The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-04-13


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: q $l62a.2A o City NJ
20 - Railrosd dirsst tax.. -
9nesd, and ~ Cit dr.
Int aforssai
~ received IT, -
- Counoil t(yr
A. l. - Sdndrsd dollars, b6I1 ~
~ him for license 10 cell -
919d vinous liquors Tor the teri r
1e1tAs from Sept l6, 1851.
Petition referred to the committee 81
dietary.
Theaeommittss on claims. to whom the
sam1 had been referred reported in favor Of
the payment Of the following bills, viz:
NJ. ID. Harvey, work on hook and W.
ladder carriage, 10 00'
Daniel Mahony, resetting curbing
and gutter on johnson street, so 90
Lowe, Noble and Craig, profession
81 services, 40 90
Report accepted and bills allowed.
The special committee, 10 whom WAS re-
ferrcd the bill Of - B. Howell q Cos, Of
$40 90, and Chas. b. Kirk, Of 443 r. asd
Of - Post Co., a 333 00,-all - bills
being Tor printing advertisements Imported
n ienREune heir allovens
epssd ana I'm Hed.
~ uAisA prsssue0 Dinancs No
~ g Az Ordinance in rs|alien to tbs pay
hsnt of r. interest upod J bonds issued
fof IT, = 6tYuetion Of. the johnson street
= Honse, 'snbich was adopted
E1ekhan Waning moved to take from
the table Ordinance No. 136, can Ordinance
providing for tho pgmcnt Of interest upon
city scrip" -
Motion carried, and after dgDa.e said Or
dinance ~ passed.
The felloSang resolutions wss adopted,
10 wit:
Resolved, Thst the Clerk Of the Council
b authorised r. 3esue certificate Of redemp-
tibn to RMuss flsey for lots 1, 2 and 3 10
block No. 65 from the sale Of annual city
taxes for the year A. D., 1857, upon said
Wilsey's depositing with said Clerk, . note
for the amount thereof, payable in sixty
days from date with ten per cont. per annum
interest, said nctc to bs sndorsed BY J. K.
Hornish.
Resolved, That thseum a. two hundred
and twenty dollars be appfopfi&tsd for the
payment Of police cxpcnses inoorred by the
Mayor and police committee.
lteolved, That forty dollars be allowed
II. Taylor, Mayor, for expenses to Des
Moines City as agent for city to obtain a
law, for Lee county, paying for trAnscRibing
county records for city Of Kcokuk.
The following bills and estimates were al
lowed, viz:
d. Taylor, for plank walk, $40 90
Tillin2hast, Lane 4 Buel, spikes, &C.,
per supervisor, % 9S
Is Judges and Clerks Of election,
April 9Th, ~ 90 each, 80 O0
Jas. Madden, balance on street cross
ings, Re, l3l 65
Jas. McNamara, balance on street
crossings, &C., 80 SO
Aldermen Smith, Patterson and Wyman
were appointed to settle with A. Guthrie,
ESQ, late engineer of the water works.
The following Communication was received
from his honor the Mayor, and laid upon the
table.
/ Gentlemen Of the City Council:--There
was some time since \ committee appointed
BY you to take into consideration the sub
ject OF reducing the salaries Of all city off
GERS.
II any reduction is deemed advisable i,
should be done before the election of such
officers by the new Council to be inaugura-
ted on next Monday.
! would, therefore, recommend that the
! salary q the different of6cers bsroduced to
the following sums: City Engineer, $500,
City Collector, $lOOO,- -the city getting the
benefit of the percentage on sales made on
the collection of al special taxes,-City
Clerk, $500, City Marshal, $500, Deputy
Marshal, 3400, and Policsmen $35 per
month. And in place Of having one Super
visor, let the road work in each ward be ex
pended in the ward under the supervision of
| some one in the ward who may 6onnupinted
Tor that purpose, and for his seevjGn ~ be
80 out Of the money collects ~ Feed
Noek. By adopting this cousGeG policy
tqlA money will be saved TO ~ ~ and
- NRe4Gi4 havs 81 bun uofh sxpended
= ~ nd. Yours, ITALY,
4AWKul0 TAXLOa, Mayor.
Ad1snaA WAlliug ptessatsd the follow
lag rssolsAios, which vas unanimously
adopto1
asssivs1, ~ - shank. Of the men,
bsTs Of this Cenaalt - rendered his honor
Mayor Taylex Ton ~ laithfnl. eRcient, i'm :
partial - gsutlD aly mnlse in which he
- discharged ~ l01o - losiding oRceg
" 80 tedy daeing ~ pE ysar.ss ss.
HI hsnof ths Mayor responded il an ap-
pfoptIats nannsr, ADD the Council ad;ourn-
= me- ~. ?. s. MERRIAM, Clerk.
The 4paoviss - ~ remarks Of Mr..
F1aylee alla6ed = 6eso; 8
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