San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-18
CITY COUNCIL.
REGULAR SESSION YESTERDAY.

Compulsory Vaccination OF School
Children as Sanitary Meas
! ure-Routine Business.
Mayor Csllaghan, Marshal Shar-
dein, the city attorney and all the
aldermen, save Fest, were present
yesterday when the council of the
Alamo city held its session. After
the minutes had been quickly dis
posed of the petitions of number of
citizens were read.
II. G. Applewhite and Chas. w.
Green were granted special building
permits; Ed. Guilbeau was allowed to
substitute tagging for class car
walk; Newton d Sanders, who want
ed to put up fire preof boiler house;
A. p. Rivas, for damages to property
for widening a street; Il. j. G.. Paulo,
Margarita Ygnacio, and J. M. Chavez,
for remission of their taxes, were re-
ferred TO committees, as was the pc
tition for wooden bridge over the
Alazan creek on Monterey street.
The city engineer submitted list
of streets In the city that now have
no regular names, as follows: First
street south of Saltillo street; first
street south of Pereida street; first
street northeast of Macon street; first
street north of Washington avenue
commencing at Macon street; first
street north Of Paso Hondo street, and
first street south of Victoria street
between Labor and Water streets.
He recommended that West Seven
teenth street be changed to Hamilton
avenue; also that the name of Goliad
road be changed to Victoria street.
Also that all avenues shall be not
less than sixty feet in width. Adopt
ed.
The city marshal reported 81, 43l in
fines received from the police court
during the month of October, while
the city jailer reported having fed 12l
prisoners in the city Jail for the same
slime. The poundmaster's report for
October was also presented and all
were adopted.
Mr.. Lelordin's taxes were remitted;
Robert Glenn was given building
permit; the citizens of Ward were
granted water mains along the Fred
ericksburg road, and residents along
Centre street were allowed to keep
their fences where they are at pres
ent, without conforming to the street
lines.
Eighteen new fire hydrants were
located and ordered placed.
1t was ordered that the street COM
missioner grade the space between
the s p. railway track and property
abbutting on Dalton street, for 100
feet, and Presa street was ordered
widened four feet, from Villita to
Arciniega streets.
Mayor Callaghan spoke Of the dan
ger our public school children stood
in of contagion from smallpox and
other diseases and recommended that
an ordinance be passed compelling all
school children to produce certificate
or other proof of being vaccinated six
years prior to entering school. Othe:-
wise they shall be denied admission.
such an ordinance was prepared and
passed.
By Lockwood: That the property
owners on Avenue G, between Tenth
street and Grand avenue be ordered
10 lay class A sidewalks within the
time specified by the city ordinance.
Adopted.
That the street commissioner be or
dered at once to fix the drainage at
the corner of East Commerce and Lo-
soya streets, SO that the water will
enter the river and not flow over the
sidewalk. Adopted.
That the mayor be instructed to
have the Commerce street bridge ex-
amined by competent bridge men to
ascertain If said bridge Is safe.
Adopted.
BY Rogers: that the mayor be au-
thorized to instruct the Water COM
pany to extend the water main on
Sherman street. Adopted.
By Fest: that 500 be appropriated
to build q wooden bridge across San
Pedro creek at Knox street. Adopted.
BY Reimann: that the mayor take
charge of the work on the Garden
street wall and finish the same. The
mayor asked that 1t be not adopted,
and it was referred to the finance
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