The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-01-23
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.


Council met pursuant to adjournment,
With his Honor the Mayor in tie Chair.
Minutes of last meeting read and adopted.
The question on the adoption Of the min
,ites- of December Goth, is5s, having been
brought up, it xas ordered that said min
tites be read.
Mr.. Hopkins then moved that SO much of
the said minutes as refer to the allowance
made to Mr.. p. Burke for taking the census,
be reconsidercd, and the ayes and nays being
called for, the question was lost by the fol-
lowing vote: Ayes, Messrs. Hopkins, Seant-
lin, Elliott, Hunnell, Sullivan and Dolan, 6;
Noes, Mcssrs- Hadrick, McInerncy, Letcheil,
inwood, Nurrie, Mulbansen, Schmuttz, War
rem, Sharpe, and wcntzer, 10; and the
said minutes on motion were read and adopt
ed.
Street Commissioner Smith submitted his
bill for work last week, amounting to
<44 so.
John wayman presented his report as La
.sasco Wharf Master, showing the receipts
Of the same and expenses, leaving balance
due tssai1 Wayman Of sci 80. On motion
said amount was allowed
The subject Of appointing a new Lamasco
Wharf Master was left 10 the Mayor.
Sundry bills to the amount Of ss97 II were
on motion allowed.
Levi l. Clark was, on motion, allowed
$500 90 for building Locust street Engine
House.
Bill Of John Haley for stationery was, on
motion, laid over for one week.
Tho bill of Peter Burke for building fire
cistcrns was read. On motion said bill was
refeffea - the Cprntnittce on Fire Depart
mcrt.
The following apportionment bills, as GER
tilted to by the City Engineer, wss on motion
silo%ei, and ordered To be charged to the
following lots:
Lots s, z, s, Q and 10, in block IS, E. E.,
IS %; S. w. Il of Lot 8, in block 81, E. E,
80 81; Middle e Of lot ., in block 81, Z. E.,
80 AS; n. Z. e of lot 8, in block 81, E. E.,
80 90; Is feet s. W. end of lot 10, in block
81, Z. E., 30 Sc; is feet middle end of lot 10,
in block 81, L. T., 81 80; 81 feet N. E. end Of
lotto, in block 81, E. E., 81 Is; Lot IL, in
WYNN "a, LIZ IL, " ~. 1Olol Gu oss
Mr.. Joseph Wright, Lamasco weigh-mas-
ter, submitted his report Of receipts of same.
On motion, the report was received.
3ohn L. Goodge submitted his report of
ihtsrinents in Oak Hill Cemetery for past
month; and on motion, said report was re-
ceived aud fled.
Z. J. Martin, Fire Superintendent, rrade
g AZ e a.
erns and Fire Apparatus; and, on motion,
said report was received and filed.
PIG. o'Reily, Wharf Master, submitted
bis report of tho amount of revenue derived
from the City Wharf for the months of Oc-
tober, November, and December, as follows,
to wit:
Amount received oct.............s2s 90
NOv............. go 90
Dcc.s.. 3SV %
Total ..,................. sss7 SO
On motion, said report was received and
filed.
August Ellis, Market Master, submitted
his report showing the amount of revenue
derived from the sales of butcher ard yer.t-
able stalls:
Lower Market, sale Of stalls in
May, 1907. .............$l19 90
Upper Market. sale Of stalls in
August, 1857. 1852 90
Total. ..$64l 00
Said report was ordered to be received and
filed.
Bill Of the Evansville Gas Company fol
gas consumed was reported to Committee or