Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-04
CAMPAIGN TO
BEAUTIFY CITY
PUT UNDER WAY
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ty on taxes delinquent after the
fourth year.
No occupational licenses will be
issued to eating houses in Ell Cen
tro until the health department
first has submitted a permit de-
claring the establishment complies
with sanitary restrictions. j. Ster-
ling OSwalt. chief OF police and
tax collector, was instructed TO
refuse to ISSUE occupational licens-
es if the health department per-
NIT is not forthcoming.
This move was declared a part
of the general policy of making
Ell Centre a mere pleasant and
healthful place in which to live.
Calvin CT MouSseau city clerk,
submitted the following statement
along with the receipts for pay
ment of delinquencies said to have
been found in the accounts of the
city clerks office.
CITY COUNCIL CITY OF
Ell CENTRIC
The letter report of CrenshaW,
Diehl & Wright, as of May 6,
1886 having disclosed certain dis
crepencies in the accounting and
recording of tax monies received
by the City, as of April 81, 1885,
and said letter report failing to
definitely fix the responsibility for
such discrepancies, and the City
Council having instructed the City
Attorney to take the necessary
steps to recover the amounts, to-
wit
Item No. Assessed to: John
Deer PloW Co., (unSecured), 65l
Branon St, San Francisco: Value
$12220, Rate S155-Tax $189,41
Item No. 2-Tax Roll 1934-35,
Assessment No. 450. Assessed to:
Elco Oil Corp. Second Installment
Tax $79.54 Total $26895.
the City Council is hereby notified
that the City Clerk disclaims any
knowledge of the person or per-
sons responsible for such diScrep-
encieS; but rather than cause his
bondsmen any inconvenience or
responsibility in the matter and
to clear the records without loss
to the City in revenue. has ten
dered to the City the amount CT
S263.95, total o. the amounts above
mentioned, and has received re-
ceipts for the same from the prop
er person as of June 3, 1886, and
the City Council hereby ackloWl-
edges, on behalf of the City, full
satisfaction of the amount they
instructed the City Attorney to re-
cover
B. G. G.. MOUSSEAU,
City Clerk.
The council ordered the state
ment and a note calling attention
10 acceptance of the receipts to be
spread upon the minutes of the
meeting.
A complete payroll record CT the
city was ordered submitted to the
council at the next session as a
means of informing the council
of every person on the payroll and
the salaries paid each individual.
The board reiterated its policy CT
approving appointment of all city
employees and setting the salaries
TO be paid.
The council granted permission
for II. E. Cox to cut the curb Oh
the north side of Main street be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets
to permit entrance to a parking
lot he proposes to open soon.
Councilmen expressed the opinion
that a parking lot will be bene-
fit to the public when the paral-
lei parking ordinance goes into
effect.
Councilmen decided to drop
consideration of the proposed city
hall-library building, the bond is
sue to provide funds having failed
at the May 25, election. They in"
structed Philip w. Knights, city
engineer, to inform the Public
World administration that the ap-
plication might be dropped from
the list OF projects.
Audit Discussed
This matter was called to the
ttention of the board by MouI
seau, who said he disliked coun-
tersigning salary checks of en-
plCyes when the appointment and
the salary had not been approved
by the council, even though the
matter may have been arranged
by department heads.
A discussion of the complete
audit of city accounts was discuss
ed during the evening and council
men decided to demand a list Of
the work proposed to be dCne in
making the audit
The meeting adjourned until 8
a. m. June 10.