Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-05
COUNCIL PROCEE DIN Gs.
REGULAR MEETING.

REGULAR MEETING.
Council CHAxrEs. April 4, 1850.
Council called to order by his honor, tn,
Mayor. Hiram Price.
Present Aldermen Christie, Haviland, lie.
Claire. Morley, Ramming, Saddoris, HOLMES
O'Brien.
Proceedings Of last meeting read and ap.
proved.
Petition of Robert 5. Skinner complaining Of
being attacked BY white bitch vas rec !, an J,
on motion. was laid upon the table.
Petition OF Silas Glaspsll asking leave to die
enter the body Of a friend in the city burying
ground and to inter the came in another por
tion Of said burying grounds. Under thi. head
Aid. Haviiand offered the following resolution !:
Rs.oiged, That the City Sexton be hereby
ordered to allow parties desiring. to diainter
bodies buried in the City Cemetery on pre-
sentation of permit from the Committee on
Public Buildings and Public Grounds.
Adopted.
Petition Of Geo. l. Davenport and many
others praying that the petitions sf individuals
for portions of the leves for wood yards DC,
be no, granted Petition received and ordered
placed on file.
Report of City Sexton was received and or
dered placed file. Number Of interments for
the N onth Of March. lS.
Report of City Marshal for month of March
was read. received aud ordered placed on file
Amount of city tax collected, .........Si ,57l.0l.
Report of City Sexton of burials made in
the City Cemetery from May 8, 1859 to March
81, 1860:
Number under ten years of age, 81, over
ten years Of age, So total, 1872.
Report of Committee on Finance was read.
and on motion was ordered published with pro.
ceedings
10 the Mayor and aldermn of til. Cttyof Da-
renpo't.
The Finance Committee beg leave to offer
the following report.
Total amount of expenditures from
March 2lst SO to March l4th, 'so.. .s542l4 So
Total amount Of receipts during the
sane tme,.. .........-........ 33,SgU IS
Balance due City Treasurer. 323 81
For particulars relative to receipts and ex-
penditures your committe would refer to the
annual report of the City Treasurer, which is
herewith submitted to the City Council
Your Committee however, would add the fol-
lowing explanation in relation to certain
Items in said report:
Upwards of $4,000 were paid on orders issued
during the present year, as follows;
On Salaries for City Officers, Alder
men, &C., -. Sl,O39 O0
Police Departmental. las 0C
Gas Light. Observation-Disclosures. loo Go
Hospital, Observation-Disclosures. 2i6 90
Fire Department-about.. 200 90
Street work-about out................ 5000 90
This amount Of 400 together with the fol-
lowing, to-wit:
Costs of the different suits vs.. City,. S547 81
Damages on property incl cluding DANA
ges TO use, Lane Co. e,........ go IL |
Damages in suit Of Kelley vs.. City of
Davenport, ................ -. $50 So
,2..no es $4,000 each and 10 u cent. In
terest with exchange. l2,347 -e5
Interest Commission and exchange on
bonded debt, interest on floating
debt IN all, observation-disclosures. "a, ,222 ~ |
Otal, .S4Z, 10 Is |
Leaves about 81 900 tor current expenses
Turing the last year.
The bonded debt of the city remains the
ame a. last year, to-wit: s2eS,5oo The
ioatng debt, exclusive of judgment, in iavor of
Cy yler hinselia, amounts to about SIS, 900 in
.ludlng the amounts due to the City Treasur-
r. and due for salaries and on bills allow ed for
which OF ders are not yet drawn, ard including
Il ,3653l outstanding city orders, and the
Judgment in favor Of Clark, Dodge 4 Co.
Thus it will be SEEN that this debt, since the
nd of the last municipal year has been ir-
reased not quite s 900, the same having been
stimated at that time at ear SIS 900.
he delinquent taxes for the year 1859
amount to So, ,yJ0 Il
The delinquent taxes for the year 1855
amount to to.................... l0,tUS 80
he delinq Ient taxes for the year lS57
amounts $50 90
Ie all to-. S43, ,00s 60
Sesldes some :l3 900 due the city on account
{ macadamizing streets.
Your Committee, with reference to the cur
ent expenses Of last year. which amounted to
ONE s,l 900 only. including the expenditures
or said work, feels JUSTIFIED in saying that the
'ity Government in all its branches has been
opducted with the utmost economy, and that
he City Council having made still another re-
uction of salaries, the lowest possible point in
egard to the expenditures has indeed been
cached. Considering the very large amount
delinquent taxes, we have full reason to
congratulate ourselves for having faithfully and
onestly met our liabilities abroad during a
me OF general depression of business and
nancisl distress. True, the taxes were oppres-
we on a great majority Of our citizens, they
,ere paid with much grumbling and even le-
al means had to be resorted to in number of
ascs, but the preservation Of the fair name
nd credit Of our city, thus far, must be
PURGE Of qualification to all, and more eepe-
~. 4
heir temporary assistance was pre-eminently i
in bringing about this fattering
esuit
Your Committee have made the following
stimatss of receipts and expenditures for the
oming year, to-wit:
BxPENDIrrREs.
1terest on bonded debt, $29S 800 at 10
per cent.,...... $50 90
commission and exchange about. 600 90
loating debt, 2S,900 90
interest at 10 per cent. per annum there
on,..... 2e9 90
commission and exchange about...... ia 90
lterest on funds which will have to be
provided till taxes can be collected,
including commission. on,.............. 1900 %
n account of.interest and floating debt$6l .2s3 90
alaries for city officers, 1,400 90
ire Department. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 600 90
rlntlng, 4Oo w
Fuel, Election expenses, in. =
dentals, &c .......... 500 90
treet work, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000 90
rders on Treasury Market House due i
May lst, 1862. 0,.................. 500 90 ;
Judgment Of kinsells, ,............. 9,375 90 !
Total, ...S75, ,55s 90 $
RECEIPTS.
mount OF licenses, $50 90
AK Of 1859 balance due $32,z5o 81 ). $4,000 90
!" 1851 note due lQ,6Q7 3Ql nav.