The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-04-09
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
April 9Th, 1875, Cd. m
Council met pursuant to call.

Present-Mayor Graham, Messrs.
Hibben, Morrison, Eskridge, Epstein,
Wood and Watson.
Committee on claims reported an
ordinance in favor of payment of the
following claims:
Robert Milliken, city engineer, 50 ;
L. Upton, city teamster, March, $40 ;
+. NJ. FOrde, city clerk, s25; E. T.
Nichols, marshal, sGO.5O; f. Q. Pat
terson, S44; j. S. Watson, coal, So; F.
G. Hunt. fees as clerk of district court,
$4,000; r. NJ. Ruggles, city attorney,
1898; H. V. Bundrem, repairing har-
ness, s1O.55; Jacob Stotler, printing,
$l2.G5; John Bay, boarding prison.
er, S32; John Bay, rent of city prison,
SIG.
The ordinance was adopted by a
unanimous vote.
Mr.. Eskridge reported the follow
ing:
To the Mayor and COORcH Of the Gin
of EmpOrid:
The committee to whom was referred
the matter Of special tax for curling and
gutterlng in front Of lot 19j, on CONNER.
ctal street, find from statement OF Miss NJ /.
Dixon that she paid for curling and gut
ter1nS in front of said lot before the Wor K
On said street was -oFdered by the CITY,
We also lind from page 3l4, book of pro-
ceedlngs, that the city council, at meet
ing Dec. %, 1871, ordered a contractors
receipt TO be efVefAfoF the work thus
done IN front Of said lot; that as the tax
stands against said lot for said work, 1t
was evidently neglected; therefore, the
committee recommend the adoption of the
| Following resolution:
ReSotCed, That the county treasurer
be and he is hereby requested to cancel
the tax against said lot for cUrbIng and
Suttering, and this resolution shall be a
voucher for said tax.
G. V. ESKRIDGE,
THoS. MORRISON,
w. HIBDEN.
The report eived and the res
oluuion therein contained, adopted.
On motion of Mr.. McCarter, the
county treasurer was directed to cancel
61.25 of the curbinS and gathering
tax on lot IA Commercial street.
Mr.. Eskridge reported the following,
to-wit:
To the Mayor and Council Of the City of
EnlporiG:
The undersigned special committee. to
W HON was referred the resolution in re.
latton to the issuance of a greater amount
in bonds for curbing and gutteriug, ma
cadamizing and building sidewalks, than
was authorized by ordinances. re-
spectfully submit the following
REPORT.
While the ordinance under which the
bonds were issued for curbing and gutter
ing authorized an issue Of only 1900, we
find s., 900 in these bonds in the city here
for collection-one hundred dollars more
than the ordinance authorized. We have
not been able te find any other bends on
this particular account in excess of
this amount. If no others turn up
in the future for collection it will
be reasonable to suppose that the over
issue In this instance was simply q mis-
take, as 1t appears that the number and
amount in figures at the top of the bond
have been changeI, the amount in fig
ures to correspond with the words ''tWo
hundred dollars" printed in the body OF
the bond.
In relation 10 the matchmaking bonds
the ordinance authorized an issue of g.
200. These bonds gre numbered from one
to eleven inclusive. and are all cow held |
by parties In and near tho city. In ad- |
d1tlon to the sum OF 81, 200 authorized by !
OF dinance TO be issued, the committee |
have been positively assured by Joseph
possession four of the bonds issued on
this account for $500 and upwards each. |
IL this be true, then there is an issue OF
over eight hundred dollars of the macao |
amizing bonds more than the ordinance |!
authorized. Mr.. Brown has so far failed
to show them. The conflicting state |
ments with reference to the issuance OF
these bonds, and the fact that those
which have fallen under the eye OF the |
committee were signed, ten of them for
annh hyT
bond, the eleventh one, by another party, |
leaves the committee ''haltiDg between
two opinions"
The committee have been unable TO get
any positive Information in regard to the
sidewalk bonds, further than that the
amount authorized was issued and sold
70 the Topeka bank, and therefore it is
but fair TO presume that OF these bonds
there has been no unauthorized issue an
I'll the contrary shall pc developed.
Respectfully submitted,
c. V. ESKRIDGE,
]. S. WATSON,
X. ID. McCARTER
Committee.
The report was received and filed.
E. N. Forde, from the committee of
citizens appointed to investigate the
matter os maeadamizing, curbing and
gutteriDg Commercial street, in this
city reported the following, to-wit:
To the Hon. Mayor and City Council of
Ae City OF EBtp0rfd, Kansas:
Gentlemen:-The undersigned mem
bers OF the committee appointed by his
Honor, the Mayor. and Messrs. Eskridge.
Hibben and Morrison, TO investigate the
matter OF payment 10 the contractors DIV
the city for matchmaking, eurbiug ami
guttering Commercial street, beg leave to
report that they have made Investigation
Of the matter referred 10 them. with the
following result:
MACADAMIzISG.
The assessment Of property on Com.
mercial street, between Sd and 7tn ave-
npes, was S226, 600, and on this levy OF
- mills was made to pay for maeadamiz-