The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-04-11
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The Council is Dead, Long Live the
Council.
Deith of The Old Body Last Night,
and the Birth of the New.
Last Nights Proceedings-The Can
vass of the Vote-New Mem
bers Sworn In.

The Regular monthly meeting of the Coun.
ell WAS held last night, Mayor Ummethun IN
the chair and Councilmen, Krezdorn. O'Brien,
Smith, Sargent, Prs bylowicz and Fem pres.
ent. The minutes of the previous regular
meeting and two speca' meetings were read
and approved, and various bills and petitions
were presented and referred. The reports OF
the Weighlnaster, Tailor. Marshal, ami City
Treasurer were also read and referred
THE ANNUAL REPORT
OF the City Clerk was read. II shows that for
theyesr ending March 8l,is7s, the total Iiabil-
titles OF the city, including Railroad bonds,
etc, were Sis-, s.3. a decrease for the year Of
Sl5,02I.59.
THE DECREASE OF THE TAX LEVY
for tine year ls.7, AS compared with the year
$50, Was IA mills, and The decrease ia the
expense of running the city for Tie year end
ing March Sit, 1873, compared with that
CT the year previous. ws8> S!ID-i.SI, leaving
a bs,Ianec III Inc ciIy treasury oI sI-33i-lO.
vARIuss BUSINESS.
The reports of Ns,riuus committees were re-
ceiyed and acted upon.
MI. Sargent, chairman of the special com
mIIIee 10 which Vas rcicITcd the matter Of
the grade OF IuiId street, from Cnociaw street
Ia the bridge, reported ', rbaIly Ia favor OF
referring the whGle mattcTtO the city en-
g'i.cer, who could better attend TO II Than
GA motion, the appointment Of II. NJ.
Barnes, the present engineer, was continued
sixty days longer.
THE ELEvATDR MATTER.
Mr.. Smith, chairsnan OF the committee to
whIcA was referred the pC L!lion OF haNeils &
Co., asking permission 10 eject AN elevator ON
Nam street, between Seneca aud Miami
streets, asked fsrther time 10 onrider and
Iosk into the matter, which was granted
CONTRACT FOR ROCK.
The eoptraef f,r furnishing rock far build-
iDysnd nIaca,iamlzinsi purposes 10 the city,
Tor the ensuing year. was granted 10 A. Nj.
6eigcr, he being the lowest bidder
MATCHMAKING DELAWARE STREET.
The consideration Of Mr.. Smiths resolution
10 nlacaiamize Delaware street, from Main
street 10 sixth street, which was laid upon
the table AT the previous regular meeting,
was further postponed
THE CHERoKtE STREET BRIDGE
Questions being asked in regard as to when
the bridge On Cherokee street across Three
Mite creek, west of Broadway, was to be
paired, the Mayor said II would be done as
soon a. possible
SECOND STREET SLOUGH.
Mr.. Erezdorn called attention to the horri-
BILE ana almost impossible condition OF Sec
ond sir et, and said that important "A
thoroughlare as this should not be neglected.
The Mayor said thai he had heretofore had
the street Commissioner turn his attention
- the roads and streets leading into the
country, rs TO permit farmers Ia come into
tle means of the city would permit, Second
Street should be attended TO.
81 OFFICIALS DUTIES.
Mr. Fem called attention 10 the fact that
neither the City Attorney, Fire Marshal,
Street Commissioner nor city Engineer ever
attended "A meeting of the Council, and he
thought each should do SO, as at every meet
ing some matter came up upon which these
officials could enlghten the members OF the
Council. and he thought they should be pres
ent. "a there wa. an ordinance requiring them
TO do
THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
The appropriation ordinance ,or the month
OF March was then read, placed up IN It's Sec
ond reading, and passed.
TIA OFFICIAL COUNT
Having finished the other business of the
evening, the Council proceeded 10 canvass
the votes of the election held last Tuesday.
The following is the official count: