The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-01-12
Proceedings of the City Council.
MONDAY EVENING, Jan. 7, 1856.

MONDAY EVENING, Jan. z, 1856.
Council met Present, Councilman Steel,
Scantln, Stephens, Elliott, Hedderich, Krats,
Pushee, Hunnel and Mentzer.
The Mayor being absent, Councilmen Ste
phens was called to the chair
Minutes read and after slight amendment
adopted
Ordered that cash order be issued upon
the City Treasurer in favor of c. G. Keats,
Agent for Gas Company, for 1915 6411@,
amount due for Gas consumed, Meter rent,
repairing lanterns, castings, &C., for quarter
ending January LIST, 1856, as per bill filed.
Mr.. Keats made statement to the board
relative to the defect in some of the Gas lights
attributing said defects to the extreme cold
weather which caused the gas to freeze in many
of the pipes, and said that immediate steps
had been taken to obyiate the difficulty in flu
ture.
The usual allowances were made for work
done on the streets, amounting in the aggre-
gate to SCI 25
Ordered that a cash order be drawn upon
the City Treasurer in favor of the f. /. &c G. S.
L. Railroad Company for the sum Of $1,000,
amount due for interest on bonds in said road,
up to January LIST, 1856.
Ordered, that Messrs Smeder and Bros be
allowed Sc, amount of bill for watching Conrt
House fire and carrying water on the night of
Dec 26th, 1856.
Ordered, that Messrs. Kratz & Heiman be
allowed $40 35, amount due, after deducting
value of old iron and brass purchased by said
firm for repairing Young America Fire en-
CINE, as per account rendered.
Allowed Messrs Waldrich & Co. 75c for
Ratchet, procured by City Clerk, as per bill
fled
Allowed Alb. Johnson 81 for drayage &c. in
removing furniture &c. to new Council cham
Der, as per bill filed.
Allowed Well FL. Walker s4s 81, for one
months salary as City Clerk, and making out
seven deeds for lots in Oak Hill Cemetery, rs
per bill filed
Il The Bill of Messrs. Vickery's was referred
to the County Commissioners.
The School Appropriation Bill and also
John McInerny's Bill were laid over on ac-
count of the absence of the Mayor.
! The City Marshal presented his report for
Quarter ending January LIST 1856, as follows:
"The Marshal begs leave to state to the
Council that there being no business coming
under his official duty, that would require a
report of him for the present quarter, would in
viaxu of thaSa facts aDd in coropla,,ea ,r-;th Tho
usual mode of making quarterly reports,
simply state that nothing has been done
worthy Of note, save Che penning Of a few hogs
in November last from which no money was
received, from the fact of there being none sold,
they all being redeemed, in accordance with
all of which is respectfully submitted.
The report was ordered to be spread upon
the minutes, and the Marshal's bill for services
also presented waslaid over.
Messrs kratz and Heilman, petitioned the
Council to build public cistern at the corner
of First and Division streets, and a similar one
at the corner of Pine and First streets, and
supply the same with water from the canal,
leading through iron pipes. Stating in said
petition that should the Council see fit to com
ply with said request, and build the cisterns,
that they, the said firm, would lay said pipes
and furnish the same from one of said cisterns
to the other, at their own expense.
The petition together with the matter of
the proposed cistern corner Main and Third
St., for which the county has appropriated
$4,000 towards furnishing and laying pipes,
was referred to a committee consisting of the
Mayor and Messrs. Stephens, Men'zer and 2.
II. Cook, Esq.
John S. Goodge, Sexton of the O. H. Gene
terry made report of number of interments in
said cemetery for quarter ending Jan. LIST, 1856,
which was received and placed on file.
P. G. 0Riley, wharf master, presented his
monthly report for month ending Jan. 1st,
1856, showing the amount revenue received
from said wharf to be 1882 90; received and
placed on file
Bracket Mills, Esq, made report for month
ending Dec. 31st, 1856, showing the number
of cases tried before him as City Recorder, for
said month, together with the Treasurer's re-
ceipt for the sum of $11 Is amount collected
from fines; received and ordered on file
On motion the Mayor and City Clerk were
authorized to procure desk and fixtures for
Clerk'sofice- WELL H. WALKER.
City Clerk.
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