The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-16
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ford appeared aud said thai after con-
sultation with Mr.. Hynes, attorney
for Mr. Van Ripper. that as Tie count
ing OF the votes showed that Mr.. Pc
ter Semonin had the majority, that he
was elected Councilman for the Third
Ward, and that Mr.. Van Ripper would
tender his resignation as Councilman
for the same, so that Mr.. Semonin
could take his seat. saf
Mr.. Steinbach then offered the fol-
lowing resolution: trs sal
BE az reSOjred by the Common Goule-
ciloftke C5tyof E0 asUiile, Thatbg the
vote as counted by the said CoUneil,
| Peter Semonin has majority o. the
votes cast in the Third Ward OF said
| city for Councilman, ana that he IS
| entitled to his seat as Gpuacllmam for
said Ward.
Mr.. Doughty moved to amend by
| referring the matter back 10 che peo.
pie of the Third Ward, and ordering
a new election The aneHdment was
| lost.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Stein
bach was then adopted. ,s.,s,
| Major Hynes then rendered thefol-
| lowing in behalf of Van 13iDeF:bira
| 10 the lTdg0r and Coasas9a C0uac5}
| of the CITY of EUGasgi4e
| GENTLEMEN: I have the homer Of
presenting to your Board my resigda-
| ton as Councilman from the Third
| Ward of the city of Evansville, aud
ask to be relieved from duty as such.
E. CYAN RIPPER.
April Is, 1869.
| On motion. the resignation was ao-
cepted.
hr. Hynes asked that in making up
| the minutes, the resignation of MIR.
| Van Ripper precede the RESOLUTION Of
fered by Mr.. Sem0nII. The Council
refused to grant the request.
Council then proceeded to make a
nun Der of appointments.
On motion of Mr.. Hopkins, w m4
L Hollingsworth was appointed Chief
of. the Fire Department. go ii "a
Council proceeded to elect Chief Of
Police. Thomas Royston and George
L. Cochran were put In nomination,
after which ballot was take0, which,
resulted In Thomas Royston being
elected. 44G thH aAA
The following policemen were then
appointed:
Casper Wetzel, John. B. Young,
George Hitch, A. jackson, Sylvester
Deeds, Joseph OfermaR, John Burk,
Ernest Duesbure, Sol. Gundermah,
James Hughes, Anthony Kramer,
Pat. Hughes, Henry Hoover, Henry
Pfeister, Martin Schmaeke.z jacob
Leaps, Christ. Herman, Peter Mailer,
Frank Schnorbus, Nicholas Brown,
Dan. b. Graham August Senert,
James Berry, Jplius Miller. eIF 10
On motion, the bonds Of the Col
lector and Treasurer we're each fixed
at $50, 1000.
Ga motion, John Nug6Ut " as ap-
pointed to haul Engine No. 3, he to
furnish the teams.
Thomas Seifritz was appointed to
haul No l.
D. q. Oopely and Tom Bdllen were
put in nomination t9 haul Engine
Mr.. Bullen presented a petition,
offering to haul the engine and hose
reel for $50 per month, which was
$25 per month less than he had re-
ceIved before. l5I
The appointment for Engine No 2
| was laid over.
Mr.. Wiltshire moved that the Chief
of Police call the new police together
at 2 o'clock P. NJ. to have them sworn
IN. Carried. ....s ,.r-
On motion, Conrad Newman was
appointed City Lamplighter.
On motion, Fred. Eberhardt was
appointed Street superintendent, with
the understanding that he was NOT 10
own or have any interest In any carts.
On motion of Mr.. Steinbaeh, the
Mayor was requested to make "a fail
and correct report Of the financial
condition of the city, and submit it at
as early "A day as possible. 1UA3
Mr.. Hopkins said the report should
| show every bond that had been ISSUED
by the city, and that the dlferaucE3il
road and other bonds SHOULD be CLASH
fed separately.
MIR. Orr said it was important that
they should have a full statement IN
regard to all matters connected with
the city, so as 10 know ex actlgASyhat
they had to do ia order to correctly
regulate and conduct the affairs Of the
same, 4as .I5s1sszsx asvRsI +
Mr. Hopkins thought the same as
Mr.. Orr, and was in favor of starting
right. he was not IN faY or OF making
| any improvements until it was asc3t-
tanned how much money they had 10
raise to meet liabilities. vi. I8iJ9sa +
Mr.. Hopkins also said he was In
favor OF putting the Assessors right
to work, so as to give fall time for
them to attend properly to their
| duties.
On motion, Otto Pfafflp was ap.
pointed to assess the zeal estate.
Gottieib Wehmaier presented q
petition asking to be- appointcAElity
Seaveneer. He offered 10 perform
the duties for S14 per month. s5ga i..,.I (
On motior, he was appeinted City
Scavenger. tsafi 2n.Efi
Mr.. Wiltshire moved that The Bills
| for work aud service done the past.
year, be marked odd ai-s
Mr. Wiltshire moved that the sale
of the 10 per cent. City -Behts be
| stepped. .es1a. bbs 5TaEfa
MIR. Hopkins was ia favor Of the.
motion. He said If We fund those
bonds and pay interest on them, and
then levy tax as heavy as had been
levied before, it would be oppressive
on the people to make them pay SUCH
u heavy tax Ia money. The more city
or deTs there were In circulation, the
easier it was to pay the taxes. s57s
Mr.. Wiltshire's motion was then
adopted: u 90
On motion, it was agreed to meet
this evening at q o'clock, to- attend
to approving the bonds of the yarioas
officers who had to give such.
| On motion, adjourned.
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Mrs. LANDER.-The Onera House