Daily Republican., 1881-01-18
SECOND EDITION.
ClTY LEaI.LAxION.
Bilis which arc 40 be Presented
a. the General ASSEMBLY.

20 she General Assembly.
An Important adjourned session Of
the City Council vas held last evening
for the consideration Of bills prepared
BY the Lseislstive Committee for pre-
sentation 10 rne General Assembly al
this session.
Msrris Taylor, chairman OF the COM
mittee, presented the bills for the ap'
proval Of Council.
The first bill provides sor change in
TIE city's fiscal year. By its provision
the year instead of running from Janu'
arg to January, will run nom July u
July. The appropriations will be made
at the frst stated meeting in June, the
estimates having been made In the pre-
vious May. Council Is authorized "a
borrow enough money to carry on the
city's affairs until July ], 1881, and
issue promissory notes for the same,
payable In four annual installmsnts.
The appropriations already made will
run to June 80, Of this year, and then
the new appropriation will 90 into effect
and run until July !, Of next year. Az,
tached to the bill 10 provision thai
the Mayor and Council shS ~ lot be EN-
powered 10 borrow mor5y for other pnr-
poses than named ~ the bill, and for
such others as ass already provided Tor
by law. Y
The bill was opposed by Mr.. Rodney,
who proposed that the fiscal year re-
main unchanged, and that the Lsgisi&-
tive Committee be asked to empower
Council 10 ask some banking institu-
tion to advance . certain per cent. OF
the appropriations, say ope.third. de
further suggested that II his amend-
msnt was accepted 1t would be advisa-
bic to change the time Of holding the
city elections from September to De-
cember, and have the new Council go
into Office on January lst, SO that the
Council raising the years spprcpria-
tion, shall be the one to uss the money
thus raised.
After lengthy discussion the matter
was postponed until the next stated
meeting Of Coun Ill.
The second bill was approved. II
provides for the exemption OF certain
property in the Second, Eighth and
Ninth wards from taxation, in case 1t
be used for manufacturing establish
menls. II also provides that the
property so exempt shall not exceed
lots OF I've acres each, and that 1t shall
be exempt from taxation for ten years'
The territory thus exempt does not in
elude the closely built up parts OF the
wards named. The bounds In the bill
correspond exactly with those contain
cd In the bill passed four years since,
providing for a half assessment OF
marsh lands. Included in the bounds
are the farm lands within the city
limits.
The third bill was also approved. II
is an act vacating Water st eet betW cen
the easterly building line of French
street and the westerly building line
Of Walnut strest, and empoWeIlng tie
P. W. & 3,Railrosd company to enclose
the same and build thereon. The OBJ
/ cot of the bill is to permit the P. W. &
B. RsilrO4d company to build Its new
depot. >.
The fourth bill empowering the city
to tax telegraph and telephone poles,
and provides that in q case OF q refusal
to pay such tax, the poles may bel
taken down bV the city's authority, WAS
The ftth bill was approved. It pro-
vides for amending section l, chapter
460, volume Is, Of the State laws so as
to permit Council, when it seems ad
visable to borrow money for the pur-
chase OF lands, water rights aud water
courses for the improvement OF the
Water Department. BY its provisions
bonds may be Issued for such sums,
bearing interest not to exceed five per
payable in one, two, three and
our years.