The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-20
CITY CouHcii.

City council met in special session last
night az the city hall. Absent Alder.
man Bookhont. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and APP
proved,
On motion of Alderman Linskie the
regular order of business was dispensed
with.
An ordinance levylng Ia per cent. for
the fiscal year Tor general purposes
passed its several readings and was
adopted.
An ordinance levying q of per cent
for the purpose of paying interest upon
Texas & Pacific and Dallas & Wichita
bonds.
The report of the finance committee
committee was read and adopted.
EN-Alderman Moroney made a report
as 10 negotiating bonds for the. city,
and was voted 500 for his services.
A number of petitions were read and
referred to the. various committees.
Is. IL. Haywood was elected city scav-
enger.
ficer and committee on municipal
affairs we're re-adjusted and adopted.
The bids to furnish $4,000 worth OF
water-piping we're read and referred to
the wator committee.
Tho bids for ll5 water hydrants were
awarded to higgins & Simpson, OF
Houston, represented by Mr.. G.. G. Nun
nelly.
The Billy McDermott trouble, with
which every one IL acquainted, for the
release of taxes for donation OF n
part Of Ervay street, il Is
to be- hoped was settled for all time to
come, as it had been before the council
for the past IL years.
The special committee for widening
Sycamore street reported favsrably and
recommended the purchase of feet by
l6O feet OF Mr. Parker, for the sum Of
$500. No action was taken.
Council adjourned.
uFhe following report was handed IN
! by City Attorney Johnson;
have examined into the petition OF
| Peter j. Hendricks, claiming that the
city has taken portion of his land fol
| Commerce street, and am OF tho opinion
| that he does not own the land claimed
| by town; that be has never Ownt
iti and, further, that he has
| about as good show TO recover
the same as n banana has
TO bloom upon the icebergs OF Splizber
gen.
/ Aud HuICnhAlOR committee WAS IN
/ structed to purchase 5Sj feet of lumber
lS-lnch double strength CLAY pipe 20 be
used by the city engineer In making
proper drainage ON Elm, Cabel, Pearl
Commerce and Preston streets.
( A resolution that the finance commit
| tee be Instructed TO raise IA much money
as they can on the $4,000 Third ant
| Fourth ward drainage bonds by Gale, OF
they In their Judgment deem BEST, e
borrow money, and use the said hOndi
as collected,
a resolution was offered that one.
mali or per cent. OF the Rd yalOrem tas
levied for tho fiscal year 1885, as col.
| lectedi DO and the same Is hereby an
propriated for the payment OF the inter.
est on bonds, and to provide sinking
tund tor the liquidation of tho bonded
indebtedness OF the city of Dallas. II
| passed.
A resolution was offered that the nor
ton OF the hospital lot used by the cit,
Tor school purposes together with TIKI
building thereon, used az coloreC
school No. !, be and tho same Il trans
iorred back to the city for hospital pur
poses aud that the amount of$l.gl7, IN,
cost OF the building 80 appropriated, b,
and the same is hereby tranafarrec
from the general fund TO the credit q
inc special school to provide for anotheI
bnilding in the place of the one 20 an
| prOprtated, AdODted.