The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-04
CITY C0UNCIL-.OFFIcIAL
CITY COUNCIL Room,
DAnv~ p. - A q for4

hoCA ISLAND, august o ioif
Council met agreeable to adjournment
Present0Aldermen Butler, Bell, Bailey,
Carse. Churchill, Davis, Don, Engel, Wood
ruff and Warner.
The Mayor bc'nq absent AID, Bell was
appointed Mayor pro te04.
Minutes Of last meeting were read anc
approved.
Officers reports for the month Of June
were reported correct and ordered filed.
Officers reports for July were read, and
on motion of Aid. Churchill, referred tt
Finance Committee to report at next regu
lar meeting.
The following bills were read and REFER.
ed to Finance Committee, and by them re.
ported correct, and on motion the rules
were suspended, the bills allowed and or.
dered paid, viz;
Removing Nuisances-H Longmark So 90.
Police Experimentation Payne I2S 50. c W
HAYES 10 90, b Ii Kimball So 33,John Brennan 5000
Frank Ankrum SO 90. w Ohrt so 90, George Gormar
50 90, NJ Reinhart 5o0i,J Parkes 50 0-5Sl SO.
Fire Depaftment-r Yates IA IA j Sourman 0 25.
j BengstOn 2 80. May Bros 10.
Rock River Bridges-W E Cropper & Co 232 s..
Il 4 smyth e y, N Tillman ? so, F N Young 80,
Market Square Drinking Fountain II Kaua
man "A Oo, Fiemming 4 Go "a 75,gs 75.
PRINTING ra Triton Co 20 o. L M Haverstick & Co
Salaries; F.. Cook 50 90, re Gray As 90, Tho.
Thornton 4000-l35 90.
Office Expenses~C Pettifer 600, C V Mining Co
3 1895.
Water Department-Holly Man'g Co 90 30 Ludlow
Valve GO AZ 10; B D Bg ord d Go rs, E Boynton
Long 7ss 50, u N Whifep 50 %, julia John.toa
10 Oh, q. Pettrfer 2 90, + A Cramer 200 on. v Mn.
ing Co % 90, K Gil 10 80, A Steel II 40. 8 BURNETT
: I o. Deakm Da!'s s. s' %-,,sos g. s.. wf FS4 La!
sAr%s,1a aaE 10 FIX so'HH SPAN > &c, : j. : 4 h? SS!son Il IL g. 3.
J Purcell 81, J Range 10 30, Z Newark 10 81, Ii.
4 i S.n n oss: +, 10 e, { Bonaoyan !! 9
han IA ~, Thos WEIGH 10 81, J Speck 81, J Dunn
9 90, Nj O,hourke 10 81, II Dresswell 10 90, r NJ Cart
ney 30, Tshae 4 81, J Broderick 800, j Cohen l so,
? 00-Tota for labor, 2ss %. Total for Water
Works Department, 1894 SO.
Sas-.R Gas light and Coke Co 800 CO.
StreetWork John Warne. 3 months salary, $50 90;
for labor, TO L Peterson IL Is, z Lee 10 80, J Spell.
man Z 80, B Mcdonald 800, F E Wright 8 Oo, Thos
4, p Mcmahon 3 20, J Brodrricks W-ss5 Is.
Julius strshly (rock) lat 81, b u Buford & Co
i O-1IS 81. Total amount ALLOW ed 1890 IS.
The Finance Committee made the fol
reports, VIZ. On the petition off
l.. Mitchell, Prest. of r. I.Glass Works
Regular Meeting, August End. 1874.
Your committee to whom was referred the pcti
ton Oh the X /. Glass Co, for abatement of their
tax on their capital stock for the year 1873, report
that under he Act of the Legislature of 1S72-3. this
company ike many other corporations n Thu State, |
made u deta led statement to the Assessor of the
value OF their real aud personal property and CAPT
tai stock md the amount OF their Indebtedness.
The State Board Of Equalization TO determine the
amount to be Assessed ON capital stock subtracted
he value OF their tangible property from the sum
of the values If their capital stock and debt, thus
Assess hg the stncE at about Sl!,0tJ in addition to
n assessment npon, their tangible property,
w n IA IhA in In II r a ila 4 nltr - nf II ~ |
decided t. at lie State Board Of Equalization had
the right to so assess the capital stock of any cor |
%poration, but, it is believed, he Court did not de.
eide upon the Justice OF equity OF such an assess
ment. |
The statements Of values Of property and fpan.
to the As GO or for 1874, T. thought 10 fuldll the re
quireme nts of the law. and will avoid any undue
assessL-ent ! pom capital stock.
Your committee believe that q tax so levied Is
neither equitable nor just, and is in great dispro
portion to the tax npon individuals having the rane
amount If money invested in business, We think
it il the wiscst policy OF this city, and IL the gen.
eraI desire to encourage manufacturing interests |
IN every possible way. and that manufacturing cor |
p%orations should be protected from any unjust tax
or i'm positiOn. |
Your committee therefore recommend that the
of these taxes be suspended until the
5 ate Board of Equalization takes action upon the
statements made to the Assessor for 1874. and that
the tax for 1878 be then paid upon the basis OF the
II 1874, allowing for the difference in
values In the two years.
~ 'i'itt bhd ibht tht olhEr CDtiflIuuN nut i
paid all other taxes except the one n question.
T Mr. n R'y WtMsrn Committee.
Alderman Engle moved that the report
be accepted. Carried.
Also on report of p. J.. Mitchell, Presi-
dent of Water Commissions as follows;
Regular Meeting, August 3, 1874.
The Finance Committee report that they
have examined the report Of the President
Of the Board of Water Commissions.
In accordance with the suggestion of
President Mitchell, the committee recon-
mend that the sun of $4,000 be annually
collected as a tax upon the real and person
Al property in the city, provided that sum
shall not exceed one mill on every dollar
the total valuation, and that that sum
be placed annually to the credit of the Wa
Fund to be used in the purchase Of
Water Works bonds on interest or in scme
'ther manner for the payment of the debt
IN that account. The committee further
recommend that the management and in
'estment of all money in the Water Fund
re under the direction of the Water Com !
nissioners, subject to the supervision of
he city council ,
JOHN Il. WARNER Committee, $
The following statement was read by '
Butler in reference to the petition of |
Robinson x Co., as referred to
finance Committee. S
BoeK ISLAND, Ills, July 81. 1874. ;
q the Mayor and Council OF Rock Island city; q
GENTLEMEN During the month of A.,
une. 1873, Captain Robinson came to :
ne and proposed that he would move his =
erry boat down to the landing at Eagle q
as required by Council, if they the =
'ouncnl would pay their own attorney =
ses.
| agreed TO this, and at the first meeting
t the City Council after, | brought the
before them, and at that meeting
lere was no objection made to this by
.ouncil, but there was no action taken at
lat time. About December or January
ne city paid her own attorney fees,
mounting to FIVE hundred dollars. The u
ldgemeut that was obtained in Septem.
er term was got after the City Attorney I
new that the matter was compromised y
settled by the city. And the reason
lat | settled the case in this manner was u
save further litigation and fees. il
BAILEY DAVENPORT, y.
Attest SAMUEL l.. COOKE.
City Clerk. .,
Aid. Engel moved that the city attor- B
ey be Instructed to have the judgement te
lncelled and receipt docket. Carried.
Aid. Butler, chairman of Finance Com i
Iittee, asked further time upon report of
ubllc Library, and moved that a special -
,mmittee be appointed to confer with =
library Directors. Granted and carried u
The Mayor appointed Aid. Butler and
arner the committee. ~
Aid. Butler stated he was not prepared Il |
report fully on the extension of water u
he tn Elm street ~