Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-08-08
DOINGS OF THE DADS
hiy Meeting oT the City conr.,, hne or Business-The Dogs paaa. i1iiy at Rest-Don Sanford ol,,..,.

iAS' hieht to transact their reeulsr brs;
 ness o' ordering warrants drawn upop tba
 treasury After the preliminary ma.,er.
 were uisposed of the mayor stated tho,
 tue council at its last meeting had f-a5
 'ne poundmaster, and he had taken tbe
 eSfonslhility of appointing Mir. Coplv
 'o nil the vacancy. He now presented
 MT Conly's name for confirration
 Aidermsn Sanford WAS evidently t;no- 'Hred with a haunting doub. as to ,ha inator authority t3 appoint md tba oln'isl enter upon his duties before con. nrmatioa' and he wanted :he opinion n, the city attorney.
 Aid. hatz said they Lad 70. csIIad upon the city attorney fo. any op,niou ih the matter, and he moved T confrr,o nation of the appointment AI5 San lord Insisted on having an opin;cn fror, the legal adviser of the council ami mn til that was forthcoming he sbould vote no.
 ine uroane mayor called upsn the attorney to satisfy ;he gentIsman's tbirst Ter legal lore, and BIT. Franklin com hrmed tue horlzontal expansion Of the mayors cAbezs in filing the vacancy.
 Aid. Sanford wanted 10 know i, an appointed officer could legally serve be- Tore being confirmed, and the attorney further opined th6t as the c.;y had the benefit of his services, a claim presentad by hIm Tor compensation would be v.IiJ MT. Sanford understood, put wus not convinced, and he therefore only said. my vote stands NO anyhow"
 Ald. hatz instructed the mayor ,o go right on with the business, and his hon. or brought up the unsettled Ouestion of drummer's license. MT. Katz said ,ba committee had net yet made n report the weather was warm and tbere were lots Of other matters 10 attend to and suggested the months bills be sui,tai Sanford thought the committees cuybt to examine and attend to the bills before they were ordered paid.
 Aid. hatz thought the council WAS competent to pass upon any bill and sug- gested that more work and less talk would expedite the business.
 The bill of John Hart, for cleaning streets, allowed, SG0; Pioneer Hose CO. S2O; George Pusch, feeding city prison- CTS, S3O,lS; Henry Conly, poundmaster.
 Sanford assed for the ayes and nays on that vote. He wanted to know where the dogs had been hauled. 1.-the poundmaster was present be wanted hlIn to explain.
 Marshal Buttner said the bill was cor rect, and that he had seen most of the dogs hauled away. Sanford voted no.
 MartiueZ's bill, from twenty odd dol lars had expanded by operation of the law 10 S53.3G, from which a deduction Of S7 was had, and the bill was allowed for 636-ali for dead dogs.
 Tucson Water O., allowed, Sl0: l.. ZeckendOrf & Co, rent pound, 8; Inc son Gas Co, S9.10; Geo. Rayfeld, re- pairing street, S6S.
 Aid. Sanford wanted ayes and nays taken on this bill. He asked tle opinion of the city attorney whether an inii- | vldual member of the council can tase l 8 contract with the city.
 Ald. katZ sad it was no individual | and nothing of the kind; didn't require | an opinion. The street was washed out | and dangerous and while the council | would be struggling to get a quorum | to award a contract for repairs some | serious accident might happen. It was | an emergency and the street committee l MT Rayfeld to repai. II.
 Sanford thought s contract shou!d | have been awarded. He would take bic l team and repaIr it # the case WIS ur- gent. He could haul all the rock BCd ' iIrt in six loads and thirty-s=ven were | called for. The vote ou tGa c;;.;lI stYuL | , to l, upon which Stafford suhiCqG.zed | upon hauling rocas agi earth. K.;z | called for order and the Msyor demHnd- ed order, but the sCliiCqu! seemed Cb- | lIviops to commands or l-sts ala IL hn- ally believe. tubt i.s team cCu!d have l hauled II in ten losd- ArN way, m fact | it would guarantee that.
 The bill O. HoCa tor ten dGys Use of corral, 8. was dissiioweC.
 A resolution wes presented by the Mayor lamenting the death of Gen. Grant and authorizing the city hall to be draped Tor thirty days.
 On motlon of ka,z tie resolution was ordered sPr"sd cG the minutes, published, and the mayor was authorlz- sd to csrry out the sense os the reso- uiions.
 A communication was read from I. 5. Fried, Secretary of the Tucson yas company, stating that the gas com pany had no plan of the piping Of the city hall and could not disconnect the gas from the Library hall. They had better employ plumber.
 The bill of M. J. Sullivan & Co. Tor repairing jail, lumber for ponnd and ,nglne house repaIrs was all'"ed for s40.S6.
 The city Attorney said 8 warrant ex- sted in his favor for Sl0 m the dog .ase. not used. He wanted it cancelled. It was finally ordered that 1t be applied IS part payment on the Si6 36 bill ot Martinez.
 The ire department asked that they be furnished with hook and ladder .rrck, hose, oil, brooms and sundry ar- .icles. Referred to Fire Committee.
 l. G. Goodman offered 10 place two A inch dials to be run by electricity, ,r four dials run by clock wOrE, m the Church Plaza pagoda. if he be given to move it near the post office and to occupy it. Referred to committee.
 E. B. Pomroy, by consent, addressed he Council on the necessity of some ,ctIon bieng taken toward securing a lite for the Territorial University, &C., ,ordipg to the law creating It. Tucson ,r Pima county must donate at least orty acres ofland suitable for the pur- ,ose, before the regents could organize IT fine bonds be issued. He thought the gentlemen of the council we're representatIve.men Of the city and ,e suggested that they take unofficial ction and appoint s committee to can ass the matter. The university was rand thing for Tucson and 1t should ,e looked after.
 After some discussion It was decided Q appoInt a committee of three Counch- nen to take the initiative m directing ,ubIic attention to the subject. The na,or subsequently appointed Messrs. Iatz. Driscoll and Sullivan.
 A long report was read rom me ,eaIth officer upon the general sanitary opdition of the cIty, in which sundry uopestions of importance were made ,srticuIarly the importance of general
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