The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-15
CITY COUNCIL.
Ndioutned special joint session ofthe city Coin-
cil)

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CorSctL CHAMBER, CAIRO, I'LL
October -, 1871.
Present-Cunningham, Hurd, Mctcolf
Fitzgerald, Schulz, Sease, Stratton, Swayuc,
Taylor and Wadcr-lO.
The mayor being absent on motion Of
Councilman Taylor, Councilman Ilurd
wa elected president
On motion, the reading of the journal
was dispensed with.
NEWLY REVISED oRDTNANCEs.
Councilman Taylor moved to amend
section Sc of ordinance No 2 Of said or
dinances by adding at the end thereof the
following; "Prorided, the city council
convened in joint session may at any time
appoint such number of police constables
for special purposes a they may deem ex-
pedient, and fix their compensation
Carried.
On motion Of Councilman Taylor Sec
ton l3 of ordnance No. - was amended
| by adding at the end thereof the following,
viz: Prortaed, each and every report Of
the street supervisor shall be published at
length with the minutes of the proceed
ings of the city council"
On motion Of the sane member, section
| 10 of ordinance Ia wa. amended by adding
at the end Of The same the following, viz.
Prorided, that in such cases as the city
council may so direct, where the estimated
cost will not be more than third greater,
it shall be lawful for the sidewalk to he
constructed Of hard and wel-burncd brick
or of stone tagging Of the same width as
the sidewalks hereinbeforc provided for
said walk, if of brick, to be laid in the
manner provided for in section ~ Of this
ordinance, and, if Of stone tagging. to b,
laid in like suitable ard workmanlk,
manner.
Councilman Taylor moved to amcuC
section 90 of ordinance No. II by adding
the following at the end Of said section, viz
ProUided an allowance shall be mad
to each and every regularly organized fir
engine company and hook and laddc
compaay in said city Of Cairo, in the sun
Of two hundred dollars per annum. paya
bic in quarterly installments, to be apple
to the ordinary expense. Of said compa
nie-, and that for any other expenditure
Of laid companie- to be paid for by -ai
city, an order Of the city council Of sai
= city, convened in joint session, shall b
first had and obtained.
Alderman Cunningham moved to amen
the amendment by striking ont the WORD
1.-TWO hundred aud inserting in lie
thereof the word: three hundred" Lo-
: The question then recurring on Cour
Gilman Taylor motion. it was then ?,
5 and carried.
Councilman Taylor moved to ,trikc OF
E the present section ij Of ordinance No.
and to rein.tate the former section, -ai
former section reading as follows:
SEC. As. No railroad company or en
ploye Of any railroad company, or oth'
person, shall leave or place, or cause, 9
suffer, or permit to be left or placed al
locomotive engine car Or train upon an
: railroad track at the crossing Of any ira
?. eled street interesting such railroad trac
,. 30 "a, to obstruct the free pa-,age.way ov
t. and along said street; prorided, that
opening not less than twenty feet in wid
shall be- left near the centre Of each Dlo
between Fourth ard Tenth streets.
The aye, and noes being called for. I
u motion wa, declared carried by the {,
y lowing vote:
Ayes-Cunningham, Schulz, Sca.", St'
ton, and Taylor.
=, Noes-Fitzgcrald, Me,calf Swane, a
. Waller.
The clerk then proceeded with the Sc
ond reading Of the newly revised or
nance., and having read as far as or
lg nance No 3, inclusive, the council,
le motion of Aid. Stratton, adjourned to M
!! on Monday evening next, at seven ocIo'
~ NJ. j. HowLEY, City Clerk
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