The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-30
COUNCIL PROCEEDING.

tJoint Special Meeting Of the city Council.l
CAIRo, his, May 27th is7o.
Present, his Honor the Mayor and Coun-
oilmen AFTER, Barclay, O'Callohan, and
Aldermen Brankle Fitzgerald, kleb,
Lohr, Lonergan, Mondel, Walder and
Winter.
A quorum being present the Board was
announced ready for the transaction Of
business, whereupon, report from the
street Committee was presented, and, on.
motion was laid over for the consideration
OF the Board of Aldermen at the next
regular meeting.
Alderman McKcn appeared and took
his seat
The Committee on Fire Department 10
whom was referred the petition of Alfred
Bowers pryhCpor,g.,i,,ion to erect a
mission II, s<l iorS,e grsla;a1as Inn.
R. ,oived and rccommcnd,,jo,,
Of CSm, - 10 co""urroi in.
chs, NcE coMNrrv nnoorr.
eYFlhnce Committee 10 W.
rcfcrrA the petition of Daniel Hartn.."",
asking reduction in license, reported rs
follows;
To the Honorable, the Mayor, Council and Alder.
men.
Your Committee, Ia whom was referred
the petition of Daniel Hartman, PRAYING
for a reduction of his license rs Auctionoer
and Theatre, respectfully report. That
whereas, the license Of an Auctioneer are
permanently fixed by ordinance, Section
l39, at two hundred dollars per year, and
your Committee believing that such sum
Is not oppressive they recommend no
abatement in such amount, but so much of
the 4th aud 9th lines in said section 1893, MS
reads (or for the period of three months, nj
fifty dollars) be stricken out. Ia relation
10 license for "A Theatre or other place of
amusement Section l9l provides, Shall be
fixed by the City Council and therefore is
nm open question with that body, and your
Committee believing that live dollars per-
day, or twenty-four hours, is reasonable
which in forty days according to his own
showingl would give S20O, but Ms our re-.
lator asks 10 have such license granted by
the day, month or other time, We respect
fully recommend that he be granted such
license, nj 50, per day or $50 per annum
at his option. Respectfully submitted.
ISAAC Valdez, Chairman.
On motion, the report was received and
the ordinance Committee instructed TO re-
port An ordinance according 10 the recon-
of the committee.
The Committee on Finance further ro-
ported that they received from Jos. b.
Taylor scrip to the amount Of S2,52O,47
cancelled by him as Treasurer in the
months Of March and April, which was de.
troyed.
70 the Hon, Mayor and City Council
GENTLEMEN The Finance Committee |
o whom was referred the enquiry as 10 the |
disposition of muskcta, etc, formerly be- |
onging to the city would respectfully sub
MT the following communication from =
!. Taylor, ms their report;
% Messrs. walder, AFTER and barclay, Commit.
tee, etc.
GESTLEMES In answer to your en-
uiry Us to the disposition made of the
nuskets belonging to the city, | respect
llly report, that the city owned "a musk
Is and 90 sets OF sccoutrements; that |
ave IN my possession, and herewith sub
iit TO you, receipts, of parties 10 whom, as
icipbers of the Cairo Guards, musk and |
were distributed for "a
luskets and 32 sets of accoutrements, and
ave also in my possession : muskets and
lndry accoutrements belonging to the .
ty, from the care of which / win be hap !
y 10 DO relieved at any time; that the
government received from me AZ muskets
nd IL sets of oecOutrements, of which the
ty owned 80 muskets and the accoutre- I
ents. o
nat for the A. muskets and accou.
fenents the Government allowed C
M psi1 ......... s1 a. II
which Messrs. HayS Cullom re. 9,
AIMED as commission for collect ~
- paid % lawyer AT II. Louis as our N,
mare Of fee, before CommissIOneT,s2 -
81 90 az
s3l3 %
Of this amount $2I5 so the city's share
been paid into the city Treasury
5. s. TAYLOR.
Your Committee recommend that the IN