The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-03-17
QUIZ EITY'S sIRES.
Questions of Interest to the
COMM IBIty Considered
LAST Night.

City council met in regular SEES ion i'll
the council chamber at 73O p. u, His
! Honor Mayor Sturgis in the chair.
Present, Aldermen Wilkes, Tibbs, Solo
mon, Hogan, Moore, McLaren, Dunnlca
| McKeen, the city secretary, and Mar
| shall. Absent, Alderman Calvert.
The minutes Of the last regular meet
ing being read and found correct, were
adopted.
Aldermen McKeen, Wilkes and Solo
mon were appointed committee to
ranvass tie vote recently cast III the
Fifth ward for alderman. The court
showed L. NJ. MakeIg, Esq had obtained
a majority, and being present was called
forward and the oath of office admins
iete by the city secretary, after which
40 took his seat III the body.
Alderman Hogan was excused for
non-atteudance last meeting.
Petition was read asking that a
wooden bui ding III fire limits be allowed
moved. The building belongs to John
i. Battle and is located on Washington
street. Referred to fire committee.
the Waco gas company asked per-
mission to run switch from the NJ. K.
& T. tr ick to the gas works. Referred
to the committee on streets.
The following accounts were allowed
and ordered paid: Brooks Il Wallace,
printing, S3; street work, $50. IS; J. w.
Speight, taking acknowledgment, 81;
Harris & HallOwar, sewer pipe, S24; ".
7. ScaQgs, $50 James Machon, head
and foot boards old cemetery, 1915.
Alderman Dunnica. from the ordi-
nance committee, submitted an ordi.
nance in reference to reducing the tax
on bakers occupation from $40 to $40
annually. This ordinance simply
changes the amount of tax, and has no
other effect on the original ordinance.
II passed to its second and third read
ings, and is now in effect.
Alderman McLaren, from the street
committee, repOr ed the deed to Web
ster street obtained, and presented it in
council 1t was ordered placed on re-
cord in the county clerks office.
The mayor was instructed to draw
check on the city funds for the sum of
Sl52, with interest, to pay for the safe
~ the council chamber, the b. i now he
ing due.
The market house committee reported
rents from stalls for the past month,
SI22.50, Of which 2l0450 was returned.
4 long discussion in which the mayor
took an interesting part, was entered
into and much Of the same old ground |
gone over that las been discussed |
before. The matter of whether the /.
marshal can collect the market-house |
rents or whether as marshal he can be |
forced to, was finally taken mp. 1t was |
at last decided to turn the collection of |
the market-house rents over to the city |
marshal instead of Mr.. Gerholdt, and |
allow him 3 per cent for collecting the |
change to ke place at the expiration |
Of MI GerLoilts term, next month. /
The rep, ri OF the marke house was !
back 10 the committee TO make |
inquiry into some reduction in rents by /
he warden.
Alderman McLaren, from the Gene
cry committee, reported that a trade
With Mr.. Simpson for the property he
,wmed III the Old cemetery, on which
PERSONS are buried
Alderman Mabeig was placed upon the
anne committees is those upon which
Is predecessor, MIR. Newton, served.
The committee on East Waco ponds
as granted further time to consider the
est means OF getting them out of town,
nd 1t was farther voted that they take
tops toward Il ding out what is the
)west possible cent the work can be
one by the city or some one who wishes
, contract tOr doing it.
On motion council adjourned.