Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-13
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOARD OF CITY TRUSTEES.


BOARD OF CITY TRUSTEES.
The Board of City Trustees met yesterday
with all the members present.
John Cunningham, chief engineer of the
water works, reported that during last week
s,667, coo gallons of water We're pumped and
% cords of wood consumed.
+. I. Phillips, at the request Of the Board
Of Health, was appointed Health Officer.
A demand having been made by p. H.
Coggins, Justice of the Peace, for an allow
ance for Office rent, Mayor Turner reported
that attorneys differed in opinionson the con-
struction of the law, some thinking that for
the present the law was not applicable to
Sacramento. The Board finally declined to
pay any salary or office rent to Justices of the
Peace.
The ordinance in regard to the duty of the
Poundmaster was amended so as to include
the entire city in the operations of the law.
Bids for sprinkling the streets for the en-
suing season, commencing April 30th, and
ending November ], 1880, were opened and
contracts awarded as follows District No.
to John Wall, for 81, $50; District No. 2, to
Thomas Harmon, at 81, 425; District No 8.
to A. Meiss, at 1881; District No 4, to
Joseph Burns, at Sl,569; Districts Nos
and 6, to William Hillebrand, at 81, 245;
District No. T. to Arthur James, at $500
District No. s, Ito NJ. German, at 1913.
Twenty-one bids were received in all.
After allowing the following bills the Board
adjourned Fountain Bros. S24; E. Gum,
$40; L. Regain, S151 Joseph Burns, SIG 25;
n. L. Gould, So; James Tinney, 81 20 ;
Owen Ward, So S. S. McEwen. SIG; L. l..
Lewis & Co., S72 so; M. DAILY, S26 25; Will
lam Buchard, SIC; E. Il. Knox, $780, Thos.
Burns. So J. KEEPER, So; James Lynch,
81; Williamson & Co., S13 so; Waterhouse
& Lester, $14 % Capital Gas Co., 5000 10
r. S. Jones, 81 %; Phil. Herzog, $50 81
RECORD UNION, IS 70; Geo. Schroth, S23 !;
Yee Bean, Sc; Geo. A. Putnam, SIG 20;
Water Works. "a J. w. Watt, $50 80 !;
Huntington, Hopkins & Co., S14 80; p.
Potter, "a Daily Bee, S2S 90.
CITY JUSTICES OF THE PEAcE.-Senate
Bill No lis, which has passed and become
law, provides that in each city of more than
10000 and less than $4,000 inhabitants there
shall be elected two Justices of the Peace,
who shall pay all fees which they receive into
the city treasury. 1t also says that every
Justice of the Peace shall receive a salary of
$1,000 per annum, and also an allowance for
office rent, and that all such officers already
elected shall hold office for one year after the
LIST of January next succeeding their election.
According to this law Sacramento will be en-
titled to only two such officers after this
year. though there are now three. 1t is
claimed by some attorneys that each of them
will be entitled to salary this year, and by
others that no salaries can be paid to them this
year, or until there are but two officers.
Another attorney expresses an opinion that
the Justices must turn over fees to the city
treasury but that the law does not say that
the salaries mentioned are to be paid by the
city. In order to settle the matter, Justice
z. H Coggins recently made demand
upon the Board of Trustees for an allowance
for Office rent. The matter was referred to
Mayor Turner, and he yesterday reported
that attorneys disagreed in opinions as to
whether the city would have to pay the sal
aries this year. The bill for office rent was
unanimously rejected. Justice Goggins then
asked the Board to make a test case, involv-
ing all the points, so it could be decided upon
by the Superior Court. The Board, how
ever, refused to do this, and the Justices
will not draw any pay unless they can sue
the city and get decision in their favor.
MERCHANDISE REPORT. = The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden A ril
9th and 1Oth: Lindley & Co., 20 half barrels,
175 kegs syrup 20 bales tobacco; H Greb-
BILE, l barrel maple sugar; w. d. Comstock,
boxes chairs, l box veneers, 1 case, l bundle
hardware; r. Stone & Co., 2 boxes hard
ware; J. Hearth, 2 cases shoes; w. F. Pc
terson, 5 cases confectionery Weinstock &
I,,hi G I HOY III rLo
hats, 3 boxes dry goods II. Eckhardt, 3
boxes fire arms; Baker & Hamilton, box
circulars Adams, Mcneil & Co.. 100 boxes.
400 half boxes candles, crates pepper Bill
ingsly Il Co.. Is bales baskets; II. c.. Kirk &
Co., 8 bales drugs; G. H. Gilman, 2 cases
boots and shoes S. Nathan, box shirts !;
Holman, Stanton & Co. % boxes scythes ;
Huntington. Hopkins & Co, bundles steel
? bundles car springs Whittier, Fuller & Co.,
> barrels paint; H. F. Vehmeyer 10 bun
dies broom-handles Central Pacific Railroad
CO., bale hemp; Charles Taylor, 1 box
boots.
JURY LIsT.-The following list of fifty
trial jurors, returnable April 9th, to serve
during the April term, was drawn in the Su-
perior Court yesterday: w. NJ. Petrie,
Patrick Mclaughlin, G. A. Basler, Joseph
Perazzo. P. w. Burnett, B. +. Alexander,
James Sayre, Ed. Franks, C. W. Rapp. J.
81. Ferris. Byron McCreary, Rudolph Orliff,
G. w. Hancock, Peter Bush, l.. Z0ller Cor.
nelius Bagnan, II. d. Rode, Fred NIier, S.
B. Cooley, Fred. Trask, S. NJ. Prothero, n.
j. Brundage, Joseph Ough, Robert Finch,
Chas. A. Blodgett Sidney Smith, Addison
Sage, Morris Toomey, Fred. Cox, Michael
Dawes. Thos. Lohring, J. d. Smith, j. L.
Skinner, 4. B.. Powell, James Cornell, Jas.
Farris, John Chatterton. B. +. Bates, VIM.
+. Borchers, c. NJ. Prodger, Frederick Geh-
Remington, Patrick Dorian, G. w. Fountain,
James Anderson, l.. II. Glide JAS Goban,
John Donovan.
Police CoURr.-In the Police Court yes
terday Ed. O'Neil was fined So so for dis
turbipg the peace and Mrs. Johnnie Berdell
and Edward Gaines, accused of the same
offense, were discharged; the cases of d.
Howell, for being drunk, John Holder, for
disturbing the peace, and All Sing and All
Chow, defaulting witnesses, were continued
until this morning; John Scott, accused of
being drunk, was discharged; j. L. Stolls'
case of violating the fire ordinance was con-
tinued to the 18th, G. A. Boekhoff, for fell
ony, continued to the Goth, and All Blu, for
battery, continued to this morning.
MUST BE ExAMINED.-The Clerk of the Su-
perior Court yesterday was ordered by Judges
benson and Clark to prepare a list of Sacra-
mento attorneys who have been admitted to
practice in the Supreme Court No Others
Will be permitted to practice in the Superior
Courts until after examination in open Court.
FREIGHT MovEMENTs.-There were for
warded to the East yesterday 1 car load of
lumber, 3 of coffee, 1 of salmon and l of mer-
chandise. There were received here l6 car
loads of wood, of beer, 8 of merchandise. l
of orange trees, l of oranges, of cattle, l of
coal, of corn and 2 of sundries.
acknowledgements Perkins has offered
$500 reward for the arrest and conviction of
the murderer or murderers of G. P. Sever
ance. who is believed to have been murdered
in Saucelito township, Marin county, about
April ID.
COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDs.-Governor Per
kins has appointed John e. Beall Commits
sioner of Deeds for California, to reside at
Washington, d. G.