The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-05-07
Proceedings of the City COunciI-Rcg
ular Meeting.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER,
DALLAS, May 6, 1874.

! CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER,
DALLAS, May 8, 1874. !
Present-Mayor cabell, and every member
| OF the council.
PETITIONS.
The petition of citizens asking Transports.
| ton for Captain q. w. Wicker to Lexington,
KY, received and placed on the file.
Petition of Schneider Davis. asking per-
mission to establish and maintain maya
zine for the deposit of powder, on northwest
corner OF the city of Dallas, on the banks Of
the Trinity river, the building to be fire
| proof, granted unanimously.
Petition OF the fire department of the city
of Dallas, stating that they had selected +.
l.. Frank, as chief of fire department, was
unanimously confirmed by the council.
Petition of Alex. Sanger, secretary of the
Hebrew benevolent association, asking than
| the Cemetery of said association be surveyed
and properly staked, referred 10 the city
engineer with instructions to make survey
according 10 facts.
Petitions for branch markets received and
| referred To committee on markets.
| Petition nf the city butchers received and
placed on file.
| Petition OF citizens west OF the Trinity
| river asking that road be constructed from
the west bank of the trinity 10 n convenient
point within the city limits, received and
| placed on file.
On motion, the following accounts were
read and ordered paid.
ACCOUNTS.
| +. NJ. Russell, witness fees where the fines
| and cost were worked out on the streets, 81 /;
Samuel Crabb, witness fees where the fines
| and cost were worked out on the streets, ST.:
| a. W. Nixon, witness fees where the fines
iand cost were worked on the streets, Sll; ].
| +. Hamel, witness ices where the fines and
cost were worked out ON the streets, 80; J. w.
| Spencer, witness fees where the fines and
cost were worked out on the streets, ss; June
Peak, witness fees where the fines and cost
| were worked out on the streets, s.; June
mol teag atalx .rI
per month, AZ 50; j. Halcomb, services az po-
llceman, April 10 to -, at 30 per month, % 80;
| Frank Iueston, services as policeman April
TO %, 30; T.. II. +. Nichols, services as po-
| liceman April l3 TO 30, 10; j. NJ. Spencer, SER
vices as policeman April | to May 2, at so per
month, 5S32; Stephen Hudson, serveces as po-
liseman April 10 to 30, %; +. NJ. Russell, servi-
ces as policeman April II to 30, 30; 9. A. Stew
art, services as policeman April II TO %, 20 80;
j. Hamel, services IA policeman April ID
to ~, 30; A. W. Nixon, services as policeman
April to 30, 20; John Ryan, services as po-
liceman April 10 to %, 30; J.. y. Ogden, servl-
ces as policeman April Is to 80, % 80; ].
April & 10 o'Ss IS, % ss A'i f. G''g Moon
services as policeman April Is to 30, % 50;
| oner has been convicted and work ed the fine
and costs out on the streets In the month of
April, 1874, Is ~; June Peak, marshal, for costs
In cases where the prisoner has been con-
victed and worked the find and costs out On.
the streets, In the month Of April, 1874, ~;
J l.. Rafferty,, feeding prisoners confined In
the calaboose for the month Of April, 1913 50;
boose, April to s. 8; " a. Rogers, TX kegs
al nails, d 50, . %; Edwin Taylor, q cords OF
woods furnished the caIaboose at per cord,
los; Samuel Crossley, one months services as
engineer Of the steam fire engine, Us; X. v.
Tompkins, l215 bushels of coal for fire engine
at 5Oc per bushel, Is; Richard X. Arnald.
hauling with two teams on streets7n days at
4per day, %; Richard X. Arnald, hauling
Nj In fur fQar ma nm al rqa n
per day, rs 80; ]. L. RAFFERTY,, work on The
calahoose, 4; John J. Eakins, r. q. Browder,
w. Z. Linn, w. J. Dixon and n. sallin, hold.
Ing election In the fourth ward On the It'll of