Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1906 — BILLS! BILLS! [ARTICLE]

BILLS! BILLS!

Allowing Them About All That Was Done BY CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NI6HT. Claim of 5362.50 On Account of Expert Audit of Treasurer's Books, Which Is Only About Half Its Cost. At the regular meeting of the common council Monday night littliTwas done except allow claims. No report was ready in the expert examination or audit -of the city treasurer’s books, but it is exJ acted one will be filed in a few ays, it is stated. The experts were allowed a little spending money for Christmas—for 29 days work on the books to Dec. 1, $362.50. The work done this month and the $3.50 per day to the assistant, 8. C Irwin, is yet to follow, so it is likely the audit will cost the tax-payers of Rensselaer from S6OO to s7oowhen finally reported. The city attorney gave an opinion regarding the liability of the city for expense in replacing the bridges of the city that it will be necessary to remove for the passage of the dredge in taking the rock out of the river on the Iroquois ditch contract, holding that the oity must replace them. It was hoped by some of the councilmen to saddle this expense onto the county. Following are the claims allowed:

COKPOBATIOS FUND Babcock Fire Ex. Co., vaaketa $ 1 38 H. L. Brown, councilman 13 34 Jas. F. Irwin, *0 00 Bli Gerber, aame 30 00 C. G. Spltler, aame 30 00 lay W. William*, aame 14 67 Geo. A. William*, attorney 50 00 Moss* Leopold, treaaurer 75 00 Indiau* Audit Co., auditing book* 362 50 Firemen, aervlcea 87 37 Renaaelaer Fire Co., disability fund... 3 50 Lyman Zea, night watch . 25 00 W, 8. Parks, marahal 30 00 Warner Bros., mdse 1 66 00 Leslie Clark, printing 2 00 HOAD FUND Cha*. Parker, work on street 4 50 Tom Parker, same 6 00 Mort Murray, aame » 00 Ed Randle, same 2 00 Ray Overton, same... 3 00 Roy Thomas, aame 3 00 St. Joseph College, same 1 00 Ernest Cockerel, same 1 50 Chester Zea, labor 23 34 Warner Bros., mdse 4 40 kukotbic I.IGHT fund Ray D. Thompson, inaurance 58 05 Emery S. Mills, same 58 06 Warner Bros., mdse 3 15 C. S. Chamberlain, salary 50 00 Lem Huston, same 30 00 Ed Hopkins, same 30 00 Tom Hoyes, work on line.... 14 50 Frank Bruner, same 4 50 Shirley Hill Coal Co., coal 75 80 Platt Iron Works Co., repairs 3 00 Electric Appliance Co., supplies 2 17 Illinois Electric Co., same 83 67 Moses Leopold, freight 163 81 VATEB FUND Mell Abbott, salary 30 00 John Hordeman, work on main 5 25