Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-04
OFFICIAL.
Council Proceedings.
SATURDAY EVENING. Jan. 80, 1856

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The Council met Present, the Mayo
and Councilmen Elliott, Birkenbuscl
Newman, Schmutte, Overell and Cook
The Minutes of the last meeting wer
read and approved, and on molten bill
as follows were allowed, viz.
The Street Commissioner weekly bill
for work done on streets, $3.50
Henry Hartwick, for hauling dirt Of
Main street, 81 SO.
John McInerney, for building a bo,
sewer on the corner of Hamilton ant
Washington streets, and repairing eigh
street crossings, $500.
The city officers were allowed tbeil
monthly salaries.
Ordered, That an appropriation of 81,
600 be allowed to II. Q. Wheeler the
School Trustee
The Street Commissioner reports the
public cisterns in good condition.
Revenue derived from Central Market
for the week ending January 80, 1864
S1.36.
Revenue derived from City Wharf ur
to January IA, 1864, $54.
Revenue derived from City Wharf IN
to January %, 1864, S4I50
The Mayor reports that the persons be.
low named, have, by presenting their re-
spective certificates of enlistment, ap-
piled for the city bounty, viz:
Garrett Dougherty, John Kuhl, P.
Knight, John S. Brown, Green 3. SUIT,
0. Van Heter, Jacob Pierce, John W.
Woods, r. w. Hastings, Harton Harvey,
Joseph EdmondS, Mortimer Nesley, Sam
uel w. Montgomery, and Chas. S. Thorn.
And ordered, that the further consid.
GRAFTON of said applications be laid over
one week, and further ordered that said
applicants furnish proof of having enlist
ed between the 9Th day of December,
1868 and the 9th day of January, 1864.
Ordered that Councilman Elliott be
appointed committee to confer with
the Trustee of the w. & Z. Canal, with
view of making some arrangement with
said Trustee in relation to said canal, to
obviate the necessity of constructing
bridges over the canal within the limits
of the city of Evansville, said canal hav-
ing ceased to be navigable And
Ordered that VIM. Hubbell, Esq, be
requested to accompany Councilman
Elliott
Councilman Cook moved for a recon-
struction of the Board of Health, which
was agreed to, and DR.. A. Wulkop
DR.. G. B. Walker, Dr. NJ. j. Bray, Dr. S,
w. Thompson and DR. B. j. Day, were
to constitute the same.
On the adoption of this order the
ayes and nays were required, and are as
follows: Ayes, Councilman Elliott, Birk
enbusch, Newman, Schumtt and Cook
Nays, Councilman Overell.
Ordered that the action Of Council
on Dec. 5, 1863, on the sidewalk report
on the north side of Hamilton street
and between Washington street and the
corporation line, be and hereby rescind-
ed, and that Order 1910, amounting to
SIT 70, allowed to the contractor for
constructing said sidewalk, be destroyed
by burning.
Ordered that inlet rocks be procured
for Division street sewer, corner of Sec
ond and Division streets.
On motion street crossings were or.
iot0O 40 lOllO"Si VIZ. corner 1entn ana
Vine streets, corner Second and Fulton
Avenue, at new bridge, at Reitz & Ha-
neys foundry, corner Sycamore and Sec
ond streets and corner Sycamore and
Third streets.
A written application by Emil Bischof
editor of the newly started Evansville |
Union, for continuance of the contract
% publish the City Ordinances, Council
Proceedings, &C., as had by the late
Staats Zeitung, was read, and on mo-
ion of Councilman Cook was granted
for the last quarter of the contract, ex-
piring May l, 1864
On motion of Councilman Elliott
Councilman Newman and Schmutte were
to have the necessary repairs
lone to Fifth Avenue and Short street.
between Third and Fourth streets.
Councilman Cook moved for the ap-
pointment of a committee to confer and
make some agreement with L. Smyth
relative to the use of water out of the
canal by the city, and report by Satur-
lay next, which wa S agreed to,
The Mayor appointed Councilmon
Cook, Elliott and Newman. Adjourned