Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-03-01
Council lrOccedings.


Council lrOccedings.
TUESDAY EVENING, February 18, 1878.
Council met-Chief Burgess Sol. Malic In the
Chair. Members PRESENT.. NJ. Cadwalader,
Rohrbach. Irwin, Clark, Garnger, Dissinger,
Smith, G. b. Cadwallader, Miller, Dewart and
Cake.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
w. l.. Dewart, Chairman of Committee on
Gas, reported that in pursuance OF resolution OF
Council, he communicated with the Gas Company
as directed and received the following reply:
SUNBURy, Feb. l, 1878.
To the Burgess aud Counci! Of lSunJ,sry
The Sudbury Gas Company hereby offer to fur
nish and erect lamp pests for lighting streets In
which there are no gas pipes, WITH common oil
or benzne lamps, upon the following terms and
conditions: The lanterns and posts to be OF the
same pattern and material those now in use
for gas, and to be furnished with ordinary kcrn-
sine or benzine lamps, and put in place for S2l
per post, ut same distance apart as gas lamps
now are, on the following streets, viz: Fourth,
Walnut, Race, Third, and each other street con-
tguous aud adjoining thereto, as the Council in
their acceptance of this proposition may desig-
nate; and AS Il part OF this proposition, the said
Gas Company offer to keep the said lamps lighted
and in order upon the same terms and conditions
as now received and given for gas lights, until
such time as the main pipes o. the snd company
are extended through the said streets, when the
| lamps are to be replaced with gas burners with
For the Gas Company,
j. DEsHA PATTON, Sec'y.
| On motion of Mr.. G. NJ. CadwallaAer-
! Reso!yed, That when we ijourn that VIC meet
| on Tuesday night next, TO finish up the business
| of the present Council.
Mr.. Dewart, of the Finance Committee, re
ported ms follows: That he has received from
the Secretary of State "A certified copy OF tic law
| authorizing the Town Council of this borough to
! borrow money, which to have passed into u law
| dollars
cents, all told He therefore offered tho follow
! ing resolution:
Rcsolpsd, That the Burgess and Coun1 n1raecept
and approve Of the law just passed, authorizing
Council to borrow money; that said law be en-
| tered at length on the minutes of this Council,
and published in the newspapers of the town
among the proceedings thereof, for the mforma-
| tion of the citzens that the certified copy of the
| law be placed on file among the borough papers,
and that an order be drawn on the Borough
| Treasurer for one dollar and twenty-five cents,
fees charged by the State for furnishing said GER
titled copy.
| Adopted.
Report of John Clark in reference to making
wall in alley between Arch aud Race streets
that it was finished by Charles Garinger for the
sum of one hundred dollars.
| AN ACT
! TO authorize tbs Torn Council Of ths Borough Of
S,mbury to Borrow MONEY.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives Of the Commonwealth h
of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and
ii is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That for the purpose OF funding and consoliGat-
iug the whole outstanding debt of the borough
of Sunbury, of whatever nature it may be, the
! Town Council of said borough, or their success
soTS, are hereby authorized and empowered to
| borrow any sum sums not exceeding in the
| aggregate thirty. five thousand dollars, and may
| issue coupon bonds therefor in the corporate
name of the borough, payable ten years after
date, with seven per centum interest, payable
| miannually; said coupons to be receivable at
par in payment of all taxes laid by said Town
Councili said bonds shall not be taxable for bor-
ough purposes, and shall be signed by the Chief
| Burgess, sealed with the borough seal, and at
| tested by the Town Clerk.
| SEC. 2. That all former acts or parts Of acts
| authorizing the Town Council Of the borough Of
sunbury to borrow money be and the same are
hereby repealed.
". ELLIOT,
Speaker OF House OF Representatives,
GEORGE II. ANDERSON,
Speaker OF the Senate.
Approved the thirty-hrst day of January, AID.
one thousand eight hundred and seveuty-threc
j. +. HARrRANFT,
Governor.
OFFICE or THE SEC. or THE COMMONWEALTH,
HARRISBURG, Feb. H. A. ID. 1873. !
Pennsylvania, IS.
~~~, | do hereby certify that the fore
| ) Az, ( going and annexed is q full. true aud
| correct copy of the original acl Of
N~~~~ the General Assembly, entitled,
AN ACT
TO aahorise the Topn Council Of the Borough o,
Su'sb1ry 10 Borrow Money,
| as the same remains on file in this office.
In testimony whereof | have hereunto set my
hand ana caused the seal of the Secretary's Of
flee TO be affixed the day and year above written.
A. e. REINGlIL,
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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