Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-24
Council Proceedings.

D council met in regular session
yesterday evening. with Mayo
3 MacDougall in the Chair.
= Present Messrs. Green, Lips
, Cohn, Jones, Mutually, Potts ant
. Kercheval.
T Minutes of the last meeting reat
r and approved.
, The City Judge reported the col.
lection of S3l so fines since last re-
port. Referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
Report of the Tax Collector,
showing the collection of $780,
licenses, and payments on the
Sewer Fund, since last report. Re.
ferred to Finance Committee.
The Health Officer reported the
abatement of thirty four nuisances
during the past week.
The Committee on Water Supply
reported unfavorably on the tunnel
and new water works in general,
and asked a delay OF one week In
accepting the same. Adopted.
The Board of Public Works rec.
ommend the establishment Of the
grade of Elmira aid Adams street
as per notice of intention. So or
dered.
| Recommend that the grading of
Orange street be postponed, but
that individuals may grade in
front of their premises aud receive
credit for the same when final
grading Is done. Mr.. King adj
dressed the Council, by permission,
on the subject. Adopted.
The Board of Health recommend
that Figueroa, Pearl and Main
streets, below Ninth, be not in
cluded in the daily spripkling con.
tracts, but that two more sprinkling
wagons be employed to sprinkle
such streets as the Board may
designate. So ordered.
The Finance Committee reported
that, through the carelessness of
the Tax Collector, there is collected
for licenses $3.50 per mouth less
than there should be, and that
there are at least fifty places in the
CITY doing business without license,
including several known to the Tax
Collector.
Recommend that parties doing
business be compelled to keep their
licenses exposed in conspicuous
place where the examining officers
can see them.
Also, that no license shall be is
sued to retail liquor dealers with
out a bond for keeping an orderly
house being deposited with the City
Clerk.
Also. that the several policemen
DO ordered to call at each business
house on their several beats, and
ascertain whether they have
licenses, and, if not, to report the
same at the end of each month.
Also, that the amount of all H.
censes when signed shall be report
ell to the Finance Committee, with
all uncollected ones at the end of
each month, when the prosecution
of parties from whom the latter are
returned will be determined upon
by that Committee; but in no case
shall any officer have the power to
excuse any one from payment OF
the proper license. So ordered.
Recommend that the bid for
keeping the city's funds be rejected
as being too low. Adopted.
Recommend that the contract for
the city's printing in Spanish be
awarded to La Cronicd. So ordered.
Recommend that the contract for
the city's printing in English be
awarded to the Express. So Or
dered.
Recommend that the city's Job
printing be awarded to the Star.
So ordered.
Recommend that the awarding of
contracts for brick and timber work
on the tunnel be delayed until the
acceptance of the tunnel by the
Committee on Water Supply.
Adopted.
The Sewer Committee recon-.
mend the adoption of definite
plan for the drainage of that part
of the city not now provided for,
and that the City Surveyor draw
plan for dividing the city into sew
erage districts. So ordered.
Recommend that $40 be appro.
priated to experiment on DR.. Cor
belts plan for ventilatiny sewers.
SO ordered.
Report that r. del Vale and
others will not consent to give the
right of way to the Alameda street
sewer. Communication from r.
del Vale was received and filed
Action on Alameda street sewer
postponed one week.
The ZAnja Committee recom-
mend that Mr.. Lemon be allowed
to purchase water by paying for it
at the usual rate and taking it from
gate to be put in under the direc-
ton of the Zanjero. So ordered.
Recommend that Mr.. Glassell be
allowed to put the gates petioned
for in the zanjas named, but that
he only receive water when there
is surplus, being outside the city
limits. So ordered.
The City Surveyor submitted
| the assessment list for the grading
of Olive street between Second AMI
Third. Action postponed indefi.
nitely.
Petition of |. w. Hellman for
corrected deed to the property cor
ner of Main aud Commercial
streets. Referred to Committee OH
Lands.
Petition of ]. l.. Cruz for the is
suance OF warrant for $l20 in
place of o lost one. Referred to the
City Attorney.
Complimentary tickets to the
picnic Of the Spanish American
Benevolent Society were received.
A complimentary invitation was
received from Confidence Engine
Company to join in their parade
and supper on the 9th inst. Ac
cepted.