The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-10

CITY OOUNOL
Special Meeting to Oeasider IN Invitasisa !
to the Sub Tropical, etc.
A special meeting OF the City Council
was held yesterday, to consider the mat
tiers given below. There were present
President Boyd and Aldermen Parker,
Loeb and Wilson, with Clerk Carleton.
President Boyd called the meeting to
order and handed the following COM
munication to the Clerk, which explains
itself:
FLORIDA SUB-TRoPiCAL EXPOSITION,
JACKSONVILLE, FLA,
January 4. 1888.
To the Mayor and Common Council of Palatka-
Florida:
You are cordially invited to attend the
opening exercises of the Florida Sub
Tropical Exposition, on the 18th day of
January. 1888. If possible for you to
attend, please report to our reception
committee, at the st. James Hotel, at 1
p. m. of that day, where you will be
provided with badges and escorted to the
Exposition.
Please favor me with an answer Civ
ing, il possible, the names of those who
will attend Very respectfully,
w. T. FORBES, Secretary.
The thanks of the Council were ordered
to be sent to the managers of the Sub
As the Board of Aldermen could not
go a. a body, the Council will not be
represented.
A communication was read from DIR.
r. p. Daniel, chairman Of the committee
| on sanitation of the Jacksonville Board
| of Trade. 1t is as follows:
JACKSONVILLE BOARD OF TRADE,
JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 2, 1888.
DEAR SIR-The Committee on Santa
ton having had referred to them by this
Board of Trade the subject of memoir
alizing the Governor to convene a
| special session Of the Legislature for the
purpose Of passing a law tn establish a
State Board of Health, and with a view
| to having concerted action regarding a
matter Of SO much importance as this,
| they have also been instructed to cor
respond with the several Boards of
Trade, the Boards Of County Commits
sioners and the various city corporations
throughout the State with reference to
this important subject. In accordance
/ with these Instructions, we have to re-
ques. that you will bring this communi-
cation before your Board at the earliest
possible opportunity and procure from
them answers to the questions pro-
pounded ON the accompanying paper,
| which please till out and return by mail
| as soon as possible to the Secretary of the
Jacksonville Board of Trade.
l X. p. DANIEL, M. D.,
Chairman Committee on Sanitation of
the Jacksonville Board of Trade.
Attest: JAS. NJ. FAIRLIH, Secretary.
Questions addressed by the Committee
of Trade.
To the Honorable the Board of
LIST. Is your Board in favor of a State
Board of Health?
I'd. Do you deem it advisable that a
Convention of delegates from Boards of
Trade, Boards of County Commissioners
and City Councils should be held at
some central point in the State on an
early day for the purpose of considering
this whole question.
Sd. IL in favor of a Convention, please
name three delegates to represent youl
Board.
/ 4tn NdHlt the Guy you WOuIu FAVOR
| that the Convention should be held in.
5th. About what day in January do
you think the Convention would be most
conveniently held.
9Th. Will you approve of the Jackson
| vile Board of Trade calling q conven-
ton, if it is found by their Standing
Committee on Sanitation, that a ma
jority of the bodies named on the accom-
panying circular are in favor of a Con-
Il n. Al L. III
the time and place favored by the
majority os answers received?
7th. Ii not in favor of a Convention,
what action will your Board take re-
| specting this important matter of a
State Board of Health?
| Nigned)
| At the conclusion of the reading of the
communication general discussion fol-
lowed.
| Alderman Loeb favored the object of
the communication-he believed there
ought to be State Board of Health and
thought Council should take some action
in the premises.
President Boyd did not see the neces-
| sity for State board-thought the
county board sufficient. Such a board
Il WOuiu IOOA dltcI udtCcTS III 1dIIdndSSee,
and not in the State generally. He was
| opposed to calling a meeting of the Legis-
lature ON account of the inefficiency of
| that body at the last session and thought
the matter could wait for another ses-
sion.
Alderman Parker thought there
should be State board for many
reasons, the most pertinent of which
was that one county could not quaran-
tine against another without sufficient
cause, as has been the case heretofore,
that the State board had control of the
whole matter.
Alderman Wilson did not seem to un-
derstand the duties of State board, and
after some further discussion the COM
munication was laid over till the next
regular meeting.
An informal discussion of the city's
finances then took place, and it was
agreed that definite action should be
taken at the next meeting to settle in
some way the tax assessment question,
if the Supreme Court did not, in the
meantime, render a decision.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS.
The Public Installation of Their Officers