The Evansville daily journal., 1856-08-13

a.Ef SAML ORR,
JAS. SCANTLIN,
-.... Committee
On motion the report was received, and an
allowance of $12 SO for the quarter ending
june 81, '56, or at the rate of $50 per year,
was made for the Recorder.
John Wesley Hughes presented his official
bond as City Treasurer, in the penal sum of
$4,000, with J. Bray and j. Woodson Hughes
thereon as security duly conditioned accord
ing to law-approved
The petition of Benedict Scheffer praying
for the abatement of nuisance near Messrs.
Mclnnerney's Soap Factory. Said nuisance
being gutter or ditch leading from said fac
tory, and emptying near the residence of said
Sch@ffer, was read and referred to Commit
tee on Streets and Alleys.
The Marshal submitted a Quarterly report
to the Council, showing the whole number of
hogs sold by him to be 113, and the amount
received for sale of said hogs to be $94 65.-
The expense Of said sale being as follows:
Impounding and selling at rs cents pr head,
$84 rs; amount paid Fergus for lumber as
per receipt, So 80; building stray pen, ST. SO;
nails 1Oc; Ben Cash for building fence, Soc
Total 92 "A; leaving balance in the city's fa-
vor of l o.
The report was received and placed on fle
Ronald Fisher made report of the condition
of fire cisterns and apparatus for week ending
Aug. 11th, 1856. received and filed.
The Clerk was on motion instructed to call
upon the Jailor and procure the bill for keep
| ing city prisoners.
| The committee to whom was refearred tle
subject of grading Seventh street, submitted
the following report.
| The undersigned constituting a quorum OF
comIHittee appointed to view Seventh street,
from Main to Vine streets, with view of de-
| termlning the expenses and necessity at this
time of bringing SAID Seventh street, between
the points above named to the proper grade,
beg leave to make the following report, namely; ;
That we deem it essential TO the property
owners and others residing In the nelghoor
hood to have the street graded AS many
persons desrous Of putting down good brick
sidewalks are at present prevented on ac-
count OF the street being too high. The ex-
pense We think is very small not exceeding
fifty dollars, and the earth taken from the
street placed upon low lots in the vicinity
which have been ordered filled up would re-
duce the amount of cost to the city to say
twenty five dollars.
1 Your committee would therefore suggest
that the City Engineer be ordered to set the
necessary stakes, and to estimate the number
OF yards of EARTH so that the amount placed
on lots can be determined, and to have the
street graded in the shortest possible time.
Respectfully Submitted
JOSEPH SETCHELL.
+. ". COOK.
Received, adopted and the work ordered to
be done,
4 The following bids were read for building
the public cisterns, for which proposals were
advertised last week:
EVANSVILLE, IND, Aug. IL, '56.
The undersigned proposes to build the cis-
/, terms advertised by the City Conncil, accord
ing to plan and specifications for the price oI
$50 dollars for each cstern.
F. RIEHLE.
To the Honor Mayor and Common Council:
We the undersisn sned propose to build the
cisterns according to plan and specifications
for 1l6 dollars each. PETER RORKE
! JAS. MCKEEVER.
No action taken on the above proposals.
Council adjourned.
5 WELL II. WALKER, Clerk