The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-03-17
CITY COUNCIL.
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COUNCIL CHAMBER, CAIRO, Ills,
March Is, 1878.
Present--May0r Winter, and Alder
men Foley, Halliday, Lancaster, o. Calla-
han, Patier, RIttenhouse, Thistlewo
Wood and Wright-9.
The mayor reported the appointment
on Mardi Gras day, OF
four special policemen, as q precautions
airy measure to peace and good order. =
Onmotion of Alderman Halliday, the
"Ordinance providing for the vacation of
a portion of Levee street," laid on the
table at regular meeting, February u,
1873, was taken from the table.
At request of Alderman Thistlewood,
the ordinance was read.
Alderman Halliday moved that the Or
dinance be amended by adopting the fol.
lowing substitute, viz:
ORDINANCE NO. -.
An Ordinance Providing for the Vaca-
tion of a portion OF Levee Street.
BE IL ordained By the city Council Of the
city Of Cairo:
SECTION l. That all that part Of Levee street
lying between the southerly side III extendcd)
of Eighteenth street. and the southerly side III
extendedD Of Thirty fourth street. In the city OF
Cairo, Ills Except as provided in section two
of this ordinance) be and the same is hereby va
Gated ard declared to be no longer public street
or highway, and the lots and tracts OF land i'm
meli Ate " adjoining said nQrti0u N lev
on either side thereof shall not extend TO the CEN
trail line OF said vacated street or beyond their
present respective boundaries, but the land on
which the portion Of said street hereby vacated 10
third section Of this ordinance.
SEQ. 2. That wherever and 80 long as
any cross street. terminating at the west
erly side Of that portion Of Levee
OF Get hereby vacated, has opposite there
to on the easterly side Of said Levee
street, any land owned by any person or persons
other than Illinois Central Railroad company.
such portions of said Lsvee street as would be
covered by any such cross street, If ext-ndeo 10
the eastery side OF said Levee street, shall remain
an open highway.
SEC. 3. That portion of Levee street vacated
by this ordinance, shall es far as the city Of
Cairo may so declare. be used by Illinois Central
Railroaa company exclusively f1r i,s railroad
may be required for any mill, factory, shop,
warehouse, elevator, incline, car transfer, coal
dump or yard. manufacturing establishment or
business house. built or established. or which
may hereafter be built or est blished upon or on,
or adjoining said portion Of Levee street so va
Gated.
SEC. 4, That said vacation of said portion of
Levee street is hereby made, and said use thereof
Is hereby surrendered. in consideration OF the
conveyance by said Illinois central Railroad
Company, by good and sufficient deed in fee, TO
the said city Of Cairo OF the one hundred feet
strip Of land designated and described on the
recorded maps or plates Of said city OF Cairo and
Its additions as "llinois Central railroad" not
heretofore conveyed by said Illinois Central
Railroad company to the stees Of the Cairo
city property, excepting that portion of said
one hundred feet strip lying between the
norherly line of Fourteenth stree, and the
southerly line of Eighteenth street, in said
city of Cairo and also in consideration of said
Illinois Central Railroad company saving and
keeping haI mless the said city Of Cairo, of and
from any and all damages suffered by any owner
OF any lot or tract Of land abuttlng on the portion
Of eaid Levee street hereby vacated in conse-
ment by Illinois Central railroad company Of all
damages 20 the owner OF any lot or tract of land
sbutting the vacated portion of said Levee street,
suffered In consequence Of the vacation thereof
SEC. 5. That.all of that portion OF the one
hundred feet strip lying north OF the nor,herly
line Of Eighteenth street, except forty feet in
width on the westerly side Of said strip, 10 here
by set apart and declared to be public street and
highway OF san CITY OF Cafo'
On motion of Alderman Foley, further
consideration OF the ordinances was post
poned until Monday evening. 18th inst.
Alderman Halliday introduced the tol-
lowing resolutions
Rssolped, That the city clerk be and Is
hereby instructed to give proper notice
of the city election to bs held on Tues
day, the 18th day of April next, for the
election of one alderman from each of
the five wards oft city TOR the regular
term.
Resolved, That the places for said cleo.
ton be as follows, viz.
In the First ward, at southern door Of
Arab fire company's engin house.
In the Second ward at the engine
house of the Rough and Ready fire COM
pany.
la the Third ward, at the engine house
of the Hibernian fire company.
In the Fourth ward, at the court house.
In the Fifth ward, at the store.house
building of James Carroll on the north
west corner of Twenty>righth street and
| Commercial avenue.
Ol ulOtlUu vi Atuti tphh IiaiHuos' it-
solutions adopteS.
His Honor the mayor nominated the
following persons to act as judges and
clerks of the city election to be held on
Tuesday, the 18th day OF April next, viz;
First ward-Judges VIM. ii. Schut-
ter, w. G. Carey and &. W. Mckaig.
Clerks-Edward Degonia and Harry
Schulz.
Second ward-Judges-C, N. Hughes,
Jacob Morlock aud Peter Ncf. Clerks
s. Rittenhouse and Horace Harmon.
Third neutrality-suspicious. McEwen,
+. Vincent and Il. &. Dewey. Clerks
Leander Axley and john g. Harman.
Fourth ward -Judgcs-Richard Fits
gerald, w. II. Howe and Charles Nellis,
Clerks-John A. Reeve and NJ. b. Har-
rell.
Fifth ward-Judges-W. II. Morris,
| Thomas Wilson and James Carroll.
Clerks--J. G. Talbot and Frank Fiell.
On motion OF Alderman Wood the
nominations were confirmed by the toll.
lowing vote:
! Ayes--Fuley, halliday, Lancaster,
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