The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-06
Committe,on Claims, under the rule to-wit


PswocDey, hauling for city.""...". II 70
" Carrahcr, hauling for city........... %
! " Cain, salary from August LIST, 1870
to Nov LIST, 1870, being and l2.3o
montls........... lbo w
/ VIM Mcifale, dieting prisoners in
the month Of Noyernber........"....." 2i3 NJ
| Alderman Mckee then moved that the
p, City Council in joint session convened
hereafter order and direct the payment Of
all salary bills without the notion OF the
by n unanimous vote. - IT. ~ -
ORDINANCE.
The following ordinance was presented
aud referred to tho ordinance committee
for report, to-wit.
An Ordinance in relation 20 wharfboat
| license and the transaction of a mercantile
business upon the same. BE it ordained by
the City Council of the city of Cairo.
Sec. l. That license may be granted 10
whariboats to transact thereon y storage
warehouse, reshippng and forwarding
business within the limits of the city OF
Cairo, upon payment by the owners or
proprietors thereof into tho city Treasury
Of the sum Of. hvo hundred dollars por an
mum for each and every wharfbont lying
at or occupying the landing in tho city
and engaged Ia the business aforesaid, 20
used BY him or them.
Dec. =. Every p0rsOn, oo,partHorsbIp VI
persons or bodycorporatc owning, occupy
ing or possessing any boat vessel, float
dock, Wharf1oat or other structure sta. |
toned moored or anchored on the waters Of
either the Ohio or Mississippi rivers with
in the limits Of said city, their agents or
sitrc OF rcship any goods, wares or mer-
%. LI.l H.. ya-a.l a.. IL
wharfboat or other structure shalt Do |
deemod guilty of IA violation Of this ordi.
nance, and shall forfeit aud pay TO and for /
the use Of said city sum not less than If.
~ dollars $50 90 nor more than one hun.
drcd dollar. 900 V0) for Zach aud every
day they are 30 engaged in carrying on the
whHrfboat business aforesaid without Ii.
ccnse.
Prorpl,d the provisions OF the foregoing
section shall not apply to steamboats, flat
bonts or other vcsscls used Cor navigating
the Ohio and Mississippi rivats engaged In
receiving and dischatging freight.
Sec. .. IL shall not be lawful for any
boat, vessel, float, dock, wharfboa, OF other
Structure 70 be stationed moored or anch-
Dred on, az or near o the shore OF either
The Ohio or Mississippi rivers within the
limits " tho city of Cairo Tor Che purpose
% keepiH. any tavern, hotel or grocery,
receive money for tho entertainment OF
any guests or horrders or 20 vend or to sell
my spirituOus, vinnus or fermented liq.
tors or any goods, wares, merchandise,
Joatslorcs. meats or provisions without
irsi obtaining license therefor from the
'ity Council or their Authorized o:icer,
Nd every person, coparinership ofpcrsons
" body corporate who shall yiola,e the
PROVISIONS Of the preceding section shall
orfci. aad pay 10 and for the use Of the
,liy u sum not lee. than ton dollar. nor
more than one hundred dollars for each
md every offence.
RESOLUTIONS.
by Mr.. Barclay:
Rcsoired. by the City Council In Joint
, ssion convened that an abatement Of six
dollars b. allowed the City Treas.
rcr on the amount of tax warrant crro-
iously as, sscd against j. VI. Phillips L.
o., being the abatement allowed by tho
Of cqualizatio-, on the new
'harfboa, Of j. ". Phillips 4 Co., which
batement was overlooked in making out
'arrant.
Cairo, Dec. End, 1870.
Adopted unanimously.
Alderman Winter appeared and took
is scat Z
By Mr.. Taylor, .rr 4
Resoirsd, That the street committee DO
Id they are hereby authorized and In .
ructcd to have the cisteras within the Q
OPPRESSION in Washington avenue, South a
and below Tenth street, formerly occn- |,
ed by the Market House, carried up a
No, above the grade Of the street, and safely
'vercd over, and that said committee and
omptrollerbe also authorized and instruct 4
TO bavcssid depression filled with earth,
10 work TO be done by contract and TO DO
lvertisod for five days and let to the low =
{ bidder. I
Adopted by unanimous vote, II voting ,,
the affirmative.
Approved December. 9TH, 1870.
TliOS. WILSON, Mayor. h
Mr.. AFTER - Mr.. Chairman, since making 7
Y report have learned from Mr.. Ellis u
nj he will sell the city lumber that win
iswcr all purposes in planking up the u
citing of the sidewalk at the corner of a,
Durth street and the Levee, for $40 90 a
r thousand feet board measure, and / u
puld recommend that the Street commit q
0 be authorized TO purchase all the lum- e.
r MIR. Ellis proposes To sell the city at /,
c rate spoken of. "
WI iilhklNil W NJ fiNhff ii' thiiifulttto ] IN
Is instructed TO make the purchase of
e lumber referred TO.
BY Councilman Taylor
Rcsoieed, That the City Treasurer be, u
"a be hereby !. instructed and required "
exact from all parties applying for re- te
wal Of licenses, payment OF the full b,
lount due from the expiration of the pre-. Il
Gus license. ...,'.l :,
Adopted. "
by Alderman Lohr: --...-...s b'
Rcs0icsd, That the street Committee he m
thorized and empowered to have the Isl
,ubllc lre cisterns ON Commercial avenue =,
paired forthwith on the most reasonable :"
rms. ..A ..... ga
Mr.. Barclay moved toamend the resolu. DR.
N by inserting the words, "Provided b.
, repairs Of each cistern. do not cost ,u
cr $780," in lieu of the words, ION the ~
st reasonable terms $3.50 80 . 81. Pr
Amendment cnrried. ..' l'''s'. IN
The question then being, shall the reso-
lion AS amended be adopted 'r'.
II was decided in the affirmative as fol-