The daily gazette., 1880-07-06
Municipal Legislation.

ADJOURNED SESSION ON SATURDAY
NIGHT--A PATRIOTIC MEETING
ON MONDAY MORNING.
Council met in adjourned session
Saturday evening, President Sharp
ley In The chair. s
The Clerk of the Market reported
collections amounting to $l75,83 for
the quarter ending June both. =.
| Communications and petitions
were read and referred, as follows |:
From Sam'l McClary, Jr., assig-
nee of VIM. III. Pierce, asking for
the refunding Of the amount (S277 .26
with interest from March "A, 1851
paid by Pierce as assignee Of J. T..
Killgore, late City Treasurer.
From Robt. Mills and others, ask
ing that cutters at Sixth and Poplar
streets be cleansed. Referred to
the Street Committee, with power
to act.
From John McHugh and others,
for the paving of cutters on the
west side of Apple street, between
Heald and Claymont. i4al
From John McSorley and others,
for the curbing and paving of side
walks and cutters on the south side
of Twenth-second street, from Mar
ket to Lammot. ne-. l
From Jacob Winks, for the extern
sion of water pipes on Thirteenth
street, from Claymont to Heald.
The Public Building Committee
reported favorably on the w. &. N.
r. r. Co.'s petition for permission to
extend and improve their frame
freight house, at the foot of Madison
street. Adopted.
Mr.. McMenamin presented an Or
dinance to repeal the street cleaning
contract ordinance, and Mr.. Merris
Taylor presented an ordinance pro-
viding that no one person contract
ing for removing garbage shall re-
ceive a contract for more than one
district. Read twice. .
The report Of the Opening Street
Committee in favor of the petition
for grading Sixth street, between
jackson and Harrison, adopted on
Thursday night, was reconsidered
and recommitted. nss a
George G. Ward was elected Coal
Oil Inspector. i"e '..'
The members were notified to as
semble at 8 o'clock Monday morning
instead of evening, to elect the off
GERS required by ordinance to be
chosen on the first Monday in July,
Adjourned. @rMt
| During the evening, orders were
directed to be drawn, as follows:
A. R. Bacon, $40; Hugh Patton
$112; James McKindrick, $190.53
Henry Mckinney, $52; Every Epen.
ing, $3.45; James Bradford, 5000
G.. W. Vernon g. Son, 1924; Glatts
& Eckel, $3.50; Lawrence Burns
$14.95; Weccacoe, 1850; P. J. Long
$22.50; Owen G.. Hession, So; A.
Bickta, 81; Allen Speakman, $96-43;
Gold and Stock Reporting Telegraph
Co., $40; P. Neary, 6; George Nv.
Stone. $l.25; Odoriess Excavating
Co. No. l, SO; Bush &c Son, $355b7
Wilmington Coal Gas Co., $l26; T.
Ferry, 1928; Allen Speakman, 81 SO
Adams & Bro, $685.; W. Scrafton
$40; Maria Montgomery, $12.50.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
| On Monday morning at s O'Clock
Council assembled for the purpose
of electing certain city officers, az
required Dy ordinance, and the ses
sion opened with the reading of the
Declaration of Independence by
Clerk Frazer. The "immortal doc
ument'' was read in excellent style
and was listened to with close atten-
ton and evident interest by the
members, who greeted it with libe raj
applause.
The following officers were then
| elected:
Clerk of the Market-Charles Can
non.
Regulator of City Clock Wilson
Scrafton.
Corders of Wood and Bark-Nor-
thern District, Sam'l Bullock; South
ern, Sam1 Barr. H
Weig ghmasters-G. M. D. Cam,
Chas. a. Bonney james Kettlewood,
Adam Grubb, Benz. Hirst, Jam les
Murphy, VIM. D. Pickels, B. Frank
Cooling, George W. Bowers, Sam i
Chambers. Robert Carswell, Ashton
R. Tatnall, Henry Morrow, Frank
Alrich. sa't,Yl
Council then adjourned. ...i