The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-06-23
Proceeding, Of City Council.

June 16th-Lavina Morris and others, Pc
titioned to have an siiey in the rear of lots 9
and 10. in Arnold's addition, vacated. A re-
monstrauce from T. w. Thomas and others,
against vacsting said alley. was presented. Both
petition and remonstrance were referred to the
Street Committee. ~ -,,,s4. ..--l,
Geo. Bishop and others, asked permission to
place their fences. to the edge Of the covered
ditch on Washington Avenne-laid on the table.
g B. W. Elliott snd forty five others, asked to
have cutters on Market ard Front, and foot Of
Front and South-sts. repaired, representing
them As being in bad condition. Granted and
Street Committee instructed to have their work
done. On Mr.. Peterson's suggestion, culverts
were ordered to be constructed at South>st.
crossing, Mr.. Mering's proposition to give the
stone for them. being accepted.
The Ways and Means Committee by its
chairman, Mr.. Elder, reported tax levy for
tuition purposes of Is cts on the 800 valua-
ten, and Is cts. poll, which was adopted. He
also reported from Same committee, in favor Of
allo ~ ing teamsters, doing work for tbs city. an
additional allowance of so CITE. per day whilst
the high price Of feed continued. which was al
so adopted. Mr.. Patterson, from same commit
tee, reported in favor of allowing the printing
bill of the Telegram. Adopted.
The bill Of acting Mayor, James N. Poe,
Esq, during the late Mayor Finley's illness)
was recommended to be paid by the Claims
committee concurred in and Clerk ordered to
settle with him. ,r,,,.-+s ,-s--.-,,s .--r
NJ. Watt, from the COMMITTEES on Public
Buildings and Markets. to whom the petition
of Messrs. Holloway & Davis, regarding the
disposal Of the city printing. was referred, SUBJ
mitted the following report: 5fE
ITO the Mayor and Common Councl:- The
Committee on Public Buildings and Markets.
to whom was referred the memorial Of Messrs.
Holloway & Davis, in relation to the city prin.
ting. beg leave to report that they have had said
memorial under consideration but have not been
able to agree As to the disposition that should
be made Of it. The undersigned, q majority Of
the COMMITTEES, believe that the statements in
the memorial are true. and that awarding the
printing to the highest bidder, instead Of the
lowest, was violation of the Ordinance regu~
lating the manner in which the city printing
shall be disposed Of. 81 WETEF ansFs
The Ordinance requires the Clerk, once a
year. to invite the publishers of the several
newspaper establishments Of the City, to make
proposals for doing the city printing for the en-
suing year; it also provides that the printing
shall be let on the terms most advantageous to
the city-meaning, in our opinion, that it shall
be let to the party proposing TO do it At the
LOWEST PRICES We find that the bid of Hol>
loway d Davis, was about TnIRrY PER CENT.
LOWER than any other estab lishment, and, con-
ssqusntly, according to the letter and spirit of
the Ordinance they are entitled to the city
printing; any other disposition of it would be
inconsistent with the Ordinance on the subject
and would justly render the Council liable to
the charge Of violating one Of its own Orinan>
'ces. We. therefore, respectfully recommend
that the action of the Council, awarding the city
printing to Crawley & Mag. be reconsidered,
and that Holloway & Davis be declared entitled
to the printing for the ensuing year. in Accord
ance with tho provisions Of the Ordinance reg
ulating the matter. Respectfully sub ,itted.
ySikf t = aAH MI. G. War;,
=. e.,z.wA Nr.@ JOHN aPErERsoN."
. Mr. Palmer, from the same committee, SUBJ
mitted the following minority report, on the
same subject:
"To the Mayor and Common Council of the
city of Richmond: Your committee to whom
was referred tho petition Of Holloway & Davis,
hsve had the same under consideration, and,
being unable to come to one common conclu.
sion, the minority Of your committee beg leave
to offer the following as the minority report Of
said COMMITTEES:
The petitioners concede the legality Of the
whole proceeding as to the way aud manner Of
recsiving proposals for the city printing. The
only point claimed by the petitioners is the
awarding the contract to Crawley & Mag
they being tribe higher in their prices for the
actual work.
The minority Of your COMMITTEES respectfully
and earnestly protest against allowing Hollo.
way Davis to oct as the legal advises of this
Council in the matter of their contrasts, and
against substituting their version Of the Ordi-
nance for that Of the Council. r4
If money consideration only, would il not
be more advantageous to the interests of the
public, to have the actions Of this body brought
into notice in the city rather than the surroun-
ding eountry5 This Council should oct for the
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