The Brookhaven leader., 1890-08-14

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bly, the following accounts which were ap
proved and allowed, and warrants ordered
TO issue for same, viz:
A. Lewenthal, Jr., Mayor, salary, 5 25 OC
A, Hurst, Marshal, 40 OO
"A. Hurst, Street Commissioner, 10 0C
J. w McGrath, Secretary, Sc
Mrs. Sarah Storm, rent of Office, 90
j. II. Smith, lamp lighter, 90
p. Lucich, lamp lighter, 2 so
A. Hurst. hire mule and cart. 26 60
p. Lucich, lumber on streets, III 04
NJ. Nalty, hauling. 10
The account of James A. Hoskins, for
rent Of school benches, was referred to the
finance committee for examination.
The account of j. o. Boadwee was re-
ferred to the committee on fire apparatus
and lights.
Upon motion, Messrs. Davis and Drey-
| fus were appointed as a committee to act
in conjunction with the Board of Control
in the selection OF building for the tenn
porary use of public city school.
| Upon motion, Aldermen Lewis and
Cooke were appointed on a committee to
investigate the claim of A. ID. McClendon
and others to that part of Jackson street
fronting block (7) seven.
SANITARY OkDlNANCES.
The following Ordinance were adopted ::
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to permit any privy, stable, hog
pen or other thing offensive to the smell,
to remain on any premises within the cor
porate limits of this city in such a condi-
ton as to be a nuisance to the neighbors !;
and any person having control of such
premises who shall be notified by any
member of the sanitary committee or
the Marshal of the city that any such
| nuisance exists on his or her premises and
shall fail or refuse to remove or abate the
same, shall be fined upon conviction, in a
sim not exceeding FIVE dollars for each
day after such service of such notice
Section 2. All persons having control
of premises on which privies are situated
within the corporate limits of said city
shall have them we'll lined in the
months of May, July and September of
every year under penalty of fine not cx-
ceeding FIVE dollars for each failure
so to do.
Section g. Every owner or lessor of lot
in said corporate limits on which water col
lects and becomes stagnant shall have the
same we'll drained and kept dry, or so
filled up and graded tina. the water
will cease to collect on it: nor shall it be
lawful for any person within the limits OF
the corporation to make any ditch or gut
ter on his premises for the drainage of
any foul water which may thereby become
offt nsive to the neighbors. For the viola
ton of any of these provisions the offender
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five
dollars for every offense.
Section 4, These Ordinances shall be in
force from and after August Is, 1890.
The following resolutions were adopted !:
RESOLVED, That the finance committee is
hereby instructed to investigate the fnan-
cial condition of the city, its sources OF
revenues, its certain and probable annual
expenditures, in short, to make such an ex-
animation as to enable the Board to as
certain the amount of levy necessary for
this fiscal year.
Resolved, That the city tax-collector
make his final report Of taxes collected by
him and submit such report to said COM
mittee by the 18th day of August next
On motion, Mersis. Cooke aud Lewen-
thai, were appointed to attend the meeting
of the Board of Supervisors and aid in
the equalization and correction of the as
sessment of property within the city.
| On motion, 1t was Resolved, That
Messrs. Davis, Cooke and Lewenthal be
appointed on a committee to complete ar
rangementS for the purchase, at reasona-
BILE price, of suitable site for the new
school house.
On motion, 1t was Resolved, That
bonds ordered to be printed at previous
meeting bear the date of September l.,
1890, instead of August LIST, 1890, as pre-
viously ordered.
On motion, the Board then adjourned.
| A. LEwENTHAL, Jr., Mayor.
J. W. MCGRATH, Secretary.