Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-19
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL


/ PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Council Chamber, May 10th, 1855,
Adjourned Meeting.
/ Present, Mayor T.. Tichenor
| Aid. I'D Ward, E. A. Gerdtzen, c. II, Eyser'
4th E. Cook, H. Price.
5th A. A. McLosky.
9th JOS. Lambrise, S. Saddoris.
Mayor called Council to order.
The minutes of the last meeting read and
approved
On motion Of Aid. McLosky the resigna
ton Of c. DeLlno as City Engineer was
accepted
Proposals for the Office ofEngineer from
Messrs. Raub & Baileys, L. Boies and J.
l.. H9gane were read.
On motion the Council went into an e
lection for City Engineer, AMI Dir, Leander
Boies had votes, NJ ,ssrs. Raub & Baileys
? votes, and J. T. Hogane vote; Mayor
declared Mr.. Boies duly elected.
A petition.was presented asking Of Coun-
Gil to postpone the action Of part Of the or
dinance prohibiting swine from being kept
in certain parts ofthc city.
Aid. Eyser offered the following;
Resolved, That so much of the lst sec
/ ton OF the Ordinance entitled San Ordi-
nance to prevent swine from being kept
in certain parts Of the City Of Davenport
and for other purposes" as provides that Il
shall not be lawful to keep hogs or swine, if
| in pens or stables within certain limits, be
/ and tn g same is hereby suspended until the
| first day of November next, which on mo-
ton was adopted.
A petition to open Perry street TO the L.
/ g. w. road south of Mr.. Noers land was
| read, and on motion Of AID. Cook was re-
ferred to the Ordinance Committee 70 pre-
pare an Ordinance in accordance with
the prayer of the petition.
Aid. Cook offered the following:
Resolved, That the Treasurer be instruct
ed to credit James Grant, one hundred anc
sixty-two 5O-1oO dol ars, the amount stand
ing charged to him for balance Of sales o
fifty thousand dollars bonds of this city 70
account OF the subscription to the capita
stock of the Chicago g. Rock Island Rail
road Company. This amount being allow
ed him for expenses in negotiating bonds
and on motion of Aid. Price was adopted
u.;oo lyaroJ ~ ,Ila,,;nn.
Resolved, That the grade OF Brady stree
between Filth a. Seventh streets be as fol
lows, to wit: Commencing at the presen
grade at Fifth street, fill az feet at the a |
ley bet. 9TH g. 9th streets, and run regular
IL alta point ten feet North OF 9th ST., an
to remain as it now is at the West sfle {
Brady st. at junction with 7th streets o
motion Of Aid. Cook the resolution was re
ferred to City Engineer to report at ne,
meeting:
The Ordinance Committee reportend
, Ordnance to regulate Police, &c. Aid
Price moved to adopt. The ayes and nay
being called, on the adoption Of the Ord
, nance the vote stood as follows: Nays AID
Eyser, Gerdtzen, Cook and Saddoris, A.
Ayes AID. Price, McLosky and i.ambr;te,
| Lost.
e Aid. Cook offered the following:
I Resolved, That the Ordinance regulu
ting Police, &c. be referred to the Commi
tee on Ordinances, with Instructions TO n
y port an Ordinance similar thereto annui
: ing the creation ofany new officers by nam
v Of Chief Of Police, which on motion ";
:, adopted
The Ordinance Committee reported a
Ordinance concerning nuisances, which 0
# motion of Aid. Cook was adopted,
b A proposal from w. Herrick e. Co. wi
! read, offering to set lamp posts for the Gil
which was laid on the table.
The committee on Finance reported
favor of allowing the following bills, vi
n John Foreman, attendance on sick, $3.50
r Moses Mullin, do medicine, $3.50; Richa
; Shoals, hauling corpse to cemetry, &c
$500; w. Atwil, printing Ord'nanc
d $500; T. Gulich, do do $500; Sanders
: Davis, do and proceedings, $500; DIR
d Parker g. O'Reardon, prof services, So
On motion Of Aid. Price the report of II
a Committee was concurred in.
The Clerk was instructed TO make out O
e account to present to the County for c,
e penses incurred by the City for attending
sick paupers. HBf
On motion the billo Blinn g. Hughs f.
10 bbls. lime. $50 so was allowed four-tiftl
It Of the Council voting in the aft.
d The following bills were referred to III
+ nance Committee, viz Charles Smitl
John Hickey, Thomas Garland, and C.
Lano.
On motion the Council adjourned TO me,
g again on Wednesday, May 23i, 1865, at
e o'clock. ~ ~ I stLl.
Attest, r. B. WOODWARD, Clerk.