The daily gazette., 1879-02-21
SECOND EDITION
City Council.


Resolution.
City Council meet in regular session
last evening, and In the absence of Presi-
| dent Llchtenstein Mr.. Norton was called
TO the chair. The reading of the min
utes occupied thirty-five minutes.
The Finance Committee reported that
they had examined the financial state
ment of the B ,ard of Education, and as
far as they had means Of knowing 1t was
correct.
The Water Committee made a Avora-
BILE report on the petition of Mrs. A. IL.
Allderdice, asking for rebate in the
wafer tax on the building No. 201 w.
Front street.
The Legislative Committee reported
that there was no business in their
hands.
No report was received from the City
Treasurer or the Chief Engineer of the
Water Department.
The Street Commissioner reported IL
men and double teams IN his employ,
for the week ending February 18th.
The following petitions and commune
cations weae read and referred to the re-
spective committees.
From William Bareford and others,
ASKING Council to set apart 100 feet of
space on King street, between Front and
Second, for the use of resident fishermen,
and to prevent hucksters of fish occupy
ing the space so set apart and impose
upon the citizens by not selling them
Delaware fish.
James T. Bird and others asked that a
lamp be placed on Seventh street, be-
tween West and Washington streets
The Weccacoe Fire Company asked
| that their whole appropriation be paid to
them in order to meet some unavoidable
expenses
The resolution of Mr.. Guthrie in re-
gard to funding the floating debt of the
| city at 4 per cent, which was introduced
in Council on Wednesday evening, and
published in full in yesterdays GAZETTE,
was next taken up fer consideration.
Mr.. Guthrie said that the res tuition
had been laid over in order to give the
members of Council time to think over
its merits The question before us is a
I serious one; the floating debt exists, and
it will be impossible to pay it off for
three pears. He was opposed to any
more tioatin ng debt unless it was benefit
to the city, and he thought it would be a
benefit and saving to fund the present
floating debt at 4 per cent, as it now
costs the city about 81 per cent.
| Mr.. Lynch moved that the bill be re-
ferred to the Legislative Committee, in
order that they might prepare bill in
accordance with the spirit of the reso-
luton.
Mr.. TAYLOR thought thatif the Council
acted on the resolution that was all that
was necessary, as 1t would then go to the
Legislative Committee and then they
could prepare an act and it would not
be necessary for the matter to come be-
fore Council again.
| MIR. Hart said that the resolution was
brought before Council in order to get
the the views of the members upon it
He was opposed to funding the floating
debt unless there was some safeguard
thrown around it, so that there could moi
be another created, and also that ht
would like to see a proviso in the bill
that should require three-fourths vote
of Council to pass an extraordinary ap
preparation.
MIR. McGlinchey said he thought thai
| IL would be better to have the views o1
Council on the matter. He was opposed
to funding any of the floating debt unless
there was safeguard.
Mr.. Taylor said he was favorable to the
resolution. Some people think by fund
ing the debt that it would be adding Ia
the debt of the city; this was an errone.
Gus idea, az the city would save at least
81, 600 per year in interest, but he was op.
posed 10 funding the debt, ifanother was
to be created He thought that there
should be a provision in the bill prevent
ing Council from creating another debt
aud also make it mlsdemeanor, with
heavy penalty attached for any city OH
Ger to draw Or countersign a cheek when
the appropriation is run out
Mr. Chandler said he thought that the
committee should have named some
amount in the bill to be funded. He
would be opposed to funding If the
amount was to be 100000, but he had nc
objections III funding S150,0OO.
Mr.. Guthrie said to make the matter
/ safe, if Council was to be prohibited from
1 borrowing any more money, the entire
debt up to July 1st should be funded and
that would give the Council clean sheet
to work on until the following July
when the taxes would again be paid in
By the LIST of July the debt wi Ill be about
S204 800.
Mi Lynch thought it would be safe to
ask the Legislature for power to issue
/ bonds to the amount of S20O.000.
| Mr. Taylor thought that the amount to
| be funded should tie what it was on Janu
ary 1st. The trouble is that Council
spends more money than she collects; the
| money was not st )lep, but was spent Ju
diciously the citizens got the benefit ol
it.
The motion of Mr.. Lynch to refer to
| Legs slative COMMITTEE was then adopted
and Council adjourned.
| ORDERS.
| Daring the evening the 70 blowing or
ders were directed to be drawn;
| Mrs. A. 7. Allderdice, 81; pay roll OF
| Water Department, S15S; pay roll OF
Street Department, S524l; Robert Cars.
well, S52.SS Chas Warner Il Co., S55.O7
Robert II. Cook, s175; DIR. Blocksom
| Sl3 DR.. Ogle, S14 ElizaJ. Frazer, S5
Various bondholders, interest due March
LIST, S4 ,485,
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