Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-19
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

The CITY council met last Monday night, in
| regular session. Present. the mayor all the
| couucilmen. Mr.. Taubman. register; Mr.. Fall,
| city assessor; Mr.. Crowder, marshal. Mr.. Will
son, city attorney; aud Mr.. Mu!llgun, city en-
gineer.
Minutes of the special meetings OF July 18th
and July 18th, reut and approved.
Petition of G.. A. Kriehn and others pre-; ented
! and referred to improvement committee.
Petition OF Thomas Williams and others re-
| ceived and ordered flied.
Petition OF - Lynch, fined for exposure of
person, asking remittance OF fine received.
The marshal stated that Lynch SAID he was dis
! eased, and could not help himself. MIR. Gibbon
! moved that the fine be reduced to 81 and costs.
| MIR. Davis thought ifL Lynch was diseased the fine
ought to be RENTED. Mr.. McCusland thought
the city ought MOTTO remit 1t. rs that would
leave the city TO pay the costs. Mr.. Owen
thought the fne ought to be remitted. Mr..
Ahrens thought the law had been violated. but
il Lynch would bring a certificate from a physi-
clan. he would vote to Icmit. Mr.. McCausland
moved to amend the motion to remit to one
cent and costs. Carried.
Petition Of laborers to increase their wages
from 81 80 to 81 per duy in city warrants re-
ceived and ordered filed.
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in streets received and referred to Improvement
committee.
Mr.. Mulligan, city engineer. made a r. port of
| various jobs of work done on tue streets.
Report OF Mr.. Fall, city assessor, received and
| ordered filed. The report is as follows:
Total valuation Of real estate In the city
decrease since 1881 ::a... $40 9's 81, ,,s
Decrease IN gas dis,rlct..-...... 75.346
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
I79 horses and mules 9,sli
225 cattle. -. 4,2U1
676 hogs. l,5lG
10 c,ocks and watches. 7.46l
lUj pianos and organs. 1.s6d
Money. notes and bonds .............. l34, 5!4
All other personal property.....-....... l39 64u
Increase IN personal property. IS si,sos
/ Decrease In real estate $llO, 96d
Increase in personal property. 34.2ol
Total decrease in all taxable property. IS 7G. go
Real estate, taxable property. .S5Ol .OO3
Personal property ....-...."..- 3l3.OO6
Total taxable property. go. ssh. OO9
(The decrease in value of real estate is account
ed for by the fact that the assessment valuation
ia made ut u lower rate than fOrmerly.)
Report of MI. CrOwder, city marshal, re.
ceived and filed
Report of Mr.. Taubman, city register ant
treasurer, received and ordered filed.
On motion Mr.. j. Z. McGrew was allowed Il
address the council. Mr.. McGrew asked tn,
council to reimburse him for improvements h,
had made and paid for on South street, amount
ing to $l70 SO. He did not ask pay tor the mac
adamizing. He thought nearly all the council
men had seen the imp and the cit.
engineer could attest that the work was wei
done. and needed, and hoped the matter woult
nos he referred to the improvement
Mr.. Ahrens thought the work well done, bu
it would establish a bad precedent 10 not refer
to the committee. Mr.. Davis moved to refer i
to the committee, to report at the next meeting
Carried.
MIR. Il. A.. Hicklin, was, on motion, above,
to address the council. He asked that the licens
Of Mr.. Joseph Curtis be reduced from 81 to 81 8
for six months. 4.
Mr.. Davis moved that the licenses of Josepl
4 Curtis and Archie Porter be 90 reduced. Car
ried.
The gas committee recommended that tire nc
count for July be paid except q reduction Of
per cent. for lamps not lighted. Carried.
Mr.. Hamlet stated that one new lamp ha
been established.
Mr.. Ahrens, OF the special committee tc ex
anime bonds. recommended that the bond of B
F. Simmons be accepted. Carried.
Bonds of Moses Benedict and Thos. c.. Young
for hauling rock, presented and referred t
special committee on bonds. The committe
examined the bonds and reported favorably
and they were, on motion of Mr.. DAVIS, &c
cepted.
Mr.. Gather called for u report from the rall
road committee. Mr.. McCausland reporte
that the committee had had one or two meetings
but had not been successful, and asked turtle
time to report ut next meeting. Granted.
Mr.. Davis spoke in reference to the reductio
of the license Tor Longs hotel. The finsnc
committee thought it not proper to make the Re
duction asked for. On motion of Mr.. McCaus
land the report of the COMMITTEES was adopted
Carried.
Mr.. McCsuslsnd, chairman of the committe
ON claims reported that nearly all claims we
presented 30 late they could not be properly e,
ahmed before the meeting OF the council. Il
r moved that the following claims be allowed;
5 4. j. John. board OF prisoners. ......... $lU5
= Chris. Schawe, repairs on calaboOse...... 10
j. b. +. Simmons, hauling 100 perch rock. 175
. Pat. Lyon, repairing curbIng ...-......... -
3 The bill of Ed. Hill for SIS. tor hauling 3 loa,
of rock from calaboose and = loads OF DIRT Ia
fall. was allowed.
The following bills were presented. who
were not favorably reported by the commit,
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