The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-30

reported II favor Of he saauss ard moved shat
IL vosf = ordsrsd = - less under ~ disec
tles Il ~ $3.50 - ~ i cbentsssA
Al. nsthess sssvsA y slDsnll - fslieus: pro
v;dips The 90 = ~ sane shall not sxessd three
hundred dssia1A - eaAsd fsr tho ayes and noes. |
Ayes--Alasrnsa Dasglsy, Mscsns, RstAsrt,
sanpie and Wfltinson-6. Noes ldarnn Al
len, Mnmm and Kurz-3 Amendment carried.
Aid. Mumm then called for the ayes and noes
on the resolution ~ amended. Ayes-Aidermen
Allen, Dangherty, McCune, Rothsft, Sample ana
| Wikiuson-e. Noes-Aldsrmsn MANN ana
Kurx-3. Motion - amcndsd carried.
Aid. Sample moved that tho Special Wharf
COMMITTEES 10 instructed TO enter into contract
IN Mr. George Williams for twenty thousand
Yards Of filing on the levee, tho Same 70 include
tho earth already deposited In the embankment o.
the side track TO the elevator, 1t ATTY cents Per
yard in Wharf Bonds, with an allowance OF oV
per cent on the estimate = the work progresses.
AID. Rothert moved to amend By making tho
contract for from sixteen to twenty thousand
Yards. Motion - amended carried.
AID Rothert moved that the Supervisor b di-
rected to keep tho market ON Fourth and johnson
!
, clean condition.
Aid. Sample moved that the claim Of J. 3.
Burke, for gathering Concert street. - well ~
tho matter Of guttering streets in the city general
Nv, be referred to the Judiciary Committee and
City Attorney, with Instructions to report an or
din.nce providing that owners Of property shall
nav for the gutte.ing in front Of their property
Notion carried
. Aid. Sample moved that VIM. Leighton be n
3 lowed yearly rent Of one dollar, and the amount
Of the City and State and County taxes for ths
9 use Of block ~, Leighton's Addition, while tn
same is occupied by the city for Pest House ant
Hospital purposes. Motion carried.
Aid. Sample offered the following preamble ant
resolution
WHEREAS, A peremptory writ Of mandansas, is
sued from the Circuit Court Of the United state
g for the Circuit Of Illinois, At Chicago has beel
J. served ON the City Council, commanding sai'
Council to levy tax on the taxable property Q
1.-THE city of Keokuk, to pay certain Judgment il
aid Court in favor Of j. Edgar Thompson AM
against the said City Of Keokuk; Now, therefore
for the purpose Of enabling the Council to ODE
said writ and levy said tax, be
At Rssolred, That the Finance Committee AZ
hereby instructed TO ascertain what rate OF pc
cent upon the taxable property Of the city will
required to pay said judgment aud costs, and tbs
a. said Committee be required to report to an Ad
liourned meeting Of this Council, on Thursda
X evening" the 1st of October, 1868, at u oeiees
or for their final action.
g. Resolution adopted.
4. AID. McCune offered tho following resolution:
:. Resolved, That the Engineer in charge Of Ii
government work in the Improvement Of tne raj
'st Ids be requested to embank, (and retain said On
bsnkment by . good slope wall,) to width {
ninety feet from the present railroad track abos
the lower lock TO the old city limits; and that
be further requested to make wall or low swir
dam from the island opposite Main street,
counteract the current of the river now chang
!. from Cur levee to the opposite shore by the co..
IT, struction Of the lower look.
r. Resolution adopted.
70 On motion the Clerk was Instructed to SER
a certified copy Of the foregoing resolution
a. Gen. James H. Wilson.
The report Of the City Marshal on markets v
let read and received.
The Engineers report on bids for gutteril
: and macadamiling Third street, between Hi
~ and Franklin streets, being read, it was NOV
that the Mayor be authorised to enter into co
hie tract with Geo. E. Kilbourne for the west half
led Third street. in front of lot IL block At for $lt
ZEN Also, with James McNamars, for macadam
ed ing at 81 IS per perch, with the understand
that the Mayor may substitute gravel for maca
al ami.ing, if he thinks proper.
he Motion carried.
The bills Of T. r. J. Ayres d Son and ].
:. Mcdowell wsre referred to the Finance Comm
a. toe; and the bill Of Theophilus Myers to tho
,ia, lice Conmttss.
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