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Novemhe~ 8th, 1932.
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<br />~eiieved of his fo~mer duties, as this position is no longer required. This ~ ~
<br /> ena..ge will re-
<br />sult in a saving cz at least $1,692.00 per year.~,
<br />
<br />On motion ordered filed.
<br />
<br />The following communications from the Oity Attorney were read:
<br />
<br /> tst - ~At your last meeting you referred to me a communication of the National
<br />Beari~gs Eetal Oorporation asking that it be relieved of an assessment agar_st lots Numbers
<br />27 and 28 in Block number 7 on the plan o2 Brighton, amounting to $6.89 each for the years
<br />1931 and 1932.
<br /> I find ~ ~
<br /> ~ao this oorporatian never owned the lots in question and that the
<br />release sho~d be granted. The lots appear to be owned by the Southern Railroad as lessee of
<br />the Atlantic and D~nviiie and are a ssess~d by the State ~ ~ ~
<br /> ~ ~orpo~ ~ ~on ~o~mis sion."
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<br />adopted.
<br />
<br />Eotion of ~r. Hut a~ ~
<br /> o_~no to concur in the City Attorney, s recommendation, was
<br />
<br /> 2nd - "At your last mee~ir~, you referrea to me a list of taxes which have been
<br />relieved by the Commissioner of the Revenue. I investigated this list and find that the same
<br />was properly relieved. The sum of $ 39.9~ was relieved on personal property for the year
<br />1931, $~8~.~ on personal property for the ~ ~ ~ ~=
<br /> yea~ 19~2, ana $~9.50 on ~eal eszate for the year
<br />1932. The reliefs.were made because of errors, many of them being duplicates, and in some
<br />cases where the~parties had moved from ~ ~ ~ ~ '~ ~ -
<br /> ~ne c~y. Ihs l~rges~ z,em ox tae 1932 personal as-
<br />sessment was ~8~.80, which w~ ckarged both to B.E. Ginsbsrg and the Oity Bottling ~orks.
<br />The real estate was conffined to one asssssmenz against H.E. Jones, 162 Pinners Avenue where-
<br />by he was charged $3550.00 on the buildir~ value when it should have.been SPpO.OO."~= The' fi-
<br />gure "3" was placed 'before the figure ~5" oy mistake. The relief should be granted in each
<br />case and prope~ crediZs made in the office off the Gity Oolleetor.~
<br />
<br />adopted.
<br />
<br />Motion of Mr. ~utohins to concur in the Oity Attorney's reco~.endation, was
<br />
<br /> 3rd - ,At the last meeting, a member of the 0ouncil made the request that I give
<br />my opinion as to whether the resolution of the Oity ~ouncil passing uoon the red, est of the
<br />Oity Nanager to bs .permztted to transfe~ funds appropriated under one-subdivision of a de-
<br />partment~. ~n the budget to another subdivision in the same department was valud without an
<br />o_~n~nce to that effect.
<br /> I find the following provision in the ordinance adopting the budget for
<br />the year 1932.
<br /> "The Oity ~anager is hereby authorized at any time during the year
<br /> ~a transfer funds in the aggregate not to exceed $15OO.00 from one
<br /> item or d~partment to ~h~r-~_tem o~ department.,
<br />
<br />The ordinance also provides:
<br />
<br />"All appropriations in this Budget, excepm those for Interest and
<br />Schools, shall be made available on the approval of the O~y ~anager,
<br />the Oity Eanager being re~aired to report to the ~ounoil at its first
<br />re~3~lar meeting in each month in de~ail all expenditures ma~_e for the
<br />~receding month, and all funds as fa~ as practicable shall be expended
<br />in equal amounts each month."
<br />
<br /> You will no~e that the ordinance permits the Manager to transfer funds
<br />in the aggregate not to exceed $1500.00 from one item or department zo another item or de-
<br />partment, it is dif2iculZ to determine just whaZ is meant by the language used in the ordi-
<br />nance, whether item is used to qualify the word department, or whether item means each sep-
<br />arate and ps~'tieular entry. The word 'item' has been defined to mean: "An article; an entry;
<br />anything which can form ~ ~ ~ .
<br /> ~a~ of a detail; the particulars of an account,, To confiue the
<br />transfer strictly to an item would probably mean thai'very few, i~ any items transferred
<br />which exceed $1500.00, but if it be applied ~o a sub-~otal, there would be several oases
<br />where the amoun~ exceeds. Owing to the difficulty in interpreting the meanin~ of the ordi-
<br />nance, I believe that the council can, by resolution, authorize the Eanager to make ~rans-
<br />fers requested. Inasmuch as the ordinance require~ the Eanager zo report to the Council
<br />each month all expenditu~es, I believe if hs should be requested, he will include the ~mount
<br />of transfers.~
<br />
<br />On motion, ss~me was ordered filed.
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<br />- UNFINiS~D BUSINESS -
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<br />and read:
<br />
<br />The zo!_owmng ordinance p~aced on its first reading October 25th, was taken up
<br />
<br />"AN ORDiNANOE REGULATING OFFICE HOURS FO~ CITY
<br />
<br />vote:
<br />
<br /> ~otion o2 Er. Hutchins to change the oiosing hour on Saturday from one o'clock
<br />to 12:30 o'clock P.~., was adopted.
<br /> On motion of ~r. Ogg, the ordinance was adopted as amended, and by the following
<br />
<br /> Ayes - Brooks, Fox, Hutohins, ~ayo, ~oore, Oast, Ogg
<br />
<br />Nays - None.
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