Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-01
Council Proceedings.

Council met in regular session
yesterday afternoon. with Mayor
MacDougall in the Chair.
Present-Messrs. Lips, Apablasa,
Potts, Cohn, Jones, Green, Mullaly
and Kercheval.
Minutes of the last meeting read
and approved.
The City Judge reported the col
lection of 1874 fines for the week,
and submitted Treasurer's receipt.
Filed.
The Chief of Police reported that
70 arrests had been made and $126
fines collected during the month of
February and that property to the
amount of $ll,27O rs had been sto-
len, 1872 so of which has been re-
covered, the balance being the
amount stolen from the Temple &
Workman safe. Filed.
The Committee on Water Supply
submitted their report, which was
filed and the recommendations
acted on seriatim:
Recommend that bonds for $4,000
be issued to VIM. Smith, on &C.
count of construction of East Side
ditch. So ordered.
Also, that bond for 81 900 be
issued to VIM. Moore on account of
work on tunnel. So ordered.
The Committee report that they
had caused the Zanjero to turn
water into the concrete ditch and
find that it works satisfactorily.
Approved.
Our State Senator having with
drawn the act authorizing an APP
preparation Of 100000 for further
water improvements. and in view
of the fact that the present appro-
priation will be exhausted when
the present bitches are completed,
we recommend that work on the
reservoirs and dams be stopped at
once, as we deem it bad policy to
go OH with the work and create o
debt which will have to be met by
a further tax levy. Adopted and
the Committee instructed to report
the condition of the work Mt the
next meeting.
Recommend that bond for
$1,000 be drawn iu favor of Steph-
enson & Haber on account of work
on ditch and dam of reservoir No. 4.
Adopted.
Also, that the clerk be instructed
to sell $4,000 in bonds and place the
proceeds in the General Irrigation
Fund to meet payments to Il. Ban
bury and VIM. Monks and other
incidental expenses. So ordered.
The Board Of Public Works pre-
sented their report, which was
filed and the recommendation
acted on seriatim:
Recommend that the money
paid by Messrs. Steere, Kidd and
Stowell for improvement of inter-
section of Secoui street be refund
ed. Approved.
Recommend that the City Sur.
veyor he instructed to measure all
blocks between the Plaza aud
Ninth streets aud erect stone mon-
ument thereon, as u guide for fu-
ture surveys; map of said survey
to be made and placed on file In
the Council Chamber for future
reference. SO ordered.
Mr.. Barrows, by permission, was
heard in support of petition from
the Trustees of the Public Library
asking that Council pass an ordl-
nance to organize the Board of
Library Trustees under the law of
1874. Referred to the City Attor-
ney to draft the desired ordinance.
Mr.. James appeared as attorney
for Judson, Gillette & Gibson, and
presented a proposition to submit
their claim for the San Pedro street |
abstract to arbitration, one of the
arbitra ors TO be selected by the
city, one by his clients and the
third by the other two.
Mr.. Godfrey, to whom the propo-
sition of Mr.. Barrows and others to
furnish an abstract of San Pedro
street property for $3.50, the amount
voted by Council, reported that the
city had the right to accept it if
the Others refused the amount al
lowed.
Mr.. Cohn moved that the Clerk
be instructed to tender $3.50 cash TO
Judson, Gillette q Gibson, and de-
mand the abstracts prepared by
them. So ordered.
The Finance Committee submit
ted report showing that the total
assessment amounts to S126,5 les
limated), of which SITS " has
been paid to the Treasurer; delin-
quent, $6,72S; commissions to Tax
Collector, $2,405 10; which has
been divided as follows:
Interest and sinking fund. 1862 $40, 800 40
Interest and Loan fund, lS62........ l,7a7 ~
Railroad Loan fund ,lS63............. S,2U3 w
Interest and sinking fund, 1870. Ii G72 90
School anu Interest fund, 1872. S,2US 70
Work shop and Depot fund........ Job 20
Main Street sewer fund............. ,639 81
Interest aud Sinking fund, gen.
eral ation.................-...... 2,i3i %
sN..... fsat load ..t.f ia