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<br />Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, met in special session, Friday,
<br />February 21, 1941, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, with all members present.
<br />(SPECIAL CALL
<br />TO THE CITY CLERK, PRESIDENT AND
<br />MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL,
<br />City of South Bend, Indiana.
<br />Gentlemen ; -
<br />South Bend, Indiana
<br />February 21 -1941
<br />You are hereby notified that under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of South Bend,
<br />in the State of Indiana,a special meeting of the Common Council of said City is hereby called to meet at the hour
<br />of 7 :00 o'clock P.M. on February 21st, 1941, in the Council Chambers in said City for the purpose of considering
<br />the following item:
<br />A bill introduced in the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, known as "House Bill No. 479", purporting to
<br />create the position of a City Treasurer in cities of the second class.
<br />The City Clerk is hereby directed to forthwith serve a copy of this notice on each and every member of the Common
<br />Council of said City and make due return of such service of said special meeting.
<br />J. I. PAVEY
<br />Mayor of the City of So. Bend, Ind.
<br />I, Marie Nelson, Clerk of the City of South Bend, Indiana, do hereby certify that copy of the above notice was se
<br />upon the President and each member of the Common Council of said City prior to the date set for the meeting.
<br />MARIE H. NELSON
<br />City Clerk
<br />THE WITHIN CALL CME TO HAND THIS DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1941, VEICH I SERVED BY READING THE SAME TO EACH COUNC
<br />MAN, UPON THE DATE DESIGNATED, AS FOLLOWS:
<br />GEO. F. HULL, by Mrs. Goo. Hull
<br />ON FEBRUARY 21 1941
<br />LEO M. JORDAN
<br />ON FEBRUARY 21 1941
<br />J. M. McCARTHY
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<br />HAZEL BISHOP
<br />to to 21 et
<br />MRS. C. NIEZGODSKI
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<br />M. 0. BRANNAN
<br />W It zl It
<br />W. F. PULASKI
<br />of It 21 It
<br />DOROTHY RICHARDSON
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<br />HELEN R. HEIDEMAN
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<br />BRYAN J. ROE X22
<br />Mem ear of the South Bend Police Dept.
<br />RESOLUTION
<br />WHEREAS, there has been presented to the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, a bill known as "House Bill No.
<br />479 ", which pu rports..to create the.position of City Treasurer in cities of the second class and fixes a salary of
<br />the Treasurer in the sum of Five Thousand & No/100 ($5,000.00), his Deputy in the sum of Two Thousand Four Hundred
<br />& No/100 ($2,400.00) Dollars, the Cashier ip the sum of One Thousand Eight Hundred & No/100 ($1,800.00) Dollars
<br />and ten Clerks in the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred & No/100 ($1,200.00) Dollars each, or in all a total of Twen
<br />one Thousand Two Hundred & No/100 ($21,200.00) Dollars annual salary; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City of South Bend is a second class city of the State of Indiana, and would come within the purview of
<br />the Act as proposed;.,and
<br />WHEREAS, under the present law the Treasurer of St. Joseph County, Indiana, acts as ex- officio Treasurer of the City
<br />of South Bend, Indiana, for an annual salary of Cne Thousand Two Hundred & No/100 ($1,200.00) Dollars; and
<br />WHEREAS, it would cost the City of South Bend several thousand dollars to equip and maintain an office for a City
<br />Treasurer, as_ prescribed by said act; and
<br />WHEREAS, there is not at the present time sufficient space within the City Hall of South Bend to maintain a City
<br />Treasurer's Department with personnel of thirteen persons.together with all the books and equipment -necessary, and
<br />such space would have to be secured at an additional cost to the City, probably not in close proximity to the City
<br />Hall; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Auditor of St. Joseph County, in order to comply with said act, would be forced to make a duplicate set
<br />of tax books, inasmuch as persons living within the city limits of South Bend would be required to pay their state,
<br />county, civil and school city taxes to the City Treasurer, and all persons living outside the city limits of South
<br />Bend would pay their said taxes to the County Treasurer; and
<br />WHEREAS, abstractors and attorneys, finding it necessary to make excerpts from the Treasurer's books, would be re-
<br />quired to make searches.at the offices of both the City Treasurer and County Treasurer, which would entail duplica-
<br />tion of effort, increase the amount of work necessary to ascertain the true status of any person in respect to his
<br />tax; and
<br />WHEREAS, there is no money now appropriated in the City Budget for such an expenditure, as would be involved if the
<br />City of South Bend were forced to have a City Treasurer, which it is estimated would cost several thousand dollars
<br />for the remainder of the year, and the Common Council would be called upon to transfer funds from the other accounts
<br />to meet this expenditure; and
<br />WHEREAS, no public benefit vn uld be served by the creation of the position of City Treasurer, as outlined in said
<br />act, for the City of South Bend; and
<br />WHEREAS, the needs of the public, generally, in the City of South Bend, are served advantageously by the present
<br />arrangement;.
<br />OW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the enactment of the
<br />roposed act by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, known as designated as "House Bill No. 479 ", would
<br />of be for the benefit of the public, generally, of the City of South Bend, Indiana, but would be detrimental to the
<br />est interests of said public, and would result solely in the useless expenditure of the taxpayer's money; and
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