Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-04-03


West Second, street was granted f4rther tine
The Commit ee on ,h' bi! Of John l. Swits
was. on motion discharged.
| On motion Mr. ) ) Gillett was appointed
Aelgh master at the rcal- Of the Imin City
LAY Scales IN plae. II l. l. ull.tt
Ga no ion the Special Committee on open
iug West-Seeond street was granted further
tine.
The Committee on petition of N. Smith was
granted further time.
Ala, RtNWlGk offered the fo!lomiGg:
R.aoj ~ That tie Gunuai city elsctiou TO he
hoden on Saturday. the 4th day of April
1868, rolia .htli he opeosl ~ the places
hereinafter desisnsiej aud lh- persona here.
Itior named shaii az Judges aud clerks OF
aid election sald Iolle To be opened at ninc
o'clock a. IN. aud clos, a. ak O'Clock =. "a
let Ward, Mt tho German Scool aousc:
Casper Foster AMI Adam W.igan judge,
and Is kennedy clerk
"a Ward al the house of lane horm ia-
vii higgins and 4. Gseser Judges. and Chas
Brdcrback clerk
81 ward. a, the Court House c :. Ack-
ley and IL. Y. Giidea judges, and Reuben
Brock clerk.
4tb Ward. u. tie Council Chamber J NJ
BOWEN and &. ". Netder iulgea, ana l.. Peck
clerk
9TH Ward. at the New Pennsylvania House.
i y. Condon ani Patrick Grady judges, ana
l. Shrlcker clerk
9th Ward at kennick's lumber eiIre -.
Kelley aud !. IL Sears judges. ani u. I.
Young CLERK
AID. davenport moved to strike out Rem
wicl's lumher oihoe and Insert last Dav export
School House
Ala. cunningham moved to lay the amend
ment OF Aid davenport on the table. which
was lost by tho following vote
Yeas-Ald. Cunningham. Jenningr. kelley.
Mitchell and Ren~ick-5.
Naye-All Davenport. Huo., McCarn. Noe.
Ochs aud underlich-6.
The amendment Of AID. Davenport was
adopted Ly the following
leas-Aid Davenport. Huot. MeCarn. Noe.
Ochs and Wuudtrch--G.
Aid Noe moved that tie reeolution he
aiken up by wards which motion was Loaf.
Ga notion the resolution IA amended was
adopted.
ga motion Council adjourned
Immediately alter the adjournment His
Honor the Masor. called The Council 10 order
,gsin.
On motion 1t was vote that when the
Council nc uurn II be IN meet one week from
next saturday at tie regular hour. Apni llth
oo3.
On motion Council adjourned.
Attest. ilrslY M.liLkItaenKu.
Cry Clerk
STILL ~ Ao5sY The Ga1efts is de-
teriniued TO make some capital out OF the
printing bills for the past year. To do tins II
places the bills OF year by the aide Of ano,f-
r.. Thlsp proves only that one amount L larger
cham the other, but does no, prove that The
largest bii il the most extrayagan'. Lnrge
bills may be just as economical as email once.
and more a.. Let us examine the tills In
That for lsGl.2 was. in round mum
o4rr, sll00 90 that Of lsG2 3, s4ooo o0-
difference. 500, Aow to account for the *
s.ss AT the June meeting u Vas ordered thai
he Cty Ordinances. which were scattered
about In different places aLj lurma be compiled
by the Ci,y Attorney. and published in book
form. This was ab. ,lutely necessary. So the
'ity Attorney seid, ~ tho Couucii said. for
,..ere was not a dissenting voice on the resou.
am Il was an expenditure deemed nhsoiute
~ neeessary The work was let 10 tho lowe,i
hi der. oar bid bein, the logeei. we did the
j b. It Amounted TO :a6b 90 lie deducted
I, ON the 5000 leaves ss3i 1T to be accounted
for. The Council decided that It was necespa.
~ 10 print the lourtal Of Proceedings IN book
torm also. The work bad been commenced 10
1851. bat had been suspended after year or
20. The wo,k wac place! in the hands Of the
printing communicative republicans sud one
lemocrat--ani We were ordered in writing
o 90 ahead on the work. We Did 20. Some
fault was !orri On the presertalion Of the fret
b:l epec al fes.ion whs called tesl vote
WAS taken the retnLi,cans uere IN tMe n'oj>ri-
~, but they gave ouly thr,e votes against the
OF the lob. Tbs Ccnucii was in
ravor Of it. and IT wa- most important work.
The City Attorney. II. I. ohosey, Ell inform
q us that II Wa" one OF the mos. important
ieces Of work that hai been done by The
Council" He told US that he found 1t pery
,eee,sary document. and ,ha, the money in
vested upon it was well expended. Mr
ihorcy iR high authority. He ir DO rolitioal
fiend Of our@, aud would throw DO work In
VI way. H. gave tho project no encourage
nent while there was a little fracas about IT,
put after it was finitbed he Informs Us substan
italy as above. Here we have the eyiIe ce
of a IN ilriLy OF tie Ccuncl--s NJ jority OF tbe
republican members OF the c uncii--abd the
city Attorney, WHO is also a repubiicon-t that
the ubhcaiion Of the Journal Of Proceeding.
sss highly necessary.
Now substrsct the price Of this work. 1913
from the so3i %. and the balance stands over
in favor of the expenditures Il this year 10
the am punt oi .!il.00. Thus the City Counei
has been more economical In printing this yenr
than 1t was ast BY slsl 90. The extra Triot
ing was oil done on the strength Of republican
votes. II there is any blame attached to anv
one, IL IL 10 republicans. We know there IA
no one in fault. The tax piyerss re satisted T;