The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-03-05

pVrtione OI Leveo street.. MOt0n Carried
The ordinance entitled IAN ordinsnc,
to authorize tho Cairo and Vincennss
Railroad company 10 lay down and operate
tracks on portions of Levee street, wal
read q second time and, on mo.ion OF AID
erman Cunningham, adopted by the fol
lowing vvte Ayes-Buder, Cunningham
Halliday, HurJ, Pnnlis, Robinson, SAT-
ford, s.ratton, Swuyne, Taylor, Valdez
aud Wood Ia. Nay--0.
The ordinance entitled "An ordinance,
to authorize Halliday Brothers or Henr.
l.. Halliday to lay down tracks upon Ger
tain portions Of Levee s.s"ot,p was read q
second time. Alder man Cunningham,
moved to adopt. Carried by the follow.
Ing vote; Ayes -Buder, Cunningham,
Halliday, Aurd, Phillis, Robinson, SAT.
ford, Stratton, swayne, Taylor, Valdez
and Wocd-l2. Mayo.
The following ordinance was also re.
ported by the ordinance committee, and
read by the clerk, WIS
An ordinance TO divide the city into
wards.
Be 1t ordained by the city council OF the
city OF Cairo:
sEcTioNl fine city OF Cairo shall be aud
10 hereby divided into five wards, rs FOL.
lows:
first.-All that part OF the city which lies
south anu east Of the centre line OF West
Seventh street, and south and east OF that
hhc produced TO the middle OF the maiu
chanuel OF the Mississippi river. and south
anu east OF the Centre line Of seventh street,
anu south and east OF that line produced III
The middle OF the main channel OF the Ohio
river, shall be and is hereby established as,
aud denominated the 'Fir~ Ward"
StcoHd.-All that part OF the city which
lies between the tirst ward. Ms herein and
hereby established, anu the cen.
ire line OF Eleventh street. and
that line produced to the middle
OF the main channel of the Ohio aud Missis-
naleh the "Second Ward.'
7aird.-All tn Il part vi the city which lies
between the second Ward, as herein aud
hereby established, and the centre line OF
sixteenth street, aud that line produced to
the middle OF the main channels OF the OHIO
an Mississippi rivers, shall he and Is hereby
established Ms, anu denomnated the Third
Ward"
fouth.-All that part Of the city which lies
between the Third w.-d, rs herein and
hereby established, and tho centre line vi
Twenty. second street, and that line produced
to the middle Of the main oh innels Of the
Ohio anu Mississippi rivers. shall be and
hereby Is established rs the Fourth Ward"
FVM.-All that part OF The city which lies
betw cen the Fourth Ward. US herein and
hereby established, aud the northerly
boundary of the city extending from the
Mississippi to the UhiO river, snail be and
hereby is established as the Filth Ward
On motion of Alderman Taylo. the
rules were suspended for the purpose of
putting said ordinance upon its second
reading.
Said ordinance was thereupcn read II
second time and, on motion Of Alderman
Robinson, adopted by the following vote
Ayes-Buder, Cunningham, Halliday
Hurd, Phillis, Robinson, Stafford, Strat,on,
Swayne, Taylor, Valdez and Wood-l2.
Mayo.
PETITIONS.
A petition from the Delta City Fire
company WAS read asking for an alarm
bell. On motion Of Councilman Wood
said petition was referred TO the ordinance
committee with instructions TO draft an or
dinance authorizing the purchase Of bell
Petition Of Harry Walker was read
praying that $50 already paid for license
on two jenny lind tables DO credited to
him on license for two billiard tables,
upon the license on the jenny lind tables
| cling conceled.
Alderman Buder moved that the petit.
tion DO granted.
Alderman Halliday moved 10 table.
Carried.
Petition Of Sally Warrick was presen.
ted and read, representing that on the
night of the 10Th of May, 1872, she una.
voidably fell from the sidewalk on Walnut
street and broke her LETT arm. She there.
fore prays tho council to enquire into the
case and make such recompense Ms her
case would justify.
On motion Of Alderman Wood said
petition was referred 10 the committee or
| claims.
The following bills were presented and
on motion, referred to the proper commit
tees, viz.
JAS Ross, Tor Jail. ...... SC Oh
Cairo City Gas company, gas
used in street lamps IN Feb...... 3Ol o.
Thos Fitzgerald, "a days work on
streets In Feb.."..-. ... ......... "a o.
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