Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-09
Couac.l Proceedfuxs
ADJOURNED sssTiSG.

Aid. bryant, Claussen, cunningham, Dermo
dy, frlzssil, kruse, Mueller. Runxs.
Petition from J. A. LeCisire and other.
asking that the City cause 4 lamp posts TO b,
erected and lighted With gas on tarnam street
Referred to the Commute on Gas TO report q
NEXT u esiinR.
Petition from the Davenport Brick and Til,
Co, demonstrating against tue assessment o
their property ~ u sde BY the Board of Equali
za,lon fer the year 1855. They clain the sam.
70 DO unequal and unjust. Referred TO the Com
mit,es on Claims TO report ., nsxt meeting.
Bill Of Henry nellie police fees claimed S2.l5
allowed tlt5
Aid. D-rmody offered the following rssolu-
tion.
Lssotced, That the dirt on 3rd street, between
Iowa and LeClalfe streets be purchased by thu
City al the rate OF ten cents per yard, the sane
to'be m :asured By tie City Engineer before 1T il
removed, the dirt 10 be used on Ord steet unde
the supervision OF the street commissioner.
Adopted
All. Claussen read tho following ordinance
aud moved the adoption of the same which " as
adopted Nv the following vote:
Yeas bryant, Claussen. Cunningham, Dermo
dy, frizel, kruse, Mueller, Runge-s.
The ordinance is as fsllsws:
An ordinance defining the duties and fixing
Be It enacted BY the City Council Of the CITY Of
Davenport, to wit
SIcTioH l. IL is hereby made the duty OF the
engineers Of tne steam hre engines, N. Donahus
and ki.s hing, 10 attend sale engines At al
times. and &c see shat TIE same, with oil the ap
paratns belonging thereto. including the hose
are ',.pt in COED condition and repair. and read
Tor ise At al timss and to do any asd oil thingi
necessary and proper to be done as such engi
nsers, in fsspect TO anv matters pertaining &C
the Fire Department OF the city.
SEo. .. Said engineers shall be elected bv the
city cocnc.l, 10 serve during The pleasure OF the
council, and for the fsithful per sormauce o.
their arliss shall each give bond in the sum .
i've undred dOllars, with surs:iss, to be 90
proved by tne csuueil
Sac. 8. Said engineers shall each bs entitled
toI receive tbs sum of sixty five dollars per
month - fall compensation for their services
and no more.
src The csmpsnsa.ien herein provided
shall 0e heid 70 commence frsm the Let day oi
Nsvem oe,, 4. d. 1869. and hereafter shalt be
come dee asd PAYABLE st the enc Of each month
Sac. .. All srdinancss and parts ef ordinances
in conflict with tn!s ordinance, are hereby re-
pealed.
Passed and approved Jasusry sth, A. D. 1869
y. s. McKKIL, Mayer pre- TEN
Attest: JonN LILLis, City Clerk.
The Street Com nittss, 10 vAem wss referred
the petition Of Geo. Il. French make the follow.
ing epsft
Te the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen Of the
city o. Davenport:
Ysur Street Comnittss, to whom was rsfeF red
. petition Of Geo. v. French aud others, asking
that he Oity Engineer be di. eeted to esti,na. 4
the rnbsr Of ya-ds Of excavation and mason
~ required TO complete the work On lows and
LsClaire streets, between Sixth and Tenth
sti ests, .ecommesd that the Engineer DO direct
cd 10 mae the estimate and re, ,ort the same Il
the Council.
II. A. RrxGR. Street
1nos. DEKMobr, Committee.
Which was adopted.
The finance Committee, - whom va. referred d
the bill OF John Liiiis. for making out a duDli-
cate copy of the ASSESSMENT roll, make the fsl-
lowing report
The committee wonld report that the within
bill OF John Lillis hs refer ed back to The FL
nance Committee, With power to act.
THos DsRNopI, tr,,.r.a
L. CLAUssEH, rss.
=. T. BarASr, e'@m''e'
The report was adopted.
Aid. Dermody offered tho following resolu-
tion:
Etso Gel, That the resolution OF fAld Dermoiy
for the levy o. . specific tax OF q Of one mill on
the judgment OF II. l.. Coute. adopted on The
eth .nst., bs SO far modified A. to dispense with
the making OF duplicate Of the assessment roll.
and that tie CLERK be directed to carry GU. y
the column under the head Of Remarks" o;
the assessment roll, ns shown by the Collector 9
boo Tor 1853, the above mentioned specific TAX
opposite the names of the persons and proper y
assessed in said book, together with the amount
of sucn tax so levied against the individual per-
sous an parcels of property contained IN said
boo.. leaving room in sad column for entering
the fund paid and the time vixen. Bald Clerk
shall also write al the head cf each of ssid col
umn "A follows, to-wit: "Specihc tax of e OF
one mill levied Jan. 1th, 1859, TO pay the Il J..
Coute iudguiens." That when the Clerk shall
have completed the same, as herein directed,
the pr oper amount shall be annexed or attached
to sald assessment, signed and sealed as requir-
cd by law, whereupon the Marshal shall imms-
diatslv proceed TO collect the same
Adopted
Aid BRYANT read and presented the following
report OF the Debt Com aissoners
REPORT OF TIE DRBr COMMISSIONERS
To the Honorable, the Mayor and Council
ofths City Of Davenport, Io,ed
The commissioners appointed by your
honorable body October I, 1868, to carry
out the PROVISIONS of the Act "enabling
Public Corporations to settle Indebtedness,
respectfully report: That in the absence OF
any original official record or register OF the
creation or issue Of the bonded indebted
ness Of the city, their Investigations on
these points were necessarily attended with
much difficulty. The elaborate report on
this subject made by the Hon. A. Ii. Ben
nett and delivered 10 the City Council by
him on the 9th day of July. 1864, has been
Of great assistance 10 the commission.
The accuracy Of Judge Benefits report hav
ing never been disputed, your commits
sioners accepted its statements and sought
their corroboration by makirg investigs-
tions in line somewhat differing from that
pursued by him. The commissioners gave
their first attention to a careful inspection
OF the paid coupons found in the office OF
the City Clerk, and also to correspondence
with all the boniholdefs whose address
could be ascertained; advertisements were
published in oil the principal Eastern cities,
and these ELECTED replies from many of the
creditors. A full registry Of all the bonds.
the existence vi which was thus ascertain
ed, showing the coupons paid and the
amount remaining unpaid, was thus pre-
pared, and through the assistance OF Mr..
Ochs, the City Collector. the Commission
ers have also discovered the originsl r.
ceipts given BY Che then treasurer, eamuel
Sylvester, to the then Mayer, Gee. B. S,r-
gent, for the proceeds cf the bones signed
BY Mayor Sargent and sold under bis super
vision. These receipts show that Of tie
fiii,y-pi thousand (5l,0O0) dollars loan o!
1865, the then Mayor, G. q. Mitchell, IS
sued but nine thousand (t9.Go0) dollars, Tn J
that under date Of May 1, 1857. Mayor s-f-
gen. signed and iesued the remaining d ~
Thousand (&6O, ,OOO) dollars. AND that imme-
dissely thereafter. under date OF June !,
1857, Mayor Sargent began the issue Of
bonds under the "t20O 600 lean OF 1857
and before his term o! once expired. had
issued one hundred and seven thousand
five hundred (tlO7 500) dollars 10 bonds OF
five hundred (t50O) dollars each. tae
last being issued in January
1858. The recorde Of the city also
show that during the administration Of Hoo.
Z. Cook, who succeeded Mayor Sargent,
bonds to the amount CT ten thousand (t10.-
OOO) dollars were issued by authority OF the
Council. All these bonds bear interest st
the rate OF ten per cent. per snnum. payable
eemi-annuAlly. principal and interest payable
IN New York the priHcipal being payable
twenty years af,er the date of the bonds.
The coupons in the City Clerk's ONCE. though
the series 10 incomplete tend to show that the
coupons were paid regularly up TO 1860 and
generally Including the flrst coupon due iu
that yeaf. Since that date coupons 10 the
amount Of $1,000. Of which $3.50 were in
the loans Of 1856 and 1857, have. been re.
ceived or purchased by the city authorities
and an examination Of the judgment records
n our local courts show that $5.6sJ hat
been paid on coupon Judgments and thai
other coupon Judgments to the amount ol
5000 still remain uEpaid, al these coupon
jrcgments paid or unpaid being on the losni
OF 1856 and 1857.
There are also in the CITY Clerks Once