Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-13

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Committee on communication Of Alvors
d Van Patten and others report that tn,
grade has been altered without any actor
of the Council. and therefore repmmen,
that the officers who so changed the grad,
be required to place the curb stones &C
cording to .he established grade Of tn,
Council
Aid. Ramming moved to amend by strik
ing out that part Of the report recommend
ing the curb stones to be placed at grade
by the parties so changing.
Aid. Bowling to lay on the table.
Lost.
Report adopted, the Mayor giving tn,
casting vote
Committee on Petition of j. L. Reed and
Others offer the following resolution:
The Com. to whom was referred the pc
tition ofths citizens in the neighborhood Of
Brady and twelfth street, and Perry and
thirteenth streets in relation to the collec
ton of water at those points, have attended
to that duty, and find that large bodies Of
water is damned up at the above points by
reason of the recent grading of Brady and
Perry sts, and are Of the opinion that the
matter demands immediate attention; and
beg leave to offer the following resolution
Resolved That the Street Commissioner
he instructed to lay box culverts Of sufficient
size, on Brady between 18th and 18th and
Perry st. between 18th and 18th with as
little delay us possible
). Z. WAsHBuRN,
JOHN FORREST, Com.
JIM. BowI1se
Report adopted.
Committee on Petition Of 9Th street ask
further time.
Granted
Committee on Petition of F. Krombie ask
further time.
Granted.
Committee on the grade of Alley on the
south side Of II. Prices residence, report,
that the grade has been changed, and that
it was necessary so to do. By changing the
grade it requires deeper wall to be made
by Mr.. Price, and the Committee recon-
mended that Mr. Price be allowed the ex-
pense of building wall beyond the grade
given by the City Engineer.
Report adopted.
Aid. Jennings offered the following Reso-
luton:
Resotyed, That the Committee on Hospi-
tai be authorised to excavate a cellar Of suf.
ficient size and erecting room Of proper
dimensions suitable for a bath room for the
use Of the patients under cure
Adopted.
Petition Of Benz. Atkinson and others to
grade Twelfth street. from Brady to Rock
Island, was read, and Aid Sears offered the
following Resolution
Resoired, That Twelfth street be graded
between Brady and Rock Island, so as to be
made passable. The same to be done by
Messrs. Boies 4 Brayton in connection with
their Perry st. contract.
Adopted
The City Engineer was ordered to make
aoprofile Of grade on 18th street, between
Brady and Farnam
Aid. Sears presented Petition of citizens
for sidewalk from lie Claire Market ION the
north side) to Farnam street, thence north
on west side Of the street to Tenth street,
thence to Eleventh street, thence to Rock
Island steret, was referred to the Ordinance
Committee with instructions to report an
Ordinance in accordance with the Peti-
| ton
4 Petition of Bellberg was received and
placed on file.
Petition Of Itcats was referred to spe.
cial committee of AID Bowling, Sears, Jen-
| nings.
Petition Of w H. Hildreth and others to
remit tax on church property was read and
accepted, and Aid. Bowling offered the fol-
lowing Resolution:
Resolved by the City Council of the City
used by the several denominations of Chris
| ttaus III tuC CAty Va D0N CukpVIt, NS0tuSi
with the hot on which they are built, not
exceeding sixty four feet front, be and they
are hereby exempt from the special tax,
the property holders of any street for the
purpose Of macadamising, paving or curbing
the same $50
AID. Jennings moved to amend by exemp-
ting all church property from taxation.
Lost.
The original resolution was adopted.
Yeas and Nays called for.
Yeas-Jennings, Bowling. Forrest, Wash.
burn. O'Brien, lie Claire, Sears, Guy, 8
Nays-Cannon, Ramming, Smallfeld, Vol.
Stedt, 4
Aid Washburn stated that he voted yea
in accordance with the wish Of his constitu.
ents.
Petition Of J. D. Harris was referred to
same Committee a. former Petition.
Petition Of W. H Hildreth was read, re-
ceived and fled
Petition of H. W. Morris and others to or.
ganize Fire Company. purchase an appa-
ratus at their own expense. and for privil
eyes granted to other companies was grant.
| ed.
Petition off, Mas, to reduce his tax on
his stock Of goods, was ordered on the Ia.
BILE.
Petition of g. EndreA to teansfer tn.
Billiard icencs Of G. N. Schuyler to him
was granted.
| Aid. Sears offered the following resolu
ton:
Resolved, That il the sidewalks are NO,
laid down on Front street from Iowa r
Housed, by the Let Of Septsmbsr. the City
Aarshal be instructed 70 proceed festhwitl
70 lay down the came according - Rssolu
tion on that subject
Adopted U
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