, 1876-02-27
from the gross receipts ct tbs Insurance. conpa
nies bo appropriated to the charity.
THE C!TT-HALL..

Tho City Treasurer paid out 9149,o COO On th
city indebtedness yesterday
W4ser-rents yeste1da5 wero S1,716, and 1e
ceipts from the City Collector :s1.o56
Tho City Collector took in shout s475 yester
day. Mike Eyrus gathered tbout $4,000.
The redemption Of taz-salo certificates In til,
Comptrollers Office yielded S., 600 yesterday, ant
about LOCO Friday.
| Comptroller Hayes left for New York last even.
! Ing He left no information ns to What MAS sh<
cause OF his visit.
The Council Committee on Streets and Al1ey1
| for the three divisions was called for yesterday
afternoon. but no meeting WAS held.
The Board of Public Works yesterday issued
an estimate Of 81, 009 to E. Earnshaw, cont,ac-
tor, for masonry done on tho West Side pump
I ing works.
Tho Building Inspectors concluded the exami-
nation OF North Side churches yesterday with no
garing defects found Tho business houses
will be examined next, commencing Monday.
The business doae by tho Special Commit. les
On insurance, which met in the City Clerks Of
fec yesterday afternoon, consisted in the adop-
ton OF she resolution o1ered by Aid. Culiorton
relative to collecting tho por cent OF tho gross
receipts OF the foreign Insurance. companies DO
ing business in the city.
All the newspapers in town haro paid the1r
taxes, bn1ring tho Times. Why Evans does NOT
compel them to fork over Is he would any other
impecunious shoot ls considerable Of 9 mystery.
He has been repeatedly urged TO make them pay
by the County Attorney, Assistant Corporation
Counsel, and his own clerk, but thus far he Inns
managed to keep from doing it.
The aristocracy along tho avenues aro no.
very prompt in paving their taxes, and Nike
EVana has BEEN sorely peIple1ed as to how he
could get even with them. Yesterday afternoon
ho hired seyen teams and wagons, and all who
do not pay Monday and Tuesday when tho dep
uties call, may haye the opportunity OF seains
thot vofunhles ioiting away in q coal-cart.
Marshal Goot!el hes issued general order to
tho police that they shall bring in the numbers
of all saIoons, billiard balls, and pool-table sa-
looms in the city, 20 that it can be determined
Tho city needs money, and where it Is justly due
the Marshal thinks it should be collected. Since
The TEIBUAEs expose Of the Iaxtty in tho col
lection Of license fees IN effort has apparently
been made to correct the former mistakes.
William Homer, Of tho Fire Department, who
has been in that services for se7eutoen yeazs,
and who has, in that time, power been before
Genca Of duty, resigned yesterday to accept d po-
s1tlon in tue eueIne-Toom OF the Pumping
Works. In his resignation the Department loses
one OF its beat and most faithful servanta Dur
served Us Fro Warden, Engineer. and Superin-
tondent OF 1fachinesy, to the entire satisfaction
of bis superiors. His IesiSnauon takes effect
March /.
JUDICIARY coMNrrTEE
Tho Committee on Judiciary met tn tho City |
Clerks Office yesterday afternoon. Present. |
AID. Richardson, Campbell, Clark, md C1iler- |
ton.
Tho ordinance Introduced by Aid Clarke Tot |
theiFifth) relative to the Laka-Front docks was |
n fn al inn i'm
chance to explain
Several resolutions thct havo been sent to tho
Committee By ward clubs, asking for an election
For Mayor, Tero laid orcE to wait for the action
# other wards.
The ordinance OF Aid. Clark, providing for
The registration Of births and 80 forth, was laid
over.
The ordinances OF Aid. Dixon and Spalding
n reference to the disposal {by salo) of the
property, were placed On d1e.
aid. Hudreth's 9 resolution concerning the To- |
'is.on OF city ordinances under the new charter,
nd providing for tbe hiring OF three attorneys to
eeise said statntss. was ordered to be reported
'acE, with the recommendation that - one Inv
er" bs substituted for '' three lawyers" aud
hat he be selected by tho Mayor. AID Hid
eth's resolution for the changing of the titles OF
ity officers, AMI providing for the appointment
i Inspectors OF Bridges and Ha-bors, WIS ORDER
d reported back to the Council without recon-
neud1tion-
AID. B. Stones ordinance prohibiting the
unning of any Strengthening or rendering estah-
lshment within the city limits after the lst Of
farch was referred to the Law Department for
q opinion.
Aid. Richardson's ordinance for redistricting
be city was ordered reported back to tho Coun-
II without recommendation The ordinance
royides for the consolidation OF the First and
econd Wards into the Frat tho Nineteenth aud
'wentiesh into the Eighteenth. and that the
ther wards be left with their present limits, |
heir numbers only being changed-
An ordinance Che author unknown) providing
Or the abolition Of the Board Of Health aud the |
ppointment OF d Saaita1y Inspector. End 1alat-
1g further to sanitary matters, WAS laid over for
lTthar confederation, and tho Committee ad-
burned.