Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-10
DAVENPORT, IOWA TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE TO- 1862


Ap,ouaxED MrErrsc, Couxcn CnAxs.a.
June 7th. 1862.
Meeting called TO order by bis Honor, the
Mayor. Present. HE Honor, the Mayor. Geo.
b. French. Aid. Cunningham. Davenport. .Huot.
Lambsch. Kelly, McCarn. Mitchell, Noe. Oehs
and Rem wick.
Minutes Of laet meeting read, corrected and
approved.
Petition of Ernst Clsussen and others re
ferred to Ordinance Committee.
Communication Of HE Honor, the Mayor, IN
relation to several judgments against the city,
referred to Finance Committee.
Petition OF A. Corbin. in relation TO road
tax. referred to special committee. with power
Lambach.
| Report Of special committee. 10 relation TO
Asssrs. Mack 4 Co.. ask further time to report.
Grasted.
tion to Iowa street. between Second and
Third streets, referred to Street Commissioner,
with power to act.
Report Of Street Committee on petition of.
Wsrrick and others:
Resolved, That the members Of the Street
Committee, together with the Mayor, confer
with the NJ. 4 NJ. railroad company in refer.
ence to raising the bridges and grade At the
corner OF Harrison and Fifth streets. and In
case the said iiroad mpsny will raise their
track, the Street Committee are hereby di.
rected to remove dirt from Sixth etreet % may
! be needed.
| Adopted.
Petition of Mrs. Ray. to refund city taxes,
referred to Committee on Claims.
Petition Of G. s. C. Dow. in relation to re.
pairs on Sixth and Farnam streets, referred
to committee, with power to act.
Petition of Daniel KILN, for abatement OF
taxes, referred to Committee on Claims.
Aid DAVENPORT. as chairman Of Finance
Committee. offered the following;
The Finance Committee would recon mend
levying the following tax on the real and per.
sonal property within the limits Of the city Of
Davenport, according to the report OF the
Equalization Boar for 1862:
| To pay judgments now against the city,
payable in cash, and set apart for that pur-
pose, four mills on valuation Of a, ,226, sos.
For ordinary city purposes. one mill Oh
| above valuation.
For road fund, two mills on valuation of
"a, 2S2, ,O2S. G. L. DAVENPORT,
FRANCIS Ocns,
Adopted. N. NOE
Aid. RENWICK offered the following:
Resolred That the City Attorney be and is
hereby instructed to revise and index all ordi.
nances in force in the city Of Davenport up TO
the first Saturday in April, 1882 and to furr-
ish the same to the committee on printing. on
or before the first day of July, 1862, and the
and instructed to have the same printed and
bound in pamphlet form without delay.
Adopted.
Aid. RENWICK moved that the report of
Finance Committee be reconsidered. Carried.
Aid. RENWICK offered the following:
Resolved, That the report Of the Finance
Committee be so amended a. to levy five mile
on the dollar for general purposes, and two
mile on the dollar for road purposes.
Adopted.
Aid. DAVENPORT offered the following:
Resolved That four.fifths Of the tax for gen.
eral purposes be set apart fer the payment of
judgments already obtained against the city.
| Adopted.
Aid. RENWICK offered the folowipg
Resol.ed, That from and after this date all
ordinances. petitions, Communications. &c,
presented TO the Council, must be endorsed by
the member Of the Council presenting the
| same.
Adopted.
,f s.
relation to some necessary tools for streets,
| referred to Street Committee.
On motion resolved that Council have
recess Of FIVE minutes
| Meeting cal ed to order.
On motion resolved that the Council pro.
ceed to ballot for City Engineer.
II. Lambach having majority Of all vote.
cast was declared duly elected.
The resignation Of AID. Lambach as Alder.
man Of the Sd Ward was accepted.
! Communication of Mr.. Hirschl in relation
to purchase of some Of his lands for the pur
pose Of opening Marquette street. on motion
was laid on the table.
The Street Committee asked further In.
structions in relation to Marquette street.
Committee on Public Buildings asked further
| time 10 report. Granted.
| Communication Of Austin Corbin in relation
to city taxes, referred to Finance Committee
and City Attorney.
Resolued. That the matter in relation to
Marquette street be referred to the Street
Committee, and City Engineer to make reports
on costs Of repairing said street.
On motion it was resolved that the Commit.
tee on Public Buildings be authorized to en-.
ploy . carpenter to get up . plan and propo.
Gals for towers OF the Engine House.
AID. RENwICK offered the following:
wHEaEAs. By the resignation Of Aid. Lam
bach, of the Third Ward, . vacancy has oc-
Cured in the City Council Of the city of Da-
vsnport; therefore te it
Resolved That the polls be opened and on
election held on Saturday, June 22d, 1862, at
the Court House, in the Third Ward Of the
city Of Davenport. for An A!derman to fll the
vacancy occasioned by the resgnation afore-
said that the polls bs opened At 3 A. N. and
closed 1t 6 P NJ. and that Samuel Sadoris
and James Warrick act - judges. and Hugh
Guildes as clerk, Of said election.
On motion it was resolved that the Commit
tee on Fire and Water be instructed to pur-
chase piece Of section hose eight feet long for
Fire King No. l.