The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-07
Only Morning Daily In Southern Illinois
CITY COUNCIL.
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ceiycd at HE Office, up 10 the time OF the meeting
al the city council for the opening Of said bids,
which meeting snail not he earlier than twelve
DAYS nor later th M eighteen days from the date OF
said notice, which notice shall state the time or
sad meeting and describe the work to be dose, by
referring TO this ordinance, giving its number and
date of approval, aud that said ordinance Ia SUB.
iect 20 examination nj any time al hs office. Said
bids shall be opened by the clerk IN the presence OF
the council and the contract for doing the work, or
furnishing the material, or both, for constructing
and reconstructing said sidewalks shall be award
cd TO the lowest responsible bidder who shall sur
fciently guarantee to the satisfaction OF the city
nncil the furnishing Of SAID material or the per
formaHce Of said work, or both, under me super
vision OF the committee on streets, within snch
time as may be fixed by contract, " ssid city conl'
Gil shall deem it axpedientt do 20. II said oids
are not satisfactory 10 the city council they may re-
jcc any or oil Of them aud may then or ther'aitc
authorize said sidewalk TO he constructed by such
agents as they may think proper.
Alderman Lnegar moved to receive re-
port Of committee, and that the ordinance
be referred to the ordinance committee
Motion carried
Ordinance committee reported the toll
lowing ordinance, Ordinance read first
time;
An ordnance TO amend ordinance No 60
BE il ordained by the city Council of the city OF
Cairo:
SECTION That ordinances No 90, entitled IAN
ordinance providing for the reconstruction OF the
sidewalk on The westerly side of Washington ave
Rue between Twcny.frst aud Twenty-elghth
streets" aud approved March 18th 1881, b. amend
ed by adding the following section, VIZ;
SECTION 6 That lhe grade of said sidewalk on
the westerly side OF Washngton avenue between
Twenty.frs: aud PTcnty-eghth streets shall he
and hereby estaDl i7hed II fifteen inches below
the grade OF the sidewalk now cxis'ng there, or
IA -four and quarter feet below the grade here
iofore established for Washington avenue below
Eighteenth street, provided that where the surface
OF the natural ground ia above the grade hereby cs
tahli.hed said natural ground shall be the grade,
and provided also that in making connection be
tween the grade south of rTcnty-seyGnth street
and the hi ,hGr grade north of said Twenty
street sufficient excavation shall he made in the
natural ground at Twenty seventh street TO enable
said connection to he made In accordance with the
provisions OF section No 4, Of chapter No Of
the Revised Ordinances.
On motion of Alderman Smith, report
received and filed,
Special committee appointed to invcst
gate and report as to the condition of the
different city Offices submitted the follow.
ing report;
CAIRO, His, March 18th, 1881.
To the Hon. City Council:
GENTLEMEN--Your special committee
appointed at the last regular meeting, "to
investigate and report rs to the condition
Of the different city Offices" beg leave to
report we have examined the records IN the
city clerks Office and found:
LIST. That the journal of the proceedings
of the council has not been written up for
twelve months. from the first meeting in
May 1878 to the first meeting in May 1879,
as required by the charter and ordinances
of the city
2nd. That, although required by section
4, chapter Ii OF the revised ordinances,
the proceedings of the council have not
been indexed from May 1S75,up to the time
Mr.. Foley entered upon the duties of his
office.
Sd. That in a number of cases the mem
orandum at the foot Of each ordinance re-
corded, required by Section II, of Art. vi,
Of the charter has not been made
Your committee would also report that
the records in the clerks office are in very
good shape so far as Mr.. Foley's term is
concerned.
n B. THIsTLEwooD,
NJ. j. IIowLEY,
PETER SAUP,
Special Committee.
Alderman linegar moved to receive and
file report. Motion carried.
Alderman Linegar moved that the chair
man of the special committee
on investigation of the condition
Of the different city offices be instruct
ed to notify the proper persons to complete
records during their respective terms. Mo-
ton carried.
CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS.
Salary bill Of city officers for month of
March was presented and read as fol-
lows, viz
N B. Thistlewood mayor ......$41 67
d. j. Foley, city clerk. ........... rs 90
Edward Dezonia, treasurer ...... 80 90
j. II. Robinson, marshal ........ IS 90
VIM b. Gilbert, corporation counsel, 81 81
w. i. Hendricks, city Attorney. go SO
George E.Olmsted, police magistrate. 25 90
10. LaHue, police constable . 60 90
Henry bunker, police constable . so 90
John p. Hogan, 60 , so 90
warren WINS, go. W W
John Tyler, . 60 90
p. Maboney, " =" go. so 90
w. +. Shuckers, IS days, same 49, 30 90
Chas. Thrupp, city engineer. ... rs 90
Alderman Saup moved TO allow salary
bill as read. Motion carried by the fol-
lowing vote
Ayes-Halliday, Howlcy, Ifinkle, Line
gar, Petit, Smith, Saup and Swoboda- 8.
Nays-Noue.
MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS.
LABOR on MISSISSIPPI LEyEE.
T. Clifford, 90 days as foreman. s. SO 90
W. Tobn, 22 days labor ..... 80 20