Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-03-21
Council Proce dings.

The city council met, THURSDAY night. Ia
special session. Present. the mavor and Ill
the member; sl>o \ J. Hall, acting C ty a.
tnrney; e. &. Wallace. register Jos. p. Owen,
marshal, and VI. Rened Ct, engineer.
R.ading Of minutes dispensed wi b. and
the ma, or explained the object of the meet.
ing To be to snpOint and comm. sion II >ani.
isry board. consisting OF one phi. sician, one
cullen and one councilman from each ward,
with the MAYOR added. The following naines
were presented and cOnfir'ued:
First w2.d-!lr. p. 5. Fulkerson, Mr.. Jas.
Peak and MIR. Ii. He. we'll.
Ser0nd Ward-Dr J.. b. Alexander, Mr..
j. D.. Conner aud Mr. q. b Russell.
Third Ward-Dr. +. II. Chambers. MIR. A.
J Hall and Mr.. u. A.. kriehn.
Fourth Ward DIR. P. Temple, Mr.. N.
Ha-rle and Sir. A. Walk.
Mr.. WIn>or laid the mayor ought to issue
| u proclamation. telling people to cleanse their
premises by q specific, d lime. After that lime
| the sanitary will make
ton, and strictly enfo &c the ordinance.
A discussion here en>ued rs to whether the
| ~citizri.s or The city would cleai,-e the streets
aud alleys. 1t WAS understood that the citi.
| .ens should clean>e them OF all asfeI ,ma..ure,
,c., placed there by them. Mr.. Hu sell said
there were forty wagon loads Of ashes in the
| aliev in block ~.
Mr.. W,n-or. of the finance committee, sub
mitled the following:
V hNAOoEs AASth tuC iORoi uduO w ~
register and treasurer 1t appears that he has
l received from Geo. VI. Mount ~, Collector
for back taxes collected in cash ~ follows:
Ra sn%d .m% ,n ,u% f;nd 20
General revenue Ito w
.so71 81
AS all of this money comes from take, iue
from 1873 to 1884 inclusive, and the debts
which said money was intended to pay have
heen paid; we recommend that the total
amount he placed in the >inkins fund.
We also recommend that the bill OF C. &.
Carleton Il Co., IF s49S tor the hose for use
Of the nre company be now paid out of the
sinking fund. Respectfully subm tied.
T.. WINSoR,
| q. A. " RIEHN,
G.. b. RUSSELL.
Committee on Finance.
tOther moneys belonging to other funds,
ALREADY received from the county collector,
will appear in next report. showing receipt,
Mr.. II .mer moved to adopt the report as
real. Carried.
Mr.. Russell offered the following resolu-
ton, which was carried:
Resolved. That the city treasurer Is hereby
instructed To draw y warrsnt an the IL king
found fr 49S and pay q. q. tarirt' II y
Co.. for hose and 6x urrs turni -hrd thus cIy.
Nr. ,ium-r -aid that our de rnmrany
wOu d >OOn have their neS unifurus, aud
moved tna' tnr captain oI IN" ure company
be allowed to build y locker. in VIII CHI 10
place the uniforms. nOz,l-s, etc. Carl d
VI. William presented Nh ordinance In
relation u opera h"u.-s. MIR. Williams
moved tat 1t be read u second time bt it's
title. Ga ri-d. and The Ord,uan. e was 20
read. Mr.. Homer moved that The rules be
Suspended. aud the ordin ,u.e read Il third
TIM on It's thai pa-an-e. Carried, aud lie
| ord nance 70 iesd aud DECLARED n law. The
o dinance IL printed 10 full In auutner COL
umn.l
Mr. Russell moved that Mr. A.. J. Hall he
allowed 70 IN cash To l,y hi eXp-n.es in
going I" Kirhm nd after city warrants which
were taken there in the Turner Trial Car
ri d.
Mr.. Williams novel that Mr.. Fr,>Ier he
allowed o TOR altering The front Of The city
hall. Carried.
Mr.. Wiu.or submitted the following re-
port.
LEXINGTON. Mo-. March 18th. 1885.
To the Mayor aud LiIy Coun II Of the City
Of Lexington II ImprO em Mt commit
tee. to whom WAS referred the request IT j.
Z. McGrew. for privilege IL lay down a four
or xix inch sewer pipe 10 the Street from his
dwelling on South street to the pond north Of
r. anklin avenue, report that they have
viewed the ground. and recommend that the
petition be granted. Where the pipe runs
over or through The clone wall on Sur,h
street. the discharge must be wet If the live
tree that In now IN th, north side of said wall.
Respectfully submitted.
CHAs. F. HOMER,
Z. WINsuR,
d. fioLwELL.
Improvement
Mr.. Williams moved that the report be re-
cei,ed IN ! The PRAYER granted. Carried.
Dir. Russell moved that the front door of
the city hall be paiute.i Carried.
On motion the council adj purncd.