Show Auditor Finds City Losing On Care Cale of Burial Lots Cost of Cemetery Maintenance Reported at Annually in Excess of Revenues Evidence that the city is going in the hole at least annually in providing care of burial lots at the city cemetery was adduced at the city commission meeting Wednesday when Auditor Samuel F. F ted on an audit udit of cemetery books now under wa way Saying the audit was on only about half completed Mr Nicholls re rev revealed revealed re- re v aled that maintenance expenses were about annually while receipts range from to 38 Revenue comes largely from charges of 90 per year for ordinary ordinary or dinar care of burial lots or blanket pamer c care re Mr Nicholls' Nicholls remarks came during during during dur dur- ing a lengthy discussion after Mayor May May- or E. E B. B Erwins Erwin's suggestion that receipts for perpetual care be earmarked earmarked earmarked ear ear- marked and placed in a special trust fund Cund Inquiring of oC the other commissioners commissioners com corn missioners what disposal was being made of these receipts he learned they were going into the genera general fund Formerly they had been earmarked earmarked ear ear- marked but that practice ended in 1920 Mayor Maor Erwin criticised the policy polie of putting these receipts into the general fund saying that the ty t was In effect breaking an agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment with purchasers of lots b by not keeping the mone money separate y Without t out expressing direct opposition opposition opposition tion the other commissioners pointed point point- ed out that parallel circumstances surrounding special trust funds had resulted in misunderstandings and disagreements not only among city officials but from citizens paying the fees Upon motion of oC Commissioner William Villiam Murdock action was deferred deferred deferred de de- de- de until the audit is ed Mr Murdoch said he would confer confer confer con con- fer with City Attorney Fisher Harris Harris Har Har- ris na on legal phases of the proposed trust fund The discussion arose upon receipt of a petition from the Chinese association asso asso- clation which owns 20 lots in the cemetery on which it has been payIng payIng payIng pay- pay Ing 90 per lot for or ordinary inary care The association sought to return five lots Jots to the city and obtain perpetual perpetual perpetual per per- care for 15 which would entail entail entail en en- tail 1250 additional expense The commission voted to grant the re request request request re- re quest and to accept down own payment payment payment pay pay- ment and the remainder in 10 monthly instalments as recommended recommend recommend- ed by the cemetery sexton George Bishop |