The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-10-03
Council Proceedings.
Saturday, Sept. 29th, 1860.


Council met. Present-the Mayor and
! Councilmen Bischman, Cook, Decker, Foster,
| Reitz, Rocker and Sauer-7.
The minutes of the meeting of Tuesday,
| Sept 25th, were read and approved.
Street Commissioner Smyth submitted
his report of work done on the street for
the week ending Saturday, Sept 29th, and
bills to the amount of $157.2O were present
ed and allowed.
Other accounts, amounting to the sum of
1886, were also allowed.
| A petition having been received from
Joseph Slaughter, asking that certain taxes
paid by him be refunded, it was ordered
that $l.44 be allowed him, that being the
| tax on $I25.0O.
Ordered that cash order for So 900 be
allowed to the Canal Bank in payment of
the City's note due at that Bank on the %
day of October.
Ordered that cash order for SLIT be
allowed to the Branch Bank in payment of
note to Tyler Davidson & Co., for gum
hose, the note being due Oct 5th.
A petition from Schmoother & Co., ask
ing of the Council to remit certain taxes on
their personal property, was referred to
Councilmen Chandler and Foster.
Frederick Keefer applied to the Council
for permission to assign his lease of butch
er's stall No. 8, to VIM. Paine, which was
agreed to.
Councilman Rocker presented petition,
signed by the owners of property on the al
ley extending from Sycamore to Vine street.
between Third and Fourth streets, remon-
strating against the order passed at the last
meeting OF the Council requiring that alley
to bepaved; whereupon Councilman Roel-
ker moved that the order be rescinded,
which was not agreed to-
The Mayor submitted the report of him
self and the City Surveyor, stating that
John McInerney, who had contracted with
the city to lay down a plank sidewalk on
certain lots situated upon Canal street, and
between Third and Fourth avenue, had
completed that service according to agree
ment, apportioning the cost of the improve
ment equally among all those lots, and de-
claring John McInerny entitled to receive
for his work the sum of $53.40 in city Or
ders. e.
The report and apportionment were re-
ceived and approved, and an allowance of
$53.4o granted to McInerney in considera-
ton of his services.
The Mayor presented the article of agree
ment between Messrs. George Liant, Will |
liam Liant, and Green Bellamy, and the |
citizens of Evansville for the construction |
of sewer under Franklin street, which |
was read, whereupon it was ordered that |
the agreement be approved, and signed by
the Mayor, and sealed with the seal of the
city.
The Mayor then presented the bond of
the parties to the foregoing agreement,
which was read and approved.
The Council granted to James l.. Spald-
ing an auction license of class No. 2, charg-
ing him two dollars per day for the use Of
it.
The owners of property on Main street
between Fourth street and the Canal, who
have given their obligations for the pay
ment of the cost of bowldering Main street,
were directed to pay over to C. Foltz, the
contractor, the remaining one-half OF their
Proposals for the construction of pub
lie cistern on Water street were received
from John Stock and Robert Skinner. The
contract was awarded to John Stock, who
lgreSs TO build the ciStern in consideration
Of the sum Of $65, he being the lowest bid,
der.
The question Of appointing sexton to
take charge of Oak Hill Cemetry was
referred to Councilmen Bischman and
Rocker
Adjourned to meet on Saturday evening,
October 9th. P. BURKE, Crk.