The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03
CITY COUNCIL.
Confined From First Pagel

| $3.50 otNh hOiAtIo w llCtuotb SUUlllu,
case OF an increase Of price Of license pay
the excess TO the city.
The payment Of the money and the issu-
ance OF license constitutes contract be-
tween the city and the person licensed,
which is governed by the law or ordinance
in force at date Of issuance of the license,
and which no subsequent ordinance can
impair. The city can not, by increasing
the price Of a license, demand the increase
nor can the party licensed, in the event Of
q decrease in the price, demand that
the city refund the difference; and
the fact, that the city has failed up to
the present time If such has been
the case) to prosecute such persons If any
there are, as failed to comply with the law
and take out license ut the proper time,
cannot change the legal aspect of the case,
nor the law applicable 'hcreto--a wrong
committed by one party against the city
does not create right against the city in
an other party; nor can one iIlcgaI act fur
nlsh an argument for another illegal act.
But with the equities Of the petition !
have nothing to do-that is more peculiarly
for the council and your committee, at
whose instance it was rcicrrcd-it is upon
the legal question alone that my opinion is
asked; and on that question ! am com
| PEELED, upon the state Of the law az find
It, t. report adversely TO the legal claims OF
| petitioners and the right Of the council 10
grant their request. ! therefore herewith
return to your honorable body said petition
with my endorsement thereon in conformity
with this opinion.
Respectfully &c,
WM. b, GILBERT
Corporation Counsel.
REPORT or COMMITTEES
Ordinance committee reported tic fol-
loving ordinances as per order of city
council, which were read first time as fol.
lows;
ORDINANCE No.
An ordInsnce providing that the civ Treasurer
shali have HE Office at city Clicks office and Tx
Ing hi Office hours
BE 1t ordained by the city Council Of the city Of
SECTION | That hereafter the CITY Treasurer
-ha'. have hls Office al the cts Clerks Office and
he snail attend at such Office eaCh day, excepting
sunday and legal holidays, between the hours Of
ana clock in the afternoon
ORDINANCE
An ordinance 10 amend section 80 Of chapter
the city.
Be it ordained by the city council Of the CITY Of
Cairo.
SECTION !. That section ~ Of chapter Of Rryi-.
ca Ordinances (Which fixes The fire limits within
thgclty be amended so a. 10 hereafter read a.
follows, to-wt.
sfcroN b. Autbat part or,hc city embraced
fol it lt,tl al
ihrcc, Tour, five six eleven, twelve thirteen, four
teen, ni'e'n. sixteen. seventeen eighteen, nine.
teen, twenty twenty.onc twenty-five, twenty
three, twenty four twenty NE twcntysix !
thirtyoue. thirty Ave, thirty SIX, thirty seven
thlriycEht, iorlyEine nifty, siNlyhyc, slNty.siy,
5lHtyseycn siXty eight, siYtyninr, seventy, sew
cnly.one, IN the city Of Cairo and a Of the hotel
addition 10 the city Of Cairo. shall hereafter com
pose and be known al the FIRE limits Of said city
Alderman Pahcr moved 10 receive report
Of committee, Motion carried
Alderman Patier moved that the ordi.
nance (an ordinance providing that the
city treasurer shall have his office hours
at city clerks Office etc. as reported, be
amended by inserting the word mayor, so
as to read mayor and treasurer in section I
of said ordinance.
Chair ruled motion out Of order.
Alderman Pstier appealed from the de.
ciSion Of the chair
Mayor stated the question as follows;
Shall the decision of the chair stand as
the decision of this body. Decision of the
chair oycrruIcd by the following vote:
Ayes Blake and Hinkle-2.
Mays lIowlcy, Paticr, Saup and Swobo.
da 4.
Alderman paticrs motion put and car.
RED
Alderman Paticr moved that the ord-
nance he read as amended, Motion lost by
the following vote.
Aycs-Patier and Swoboda-9
Nays-Blake, lIowlcy, IIinkle and Saup
Il
Ordinance committee also reported on
motion of Alderman Paticr, directing the
ordinance committc to prepare ordinance to
extend Railroad street sixty feet wide be-
low Second street through to st, Charles
street, that as it isa matter of Importance,
suggested that the corporation counsel BE-
directed to attend TO it,
Alderman Paticr moved that the report
be received. Motion carried.
Alderman patcr moved that the report
be amended by striking out the words cor
poration counsel and substituting therefor
the words city attorney.
Motion carried by the following vote;
AyesBlakc, lIinklc, Paticr, SOup and
Swoboda--5.
ays-llowlcy-l.
Patier moved that the report as amended
be adopted Motion carried.
Alderman Blake, chairman of special
on assessing the valuation of
lots on Railroad strip, reported verbally of
progress made, &c.