Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-06
Davenport IOWA, ,TRIpA =, JANUARY 6, 1865.


COUNCIL PNOCEEDINGs.
RrduLAs MEETING, CoU1cn CnAnBE1,
.~a January 1, A. D. 1896.
s sCONULuDED.f sr-y Fl
The Street Committee offered to report IN
regard 10 petition Of N. ID. snyder.
Z On motion of Aid. CoulthaTt, the report
made on that petition, and laid over October
10Th, 1S04, WAS taken up. Ia Il
Ali. Coulthart Offered the following
amendment ca
The Street Committee to whom the. pctiis
tion Of NJ. u. Snyder and others was refer
red, is in favor Of giving donation o. nity
dollars to repair the foot bridge near ihe cor
ner Of Tenth and Rock Island Streets, pro-
yided the petitioners appropriate also my
dollars. and the work is done under the ul-
rection Of the Street Commissioner.
A motion TO Law amendment on the ta-
tlc was lost and tile amendment adopted by
the following vote
Ycas-Ald Coulthart, Davis, Davenport,
Jones' Mattlpcs and Parks. o.
Nays-Andressen, Tegeler, Hirschl, Noe
and Runge. s.
The Ordinance Committee offered the fol-
lowing Ordinance
An ORDINANCE in relation to the licensing
Be Il enoessd dyAs City Council Of TIE city
Of Darenpov .. .
SEC. 1. No Public Wcigler within the
limits Of the City Of Davenport shall be per
mitted to weigh hay or coal, at any public
scale in the city, without having first obtain
ed a license therefore, as hereinafter prOvid-
ed 80
SEC. 2. The Clerk is hereby authorized to
issue liceYses to Dublic weighers, upon . re-
ceipt being produced to him, from the City
Marshal, by the person making application
for such license, for the sum Of fifty 600
dollars. -&
SEC. g. Any person who shall violate any
provision OF this ordinance, on conviction
thereof shall be liable to fine of not less
than fifty dollars nor more than one hun
drcd dollars - y is,.f.
Motion to suspend the rules was lost, and
the ordinance lsid over to next meeting
The committee on Claims offered the fol
lowing report: Fre
ITO the Mayor and Aldermen of the City Of
Davenport in Council assembled: '
Your Committee to whom was referred a
City Order No. 1877, dated October I'd, 1862,
sigi,cd by the Clerk, but mot by the Mayor,
beg leave to report that we find such order
issued in the order-book Of that year, but
could not recommend the payment of said
order unless additional rroof be given that
the city is legally bound to pay the order to
the present holder thereof ~tr
=. H. H. ANDERSEN, Com. on -
II. A. RuNGE, Claims.
Adopted
The special committee to whom was re-
ferred the substitute broker ordinance, re-
ported the following ordinance. On motion
the rules were suspended. The amendment
Of AID Noe, to insert two hundred and fifty
dollars in place Of five hundred dollars, was
lost. The ordinance was read q second time
and adopted by the following vote:
Yeas.-Andfesen,C Coulthart, Hirschl, Jones,
Matthes, Parks, Runge, T.
Nays.-Tegeler, Davenport, Davis, Noe, 4.
An Ordinance relating to persons COM
| monty called substitute brokers.
SEC /. Be e enacted BY the CITY Counci
efAhe CITY ef Davenport !:
/ That no substitute broker or bgu1ors
within the City Of DA~enpOrA from and af-
ter the passing Of Of this ordinance, shall so
lcit. invite, or seek to induce any man or
men. TO become substitutes for others in the
military service Of the United States, as vol
unteers or otherwise nor shall such sub
s;ltute broker or brokers, within the city of
Davenport, solicit invite or seek to induce
any man or men, by placard by public adj
vertisement, or by any other means what
ever to resort to them, to their places OF
business, or to any place or person tor the
purpose of becoming substitutes or other
wise enl sting them into the service OF the
United States; without having first obtain
ed license therefor us hereinafter provided.
Provided that nothing in this ordinance
shall prevent any person from procuring a
substitute for himself, nor shall prevent the
citizens of any ward in the city OF Davcn-
port from procuring such substitutes or vol
untecrs. through committees appointed by
such ciliLens to act for them.
SEC >. The City Clerk is hereby author
iycd 10 issue licenses to substitute brokers i'll
the city Of Davenport, for the term OF one
year, upon RECEIPT from the City Marshal
for five hundred dollars, being produced to
him therefor by the person asking for such
license. And the Clerk is authorized to
collect fee of one dollar for issueing said
license.
SEC. g. No more than one person shall
be authorized to act under one license.
SIC, 4. Any person who shall violate
anv provision of this ordinance, on conyic-
ton thereof, shall forfeit and pay fine to
the city of Davenport, of one hundred dol
lars for each offence.
Passed and approved, January 4, A. d.
1864,
Attest: CIR KArFrMASN, City Clerk
r. LOWRY, Mayor.
The hospital committee asked further
time. Granted.
The sidewalk committee reported on the
petition of j. p. Meyer, not to grant the
same.
The street committee asked further time
| to report on the manure on Harrison and
Eighth street.
Aid. Runge offered the following:
Resosed, That the Ordinance Committee
be and Is hereby instructed to report next
meeting an ordinance to prohibit public
| weighers giving certificates for loads of coal
or any other articles weighed by them, with
out having weighed the empty wagon OF
dray within - day or days from the time
such load was weighed, under fine of not
| less than --, nor more than - dollars for
each fence. Adopted.
| Aid. Davenport offered the following:
Resolved, That the City Clerk is hereby or
dercd to examine all the certificates in pos
session of the city upon which deeds have
been issued, and to write across the face Ol
| said certificates the words, Deed issued on
this certificate and that the Mayor be re-
quired to write the said words on certificates
hereafter taken up by him. Adopted.
| AID. Andersen offered the following:
Resoired That the City Clerk be and here
by is instructed TO issue an order of $500 to
each of the judges and clerk of the last cleo
| ton for Alderman in the Second Ward.
Adopted.
Aid. Coulthart offered the following:
Resolrel, That this Council remit the road
and poll tax of Jesse Teagarden, for the