Daily Republican., 1885-05-15
City Council.
DIRECTION TO TEE nILL or THE
LE0IBLAT1vE COmulTTEE-
WHIT DEPENDS HIMSELF.
MR.. CONRAD RESIGNS.

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The regular weekly meeting of CITY
Council was held ON Thursday evening
and In the absence Of President Conrad
Mr.. II. II. Taylor was called to the
chair. The roll was called, and the
minutes Of the last meeting reid and
approved after which the standing com.
: mittees were called.
The ordinance providing for the bond.
ing Of the Auditors clerk, and the ord |.
nance changing an appropriation were
returned by the Mayor with his approx.
al, and were declared to be ordinance
Of the city.
The Street Committee, to whom was
referred the communication of Superin.
tenden Carter, of the p, W. & B. Rail
road Company, asking permission to
establish branch road on "A street,
South Wilmington, reported adversely
on the petition.
The same committee reported favor.
ably on the following petitions WI.
II Westbro0k, superintendent of the Della
ware and Atlantic Telegraph Company,
to erect poles on jackson street on q
petition for q gutter on Linden street,
to jackson street Patrick Sullivan to
have jackson street between Second
and Third streets paved /; William Sim
mons to have the east side of Morrow
street curbed, paved and guttered.
The Law Committee reported, with an
amendment, the ordinance to establish
the width of sidewalk and footway on
Morrow street.
The Opening Streets Committee re.
ported In favor of granting the petition
4 of Patrick Long, to have Ninth street
i 80 \ 4
to grade, and In favor of giving the
stone found in the bed of Dupont street
between Eleventh and Twelfth street, TO
John Logue.
The Lamp Committee reported In
favor OF placing lamps in Eighth street
park, and on Seventh street between
Broome and franklin streets.
The Sewer Committee reported In IA
vor Of granting the petition Of John ID.
Fisher, to lay terra Gotta drain pipes on
Morrow street to Shipley Run sewer.
| The Finance Committee reported in
favor Of paying bill amounting to
t6i0,46, presented some time ago by
Charles W. Horne.
| The Committee on Legislation made
q report stating the number of bills
passed by the Legislature relating to
| this city, and recommended that an
order for $3.50 be drawn to pay expenses
incurred by the committee. Mr.. Farrell
moved that it be adopted.
Mr.. +. G. Moore wanted to know who
would get this money, but no one
answered him, and the question was
raised whether the recommendation
could be commplied with In the face of
resolution passed some time ago rela-
| ting to bills incurred by comm ittees.
The clerk finally found the resolution,
which is dated Nov. Goth, 1884, and it
twas ascertained that after its adoption
all bills presented by committees must
be itemiZed before Council could take
action on them.
ten Ne SAID lEdf4 was GaHtikbsn tkbs Smallest I bf ever
presented by the Legislative Commit
tee, and he was surprised to find that
| II met with opposition. He called at
tention to the fact tbnt the legislation
obtained by the committee wonld save
tho taxpayers many Thousands ofdol.
lars every year, and said the commit
tee were perfectly willing to itemize
the bill, with the exception OF naming
the members of the Legislature wi o
had par taken of their hospitality, and
that they positively refused TO do.
Messrs McKenna and Murray were
10th in favor of having the bill itemized
according to the requirements of the
resolution, and contended that 1t could
not legally be passed in any other way.
Mr.. Merris Taylor urged the adoption
OF the Recommendation and the passage
of the bill, On the ground Of its being
lower than ever before, and that more
beneficial legislation had been secur'
ed.
Mr.. John Fl. Moore was In favor oi
1 l.Gt1 III. 81. &C.,
Items, as he thought that any one who
would agree with him in saying that 9
committee were obliged to spend money
for great many things that would no,
, look we'll itemized.
Mr. Miller asked IL the bill could bf
. passed without being itemized as long
as this resolution was In force, and
, the chair decided that 1t could not.
Mr.. Murray moved that the bill bt
/ referred back to the committee Il
be itemized, but the motion was lost.
, Mr.. e. G. Moore moved that the fur
ther consideration of the matter b,
postponed one week, and that the CITY
Solicitor be requested to present his bill
at the same time.
ii Mr.. Farrell said that as he had pait
l part of this money out of his own pock
ct, he did not want to wait any longe
for it but II his honesty was called II
lquestion in the matter, he would b
willing to wait six months 10 have
settled. He did not, however, under
stand 1t iu that way.
Mr.. Z. G. Moore said he had no doub
), but the bill was all right, and he with
U drew his motion to allow Mr.. Mention
J imove that 1t be referred back to the CON
mittee to be itemized at once, but tn
motion was lost.
Mr.. Baynard raised the point that at
cording to the ruling Of the chair III
motion to draw the order for the bi
was not in order. The chair decide
the point we'll taken, and said the onl
motion tha. could be entertained WAS o
the adoption of the report.
I'll MI. Merris Taylor inquired IL Il
adoption of the report did not also cart
with 1t the recommendation OF u
committee to draw the order, and Il
chair decided that 1t did not.
Mr.. John 81. Moore moved that u
bill be referred back to the committ'
to be itemized at once, but the chair d
clared the motion out Of order, and
vote was taken on Mr.. Farrelrs m
tion to adopt the report, which was ca
ried.
Mr.. Baugh then raised the point th'
in adopting the report OF the comm lit
the recommendation to draw the ord
was also adopted, and the money wou
have to be paid. AS no one dispute
this view OF the matter, the subject VI
allowed TO drop.
The City Treasurer reported balan
of S22 ,406.T8 In the Union Nation
Bank to the credit of the city, and tn
- during the past week he had reCeiv