The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-21
Council Proceedings.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Monday Evening, April 20.


Council met persuant to adjourn
/ ment. Present-His Honor the May
/ or, and Councilmen Blemker, Steele,
Jones, Stockheth, Schneider, Reitz,
/ Rocker and Mesker
+ Minutes of the previous meetings
were read aud approved. -~
The following bills were allowed
and ordered paid: r-i1a
F. John DannetfelI suRdries. $32 80;
I g. Schneider, s. T. q G. Railroad
COMPANY. for gravel, S33; W. a.
+ Daugherty, salary as wharf master,
7 S28; r. N Davis, for keeping city
prisoners, 81 So c. Herman, salary
as fireman. S14::E Police, night watch,
+ SI32; W. ". Williams, wharf master,
s.; q. Herman, fireman, Sl4; police,
/ day watch, 500; VIM. johnson. work
on streets, 81; Philip Klein, City
Marsha S. 81; John Coleman, FIRE
man, 81; Hornbrook Il Co., sun
/ dries s. 20. a.-I
.TReSpeeiaI Police Bill, giving extra
ply to the regular night watch en-
pl6yed as day police on the day Of
election, was called up and laid over
-tiA the next meeting The Special
PoIce Bill lday watchl for the day of
election was also laid over.
Mr. steele stated in1the Council
that he did not see how the Council
could get around the payment of the.
bill; that the bill for night watch re-
ferred to men who were regularly
employed as night watchmen, and
had performed extra service as day
watchmeu
The clerk stated that be hadin his
possession the. certificate of the APP
poiutment of all the policemen.
Mr.. Reitz then moved that each po-
liceman bring Ia his bill separately,
and that the bills of each be certified
to by the man who employed them.
s After some further diseussio n. the
bills were laid over until next meet
ing Of the Council.
Oberdoffer Z Ashby asked per-
mission to transfer their business to
No. ? Water Street Granted.
Jacob Mann was granted the priv
ilege of transferring his liquor license
to John Kuhen m 3ifa
Schorle Il Duesberg were granted
the prIFilegelto transfer their liquor
business to a house. on Second Street,
between Main and Scyam ore. nE-
A 1petition- from Fred. Richardt,
asking that privilege be granted him
to build a wooden stable Oh Sixth
Street, between Main and Locust, was
read, and a remonstrance against the
gran ting Of the petition was presented
and read LI4IJ0K buG
% Ga melton, it was ordered that the
prayer of Richardt be not granted.
~ a onrln1nfan . IN FoFn
into consideration the proposition Of
Mr.. Brinkmeyer, relative to a case he
had Ia court. asked for further time
/ toEeport. Granted. 49,
Benjamin. Oppenheimer asked,
through Mr.. A. Dyer, for license,
class No. !, tosell clothing at auction
Mr.. Dyer proceeded to speak at
length in favor of granting the license,
urging that Oppenheimer had COM
piled with all the requirements of the
city ordinance, and insisted that the
license be granted at once.
81 Col DenbY appeared before the
Council, and Insisted that the ordi-
nance relative to auction license was
deficient, and that it ought to be 20
amended that transient persons could
mot visit the city and sell goods with
out paying for the privilege. Other
cities had ordinances which protected
their citizens, and such an ordinance
ought to be enacted blythe Council
of Evansville. .-.
Col. Denly was followed By i. G..
/ Stinscn,t who spoke In favoTiof grant
ing the license, and entered into a
lengthy argument on the subject. =.
4 After a silence Of some time, Mr..
Steele said, 1t appears that the gen.
tlemen Of the Council are afraid of
their popularity. / will, therefore,
move that the whole matter be re-
ferred to a committee OF three, to be
appointed by the Chair, which mo-
/ ton was adopted. The Mayor then
appointed Messrs. Steele, Rocker and
Jones that Committee.
Bonds of several officers, who had
not before qualified, were received
! an. ordered filed. .i-sr 5W
I The application Of Henry Pullin
+ for license to. retail liquor at the old
National Hotel, was laid on the table,
ana ar order Issued that the money
be refunded. ar-1 s-.arl - Il
Blemker suggested that it would
hela good idea-that all applicants for
liquor license be required to
procures the written. consent Of at
least tlIfee-fourths Of the citizens in
the block where the liquor was to be
sold before license was granted.
The report Of the suspension of Al
aleu Mills from the polieef0r drunken
ness. was read and ordered fled. The
report was concnrred IN and Mills
sta ads suspended. a.
s petition Of the citizens of Lamas-
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