The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-11
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
Adjournment Sine Die OF the Old COun-
ell and Installation OF the New.
Remarks Of the Retiring May or-The
New Ciiy OGicIaissworn ID-Pre.
scniati0n Of nODds-I.ist Of
standing Committees.

The City Council met yesterda,
morning at nine o'clock, pursuant /,
adjournment, for the purpose of In
stalling the ollieers.elect. His Honor
Mayor Cabell, and all the Aldermen
except Alderman Tompkins present,
The minutes of the previous meet
ings We're read and approved, wheI
His Honor, Mayor Cabell, stepped for
ward and delivered the following nd
dress:
Gentlemen OF the city Council
The close OF the municipal yea
necessarily closes our labors--mine az
Mayor, and yours as C0uncllmen. II
Is a source OF qualification and pride to
me, furthermore, and feel confident
II Is to you, that on retiring from this
board, you leave the city so prosper
Gus, and her financial condition 80
good. Although, gentlemen, We may
have differed ut times AS TO matters Of
policy, which SO natural that we should,
yet II there has been any other differ
ences than those OF matters Of public
policy, | ask you to let them be for.
gotten and forever buried in the past.
thank you, gentlemen for the cour-
tesy you have extended TO me at all
times, and ask you to take with you
my best wishes for the health and
happiness of yourselves and families,
and also my earnest wishes for the
continued health aud prosperity of all
the citizens of our young and growing
city.
On motion, committee, consisting
of Aldermen Mcclure, Obenchain and
Shone, were appointed to escort the
Aldermen-elect to their seats, when,
on further motion, the Council ad
journed sine die,
His Honor, Mayor Cabell, then es.
corted the Mayor-elect, Hon. j. ID.
Kerfoot, to his seat, and, after admin
istering to him the oath of office,
turned over the records of the Mayors
court.
His Honor, Mayor Kerfoot, then ad-
mlnistered the oath of Office to the fol.
lowing Aldermen.elect: First Ward
H. s. Ervay and j. w. Crowdus
Second Ward w. II. Clark and +. Il.
Guedry Third Ward-B. p. Jet and
h. p. Cowen Fourth Ward--J. l..
Williams and NJ. M, Newsom.
w, +. Morton presented his bond as
Marshal, and was sworn in.
j. b. Hereford presented his bond
rs Secretary, and was sworn In.
Barnett Gibbs presented his bond az
Attorney, and was sworn in,
J. w. Bowen presented his bond as
Treasurer.
J. n. Ogden presented his bond rs
Assessor and Collector.
w. NJ. Johnson presented his bond
as Engineer, and was sworn In
On motion of Alderman Clark, the
bonds of the Mayor, Marshal, Assessor
and Collector, Treasurer, Secretary
Engineer and Attorney were accepted
On motion of Alderman CIowdus,
His Honor named the standing COM
mittees for the ensuing year, which
are as follows: 4t
Finance-W. J. Clark, J. w. Crow
dus and b. p. Jet.
Ways and Means--B. p. Jet, II. S.
Ervay and J. i. Williams.
Claims--J. w. Crowdus, j. L. Will
liams and w. j. Clark.
Streets and Bridges-F. L. Guedry,
Ii. S. Ervay and f. p. Cowen.
Public Buildings and Markets-M.
NJ. Newsom, II. S. Ervay and w. j.
Clark.
Journalist. L. Williams, NJ. M.
Newsom and e. P. Cowen.
Fire Departmental. p. Cowen, +.
Z. Guedry and II. S. Ervay.
Hospital-Health officer and Alder
men J. w. Crowdus and Nj. NJ. New
som. Df If ht ...
Ordinances-H S. Ervsy, b, p. Jett
and NJ. NJ. Newsom.
Railroads.&c.. p. Jet, II. s. Ervay
and +. p. Cowen. ...... ..H
Police Board-His Honor the Mayor,
and Aldermen f. Il. Guedry and f. T.
Cowen.
On motion, J. w. Bowen, Treasurer,
and J. N. Odgen, Assessor and Collec-
tor, were sworn in.
On motion, the Council adjourned to
meet in regular session tonight, Tues
day, April VI, 1876.
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