Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-05-12

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Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
The petition of II. Garis and Sc others,
tabled at last meeting. was taken up and
Oh motion of +. J. Leonard rejected.
On motion of John Newton it was
ordered that that portion of the amend
ment to Ordinance No. IS referring to
photograph galleries before the Council
for consideration be amended to include
photograph galleries per year and fixing
the price at go. 90.
On motion of d. ID. Colley an ordi-
nance submitted by the City Attorney
entitled An Ordinance relating to Incense
tax was laid upon the table.
On motion of ID. d. Colley an ordinance
entitled AN Ordinance relating to the
duties of city officers was passed by the
following vote and approved by the
Mayor.
Aye-D, d. Coliey, John Newton, f. j.
Leonard. C. NJ. Beeson. Geo. b. Cox.
None voting in the negative.
The committee of which Councilman
Leonard was the Chairman, appointed to
consider the bill of NJ. Collar for 81 report
fayorably to allowing it at si4. On the
motion of D. ID. COlley the report of the
committee was accepted and the bill
allowed ut S14.
On motion of ID. ID. Colley the bill OF
W. C. Shinn for $ was allowed.
The matter of James ManiOn tabled at
last meeting was taken up. and on motion
of +. ]. Leonard the fine Of s. assessed In
the ease Of the City VS. the said James
Manion, wherein he was charged with
assault and battery. was RENTED by the
Mayor, with the consent of the Council.
F. J. Leonard, Chairman of the COM
mittee on flooring the court room.
reported a proposition from c. Wolf.
agreeing to floor and cell the same for so.
On motion of d. d. Colley the same
committee, to-wit Leonard, Newton and
Cox, were authorized to employ the said
Wolf if he would furnish the materials
and would assure them that the labor
would be performed in skillfui and
workmanlike manner.
A petition was presented by w. N.
Morphy. signed by several citizens, re-
auesting that no license tax be levied
upon the staple branches of business 1or
tine ensuing year and that TAX DE Iesieu
upon all property in the city limits LOT
the purpose of raising revenue II required
to defray the expenses OF the city govern
meut. Referred 10 the following COM
mittee: Beeson, Colley and Newton.
On motion of ID. ID. Coiley the time OF
taxing out Incense was extended until May
10th.
adjourned to meet Thursday, May "a. at d
D. IN. E. T. CoLB0RN,,
p Apnroyed. City Clerk.
JAMES Ii. KELLEY. Mayor.
Council met Thursday, May Sd. at 8
o'clock p. IN.
Present, James II. Kelley, Mayor.
u Geo. b. Cox, Councilman.
y ID. ID. Cooley
- F. J. Leonard
- John Newton
- C. NJ. Beeson
The committee of which Newton was
chairman, and to whom was referred the
petition requesting that no license tax be
10 eied upon the staple branches of bust
ness for the ensuing year. and that tax
be levied upon all property in the city
limits for the purpose of raising revenue,
reported unfayorabie to the petition, and
upon motion of Leonard their report was
accepted.
On motion of d. d. Colley the action of
the committee on flooring and ceiling the
court room, in employing Wolf to do the
work, was approved, and the Clerk |