The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-06-06
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RRocEEDINGs ~ CITY CoUNCII.
MAY Corn, 1857.
Council nat J.sNITH HOO TON, May-
o., presiding.
Present Aldermen BABBrrT, BALDWIN,
Cow, NYE and wILLrAxs. There being no
quorum present, Council adjourned to meet
to-morrow morning, at 2 O'Clock.
Mar 3OrH, 1857.
Council met pursuant to adjournment, the
Mayor presiding.
Present-Aldermen BABBrrr, BALDWIN,
EusASk, Goyr, Mr. and WILLIAMS.
Minutes Of previous meetings read and
approved.
PETITIONS RECEIVED.
A Petition signed by one hundred and
three Of the voters Of Council Bluffs, ask
ing the removal Of Hiram Barnes from the
Office of City Marshal, was read, and on
motion Of Mr.. BABB1rr, laid on the table.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Mr.. BABB1rr, from the Committee to which
was referred the negotiation Of the Ten
thousand Dollars of City bonds, submitted
report accompanied by the following re-
solution, which on motion Of Mr.. NYE, was
adopted:
RESOLVED, by the City Council of Council
Bluffs, that the negotiation Of ten thousand
dollars City bonds, with Hamilton White,
Esq, be confirmed, and that the Mayor date
said bonds, March 18th, 1851, provided the
sum Of three thousand dollars be paid into
the City Treasury, upon signing and dating
of the bonds aforesaid The resolution
was accompanied with the following recon-
mendation. "Your committee would also
recommend that the City Recorder be i'm
structed to examine and report to the coun-
Gil, the state of the account Of JOHN 7.
BALDWIN with the City"
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Claims reported in ia
vor of the accounts of T. TosTEvIN and R.
L. DOUGLASS. +~
The Committee on Internal Improvements
reported in favor Of bridging Indian Creek
at the crossing of johnson and Scott streets,
and accompanied the report with the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted.
sResolved by the City Council Of Council
Bluffs, That the Mayor be authorized to
contract for the bridging Of Indian Greek
at the crossing of Johnson and Scott streets,
provided he can get the work done at fair
cash value, the contractor agreeing to take
City Warrants at par for doing the work
and for materials furnished" .=
UNFINISHED BUSINESS. s
On motion of Mr.. BABBI1r, the resolu-
ton offered at previous meeting for filling
up the Race and improving Washington
Avenue between Madison street and the
centre of Market street, was taken up and
adopted.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
By Mr.. NYE. Resolved, That the Mayor
advertise and let the contract for grading
Main street, from Broadway to Washington
Avenue, to the lowest and best bidder, upon
such terms as he shall deem best for the
City,"
By Mr.. BABB1Tr. "Resolved, That the
Mayor be requested to procure, for the use
of the Council, one of TosrEviN's Maps of
the City of Council Bluffs, at the expense
of the City,"
By Mr.. BABB1rr. ssResolred, That the
City Engineer proceed to repair the Bridge
crossing Indian creek, where Green street
crosses the same, at the expense of the City,
AMOUNTS ALLOWED.
One in favor of Wagstaff & Mithen for
grading Broadway as per estimate of Engi-
neer for 1892 SO
One in favor of John P. Williams, for
furnishing lumber and constructing culvert
through Broadway, for $33 SO
One in favor of Thomas Tostevin, for
recording field notes, for $50 90
One in favor of r. L. Douglass, for SER
vices as City Attorney the past year, for
$25 90
A bid was received from Thos. Officer &
Co., proposing to furnish curb stones for
the side walks on Broadway, at sixty-fve
cents per foot, was read, and on motion, the
Mayor was directed to contract with Thos.
Officer & Co., on the terms proposed.
An ordinance, entitled can Ordinance
fixing the style of Ordinances, and the time
and place of meeting of the Common Ccun-
Gil, was read first time, and on motion
of Mr.. EuBANk, the rules were suspended,
the ordinance read second and third time
BY its title, and passed, and titled agreed to.
An ordinance, entitled San Ordinance to
provide for plating and recording portion
of the City of Council Bluffs, and establish
ing the width of certain streets therein nam
ed, and defining the boundaries thereof,
was read first time, and on motion of Mr..
BALDWIN, the rules were suspended, the or
dinance read a second and third time by its
title and passed, and title agreed to.
On motion, the Council adjourned to meet
on Friday, june 9Th, 1857, ut 2 O'Clock, P.
NJ. Attest: q.
FRANK STREET, Recorder.
The Coming Crops and Business Prospects.
The length and severity of the past winter
and the apparently unprOpitious Indications