Evening journal., 1889-07-26
0YERPAID C0UNCILMEN.
SALARIES LIMITED TO $50 a MONTH
AFTER MAY 1.
City Council Begs Leave to Differ with
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
timore Railroad Company.

AhS fiHhhNt Noih ftpufteu ihNnr-
ably on the petition OF Mrs William Nc.
Knight for overpaid taxes of 81 80 A
similar report was made on a like petit
tion OF David +. Lofland for $2 %.
Mr.. Roberts presented several bills sor
extras for the police patrol wagon One
was for a whip socket Mr. Baugh asked
whether wagon was complete without
whip socket, and why supervisor was
necessary TO oversee the construction OF
the wagon. After explanations from
Mr.. Roberts, the bills were ordered paid.
and on motion Of Mr.. Roberts, the special
committee on police patrol was dis
charged.
The city treasurer reported a balance
in bank TO the credit Of current expenses
Of 1924, 439 90 park fund. $4e7. 04; re.
ceived Of E. p Moody, $50, 600: Martin
j. Mealey. $25, 500; City Auditor John
M. Newell, for auctioneers license, $3.50
The following communication from
City Solicitor Henry G Turner was read
and ordered accepted and filed with sig
niiicant smiles:
TO the President and Members OF
Council-Gentlemen ! have examined
the provisions Of the act entitled An act
to amend chapter 207, volume III Of the
Laws Of Delaware, passed at Dover,
April 10, 1899. relative TO the compensa.
tion Of members Of Council, and am Of
the opinion that in that regard the act
went into effect upon its passage, and
that compensation OF members OF
Council after was limited to the sum OF
500 per month as the maximum, except
in the case of certain members specifi-
cally named in the act.
Yours respectfully,
HENRY G. TURNER. City Solicitor
The miscellaneous pay roll Of 81, S47. II,
and the police pay roll Of $3, 22S.3 were
passed.
The petition of William ]. Fisher for
the return Of &26 60 taxes paid twice for
Richard Martin, was referred to the Fl
nance Committee.
A communication was read from
Plumbing Inspector e F. Kane calling
attention TO the act of the last Legisla-
ture, providing that cesspools and drain
pipes on streets where Ethere were
sewers, should be connected there.
with. This act placed the en-.
forcement of its provisions in
the hands Of the Street and Sewer
Department Mr. Kane also called atten.
tion to the act creating the office Of
plumbing inspector and providing for the
inspection OF cesspools and drains. The
two acts conficted with each other and
Mr. Kane asked Council for instructions.
The communication was referred to the
Law Committee.
Mr.. Mccall presented the following
resolution, which was adopted, but two
opposing votes being heard
GtNN d
Company has forbidden any person or
persons who are not connected with the
Wilmington Transfer Company to solicit
for the carrying Of any baggage from the
railroad depot in this city within the
building line Of said depot and have
legally prosecuted one OF our citizens for
so doing therefore be 1t
Resolved, That in view OF the fact
that the Council Of Wilmington has per.
mitted said company to build over and
close up Walnut street between Front
and Water and also permitted 1t TO ex.
tend its building partly on Poplar street
between Front and Water streets and so
accorded to 1t many other privileges, that
this 'Council disapproves the action OF
the said company in trying to prevent
any of our citizens from peacefully and
quietly entering its depot to solicit the
conveyance of persons or the baggage Of
persons from said depot, and be it fur
ther
Resolved. THAT copy Of this pre-.
amble and resolution be sent to the
superintendent in this city"
Mr.. Lawson presented the following
resolution:
Resolved, That all bills contracted by
the standing committees, or by members
of said committees, or by special com
mittees appointed by authority OF this
Council be presented to the Finance Com
mite for their approval. When approved
by them said bills to be paid by vote OF
this Council
Mr.. Lawson stated that he offered the
resolution as he had noticed on two occa
sions that exhorbitant bills had been
paid President Farra stated that an
ordinance Of the city provided that each
committee should approve bills TO be paid
from its own appropriation. The motion
to adopt the ordinance was lost.
Orders were directed to be drawn for
80, s69 80, interest on the city debt for
July.
Mr.. McGonigal offered the following
resolution, which was adopted;
Resolved, That orders be drawn for
the following amounts: For annual Re.
demption Loan No. 30, $4,000; for ap-
propriation TO the Board of Public Edu.
cation for new schools, 800, 900; for ap-
preparation to Directors of the Street and
Sewer Department, $12O, 900. Total,
$l45, 0O0
Mr.. Chambers called up for its third
reading an ordinance concerning offenses
against the public economy. 1t prohibited
cows running at large within the city
limits. It originally came from the
Eleventh ward, but no one seemed TO
back it, and on motion Of Mr.. White
further consideration was indefinitely
postponed.
Council then adjourned. After ad-
journment Mr.. McKenney circulated the
following receipts. amid considerable
laughter.
Received of City Council s4s so over
paid salary. CHARLES A. RYAN"
Bills were passed as follows: Southern
Electric Company, $42; John Lang, $21
Howard Mynich, $27 Fred Holden, S44. :
so; Wilmington Freie Press, $12 80;
Journal Printing Company, $35 02; John
Boughman, So; Delaware and Atlantic
Telephone Company, $40; Lawrence J..
Rigney, 81; William g. Mahaffy, $14.75;
Gavon Thompson, $12
Work on the Eastern Shore Railroad.