Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-04
The report was adopted.

4.
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The report was adopted.
Aldermen Julian Field, j. Il. Askew
and Richard Flanagan Were excused
from non-attendRnce nc this meeting.
The finance committee reported on
q petition from MIR. j. NJ. Brown to
have certain taxes remitted.
Your committee on finance To whom was
referred the petition of j. NJ, Brown of this
city hskli that he be relieved from the
putt the state of New York, and subject to
taxation in said city and state. Yorr com.
lniitee IN OF opinion that we have no right TO
assess property belonging to parties resident
here In cases whore Hald property 1, situated
IN other states, therefore we move that said
NJ. Browns petition be granted and the
city secretary be instru'ted 10 advise the
city assessor and collector ofthc action.
4. Il. d. ASDREws. Chairman.
Report adopted.
Petition OF j. II. Townsend et al..
stating they are citizens and tax-nay-
ers OF FortlWorth, and requesting That
the council cause TO be removed the
fence on Sixth street between Jones
and Grove ntreets, and il the owner of
the property does not remove the
fence at once, that the. city marshal be
instructed to do 80 after a reasonable
time bas elapsed.
Referred to street and alley COM
m,ttee.
Petition of John Nichols REQUESTING
the city TO pay him the sum of S6S5 30
which amount he advanced to the city
in cash over year ago to pay street
laboTers.
Allowed and ordered paid from
street fund.
Petition OF G. w. Gillespie ct al
requesting that the city drain the
water which lies on block No. 100 by
ditching on the north side of Seventh
across Rusk street.
Referred to street and alley commit
tee
Report orc, Il. Eskew, city sexton.
for the month OF February 1855; or
dered received and filed.
The report represents that there
were - interments during the month.
D OF these were colored people and ~
whites, IL were OF American birth.
German and Irish. The prevailing
1iiseases, which were the causes ofCieath
We're consumption and pneumonia.
Note from the city OF Fort Worth TO
Messrs. Laing Il Ratiean for S22sl Is
bearing receipt as paid; ordered re-
ceived and filed.
Alderman Aldridge presented n reso-
luton transferring the sum Of $1,000
from the fund from sale of bonds 10
the street fund, which was adopted.
A communication from DIR. II w.
Moore TO DIR, j. w. Adams, chairman
OF the hospital committee, calling al.
IGNITION to the neceSsltous clrcum.
stances OF w, W. Bontrell and recon-.
mending him for relief, was referred
act. ~
An ordinance regulating the width
OF sidewalks on jennings avenue south
OF the Texas h Pacific railway dona.
ton was presented by Alderman Alley.
ander, and being read once, was laid
over under the rules.
Alderman Hughes then nraaantad
the account of w. H. Patterson for
Nsi,O0 for the erection OF llphtnlng.
rods on school houses and city hall.
He called attention TO the fact that
this matter OF erecting lightning-rods
on school houses had beer referred N
MN, or the public building committee
AZ former meeting of The conncil.
the work had been completed and me
account presented 20 the CLAIMS com.
mittee for audit aud Nv that committap
referred back te him. An he conIS
say was that the work had bean dona
and the price WAS not extortionat.,
Aldermen Alexander and AldrIdrs
did not think that thcse
llghtniug-rods were of ANY
nsei that they did not understand ~
ithe time when Mr. Patterson made