The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-21
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
What the City Fathers Did Tuesday
Night,

"
Night.
At the meeting of the city council
Tuesday evening Aldermen Loeb, Ken
nerly, Purcell and Mann were present.
Mr.. Loeb president pro tenn.
Several petitions and communications
were read and received.
Mr.. J. II. Fry was granted permission,
OF petition to use his opera house free Of
license.
A communication from c. j. Joseph,
city engineer, in relation to establishing
a uniform system of grades for the city,
was read and referred to the street COM
mittee, with instructions to have suit
able ordinance prepared and submitted
to the board.
The election of the officers of the fire
department were confirmed,
The following petition was ordered
received and spread upon the minutes,
and action deferred until next regular
meeting:
To the Honorable the Board of Alder.
men of the City of Palatka, in the
County of Putnam, State of Florida
Respectfully represent the undersigned
who are citizens of said city, That
James C. Donnelly the mayor of said
city, is hereby charged by us with disor.
Derby behavior and malconduct in office
In this, That on the 26th day of May,
A. D. 1885, he, the said James C. Donnel
ly, mayor as aforesaid, did appoint tC
the Office of policeman one Albert knight
who is known to be disturber of
the peace and good order of society.
In this, That said appointment of sale
Knight was made while the said Knigh
was under arrest for a criminal offence
to-wit knowingly and wilfully offer
ing and doing violence to an officer il
the lawful execution of his legal duty.
In this, That said James c. Donnelly
did endeavor to prevail on B. f. Lasseter
on whose affidavit the warrant was is
sued for the arrest of said Knight for tn
preparation of said crime. to Withdraw
said prosecution.
And we, the undersigned citizens o
said city Of Palatka, do further represen
unto your honorable body that each an,
every of said act and doings of saiC
James C. DonnelIy, is and are disorder
ly behavior and malconduct in office
that each is an official outrage agains
The peaceable and law-abiding citizens Q
the city of Palatka and tends to the ute
destruction of the prosperity of said city
We, therefore, ask that your honorabl
body will take such action in the prem
ises as is authorized by section Is c
chapter 81. McClellan's digest of th
laws of Florida
D A Boyd, 7 S Haughton, f n MAJ
wick, Jos E Baldwin, &C Cochrane, Ben
Harrison, Paul B Lalane, JOS II C Pratt
| A Neck, B l. Lilienthal, w j Webt
VIM Wiunegar, Peter Gardner. F
Mersereau, c F Gotten, Chas ] Rogero.
c Ingham, B J Grooms, w W Randall
VIM F Forward, Pierre IA Pratt, Josep
Price, Benz P Calhoun, Chas F Garrett
w Loring, S II Royal, VIM NJ Haugl
ton, J c Vertrees, A NJ Haughton, ]
Walton, f 7 Lane, E c Nichols. J
Vertrees, Jr, F c Cochrane, G w Prat
NJ ] Coke, J J Hall, W Hargrove, &c
j Zehnbar, Jr. II L Hart, r J Adam:
Graham, John T Dunn, Geo E Nun
dee, T G Blanchard, r Baldwin. WI
G hIoates, A p Canoya, G E Halves. J
Murray, Tom Jones, w NJ Husson,
ID Alderman, Harkins Hilliard, ]
jackson, NJ Meyer, L Jackson lie
jacobson, R S Priddy, Thos 7 Russell,
E Bond, c P Devereux, Theo F Husse,
NJ II Dalton.
Several bills amounting in the aggr
gate to SCI, so were presented and o
dered paid.
Council then adjourned.
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