The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-15

| paid In full Of said bill by the following
vote;
Ayes Foley, Halliday, Lancaster
Patier, Rlttenhol.se, Wood and Wright
-.
Nays-None.
| RESOLUTIONS.
| BY Alderman Wright.
Resoiued, That the city weigh-mastei
be, and Is hereby instructed TO weigh all
coal that Is offered tor weighing at ten
cents per load, until further ordered;
and further, G on
Resolved, That the ordinance commit
| tee be Instructed to prepare an ordinance
looking to the weighing and measur-
ment of all wood aud coal sold within the
city limits, by q public weigher and
Ineasurer. Adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The report Of o. A. Osborne, justice Of
the peace wa, submitted, and an motion
OF Alderman Wood, received and filed.
The following communication from thu
tax payers association. was presented
and no objection being made. was read by
the clerk.
| To the Honorable, The Mayor and City Gouncil
Of the City Of Cairo:
GENTLRnEN:-At an adjourned meet,
ingof the Cairo Taxpayers Association,
held In their rooms in this city, or
Monday evening, the 18th inst, the toll
| lowing preamble and resolutions, intro
duced by the chairman OF the executive
committee, were adopted by an unanlm'
GUS vote, to-wlt:
WHEREAS, the improvement Of the
navigation of the Mississippi river and
| consequent protection Of Its banks, Dor
dering on our city, Is OF such paramount
| importance to its interests that another
and further appropriation for that pur'
pose should be secured, beyond any
doubt, at the approaching session Of
Congress, commencing the first Monday
| in next month; and
WHEREAS, from the peculiar compost
| ton OF the Committee on Commerce, by
which the appropriations for rivers are
first considered Ia majority of such COM
mittee being Eastern mem will render
more strenuous efforts than usual neces-
sary to procure tho recommendation by
said committee OF the appropriation re
ierred to, and the efforts to secure such
appropriation will be more likely to be
/ efiectual If put forth by parties who have
already had experience In such matters;
and
WHEREAS, it will be highly important
to the full success of the proposed APP
plicatlon, that 1t should be made at an
early day in the coming session so as to
be heard by the proper committee before
the river aud harbor appropriation Bill
Is loaded down with appropriations for
improvements at other points, there
fore,
Resolrsa, that it be and hereby Is res
commended to the City Council to EN-,
ploy John II. Oberly to visit Washing.
ton City ut as early day as he can 60,
tor the purpose of assisting our repre>
sentative In Congress 10 secure the ap>
preparation above alluded to, and that,
in addition to bis expenses, 1t also be re-
commended to said Council to pay him
literally for his services, provided such
COMPENSATION Hob CACCCt Inv sum
of two hundred and fifty dollars.
A true copy OF the original.
NJ. B. HARRELL, Sec'y,
Cairo Taxpayers Association.
Alderman Wood moved that the COM
munication be received, and offered for
adoption the following resolution, viz:
Resolped, That the Hon. j. II. Oberly
be requested TO visit Washington City
and assist our representative IN
congress to procure another
appropriation for the Improvement OF
navigation OF the Mississippi and the
protection of the banks OF that river Dor
dering on our city, and that he De paid in
addition to HIS expenses such liberal COM
pensation as may be agreed upon between
himself, his honor, the mayor, and finance
committee.
The motion to receive prevailed and
the resolution adopted by the following
votei
Ayes-Foley, Halliday, Lancaster,
Patier, Rittenhouse, Wood and Wright
-.
Nays-None.
Alderman Wood offered the following
resolution, and moved its adoption:
Resolved, That the city clerk be and Is
hereby instructed to notify A. Comings,
Justice OF the peace for South Cairo, to
prepare and present to the city council at
the next regular meeting a report OF all
fines collected by him for violation OF the
city ordinances, and In the event such
notice ia not complied with, the city ats
torney is hereby authorized and Instruct
ed to proceed to the collection OF the
same. Adopted.
The bond of John Cooke and Henry
bunker to the city for the reconstruction
of sidewalks was, on monitor of Alder
man Patier, approved.
The bond OF George Wilson and Will
liam Minard was, on motion Of Alder
man Wright, referred back for further
security.
The bond of FL. Fitzgerald was, on
motion OF Alderman Rittenhouse, APP
proved.
The contracts of the allowed named
person with the city were approved, and
the proper city officers instructed to sigr
the same.
On motion OF Alderman Wright, thu
city clerk was instructed to give notice t
Milton jenkins, to execute contract ant
bond to the city for the reconstruction o
sidewalks in compliance with his pro-
posal Of Both ult.. within i've days iron
servire OF such notice. and on his failure
to comply, call special meeting for thu
re.letting Of the reconstruction Of such
sidewalks rs were awarded to said Jen-
kins at the last regular meeting.
On motion of Alderman Wright, Q
committee Of three were appointed t