The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-08

| of the city
The regular order of business was taken up at
the conclusion of the remarks Of Mr.. Grubbs.
| The City Clerk reported expenditures during
! December to the amount of S5l-213.0l- The
City Treasurer reported balances TO the credit of
! the different funds as follows: General fund.- in
GLIDING S39, 600 in New York, $73 1885, Tomlin-
estate, $65, 979. &C.; additional City Hall fund,
| $2S, 1865. 80; sinking fund, $40, 1922.
The City Attorney reported that during the
last two years he had represented the city in the
trial of ninety three cases, Ofwhich two had been
| in the Marion Circuit Court one in the Shelby
Circuit Court. and eighty in the special and gen
eral terms of the Superior Court seven in the
Indiana Supreme Court, and three in the Circuit
! Court of the United States. Seventy-tEo Of the
| cases were disposed of favorably to the city;
! seventeen against and two were compromised
| Five Of the seventeen cases decided against the
city now pending on appeal Only four of
| the other twelve have involved the city
In any outlay of money the total amount OF
| which was $S7990 The total damages claimed
! in the suits tried amounted to about 5000, 600.
Claims to the amount of IS 432. 9S have been col
lected for the city.
The City Attorney, in a communication to the
4 Council, reported that no statement of the num-
| Der of telegraph poles owned by the Mutual
! Union company had been filed by the superin-
1 tendent, and that no taxes had been paid for
| the year beginning with last July. The com
pany no longer has any legal existence, having
sold its property to the Western Union company.
The Council instructed the City Attorney to allow
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three days in which to comply with the require
ments Of the law before beginning proceedings
| against him.
The City Assessor. Eugene Saulcey, reported
/ that he had appointed H. NJ. Hadley as his
! deputy, and the appointment confirmed.
1 The appointment by GeorgeT Breunig of Frank
| W, Ripley and W. C. Phipps, as deputy city
! clerks, were confirmed.
ELECTION FOR vIcE-PREsIDENT.
| A resolution providing for the election of John
r. Pearson as president of the Council for
the ensuing term was introduced by Mr. Thai
man. Mr.. Bowling at once moved that action
upon the resolution should be postponed until
the next meeting. After failing by a vote of
fourteen to eleven to lay that motion on the table,
it was adopted by thirteen to twelve, the ballot
standing as follows: Ayes-Messrs. Benjamin.
Coy, Curry, Bowling, Downey, Doyle, Eden
harter, Haugh, Mack. Moran, Renecke, Shep-
pard and Wharton-13. Nays-Aessrs. Cowie,
Gallahue, McCleiland Newcomb, Pearson, Rees,
Reynolds, Smither Spahr Thalman, Trusler,
and Wolf-l2. Mr.. Wolf Democrat. voted with the
Republicans for immediate election, but Whar-
ton and Benjamin, Republicans, voted with the
Democratic members.
The annual report of the fire board and the
chief fire engineer for the year 1883 was pre-
sented to the Council by Mr.. Thalman, president
of the board. In submitting the report the mem
bers OF the board stated that Mr. Webster the
chief of the department had been a faithful Of
fcer. and his work had been well done. Special
mention was also made of the clerk Joe L. Gas
per, and the superintendent of the fire alarm
telegraph, A. o. Cherry. The expenses during
the year, not including salaries was $13 294 SO.
The engines, Chief Webster reported are all in
good condition with the exception of Nos and
4, and all the reels excepting Nos and Z. ''The
number OF fires occurring during the last year,
the chief states. exceeds that of any year since
my connection with the department.
AN INSPECTOR OF MEATS.
An ordinance empowering the City Board of
| Health to appoint an inspector Of meats was in
troduced, and was referred to special commit
tee, consisting of Messrs. Coy, Pearson, Shep-
pard, Spahr and Thalman. The ordinance pro-
vides that it shall be the duty of the meat in
spector OF his assistant, to make daily visits to
every slaughter-house in indianapolis, or within
two miles of the corporate limits, and inspect
every animal slaughtered for human food. and if
any one unfit for that purpose they shall be con
demned. Another inspection of the meat shall
be made before it is placed the market for sale
Any person Offering condemned meat for sale
shall be liable to fine not exceeding
500, to which may be added the penalty of i'm
prisoment in jail for thirty days The inspectors
shall be paid by the owners of animals inspected
at the rate of ten cents for each COW steer or
bull, five cents for each calf nog or sheep The
same fees are allowed for all animals condemned
The Board of Health is given the power to make
all rules dIC GtSuldllOnS necessary TO carry OUT
the provisions. of the ordinance. Pork packers
who slaughter hogs for the foreign market are
exempted from the provisionsof the ordinance
DECLARING OFFICES VACANT.
The following resolution, declaring the APP
pointive Offices of the city government vacant
was introduced by Mr.. Trusler:
Whereas the officers of the city Of Indianap-
oils hereinafter named were elected by prior
Council and Board of Aldermen, and have held
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from the first day of January, 1862 and their
term of Office having expired, AM the said off
GERS now holding their several Offices only be
cause the act of the General Assembly, under
which they were elected, provides that they shall
serve until their successors are elected and quail
flied, unless sooner removed according to law
but fails to make provision for the
election of their successors until the
second Monday in November next; and
Whereas, 1t is deemed by the present Coun-
ell and Board Of Aldermen wise and best that
said offices should be filed by officers of their
own selection, to the end that their wishes and
policies may be the more effectually carried for
ward. By the charter and ordinances of the
city of indianapolis said officers may be removed
from Office at the pleasure of the Council and
Board, and all vacancies created thereby filed
by said bodies, therefore,
Resolved, That the following officers and the
several offices heretofore held by Them
| respectively, be and are hereby de
clared vacant, to-wit: Joseph H.
Webster chief fire engineer; c. S. Denny CITY
attorney Samuel II. Shearer, city civil engineer;
Leander A. Fulmer, street commissioner; Will
lam A. Wishard, M. D.. superintendent of the
City Hospital and branch; John J. CARRIER. NJ
D. superintendent of the City Dispensa1y; E. S.
Elder, Moses It. Runnells. and John A. Sulcliff
members of the City Board of Health; Orville B.
Rankin, East market-master; Joseph r. Shelton.
West market master; John NJ. Kitchen and
raroad Joseph F. Parker, wood meas
urer; Jesse De Haven, weighmaster;
Joseph Raible, janitor City Hall and
Robert Turner, city sexton Said officers how
ever, should continue to serveuntil the vacancies
hereby created are filled as herein provided.
Resolved That the Council and Board of
Aldermen shall meet in Joint convention on the
first Friday evening after the adoption of these
resolutions by the Board of Aldermen for the