The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-06

| On motion OF Alderman Petit received
and ordered printed with the proceedings
Report of Edward Dezona, city treas.
urer, for the month OF December, was sub
mtted and read On motion of Alderman
Halliday, referred to city comptroller for
verfcation
Report of D. J. Foley, city comptroller,
on report Of Edward Dezonia, city treasurer,
| for month Of November referred to him for
verifcation, reported same correct
On motion Of Alderman Swoboda, re-
ceived and fled.
Report Of John II. Robinson, city mars
shall, for whole Of police force, showing
number Of arrests made and fines assessed
during month Of December, was submitted
and read.
On motion OF Alderman Howley received
and filed.
Report Of Geo. E. Olmsted, police mag
istrate for month of December was submit
ted and read.
On motion of Alderman Petit, referred to
city attorney for verifcation.
Report Of O. A. Osborn, j. p, for month
Of December, was submitted, and on mo-
ton Alderman Smith, referred to city attor
ney for yerifcation.
Report of A. Comings j. ?. Tor month Of
December, was submitted and read
On motion OF Alderman Petit, received
and fled
Report of John Cain, city jailor, for
month Of December showing number of
days prisoners committed and served was
read, and on motion of Alderman Howley,
was received and filed.
Chas, Thrupp, city engineer submitted
report on estimated cost Of construction OF
sewer, as per resolution Of council, on Com
mercial avenue, from First to Seventeenth
streets, also submitted for consideration
and suggested as nee essity sewer Of
larger capacity than treated in the rcsolu-
ton, giving estimated cost Of construction
of brick sewer, egg-shape.
Or motion of Alderman Howley, received
and filed.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Committee on streets, by whom was re-
ceiYed bids for lighting city, reported hay
ing received bid from Cairo City Gas Co.
and referred same to counci. without rec.
ommendation.
On motion of Alderman Blake, report
laid on table until next meeting.
Ordinance committee as per instructions
of council, reported the following ordi-
nance. Ordinance read first time;
ORDINANCE NO. -.
An ordinance 10 amend an ordinance entitled IAN
| ordinance providing for the sale OF certain por.
tions OF 100 feet strip Of ground known as rail.
| road strip and for laying out, establishing and
improving Railroad Alley, approved May li,lSSC
Be II ordained by the City Council Of the city Of
SECTION /. That the ordinance named in the
| title hereof approved May IA, 1880, be and the
| the same il hereby so amended as to make all that
! portion Of Railroad Alley lying between Fourth
and Second streets, sixty feet in width, with lots
abuttng on either side thereof twenty ieet IN
depth, instead of as in said ordinance provided
| the remaining portion OF Railroad Alley in said
ordinance provided for and the lots abutting there
on TO be and remain as in said ordinance provided
| SECTION .. That said ordinance be and the same
| il hereby further amended so az to provide that
the city of Cairo shall only expend upon the I'm
| provement OF said portion of Railroad Alley, lying
! between Fourth and Second street, such enms OF
money as may be realized by the city from the sale
Of lots ahuttng thereon
On motion of Alderman Smith, report
received and ordinance laid over under the
rules.
Finance committee reported having re-
ceived from Edward Dezonia, city treas
urer, twenty -four hundred and sixty-threc
o4-loo dollars in general city orders, can
celled and in cancelled orders on Railroad
Strip fund three hundred and sixty two
1900 dollars, all of which they have thi.
day destroyed by burning.
PETITIONS.
Clerk read petition of NJ. E. Power T
w. Leahigh, N. Tessier and Others, asking
for the construction Of a sidewalk on cas-,
Size of Poplar, between Tenth and Twelfth
streets.
, On motion of Alderman Blake, referred
. TO committee on streets,
CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS.
Salary bill of city officers for the month
of December was presented and read as fol.
lows, viz;
N. B. Thistlewood, mayor, ,..''''S4l W
D. Foley, city clerk. .."....'''' 20 0C
Edward Dezonia, treasurer ..'''' oV W