Show RATHER HOT TIME council demands resignation of recorder BUT HE POLITELY REFUSES council passes motion that warrant for his arrest be issued charging false entries n the books embezzlement etca etc A somewhat lively session btttle other business done small flakes 0 11 e beautiful were falling outside tie 1 l bere in the nty council chambers edne day night was about aboe and lien some at unstated intermit warmer lut gradually the thermometer fell until it about cormal if no none ac tors were J abbani kelly and button sni recorder Rei order franklin it was generally i bjers od that the committee appointed appoint td to anait the books of U e city offices would make their re port and it was also about that some startling start line disclosures relaine to it e recorder a books would be brought to light so there was quite a crowd of spectators present when maor ilon let tha wel ml for order and then were some disclosures though whether it would be just cor reel 10 say there waa much surprise is it hat been common property for some time that roes negligence and carelessness has existed in the recorder a office few thought it would pr e mere serious than tl is the predon dorance of evidence adduced at the meet ing however tends to show that defeli gebee an 1 carelessness does not boier the case entirely thorough and sweeping can only atter mina the extent and of the tahe all the councilmen were present when mayor vi i soa called to order tl e of the previous meeting were read and approved the bill oi dr L I 1 for tor attendance on smallpox pa which was referred bial fur i cm biting last month was taken up an 1 and allowed several email bills were also read bat were la id over butil the next meeting acting fire chief J S kelly lepor ed that t e bad inspected thirty hydrants 1 ad packed nine of them that on avenue was broken lie had purchased some new 1 ose 1 ad overhauled and placed the dose carts and chea fical in good shape and go er all attended to the requirements of this department tl e report was referred to the committee on fire ad vater brank lake aad several pe titio ned the council to allon liti lo 10 open up a road on the out HI e of bieber avenue and to do ai 1 work w tb petitioner poll tax fir desired road ill eo through owned bv the petitioners petition ers and the right of nay will post the city it was referred U he committee on streets alleys and bridges with roner to act the mayor read an invitation from the GAR asking the city officials to turn ut with them on decoration day the council was algo ailed to provide a carriage for the ow of the old veterans on that date aa this had bien tie aug torn of former administrations tl e councilinan counci linen decided to grant the request and to put up tl each from their own pockets to defray said expense as it could not lawfully be made a city ex pense OF committees the committee to na referred the plat proposition of aba ontario corn pany taid they bad interviewed 11 r lamb who ad 1 e would confer with mr stood on the matter tha committee to whom the petition for a sidewalk from C V mair a corner was referred reported that it thought it donld be better to aret if ok after tha bad alka in empire canyon tl e reports were accepted COMMITTEE 0 0 lockhart one of the n en em aloyed by tie audition aud itin committee to audit the looks of the city recorder treasurer street a and justice of the deac read a report of tl air findings iio stated tl at on checking tl e re chipta and disbursements the books of the treasurer and recorder and corn par ing the same that the city recorder s record shows 45 less cash on hand than the treasurer e all of wt ich amount is accounted for by errors in the recorder s bools the treasurer s bools are correct the shown in the recorder s accounts being purely errors and s lie reported tl at they had caret illy listed all licenses larded as ter alula showing the rate number of license to whom issued and date of expiration in duplicate that atay found the agero gate amount ot licenses as per stubs and the amount paid to tt 0 treasurer agreed exactly it will be noted continue a th re port tl at there are many licenses due and unpaid to may we are un U to say a the correctness of abe ac of parties in arrears n w er or tool lot many of 01 aba 1119 and anu others dav ave been s g in alie city not baan br or dis A mr 1111 jeleta ad ax sn tl soma W me or poll tax and bj tia trea sw aits J on WN KIBB on ac xa wg tuil ix sas orha refunded the atuba elirta that 22 collections were nude in cash by the street commissioner aggregating tor w inch deposits with th treasurer ot 42 loving 24 un account adlor eare led to believe con ainu the report that alio entire ays eys tein of poll tax hao beau conducted in such a aej irregular manner to make it impossible to ar rive at any definite conclusion relative to the amount that should liv bean collected however it n avs tem that has been in MM gince tl e in coloration cor oration 0 the city n e find chah ecord baa been kept of armets and of case I 1 ut in many instances omissions have been made wl ich so to elio i that too little care has been exercised in keeping ahn record borre tl and an ali police court docket was el over carefully against monthly reports by the city justice we do not think it i ece sary to eo ta a to tt e 0 ahn book so far M the reports of the city mar elul are concerned we do not find any report of disposition of cases after arrest or anything outside of tl e mere nun her of arrests n ado lunig tl e month efin don examination of the re cord of the city utice of the by the docket with the coin plaines plaints on file ai 1 alie monthly reports with the docket that said records are correct full and complete tl is report is ened by 0 C lock 1 art and fc li kidder attached to the is a statement of tl e errors and om irions n the re corder 8 and disbursement book froia december I 1 1901 to may 1903 to 13 io as above men tinned which makes alie balances agree mth t her a of the attached also is a of licenses issued and due the city the lists shows a balaine ba larne due the ciar on license according to tl e books of 75 there is a list of of 61 names of licenses collected during the previous adminis travion not thou n on the records 0 the present one and a list of chinese licenses tie delinquents run all the way from three months to sixteen month and of thia class are an een fort begia TO WARM tl a raa was asked if lie could account for the 24 shortage in poll tax and ri 1 e 1 tl at 1 e could not that he had paid over all mooneye collected by him to the beet of ins recollection councilman I 1 abband then arose and slid be under tool there was in licenses due or collected and not ac counted for he held in his 1 and a number of tint had bien issued mr recorder said ie will ou tell me w I 1 0 id license so 1206 the recorder consulted 11 irenee an i gave a name wl ich lie re porter failed to get through it wag not ane carba as the license of eliat number held by the councilman which bore the name of probst artho paid license io 1188 in quiren tl e councilman mrs lawrance replied tt e recorder this one is IS 0 and is issued to mrs mcclelland aid sir I 1 abband ho paid 0 o 1290 1 e continued thomas gourley aid the recorder Is this it mowing li cene recorder Pe corder es I 1 abband I 1 would like to ask tl e mayor i this is 1 is present log to alaor wilson mayor ilson io sir I 1 aber saw that license before 1 ascend to recorder Pe corder how is t that ou signed the mayor a naino to this license recorder Ke corder I 1 have been doieg tt at frequently both to licenses an I 1 to checks by authority of the alaor mayor bilson how 8 that I 1 neier authorized any one to sig i ray name councilman kasban 1 Is the treas aurer in the 1 ouse treasurer I 1 risk being present re spondee spon ded and asked him as tl e mony for e license or that from alomas gourley ever turned oer to iou treasurer 1 risk 0 o sir neither of them goal oilman hatband then asked for tie resignation of the recorder dimmed lately and made it as a motion wl ich by councilman kelly kelly got the floor before the motion wa put and addressing tte recorder inquired vi here has this money gone that you have collected for these licenses Ile corder liou 11 fin i out kelly isn t it our place to inform this council recorder Ke corder es to a certain extent my place to report un aid licenses to tl e council nor to cl ase around and collect them kelly ou seem to lave collected them just the same and we want to know wl ere the money is how about this licenses licences licen ces fec oh you 11 find oil tomorrow and more too before I 1 get hough kelly hy can t you tell us now recorder Pe corder you 11 find out tomorrow to morrow kelly what is your duty any w ay recorder oh nothing I 1 guess kell uell that is about all you done coth log bince the people elected rou to this office but you ave be traced your trust and we will hoi you gible recorder 11 that s what I 1 want you to do why dian didn t you 1 aie the books au cited back two years afo be ore I 1 took them tl ere are mistakes in them and I 1 1 aye accepted them under kelly that hg nothing to do with the case in I 1 and I 1 recorder e will see then consi h rable back talk was in bulged in after which tl e motion was ut and carried ton who had been licenses sail he biad vis a number but lal not gotten through he 1 ad found that paull arm A wilson 1 ad no license to show mr carpenier Car renier of tre lark city coal co lad no license since he bought the business ll cCarty mrs chester mrs vigor mra palley f tie I 1 ark city 1 ole BD t ad no licenses to show georee smith had none but had check towing beJia JL paid for the camei 5 Jae binl ian asket he recorder it 1 0 B 0 ild mr franklan that he would not mr then ingvel ant the city attorney take proceedings to remove him an that ie be placed under arrett for ale in 11 a books tore ne tie nane 0 tie mayor and collect ii i aid i ft turning it over to tl e treasurer ha aided tie city attorney what tl e penalty for theae crimes wis and was informed it was from one to la only years in the pini tertiary tent iary the recorder ee med to take it au as a joke and laughingly remarked that he n be older u 1 en I 1 e got out or w or 1 to that effect mr kasban 1 said it wan a very en oua matter and that sho ild provoke no laughter or jest that the tiong as disgraced through the actions of two officers the recorder rei order and mar elial lie eai I 1 this administration wa called lie worst tie cita ever 1 d and all tl e rouble came iron the e too off iter wh ie the coun cil got tl e blame lie said tl e marshal was potent and that a man should be put in ins alaio to do hn work even it he drew 1 is and that the i olice men pay no attention to h s or berg councilman hell sai 1 1 e hd heard a committee of citizens tad tl reatea ed to mob tl e councile counci ln en an I 1 force thena to res agn and as there was quite a burn nurn her of citizens present 1 would like to hear from tl em ishoi e responded res councilman then moved the city attorney make out charges against the recorder lor h a airest but tl e at torney a 0 the opinion tl at this aas one ol 01 the duttee 0 tl e county attorney as eliat officer would have to the case that he dido t think the city justice would be justified is issuing a warrant without nit hout consent of the county attorney at torne mayor von thourl t it strange that an arrest bouli not be made with the evidence tl at had been mr I 1 abband it en tl e mo tion and substituted one that the county attorney be at once communicated with and asked to draw up the complaint some one remarked tl at it was hoped alna complaint would not be as lone corn ing s the one for the marshal mr said tl e recorder could not be grutel and moved the books and keas of the recorder be demanded and a man be put in his place even if U 0 re corder s aalam tent on the cit attorney doubted if a man chuh be appointed with antl only to do the recorder s work before tl e re corder was kel y remarked that it locked as through they were angl t wl ere ll 11 ey started coulden couldn t arrest coulden couldn t re move or anyta ing ele according to tl e city attorney a interpretation of ll 11 e lav OTHER BUSINESS councile ln an sutton eaid the peddler s licenses be looked after and acl lecter councilman williams moved the city attorney notify all merchants to pay up the n arshal and police loofe aft r ped adlers and the attorney take proceedings against all wl 0 refuse to pay the corn antlee on licenses to be associated with him tl e broken hydrant on goodside avenue was ordered replaced and the sidewalks up E r pire canavon ordered repaired this latter matter waa left to the committee on streets and bridges who were instructed to let the job by contract on tract if it could be done cheaper the mavor gaid it was time to look af ler back yards and have them cleaned up councilman v ill ama wanted to know who kad been telling liquor to the boys who got drunk last week an 1 aly they were not prosecuted tl e attorney stated there was not evi dence enough to convict anybody and that was why no suit had been started council then adjourned until june ad |