$4,000 TO be applied against the
above s132.00O so that in addition
to wiping out our surplus we will
have TO raise $4,000 by taxss. II
is recommended by the COMMITTEES
that the 1921 audit report OF Bra
vernlan ana Smith be approved"
In addition 10 the $4,000 whieh
Alderman Waters said must be rais-
ed by taxes in his written report for
the judiciary committee there is alsc
the $50. 900 emergency bond school
teachers bonus which must be add
ed. he told the meeting. making q
total of s123.000 which must be
raised by taxes.
A resolution was passed by the
board instructing the clerk to write
TO Alfred H Crowell. secretary OF
the Board of School Estimate. in of-
der TO determine from him why he
did not report this amount when the
/ 1922 budget was being made up.
Mr.. Croweu. learning of the al
dermen's action, this morning made
a statement to the Evening News in
which he said he had filed with the
city clerk last February certificate
signed by members of the Board of
School Estimate asking for the <5e--
600 this being all that was required
of him by law. Seeing to il that this
amount was included in the 1922
budget was in the hands of the city
comptroller. Mr.. Croweil said. his
duty ending as soon as he turned
over the certificate which was read
before the aldermen at their meet
I ing on February 81 of last year and
entered in fun on the minutes
City Comptroller o. J. Morgensou
sthis morning maintained that il was
the duty of Mr. Crowell. as clerk Of
the Board OF School Estimate. to
again bring the matter OF the SD
600 appropriation before the alder
men when the 1922 budget wat be-