San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-10
THE REGULAR SESSION.
THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND
THE SOLONS.
Assistant City Marshal on the Shelf
Commerce Street and Night
Work--The Finance In
VeStigatIon.

| teTdsy az $50 p. m, the mayor in the
| chair, and all aldermen present eX.
| cept Guerguin and Kalteyer who are
| absent from the city.
On motion of Lockwood minutes
were not read.
The petition of citizens for extension
Of pound limits was referred to police
committee: SMELLS petition for permit
to place sign on lamp on West Com.
merce street was granted: John New
ton for permit to erect lumber kitchen
on Obraia street was referred TO fire
committee: Leopold Michael for per-
NIT to hang three balls for pawnbrok-
ers' sign, beyond curb in front of his
place of business, was referred to COM
mittee on streets and bridges; Z. A.
Giraud's proposition to purchase 80
acres of city lands, three miles north
east of Main plaza, was referred to
school board
ASSISTANT MARSHAL.
The mayor called attention to va
cancy of the office of assistant mar
shall and asked the pleasure of the
council:
Alderman Lockwood nominated
John FitZhenry for the assistant mar
shalship and endorsed him as a man
who had served the city faithfully for
twenty-One years, was capable and re-
liable and would always be found
ready to do his duty: Alderman Boel-
hauwe seconded the nomination.
Alderman Common nominated An
dreas Coy and Wulff seconded the
nomination.
Sortor oDJ NEahar wara an,oipta6
tellers. Seen ballots were taken.
The first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh resulted, Fitzhenry 6,
Coy 4-the third ballot was tie.
On mott N of COnnOr supported by
Fest the election was postponed until
next regular meeting, Bolton, Lock-
wood and SartOr voting nay.
The mayor submitted the following:
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, September 2,
1889, Hon. Mayor and City Council,
San Antonio, TeX.-GENTLEMEN: |
herewith beg to have your statements
covering current years 1876 and
lS76-77 and add: [ find that Hon.
Mayor French took charge of office
some time in January 1875 and COM
to sign warrants end of said
but as Mr., j. F. Minter, treas
urer-elect, did not take charge of his
office until March Is, 1875, | consider
it best to take said date as my basis
of examining accounts. | am sorry to
state that warrants and all other
vouchers appertaining to said two
wears could not be found and that /
was obliged to be governed by the
reports. Any additional
|
give cheerfully, providing the vouch-
ers and books are still i'm existence.
Yours most respectfully,
A. NJ. COHEN,
Expert Accountant
Lockwood moved to print the full
report once and action be suspended
until next regular council meeting
and it was so ordered.
City officers presented their month
ly reports which were referred, with
out argument, to the appropriate COM
City engineer reported, showing the
street from Crockett to st. |
Mary. and his report was referred to
on streets and bridges.
The ordinance (already publishedl
providing for the widening of st.
Mary's street from the river to Com
merce street was placed on its third
reading and carried without a dissent
ing vote.
Ordinance affecting pound limits
was laid over until next meeting.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Rogers for finance committee re-
ported in favor of filing the Bolton
resolution appropriating 800 for flags
for public building.
Bolton said: cit would be very
nice to see the flags of our country
floating over the public buildings.
The flag at the Alamo is so faded and
tattered that nobody could distin-
guish what it was unless told before
hand. am a republican, 1 know,
but it is a pretty good democratic
principle that the property of the
state which has been given into the
care Of the city should fly the flag of
the state to which the property be-
longs. | call for the ayes and noes on
the adoption of the report. 1 want to
see who wants to see the flags on the
public buildirgn
Rogers: ut is not question of
who wants to see the flags but of TAX
ing care of the city's money. We
might buy the flags and they lay un-
used for years"
Lockwood: II wish to say some
thing about this. I don't think the
amount named would be enough to
purchase flags for ali the public build
logs, nor do / think we want to BUY
flags for all the school buildings, as
they are not all fitted to carry flags
and therefore will vote aye on the
adoption of the report" The vote to