Solomon, Samuel Henry

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Unique IDPE-000584SurnameSolomonGiven namesSamuel HenryBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1878-1931Biographical noteBiographical details:
Employed by the City for 53 years.
Resignation: [ref: SMH 26 May 1931 p9]; [ref: 29 August 1931 p24]; [ref: SMH 16 September 1931];

Aldermen’s Tributes to Town Clerk and Treasurer: [ref: SMH 29 May 1931 p15]; [ref: SMH 16 September 1931]

NSW BDMs Registry: Death 12951/1937 SOLOMON SAMUEL HENRY [parents]: MAURICE & REBECCA registered at SYDNEY

SOLOMON.-The Funeral of the late SAMUEL HENRY SOLOMON will leave 100 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, THIS TUESDAY, at 3 p.m. Rookwood Crematorium.

WOOD COFFILL LIMITED [ref: SMH 3 August 1937 p9]

Funeral Report: [ref SMH 4 August 1937 p21]

Obituary: [ref: SMH 3 August 1937 p7]; 4 August 1937, p7

Details from contemporary sources:
1878 Appointed January 1878 - card has Solomun SC [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]
1879 List of officers and others in Inspector of Nuisances Department - July - £3/15/- per week [ref: 26/158/807]
1880 12/6 day - list of those receiving £3 or upward per week - January - Duties: traffic control, summonses, clerical [ref: 26/162/124]
1880 Application for position of Clerk in Treasurer's Department - £200 pa - April - has served more than 2 years as clerk with Seymour [ref: 26/165/734]
1880 Progress Report on working of Corporation - June - £200 pa - Counter Clerk, City Treasurer's Department [ref: 30/001/037]
1881 Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1881 [ref: 21/16/66 [369]]
1881 Report of Mayor, temporary appointment as Cashier, Treasurer's Department- September [ref: 21/16/66 [369]]
1881 Appointed - salary £200 pa [ref: Council Meeting 11 October]
1881 Request increase - granted December - £225 pa [ref: 26/181/2257]
1883 Financial Committee recommendations for salaries 1883 - increase of £25 granted - £250 pa [ref: Sydney Daily Telegraph 14 December 1882]
1883 Request increase - December [ref: 26/194/2135]
1884 £250 pa - Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1884 [ref: 21/16/123 [891]]
1885 Cashier - £275 pa - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1886 Salaries of Officers 1886 - temporary appointment as Examiner of Accounts - £300 pa [ref: 22/31/6(e)]
1886 To make report on City Surveyor’s & City Engineer’s Departments Accounts - February [ref: 26/218/539]
1886 Mayor's Appointment October 1886 in lieu of Felton - £350 pa - Examiner of Accounts [ref: 21/17/7 [597]]
1887 £300 pa - reduction in salary 1887 - Letter December 1892 [ref: 26/262/2423]
1887 Report, March - Examiner of Accounts, pro tem [ref: 26/218/462]
1887 Recommend changes to improve auditing - August [ref: 26/222/1864]
1888 Examiner of Accounts - New methods of checking expenditure - response to recent frauds - March [ref: 26/227/571]
1888 Reports absence of Paymaster - August [ref: 26/230/001418]
1889 £300 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1889 [ref: SMH 13 Dec 1888, p7]
1889 Request increase in recognition of new system developed - December [ref: 26/238/2052]
1890 Annual Report for 1889 - January 1890 [ref: 26/241/791]
1891 Salary Schedule 1890-91 - Finance Committee recommendation for 1891 - £300 pa [ref: 22/41/1]
1892 Salaries of Officers 1892 [ref: 22/42/50]
1892 Proposal for Fidelity Guarantees - David Moses & LW Levey [ref: 22/43/24]
1892 Request increase - December - 15 years’ service - salary was reduced in 1887 [ref: 26/262/2423]
1893 Salary Schedule 1893-94 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/46/6]
1894 Report on fish handling at Market - August [ref: 26/275/1343]
1895 Examiner of Accounts - £300 pa - Report on Salaries of Employees [ref: 22/48/22½ (b)]
1898 £300 pa - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 Recommendations on working of Corporation Departments - Partial return of employees at July 1898 - £300 pa [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 Report on dealings with TJ Bown & Co - 1890-98 [ref: 22/55/30]
1898 Office of Examiner of Accounts abolished - appointed General Accounts Auditor 11 August 1898 - £300 pa [ref: 7/22/560]
1898 Acknowledging new title of General Accounts Auditor - query duties - 23 August [ref: 26/301/1600]
1898 Preliminary report, 6 September 1898 [ref: 26/301/1666]
1899 Salary Schedule 1898-99 - Finance Committee recommendation for 1899 - £300 - General Accounts Auditor [ref: 22/55/65]
1899 Accounts authorised by Solomon - new system, January [ref: 21/20/1 [53]]
1899 List: Officers Fidelity Guarantees Policy, October [ref: 21/21/45 [817] (b)]
1899 Noting some arrears discovered, May [ref: 26/307/1113]
1899 City Treasurer Anderson recommends Solomon become City Treasurer, November [ref: 26/313/2746]
1899 Mayor’s appointment as City Treasurer, 1 November [ref: 26/313/2748]
1931 Resignation - May - effective 31 August [ref: Newspapers]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-004199

Photograph

Portrait of City Treasurer SH Solomon, Municipal Council of Sydney, 1925

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionCashier [City Treasury Department I]City Treasurer [City Treasury Department I]Clerk [City Treasury Department I]Examiner of Accounts [Town Clerk's Department]Auditor [Town Clerk's Department]Traffic Officer [multiple departments]Related itemsMemorandum: Richard Seymour, Inspector of Nuisances - Staff and salariesMemorandum: AC Mountain, City Surveyor - List showing employees in his departmentProgress Report on the Working of the Corporation by Finance Sub-CommitteeReport of the Mayor, John Harris, on resignations and appointments of senior staffReport of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1886Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1891Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1892Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1894Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages, 1895Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1899Finance Committee Report: 20 Oct to 16 Nov 1899 - Payment of wages and various other matters

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Solomon, Samuel Henry