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193 D_e. Eember ~14, !920 city) 8. , Gramxl Tot~l Real Estate, Tar4~ib!e and In~s~ugible Personal Property (W~ole City )...$23';:613~:65V.36 Tot~l Tax Charged to Cit~ Collector 481 523.26~ A co~uunieaticn from Albertson & BostOn, attorneys for Wo B .Eure, Guardian of Cecil Eure, a miter, ~stat~ug t~hat they obtair~d in a law. suit against the City_of P-ort~outh. and Va~ Ry. & Power Co., a j~lg~ent for the ~ of SU~000~00, of which s~unt $4~'000. was~ch~rged.by t~he Co',ct against the POE~ Co. and ~l~000,against the City. That tb~ Peter Co. pa.id~ themr share on July 12~ 1920, but that the $t~000, charged against the City has not been paid. ' It is reeomended that this amount be paid out o£ appropriation a!read~r r~de for se. me, when proper notice fro~ the City Attorney as to the correctness of same is secUred, Referred October 19th A com~Z~ication i~om the City Manager stating tl~t he. ~s a request from t. he Dire~tbr .of Stat_on at Public Safe'my for an ~_pproprmat~on ef $~60. to cover re~z~s needed at the Police ~ Port }~rfoik; also a stove. And reco~nends that sszae be allowed, It is reco~uended that said appropriation be allowed. Bills ~o ~noumt of $283.0C, for professzona~ services and hespital e~e~s~.es ef*'Victor J. ~tcheeon, High Oonstable, who was inj~ced while ~z% the discharge of .his duty; together with bmll~ to a~o~t of $940.90; referred by the zerex_er Council. It is recommended that said ~bills be allowed,, out of appropriation already alleged, with the exception of bill of Ei!_~s Daugh~.~s Hospi+~l for $1V9.~0~ which we reeommaerxi t~ke the same eo~se as bill of said Hospital i~ ease of C. J. P~den. ~. It is further rec~n~nded t~t $30,~000. be allowed for p~yment of teachers' salaries ar~ $1~,500. to pay outstanding bills to December 8l, 1920, and that an appropriation of $41,500. be ~de f~r t_he s~me, which, with $3,~000o already available, will meet all current expenses of the School Board to Dece~er 31, 1920. it is ~eco~nded tio~, ~s it will ~equ~e ~ ~. ~ ' ~ f~ the balance of (Sig~ed) "e L. G. Whit , Chairm~n. On ~-~tion, the repot of the Department was ~dopted, and by the following vote: Aves--Br~o.o~s, E.'sleeek, Smith, Hall, Hutehins~~ ' 0ast~ White,' ~. The F~mnce Depsz~.ent ~de the follewing report also: ~Zo~¢ Finance Con~ittee, to whom was referred the a~dits of the books of~ the City, first audit for three years from January 1, t91~, to Dec~ber 31, 1919~' second audit for eight months from January 1, 19201 to August 31, 1920, begs leave to make the following reco~mnenda~i6ns: CIT~ AUDITOR: It was fm~r~ that the records of this 0~fiee rare in good shape ar~! accDmate~ kept and that all payments are properly supported by approved Pay Rolls or Vouchers. We would reeo~er~ General Ledger. let. Real Estate and Personal Property T~x be segregated on the 2nd. Capit~l and Operating F~xpend. itures be ~rd. Reven~e and Expenses be c~ied on t~ D~sb~ seme~ s, segregated on tb~ General Ledgem, Ger~ral Ledger ~u addition to ReceiPts and ~e would recormuend that: let. The Cc¢~issioner of Revere report daily' to the Cit~, A~itor a~ Ci~ Co!iecto~ licenses is~.ed~' a~ t~t said repots be delivem- ed daily to s~d ~f~cers, 2nd. Tn is's~uing licenses for which ata is re uired'" b~ ta ' ' I ' g q. ,' t g be not given until the par- ties securzng the license present ~ 'license receipted f~ ~ t~ Ci~ Colleoto~. ~-CI~ ~&S~: . T~ mec~ds o~ thzs ~.fice were fo~ to be ~ a~eement with the books o~ ~ all ~oP ~.Ci~ A~itor a~ ~eposits ms rep.~ted ~ t~ Ci~ Collector were ~cco~ted The'Cot~cto~ is t* be com~nded ~n the per ce~ of ~x collection, e~- ~qizl~ t~t oF~Perso~! Prop~. ~h~h is as ~ol!ows: 19tV T~xes Colle¢~ed to ~y 3,1, 1920 1918 " " " " 1919 " ,, . . . e We would reconmend that: ........................... 96.3~ ........ -. ................. 94.7~-~ 81.2~