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Show uu SUNDAY EXCURSION TO SALT LAKE CITY VIA OREGON SHORT LINE 1.00 ROUND TRIP oo ! A VERY COSTLY HONOR. Carl Hentschel, a member of the City of London corporation, and at present chairman of the general purposes pur-poses committee, has given notice of motion for their next meeting to refer re-fer It to that committee for consideration consid-eration and report (1) The question of the expenses of the mayoralty of the city, owing to altered circumstance's; and (2) the necessity for certain improvements im-provements and alterations to the Mansion house The last time the question of the lord mayor's official salary was raised was In 1S73, but since then the importance im-portance and dignity of tho position have gicatly increased. Before 1775 the lord mayor received his income from ancient dues. For instance, Lord Mayor Brass Crosby In 1770 received re-ceived 4251 and spent G6S5, and John Wilkes in 177-1 received -!SS9 and spent S226. Thence down to 1S35 the lord mayor received a fixed stipend of 1000, with certain allowances. al-lowances. In 1S35 the lord mayor received re-ceived In all 7904. In addition the corporation used to pay about 3300 per annum on Mansion house expenses. ex-penses. The subject of the lord mayor's may-or's salary was dealt with in two reports re-ports In 1337 and 1SG9, the former recommending a salary of G500 per annum and the coiporation paying the exptnses of the lord mayor's show and banquet, and the latter suggesting suggest-ing a commutation of all fees and il-lowances il-lowances by tho payment of 9000. Both these reports were withdrawn, and ultimately the corporation in 1S73 fixed the lord mayor's salary at 10,-100, 10,-100, free of Income tax, recommending recommend-ing that tho occupant of the office show hospitality and attention to the other municipalities of the kingdom, and the representatives of the city guilds and the trading and commercial commer-cial classes of London. Since then the corporation has, in addition, spent from GO0O to 8000 per nnnum on purposes associate 1 with the upkeep of the Mansion house such as rates, taxes, maintenance, repairs, re-pairs, etc. Tl is common knowledge I thnt large as the lord mayor's salary is, few, If any, chief magistrates of modern times have been able to discbarge dis-cbarge their duties without a more or less Important contribution from their personal incomes -One lord mayor Is reputed to have spent 30,-000 30,-000 out of his own pocket in a jear of no special importance, while the average is from 8000 to 4 12,000. Carl Hentschel's motion invites tho corporation to inquire and decide if 10,000 Is enough for the lord mayor of the present dav If it is, the corporation, cor-poration, he argues, ought not to bear some of the Mansion charges; -if not, the allowance ought to be increased The second part of Hentschel's resolution resolu-tion deals with the sanitary condition of the Mansion house, especially In the domestic and kitchen departments. depart-ments. London Standard. oo Richard Croker thinks he is being used to advertise a vaudeville attraction attrac-tion and yet does not seem pleased at the evidence that he is of sorrr nse after all. Lafe Young says that standpatism is dead, and as a portion of the remains, re-mains, his opinion may have value. |