The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-12
CouNC1L PnoCErpINas.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
CoURCIL CHAMBER, Jan. 8, 1882.
Regular meeting of the city council
Present Mayor Eastman, Messrs. Fox,
Bay, ireland, WhittIesey, Halleck. Wat
son and Theis.
Minutes of December goth ami 22l,
read and approved. -
The report OF the superintendent of
water works was referred - the CON-
mittee on water works.
IS The report of the marshal as 70 cattle
unpounded in December. was read and
The police judges report for Decem-
Der, was referred to the committee on
claims --
The mayor reported that he had re-
mitted fines in the cases of Schmidling |
and o'Dair and gave his reasons there |
Tor, and ON motion the action of the |
mayor was sustained.
4 communication was read from the
flre department showing that the fire
department had chosen at their meeting
on January I'd, 1882, the following Of
ficers for the ensuing year, to-wit:
Chief engineer, d. Hammond; first as
sistant, Q. Ellison; second assistant, F.
Haussler.
A petition Of the citizens for culVert
At the crossing of Market street and
COpley avenue, was referred to the COM
mittee on streets and alleys.
Mr.. 8. Guerrier, vino, in accordance
with appointment by the mayor, attend
ed the Mississippi river convention at
St. Louis, in October, read q very inter-
esting and comprehensive communica-
ton, relative to the work of that con-
Vention, and setting forth the importance
to Kansas of the improvement of that
stream.
The Mayor as chairman of the special
committee on swerage reported that the
plans, specifications and estimates made
by George Waring were in accordance
with the contract with him, and therefore
recommended the payment of his bill,
to wit: $801.sO @
On motion the following resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, the mayor and councilmen
L Of the city Of Emporia heretofore passed
an ordinance granting, among other
rights and priVileges, 70 the Emporia
Telephone Exchange company the ex-
elusive right to use and operate tele-
phones for hire or profit in said city, for
period OF 81 years, and asle eg -
| WHEREAs, The said ordinance pro
| yides that said company should file 3
L tn kna 80 al,o IL III
ONCE, which bond was to be approved
by the mayor and conditioned that the
said company should so erect its poles
and wires and maintain the same, that
the said city should be saved harmless
therefrOm or thereby, and @
WHEREAs, The said company has ac-
cepted the conditions of said ordinance
and hiss this day fled in the clerks Of
nee bond in the sum OF 700 in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of said or
dinance and in compliance Herewith,
and -s-1s. --It.t.-r -.4
WHEREAS, Said bond has been duly
approved by the mayor, now, there
fore be 1t <'..n -f} pee
ResOEUsd, By the mayor and coun-
cilmen Of the city OF Emporis,
same Is hereby accepted, the same as
|,
ified in said ordinance, and shall have
the same force and effect as though tiled
within said time, and that the said fl
ing Of the said bond shall be deemed 8
full and complete compliance with the
requirements of said ordinance, on the
part of the said Emporia Telephone Ex-
change company, and the said company
shall enjoy ell the rights and privileges
Ia said ordinance and all amendments
thereto, the same as though said bond
had been filed within 90 days after the
passage of the ordinance requiring the
filing OF same,
An ordinance entitled san ordinance
providingfor the refunding ofthe matured
and maturing bonded Indebtedness of the
city Of Emporia, Kansas, therein named''
was introduced by Mr.. Watson, and on
motion the rules were suspended for the
purpose of considering the same.
On motion to adopt the first section,
Mr.. Fox, seconded by Mr.. Halleck,
moved a. an amendment to include to be
refunded the following bonds, to-wit
Beads known as the Normal school
bonds, $4,000, and Normal school
boarding house bonds. $1,000, and the
amendment was carried by the following
vote: ..r
Ayes, Fox, Bay, Ireland and Halleck
nays, Whittlesey, Watson and Theis.
Mr.. Bay moved a reconsideration, OF
the vote had on the amendment, which
was carried.
The amendment was then lost by the
following vote: Ayes, Fox and Halleck
nays, Bay, Ireland, Whittlesey, Watson
Each section OF the ordinance vas
then adopted. The ordinance was
adopted by a unanimous vote. except
Mr.. Halleck who declined to vote.
An ordinance providing for the pay
ment Of the following claims was
adopted by q unanimous vote:
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