The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-03
Council Proceedings.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,

Saturday EUenlRg, May 30, 1868.
Council met Present The Mayor,
and Councilmen Birkenbusch, Dean, Ell
lott, Hoelscher, Mills, and Cook
Minutes of May %, 1868, were read and
approved.
The following bills were allowed
The Street Commissioners weekly bills
for work done on the streets, week end
ing May 80, 1868, 81 80; John McInner-
ney, for repairing side walks at Upper
Market 81 %; do for repairing bridges
81 90; A. B. Latta, q feet 4 inches of
Suction, at Sc so $I36 so; Adams Elk
press freight on same, So 40; Evans
vile Insurance Company for insurance
on lower School House, so so; VIM.
Baker, months salary as Mayor, $685.
| %; John Vogel do, as Street Commits
sioner, 500 50; H. Nelson, do as Marsh
all, $40 SO; C. Newman, do as Lamp
lighter, So 05; A Pfaff1in, do as Clerk,
at s9av-,6t e. Or Nh9rf Mas
Ordered that the Council proceed to
| the second reading and consideration of
the Ordinance in relation to the erection
Of frame buildings within the fire limits.
Whereupon said ordinance was read a
second time as follows, viz:
A supplement to an Ordinance passed
April 80, 1859. IAN Ordinance de6n-
ing the limits within which no frame
wooden, or other combustible buildings,
shall be erected, and within which no
lumber yard or wood yard, shall be es-
tablished or continued"
SEC. L. Be it ordained by the Com
mon Council, of the City of Evansville.
that hereafter, permission to erect a
wooden, or other combustible building.
within the fire limits of the city, shall not
be granted by the Council. unless the
applicant shall have given at least two
weeks public notice, in two newspapers
of the city, of his intention to make |
application, stating in said notice, the
place where, and the size and character
OF the building proposed to be erected.
And on the question, will the Council
agree to the passage of said Supplement,
to said Ordinance, the Ayes and Noes
were required, and are as follows, viz:
Ayes, Councilmen Dean, Elliott, Biz
kenbusch, Hoelscher, Cook, and Mills-6.
Noes-0.
So the ordinance was passed and adj
opted and ordered to be published.
On motion Of Councilman Elliott the
portable engine lying at the city wharf
between Locust and Main streets was
ordered to be advertised for sale for two
weeks.
James D. Saunders, City Surveyor
tenders his resignation of office, which
was, on motion Of Councilman Mills.
accepted.
The Central Market Reports of Out
standing Observation-Disclosures uu1UuuU :
collected week ending May %, 1868, to
be 81 20, and week ending May 80,
1903, to be 81 10 Also the Upper
Market Report of Outside Collections
week ending May 80, 1868, amount to
Which Reports were received and
The report of the condition of the
'9onc cIstern showing the same to be in
'ood order, was also received and filed =
Inc Mayor presented the following L
eport, viz
report of Wharfage collected at the
lty wharf from midnight, Nav q. to OF
Midnight May %, 1868 in
q 10 Steamboats, landed and paid 1925 A
u tiatboat Wharfage $24 90, 2,I55 NJ
1rrels OF salt 81 30. Total Sl7I O5
winch report was ordered to be en-
red on the minutes.
On motion of Councilman Dean the a
flowing Gunnels were ordered to be
paired
The Gunnel across First street, corner In
Mulberry street, the Gunnel across
'cond street, corner of Mulberry street, ior
tunnel across Fourth street on
lestnut street. IN
Ihe box sewer on Third street, corner SCI
sycamore near Hid was also ordered
be repaired. - -
Adjourned.