Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-29
Council Proceedings.

Dean, Archer, Carpenter, Hedderieh, |
Sullivan, Rocker, Mills, Reitz, aud /
Schmitts.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Several bills were presented and al
lowed or referred
An application Of John Collins to re-
init his taxes was referred to the appro-
pirate committee.
The Street Commissioner presented
his report on the condition of the els
terms, which was placed on file
The City Market reports we're pre-
scented and entered on record
The report Of the City Treasurer was
presented and accepted Total amount
received during the year, including
s., 259 O6 on hand at the beginning OF
the year, was sos, 45I or; amount paid
out, $l05, 472 70-leaving balance of
$2,878 80 on hand ans4
Sullivan offered a motion that First
Street, between Sycamore and Division
Streets, be bouldered AH
Mr.. Archer opposed the motion, stat
ing his views.
Mr.. Sullivan supported his motion in
a telling speech, full of eloquence and
logicl
Mr.. Carpenter opposed the motion,
proposing, with Councilman Archer,
that il would be better to improve Vine
Street from tie river out, extending tie
same from Third Street
The Mayor suggested that as there
would probably be water-pipes to lay in
the streets, the less bordering done the
less expense would be incurred
The question vas taken on Sullivan's
motion, and lost-ayes 8, nays 3; n ct
three fourths, az required
A motion by Mr.. Schmtits to boulder
First Street from Sycamore to Vine was
lost by the same vote.
A. Ike motion to boulder Second
Stress from Main to Vine was lost.
A motion to boulder First street from
Locust Walnut was also lost.
After some informal remarks, on mo.
ton the report of the Special committee
on the claim of Willard Carpenter
against the city was taken up.
Councilman Dean asked for the read
ing of the report.
The report is too long for publication,
but we append synopsis including all
the principle points, promising the pre-
vious action of the Council on the subject
After the reading of the report, Mr..
Carpenter offered some remarks in ex
PLANTATION, the point of which we were
unable TO see. ....
Mr.. Mills moved to concur in the re
port, and that it be entered on the min
utes, which was adopted.
Ayes-Dean, Archer, Schmitts, He'd
| derrick, Reitz, Sullivan, Rocker, Mills
Mr.. Carpenter did not vote. 4
As part of the history of the case
it may not be out Of place to state thai
after the report of the committee wal
made at previous meeting, Mr.. Car
penter very generously proposed to with
draw his petition if the committee would
| withdraw their report and to pass re.
ceipts in full with the city and burr
books Through some inexplicable OBJ
tuseness on the part of the Council, they
could not see it" -, ~
The following is the material part o
the report of the committee:
At a previous meeting of the Council
Willard Carpenter, The Councilman from
the Fourth Ward, presentedL1 &ccoun
against the City, in which he claimed
that there was large sum due to hin
on interest ON Lamasco City Bonds, ia
sued to the Straight Line Railroad Com
pany. This account was referred to
Committee, consisting of CouncilmeI
Reitz and Archer, aud at Mr.. Carpen
ter's request the Mayor was added to tn,
Committee.
The Committee made lengthy re
port, showing that according to Mr.
Carpenters own papers, he is indebted
to the City. The report then proceeds
And your Committee, in further dis
charge of their duty, and in order Il
make full statement of accounts be
tween Mr.. Carpenter and the City, re
port, that on the 10th day of June, 1854
Mr.. Carpenter admitted that he received
from the City of Evansville, in the yea
1856, the purchase money OF Lot s
Block 7, Eastern Enlargement of tn,
City of Evansville, which lot he hat
previously sold to the City, being one O
the lots on which the upper Schoo
House is built, and which he failed t,
convey to the City, but subsequent,
sold and conveyed to other parties, max
| ing it necessary for the City to pur
chase and pay for it q second time. Ii
this admission Mr. Carpenter aaledgeC
that at the time of receiving this money
| ($225) the City of Evansville owed hin
largely on account of interest on Bond
issued by Lamasco, and that he Gear
penter) had placed said amount to tn,
credit of the City, ON said coupon &C
count, and that there was still due K
him on said coupon account a larg,
amount @
| Your committee find, upon examin
ing the coupon accounts of Mr. Carpen
ter, that his allegation that he haC
placed the purchase-mon of sale
school-house lot to the credit of the city
on his coupon account, is contrary to thu
fact. No such credit appears on either
of his said accounts, and as these &C
counts include all the coupons il
existence, up TO that time, you
committee confidently assert that n,
such credit was ever entered The,
submit, further, that such credit nevel
could have been entered, for the follow
ing reasons, viz:
The money YVES received BY Mr.. Car
penter from the City Of Evansville il
1856, and as his coupon account wa
against the town Of LamAsco, and a.
Evansville was not liable for the debit
of Lamasco until after the annexation
of Lamasco to Evansville, and as La
masco was not annexed TO Evansville
until 1857, Mr. CarpeutkS NOT only die
| NOT enter The credit zs he xasd IL did
out he could not hare done so If he haG
tried.
The committee submit the following
account between the City Of Evansville
and Mr.. Carpenter, viz:
Wizard carpemtsr, D..
To Cash from the City in 1S56, for Lot s,
Rlock u Eastern Enlargement.....-.... $225 o.
For Taxes CT 1851, unpaid. .....-.....--..--- n
For Taxes Of 1864. unpaid ............ .... ISL 81