The daily gazette., 1879-01-03
EDITION
CITY COUNCIL.

Regular Meeting Last Eoening-Mdk-
ing appropriations for the Current
Year.
City Council met last evening in reg
| ular session, Pres dent Lchtenstein in
the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Guthrie, the rules
were suspended, inf order that the ordi-
nance, making appropriations for the cur
rent year could be taken up for a third
reading.
The items were then read separately,
and passed, with the exception of the one
appropriatng 500, 900 10 the Board Of Ed
uca ion, when it was reached President
Lichtenstein called Mr.. Lynch TO the
| chair, and up N taxing the floor, he NOV
ed to amend the appropriation by max
ing it $84, 400, and in support of his
amendment he said: If we comply with
the request of the Board we would be
getting away from the law; the City
Council are compelled iD making up
their estimates for the year, to also make
an estimate Of their probable revenues
desire TO show you that the Board Of
Education have to do the same, Che then
read the law on the subject). He thought
| that the Board were in duty bound to de-
duct their probable revenues. If we al
low the whole amount asked for, we 60
| contrary to. Jaw; the Board receives $1,000
from the State, and if as they say $66, 900
is sufficient to NEE. their expenses what
is TO become of the $1,000 what they get
from the State? tell you gentlemen if
the City Council acceed to their demands
why they might come here and ask for
500, 900 or $l50,OOO, and are we TO tax
the people because they demand the
money.
Mr.. Guthrie agreed with the speaker.
He thought The probable revenues should
bo deducted from a total amount.
Mr.. Price, was of the opinion that
there existed law compelling Council
to furnish The amount asked for by the
Board.
Mr.. Norton said that he would vote for
the amendment instead of 81 900 beng
deducted there should be $500. The
cry is for economy, which the Board of
Education does not heed. The teachers
salaries should be reduced they get far
too much. There are girls equally as
good as the teachers working in factories
who do not begin to get the salaries that
the teachers do.
The amendment was then..adopted and
the ordinance as amended passed unani-
| mously. The total amount appropria-
ted is $3.50, ,86 which will be found
published in another column. The
amount appropriated last year was $780,,
| 144.50.
The Printing Committee reported that
| they had awarded the contract for print
ing 200 copies of the ordinances to GlatLs
& Kckel, for the sum of $y9.50.
Mr.. Paynter submitted the report of
the Chief Engineer of the Water Depart
ment, which was accepted, and on his
motion the usual number Of copies were
ordered to be printed. A concise ab-
stract OF the report will be found in
| another column.
Mr.. McGlinchey submitted the report
of the Chief Engineer of the Surveying
Department, which was accepted, and
Two hundred copies ordered to be print
ed.
Mr.. Lynch arose and said that it was
| something UNUSUAL in a dellberative bo-
dy, to transact the regular order OF busi-
| hess under a suspension OF rules, when
one OF their members was lying dead.
Mr.. Guthrie, moved that the pay rolls
be passed, and then Council adjourned
until this evening. On motion of Mr..
Lynch Council adjourned until l O'clock
to-day, for the purpose of attending the
| funeral OF Aaron Conrad.
ORDERS.
During the evening the following or
ders were passed.
Delaware Fire Insurance Company
$50, 80; New Castle Insurance Co., S57,-
10; Falmers' Insurance Co., $26.25; mis-
cellaneous pay roll, l,l3I Sc Water
Depa tment pay roll; S1S2.O3 Police
pay roll, 81 1,4Oo.34; Street Department,
sos. .06.