Daily Republican., 1884-11-14
CITY COUNCIL.
THE AMEN DMENT I'D THE DOG
ORDINARCE VETOED BY
TIE MAYOR.

The Street Committee reported favor
ably on petition Of j. K ID. Seeds.
Tor placing . hag-stoue crossing at
Pennsyiv ivsnia avenue and Scott street,
and adversely on the petition of VIII.
liam j. HemphilI, for iron gutter
plates over the sewer at Twentieth and
Market streets. Adopted.
The Opening streets committee report
al fAvorAbly on the petition TO grade
Dupont street between Tenth and Elev.
enth, and adversely on the petition Of
Edward johnson to open Twenty. second
street from Market 70 Tatnall. Adopted.
The same committee recommended
that Mathew Malopey be awarded the
for opening and grading Lin.
coin street between lowering and
Shallcross avenues, and grading Gilpiu
avenue northwest from Rodney street.
Adopted.
Mr.. Farrell, from the com mittee sp-
pointed to 90 70 Jersey City 70 view
the workings Of the leuces enclosing
the railroad tracks throuRh that city,
with . view Of adopting the plan here,
presented bill of $50 30 for expenses
attending said visit.
Some discussion ensued ~ to the
amount of the bill and she right Of
Council in paying 1t without an item
lied bill, when the chair ruled that
there WAS no rule compelling q bill to
be itemized. In reply to Mr.. Miller,
who stated that he thought the Railroad
Company should pay all expenses. Mr..
Farrell stated that the committee were
not working for the interests OF the
Railroad Company but for the interests
and safety OF the citizens Of Whining.
ton, and 1T the same time 70 devise some
means whereby the Railroad Company
could run their trains through the city
az q greater speed and at the same time
secure perfect safety 10 the residents
thereof.
1t was also learned that the City
Solicitor accompanied the party, and,
as matter OF course, received his regu.
lar fee Of $50, as stipulated by Law gov
erninR such cases. Mr.. Pickels, one oi
the com mittee, thought It TO the besl
interests Of the city that Council should
pay the bill, ~ the committee was
work ing In their interests. After fur
ther discussion the bill WAS allowed BY
Q rising vote of II tot.
City Treasurer Shippers reported Q
balance In bank, to the credit Of the
city, of $76, ,5l3 43, with the following
amounts received from the various city
officers Dennis Kane, $3.50 E.Provos
by K. T. Moody, S337 Dennis Kane
500 j. Frank Ball, $3.50 90.
Street Comm issioner Zebley reported
43 men, two double and eleven single
teams employed In the street depart
ment, with payroll amounting {,
1924 80, which was allowed.
The Sewer COMMITTEES reported twelv'
men employed In the Sow er department
with pay. roll amounting 10 $72, whicl
was allowed.
The following petitions were read ant
| referred From James Mckay ant
others for lamp at the corner of Van
Buren, and Wawsset streets Johi
Doordan and others for paving gutter
OH the west side Of Townsend street
between A and Lobdell; l.. IA FOUL
and others for lamp on Tsy lor street
between Lomb bard and Pine streets
| Adam II. Fox and others for curb an,
gutter one hundred feet and pave all O
the sidewalk on the north side o
Twenty third street, between Marke
and Tatnall Michael Dunn and other
Ito have cutters laid and curb set ol
Maryland avenue, from Sixth avenu
to Cedar street, and from Stroud Stree
to end Of curb on Maryland avenue.
The regular monthly appropriation
of the Board of Public Education
amounting to 81 900. was allowed. TIL
following communication from Maso
Wales was read
| 70 THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBER
loF CRY CoUNCIL-GENTLE Til
Ordinance to amend IAN Ordinant
Ientitled An Ordinance to prt
vent annoyance from dogs. passe
lat the City Hall, February, Is, 1865,
is returned without my official approx
al Since the hrst OF January. 1884,
the first of the present month, 81 %
have been turned into the city treasur
on account of registration Of dogs. con
monty known as dog tax. Daring tt
same period the "dog catcher +" h'
, caught, impounded, killed and burie
597 worthless ours, for which be has n
ceived the same number O { dollars.
| The city has suffered no loss 40 fal
but is the gamer by the enforcement I
) the present ordinance. 1t would be
physical impossibility for the dc
catcher to catch, impound, kill an
bury the same number OF dogs, In Il
three months conteu plated In Il
amendment, which have been dispoet
of during the part of the year that
past. -.
The continued enforcement Of Il
present ordinance makes the oitizeI
/, m ore prompt in registering their dOi
or In other wise disposing of them.
is o popular fallaoy that dogs are onl
. liable to hydrophobia during the sun
I mer months 1t is q disease confine
l to no seasons, and therefore worth'e
and uncared for ours should no col
tinually sought out and properly di
patched. Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. WALES, Mayor.
After the reading of the above, col
\ siderable discussion ensued as to Il
merits of the amendment, during whie
the "dog catcher" came In for goe
!, share Of abuse, from the fact that 1t vi
: u question with some Of the membe
Z whether or not he killed the number
dogs ~ reported from time TO time In b
\ bills. Some of the members took o
!, ceptious to the Mayors veto, Will
Others sustained his action. Tho al
+ lcusion, however, was brought 70 81
lden close by Mr.. Lynn, who moved
Iamend the motion 10 pass the ordinan
, lover the Mayors veto. "by instructil
= the committee TO 60 on TO New 70
u and see how they kill dogs there III
was taken as . cut" by the spec'
= COMMITTEES who had recently been
New York on another errand, VIII
others took IL as q joke, and consid'
able amusement was the result. Pre
dent Conrad, however, ruled the amer
ment out of order and vote was TAX
on the original motion with the folio
ing result:
Ayes-Messrs. Able, Baugh. Blal
Brysop, Denney, Farrell, Mentor. N
Ter, McKenna, Murray, Newell, 4.
Taylor and Merris Taylor-l3.
Nays-Baynard, Grubb. Litzenbe