Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-03-21
.AsSuOIATlON BILLS.
PropoIcd Extension of tho Mayors
Ieras.

The city bil's that City Council 80 con-
temptuoy ly ri acted Tuesday niRht week
were considered and approved Friday night
by meeting OF the Ciuzsus' Associations
legislative COMMITTEES Rnd'heAds OK the Vaii-
Gus city departments.
Those pr, sent when the meeting was
called TO order shortly after 8 ocloek were
@ orge W. Bush, chairman, o. We,ley
Wrldip, tecrerAry, President of Council j.
O. FRrra, Andrew @. Wilson OF the Election
Department, ]. Ls Carpenter, Jr., and j.
N.wliu Gawthrop OF the Street and sewer
Department. d.. J A Draper OF the Board
OF Health, d. ]. Mention OF tae Park oom'
mission and Allen Speskman.
Dir. wilson pres nted ths bills prepared
by the committee. They were the came as
those presented 10 Oity Oouacil PC last
Tuesday nights mseting, and were read oy
Mr. Wilson.
The bill increasing the Street and Saver
Department ? APPROPRIATION to Si2s,7l2.bo,
fol- the next dseal year, wea approved, MI.
Carpenter stating that q. only Increased tbe
original appropriation so as to include ne
lighting OF the streets aud the surveying de-
partment expenses, which were not sup.
posed to be Included when the original bill
was passed,
The bill dispensing with the city election
this year, retuciig CouncH's mennersn, P
| 10 IA and the president, to be elected III
Jnue, 1880, making the city solicitor cleo
| tive by the people, eEEendtnR mayor mar
on's term to June, 1899. and provldinR
| for biennial elections after june, 1881, was
| next read Mr.. Wilson said the changes
nsda were fair, equitable and In tbs Interest
Of good gov-rnmenr.
iittie further ant make tha building tnepec.
TOR elective hy The people, as 1t was q, very
| imnoriant office.
| In the discuss on that ensuac II was held
/ that Il bill OF thls character stood the best
| chance OF passing 10th houses OF The
General Assembly. The bill. togethar with
Mr.. Mentions suggestion about the building
inspector WIS hen approved.
Tae bill mailing the changes In the cleo
ton depa tment law, so as TO make 1t con
form to the changes proposed by the pre-
yious hill, was next read and approved. Il
| was amended by making the hours OF reg
is:ration from 10 a. n. 10 .. IN.
Another act prohibiting the eicgtog o.
wells for houses Constructed Thereafter
along the line Of sewers and requiring suct
hou es to be connected with sewers; alsC
PROVIDING tbat when Judgments ara oh
taiued against the city no execution sbal
no iasu. thereon unfil after the 3tst day
OF July after tho sa,d Judgment is obtained
was alao read and approved.
| Another made some slight changes IN TIT
city charter to make It conform TO tie DC
creating the Street ard Saver Department
by Inserting the hume Of the latter corpora
tion In lieu OF City Council In variou
plncss; also made owners OF property re
spobsirie for damages Rrisiur from defes
tive footways, upless the ,fecrs are tn
result OF some act on the part of the cit!
or its agents; also, made It unlawful Il
pave any footwsy with brick unless tn
consent OF the Street and sewer Depart
mspt is FIRST obtained. THIS bill also re
ceived the approval OF the meeting.
, Or, Draper suggested gu omission OF th
, bills to general meeting Of the Citizens
, Association and other cirzeps intereste
before being sent TO Dover. This sugges
tlou was approved and the meeting will b
. called by the executive committee at a.
early day.
! The meeting then adjourned.