The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1868-12-26
CITY COUNCIL.
OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION
REPORT or THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Especial Meeting ]

Cairo, H. Dec. - ls,s.
Especial MoctnGl
Called 10y order of the Mayor.
Prcsent--hiS honor the Mayor, and aldermen
AFTER, Carroll, Gibson, Lohr, Roley Redman
Ryan, Rittcnhousc and Vinccnt--g.
The Mayor stated tile object of the meeting
To be to hear the report of the committee ap
pointed 20 investigate the present Gnancia
condition of the city
Alderman After, chairman, presented tb,
following report:
The spec i,l committee apponteJ an ,. sS,b pl,,o
having had the subject referred to them under con.
sidcretion, make tho following report in part, via.
They have concluded that the prescott ssan,ia con.
diton OF th"cty ~ owing mainly 10 hasty leg station
and the adoption Of plans Of Improvement and other
think remedy for this evil will b" found in the adop.
zion If two boards OF city council whose concurrent
alynWll he required for the passage of all ordinances
In reference to the claim Of Mcs.ts Fox Howard 4
'p'upnn The city. they recommend that the city OTTER
W SETTLE win those gentlemen 10y giving ihom L. bonds
dpm, payable ~ twenty five years. and bearing inter-
80 az per cent Per nnnim; and II hoy ae.cpt the
interest on the same.
A. from an the information they could obtain. your
committee believed that additional leg station D, re-
Vurri To- authorz" hority tucVy special .pnts
for street improvements they referred that subject 10
asub-gummItt'c, and the amendments prepared under
ther direction are herewith submitted.
Your committee also believe that the expenses Of
n"lr NIL AMI cy ,.,r- w." ..'I i, Of
'n.,sur' ~ ~ '''' '''''''' ''' ''''
A. t'I. lr,,, .i. ,f Id, t,r..,rf f, irt,, DO, o., c-
rnra 10 10, .-.rr of Iuuls leave. Inc gnmnpi IN h.
issued he some uncertainty, Your committee r,aom-
mend that the charter hr 80 amended that that amount
the amount should NOT .,.rul (. 90 90
T'.NF uly 'Ny'tN'i .rrEnIng tt.r"I,m'uttruu-
I,ty ,isrsr Wh1h tI"y recommend ,gr ..l.i.- ~
representative IN The Legislature should he requested
Of the following resolution. ~ the city council;
R,.otroi, That this h1lri win s.uo 10 Mc,,rs Fox,
Howard 3 60. Zoo payment N ttn.r,l. ~ avtn.t the
rity bonds .t fsr AZ iu p,r,.rt interest III.
m tW,ufy-Gyo yytr- and ffhny .rJe To- .,r.aT tho
same tht tho leg stature b., a.kal 10 onuuWrr nh. III,
Ia issue said bombs, tUi to luyy special las tp p.y n
tarcst un thr Same tlr ,iiy ,.r.,ir, and SER,
ING a. itself th- rghl o. rio,in M i,us Il, "a, tn,e
they should hay" the nmis collected uy spu assess.
tnont- from mo property benefited
R,.al-si That the imUnimont- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
reported DO, tte sp.f ,l i ,b, s,r,.. az,
hereby approved anil opted, aU q ti. 1.Ir s.Bs,r ni
r,pr.',1i I, "A. .lf t5, Il. !, .l..r III .,t.,.ti ~ 80
..fiI, t6o ma .,,ao Of M. ,, 'i''''''' T" pro-
D. AFTER Chairoi,,
r. VINCENT
JOHN T. GIBSON
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w. ~ TiI6HSToS',
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u" u enacted tN Ue pvoP" 81 the STATE Of ILLINOIS,
represented "a a." General Assemble!
sErius / The legislative authority IL said rity II
Cairo shall hc ctor.Iscfl 10, h0iy 10 fe STYLED IN. e.
council which shall l.. composed Of two hfanrhcs, ons
If which shan hr called tho Select Council aud tho
other t" Ru.ri 81 Aldermen and al Tho r. yrr, con-
icrr"I ani restrictions imposed upon the cl', cnuuc
ny the charter, 90 Nh.vh tlis act = an amendments
shall be- gui hereby conferred and imposed upon
the city council hereby created
So 2. THE select c1uncl shall con-., Of the may or
"a H 81 l.If .F nytx
the city charter one II whom shall be elected from
Nsfi by the qua tCd voters 81 the ward and two
shall be- elected for the city AZ large hy the qualified
voters Of "a" city The board of aldermen shall con-
sist ~ twelve aldermen now In Office or a. De- her.af-
ter elected now provided for. The members Of said
select council except the mayor shall lac clcct.d and
hold their Offices fof two years and until the election
and dual hratiDn Of their stcpo,sgrs. prOydcd that
half uf the said select council 10 h clct.. M mo first
election under this art shall hold their Offices for one
year those 10 one wear a. be seec ted M their
hrst meeting hy lot ~ the select con-. ell may thpn de-
iermins.
sac member ~ the select council shall nj the
time Of his election h. not less than thiry wears OF
age white citizen of tho United states and an owner
and above Al Incmhrancrs Of not less than two tbou-
.ani i've hundred dollars
Sac Before any ncrnh.r of IN. select council
shall take hs seat he shall take and subscr he an oath
that h. viii support the constitution of IN. United
states and of ths state and The provisions ~ tbe y
charter; that he will faithfully di,harge the ,u.. ~
his Office aud that he possesscs ali M, isfcaiions
required lev this act and IN moi subject la any Of lhs
ssO s. ANY n.tnhrr AZ me select cnun,l w ...,.
To possess the dts n, ons presented by tins sc, ar
any 81 them ar beconc. subject 10 any of the ,1u.l
ihcstious specified therein, shall 10 icrinod thereby
70 have vacated his ofhce