Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-01
CITY COUNCILS MEETING
SOLICITOR TURNER ON TIE BIEN,
NAL AuT.
The Ponnsylvania lsaiIroad Conn
pany Reminded by Resolution OF
One ofIts Obligations for Valuable
EayOrs Received.
President Farra presided at the regular

President Farrs presided at the regular
meeting OF Council Thursday night. The
finance committee reported favorably on
the petitions of Mrs. William Mcknight
and David 8. Loft and for the refunding
of $3.50 and $2,7s, respectively, for
overpaid capitetion taxes, and the
amounts were ordered to be refunded.
The committee on police patrol wagon
reported bills of $500 from W. q.
Mahafy for extras on the police patrol
wagon and bill of $12 from GaveD
Thompson for experimenting the con-
struction of the same. Mr.. Bsugh
thought that the bills indicated extrava-
gsncs on the part of tine committee to
which Mr.. Roberts replied very warmly
on the part OF the committee. The bills
we're allowed, few dissenting votes
being heard. The committee was then
| discharged.
Oity Treasurer Griffith reported q
balance Of 1924, ,439 81 in bank to the
credit Of current expenses and $427 04 to
the park fund. He also reported the
following collections: E. p. Moody,
$500 taxes for 1883, 500, 100 taxes for
1889; Martin j. Mealey, $25 500 taxes for
1883; City Auditor Newell, $3.50 for
auctioneer's license.
The miscellaneous payroll amounting
to $l,S47.17 and the police payroll
amounting to So, ,22s. 35 were allowed.
The petition of W. j. Fisher for che
refunding of $26.60 overpaid city and
school taxes on the property of Richard
Martin which was paid twice by mistake,
was referred to the finance committee.
Plumbing Inspector Kane presented
the following communication which was
referred to the law committee; Permit
me to respectfully call your attention to
an act passed at Dover by the General
Assembly, April 24th, 1889, in relation
to the constructing and draining of cess
pools on propsrty fronting on streets in
which a sewer is laid, the said cesspools
to be controlled by the Street aud Sewer
department.; and, also, to the bill passed
at Dover, April 25th. 1859, creating q
plumbing inspector for the city by which
1.-The Council" in directed to provide for
the Inspection of plumbing, and also of
oil cesspools within the city. AS there is
difference of opinion Of whose duty it
is to inspect said cesspoois under the
aforementioned acts, l would respect
fully ask your honorable body for in
atructions on this matter"
Mr.. Mccall offered the following reso-
luton:
WHEREAS. The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has forbidden any person or per-
sops who are not connected with the Will
mington Transfer Company to solicit for
the carrying OF any baggage from the Fail-
road depot IN this city, within the building
line Of said railroad depot, and have
legally prosecuted one OF our citlzsns for
so doing. Therefore be it
Rrsolosd, That In view of the fact that the
Council OF Wilmington has permitted said
siH-,g a
up Walnue street between Front and Water
streets and also permitted it 20 extend Its
building partly over Poplar street between
Font ana Water Streets, and also accorded
TO It many other privlleces.
Resoi0ed, That this Ooufcil dsapproyes
OF tine action OF said company in trying to
prevent any Of our cit ans from peacefully
aud qlietlS entering lie depot Oalldiug 10
solicit the conveyance Of pcrsols or bag
gage OF persons from said depot. And be It
further
Resotusd. That q copy Of this preamble
and resolutions bs sent to the superinten-
d ant IA this city. When the vote was taken,
MeEsrs. Hawkins and Lawson alone voted
IN the negative.
On iIr. McGonigal's motion the following
appropriations were made: 9i21 600 for
the Street and Sewer Directors, their annual
appropriation; S29,0n0 for tine Board of
Education, for the building of new schools;
$4,000 for the Resumption OF Loan No. 80,
due August 1st; 80, 867 80 for interest due
on August lst.
Mr. Lawson offered the following:
That all bills contracted by the standing
committees or by the memoirs OF said COM
nittecs or by special committees appointed
by the authority q this Council. be pre-
seated to this inapaa committee for their
approval, and whsn approved by them,
said bills be paid by Council.
He stated that in his Snort experience
in Council he noticed tlat aeya=ai bills
were oxorbitant. Mr.. Baugh defended
tho present method and claimed that IL
would be impo sable for the finance CON-
mittee to do the work imposed by the
resolution unless they devoted all Of
their time to the work. The resolution
was lost, faint aye or two being heard,
while there was an overwhelming number
of vigorous mays"
Mr., Chambers called up for third
reading the ordinance prohibiting cattle
from being allowed to run at lsgge any,
where within the city limits. The ordi-
nance now in force allows them to pas
ture in certain outlying districts. Mr..
White called for an explanation OF the
provisions of the ordinance. Mr. Sawdon
replied that it had been presented in re-
sponse to q petition of similar effect,
presented by Joseph A. Bond some time
ago. O1 Mr.. Whites motion the ordi-
nance was indefinitely postponed withoat
dissenting vote.
Oity Solicitor Turner presented the fol-
lowing communication in reply to Coun-
ellis request for an opinion on the act
regulating the salaries of Couucilmen:
81 have examined the provisions OF the
act entitled An act to amend chapter 20T
Vol. XVII, of the Laws OF Delaware
passed at Dover, April 18th, 1889, rela-
tive to the compensation of members of
Council, and l am OF the opinion that in
that regard the act went into effsct upon
its passage, and that compensation OF
members of The Couucip thereafter was
limited to the sum o. $40 per month as
the maximum, exoept in the case of Ger
tain members specifically named IN ssid
act"
Council adjourned after allowing the
following bills:
Southern Electric Company, Ssa; John
Lang. S2l; Howard Mynieh, S27 Fred
Holdman, S44 50; Wilmington Freie Prcsse,
Sl2.50; Journal Printing Company, S35.U2;
John Boughman, sS; Delaware and Atlan-
tic Telephone Company, SO; Lawrence j.
Rigney, 80; William g. MahAtfy, @ia,75;
Gayen Thompson, Si2.
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