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MEMORANDUM: <br /> FROM: S . J. Crumpacker, City Attorney DATE: Oct . 28, 1971 <br /> TOz Members of the Common Council <br /> SUBJECT- Resolution for Additional Appropriation in Account G-262 , "Law <br /> Books" , and Transfer of same from Account G-721 , "Furniture <br /> and Fixtures" . <br /> Upon moving the old City Court law library up to the legal <br /> department , I found that many volumes were missing and that some of <br /> the sets were not up to date . Among the more important deficiencies <br /> were the following: <br /> 33 volumes of the Indiana Supreme and Appellate Court <br /> reports were missing. <br /> The pocket parts of the Indiana Law Encyclopedia had not <br /> been brought up to date since 1957 , and 4 obsolete <br /> volumes had not been replaced. <br /> A law book without the current pocket part is virtually <br /> worthless as you always have to check everything said in the bound <br /> text against the latest court decisions and statutory amendments as <br /> reported in the pocket parts . In addition to replacing the missing <br /> volumes and bringing all of the sets up to date , I would also like to <br /> buy the 20 available volumes of the Opinions of the Attorney General <br /> of Indiana, as these are invaluable in making statutory interpretations - <br /> something I am called on to do almost continuously . <br /> All of this will cost more than the $800 .00 originally appro- <br /> priated to Account G-262 , "Law Books" , for 1971 . The balance in this <br /> account as of this date is $237 .52 . We presently have bills outstanding <br /> or anticipated totalling $166 . 10 . The additional expenditures I would <br /> like to make total $308.00 , which are one-time items which would not be <br /> repeated in future years . This would indicate a need for an additional <br /> amount of $236 . 58, but I have rounded this off at $250 .00 to cover <br /> contingencies . <br /> I have this amount available in Account G-721, "Furniture and <br /> Fixtures" , for which I do not anticipate a need during 1971, and am <br /> requesting a transfer from G-721 to G-262 . <br /> S . J . Crumpacker <br /> SJC :eh FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE <br /> uV 3 1971 <br /> KATHRYN L. BLOUGH <br /> CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND. <br />