, 1879-04-08
THE COUNCIL.
Sam Engle States His Reasons for Con-
testing Billiards. Seat,
Tho Canvass OF the Votes Win
Begin Thursday.

Begin Thursdny.
The Council bold regular weekly meeting
last evening, AID. Tuey 10 tic CHAIR, and absent
only Thompson.
The Compsr oltcr sent In an ordinance foVJinE !
tho ta1es for the current fiscal rear. IN accord
lance with tho appropriations mado March IS. |
The total amount TO be raised Ia $3,778, a60.7a
1t MAS passed under Suspension of tile rules,
no ono voting Id tho negative.
Aid. Gilbert, by coqssns, reported back from
the judiciary Committee the ordnance levy!ng
water rates. md 1t was passed.
xruLE ooNrEsTs. 4
Aid. Turner, by consent, presented COM
muntcation from Ham EnRlc, OF tho Second |
Ward, protesting against tho counting Of tho
votes cast for "ono Addison Ballard " for Alder
man, and against lfs bolng declared elected for
tic following reasons: I. All tho ballots cast
for Ballard wcrc illegal and void because not
printed upon plain paper, as required by law;
2, that hc was Ineligible becanso no was Ia ar
rcars for tho city taxes Of 1874; g. the ballots
ior Ballard tu the Third Precinct werc
counted By q clerk, and not by
the Judges; 4, in the Third Precinct Repub-
lem challenger xas permitted to bo in the room
with the Judges md tu remain near the ballot.
box with bis hands full OF Republican ticks Is on
which was tiallard's name; 5, large number OF
Engfe's ballots wcro nut into the torn bog In
the Scco1Id and Third Precincts and not counted;
q, n large number OF ballots Were cnat for Bal
lart hy pcrs0ns wllo were not legal TDters III the
ward; 7, !n tho Filth Precinct tho Judges would
not admit Democratic challenger, though \
Republican and Socialist wero there; 8, tile count
amA return Of the votes for Alderman were IN.
correct aud untrue. aud true count thereof
would SHOW majority in tnvcr Of Englc; ., Il
all Illegal votes ware thrown out EnGle would
hare a large majority; 10. tho judges md
as M required BY iaw ii. thc returns from scrurnl
ri the precincts ucro not nlade out and certified,
as rcallse1 BY law, and should not, therefore, be
Aid. ballard said he WAS satisfied there wcrc
frauds, but they we're committed by tho other
side.
The document went to the Committee on
Elections.
WEIGHING HAT.
The Committee on Markets reported recon-
lnendll,E tile placlng on ME of The ordinance re.
ducng the rates for rct2bug hay from flvo to
| three cents a load.
A petition Was considered In connection with
tie repurt, the sfgncrs, who arc Weigherst ask
| Ink t'lat proylson bo made that u City Weigh.
| er's ccrtiacatu or ticket should be evidence Of
the weight OF load Of any kind without regard
to 1hc stand or olaeo wherc such 10 I'D was sold.
It appeared from the talk that, II man gos d
| load Of hay weighed, aay on Milwaukee avenue,
and went to the public market, he bad to have
tl,eload rewcighe't and pay avce more. Ihc
double charge was defoudcd because the caty
lntd scnt for the ground on which the market
was located and had TO gct the money back
some why BESIDES there was no necessity, neg ~ :oi
sought could not be ACCOMPLISHED BY the
amendment, proposed; ita effect was to put
cents load into the pockets Of the weEhcrs.
| SO the report Of tic Committee MS concurred