Show IHIOHS KmlMlfcNT IDM SALT I ARE CITT Utah April 1 1897 To Ibo rdltor As hero in I considerable talk about the ilium of the Major lo report with vouchers on the expenditure ol the contingent and I end there are probably many more 01 your subscribers who are nol pooled on Ibo amount ppro prilled to thai lund arid what It la I lor will yon oblige by answering the followIng follow-Ing location JoIlJIow much money ban Mayor GlndlDnlo drn from Ibo conlogn luod a I not bo went into olllcet bocoud What in 1 that contingent fund eappoaed to bo for 0frfJ How much money did Mayor kin draw from Ibo contingent lund tlurlnz the name time when fie we In office FourthtiNlas Itauppoied to he oed for the same purpose Kltlttln your opinion has the city re colvild the tame results from Ibo being mounlol mooypcndod by each ad IOlnoIrUo SIlb1I nol under which adminlo tratlon were the beat result obtained for the amounj expended 1AXrAYEI1o 1 Durlig Ihe first eight mintha ol his administration Item January to August 1610 Mayor QltuJInnlnii draw out 01 the cUfe sundry expense fund commonly called the mayors contingent fund 7000 83all there was In It 2 The contingent fund IB no mule the mayors und than II Is I the auditors land It Is a oily sundry exposes fund 11 was formtrly under the oooirol 01 too city Marshall bull in May 1890 was put under the Joint control 01 Ibo mayor and auditor It was created aa a fund to which the City Council could appropriate some to meet and pay expenses the PayMent pay-Ment of which was not otherwise pro Tided I for by ordinance For Instance II ii telegram were to be recelyen by the Mayor on tfflclal butlneii or II lie found U I advisable to help some mendicant or sick person out ol town ty getting him a railway ticket I or II time little unexpected expense were to become necessary this und WAS Settled BO that the mayor and auditor PUI meet such acaall I requirement 4111laut Virtual the delay ol getting special tppntrlatloni through the Council find cuaalonlUK much Inconvenience and the email Incidental expatiate Were retried to the Council and made Walters m 1 public record This In t > rlef la I lie purpoto of the luodto 1111HP l emaiitundry txpeneee In a way to lcllllI tou cltyj tuilntii 8 During Ibo whole of 1695 the 11 Year 01 Ut 1 preceding admlulitra 1100Mor Eiekln drew from the contingent or mndry expense fund a total ot JijS SO 4 The fund BUfot the came jut Dole tbon I as now o o and e AB to tktte lueitloni we retrain from expreielt an opinion at I preet1 but will reto a lev I act Ulan which Taxpayer may have 9 lair bill to form an oplilan Mayor llitkln drew fir I tuch items M have been named mud tpeclficd lo acbcaie the jartlcular turpote lot which the money was Oval lo that each tracaictlou could be understood fully When be went out ol nice be loll 10 the sundry eiptnie fund J3UC063 This was an unuiuilly Urge amount U having been cuito raary to have only a few hundred dollars In the fund But In there 11 lions between oily and county ou the Mnt building U became advisable atone time for the city to perform a leclal favor to the couoly and U wat done by pulling several thousand dollars through the sundry fund When tbe county returned the money It A was 11 10 the sundiyfundth Mayor and SuDtf not taking Ibis Pee 1 eoulln 10 cor II bock tothegontral I tot nolodeemi an that such a procedure ummecenifficy ltboub hlroxpOllnc bows It would have bo The bller way This eiplains bow The 100001 bcm it 0 1 Mayor OJndlnDlog hem drao on he Cory fund for the Name Claim of ZZ1 II did MoYorllollkln lie also basdrawn various AMOuntself which the following U I a partial records oMBluel germ the mulltols hoohi1 JD 13 ISM contingent ex 400 00 3entpene 18W coullngool x ic 1000 J CO porlo I 1 nh it t Ifcifl con It cent exi euoi 25U UII US o IbW 1 logo advie a WO 01 Feb 2i Wad lo Willerd lou it rhu returned warrant 10 MOJor lou amount wo no covered hock into fund MO 00 May 3 IS96 contingent ex 121000 july 3O soo contingent ex Bell 9 sea ito Ang4 IS96comingent expou01 100 00 AIR il 11 1MU tontlURCUt n I poorest nrmeoOlnoolion ISOl 00 Aog 10 IbOO contingent ex Pease 25033 Ibe ficl that lue Oily Coated baa rtiueeled an HcmlzJ report Is evidence I evi-dence that the voucher for 1S9S did not state ills Particular Purpose for Which the money was used as all Ib e voucher for 1635 and the record bere given also dlecloses that feature In ISM also the fund wag not under tbe joint oinlrol ol mayor and 1 moot tor but Ibo latter merely teooinlied its orders ol 1 the lormer Wheat for IcBlance the last money woo drawn the demand woe for a larger Sugar bat the auditor replied there was only 1210 331u the fund and 1 that amount waitiken In further explanation of the fire men34 convection expeate 1 It maybe may-be Haled I that members ol the finance committee asset that tbe coa I nil about 1900 and when the Councl I appropriated the il CO U WAS believed to be ample There no explanation of tile discrepancy When Mayor Qlendlunlng tusks bla report aa requested by the Council perhaps there may be light ou these items Ae Ihe matter stands at present tnt excite it tile the 11000 which the City council Intended to caver all the IInmo 0001100 01081111el 1 lilt record shows that lu the year 1SOJ Mayor Batkln and bid auditor drew on Ibeiuudrj expense fund for IMS 60 Ilio V4rlous Items being particularized urlog Ihe first eight months ol 1690 Mr Olendinulug drew 000081 ol wbl a report Is I flow tilkird |