Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-03-14
CITY COUNCIL.
Ls REGULAR WEEH '
SION LAST EVENING"


4. ,scu,sr weekly session OF City
y u, !" ras held last evening, with
.s,,r, .sl" Parra In the chair. The roll
' s.lisd ard the mlnuies Of the last
"a meeting read by Clerk Mcssiek,
| ~, the latter were approved the
LiIn, committees wero called.
k.T,x committee presented the fol-
n, ~ orlpion OF the city solicitor in
'.s ...s.s 10 ne cl,rx Of the market:
n, No. =. resolution OF your honorable
|, n Tn,.,td At the City Hall, . copy OF
IN i, annexed hereto. my opinion 10
M NJ ! has been sought in answer TO
% '.,n ou.,tions relative to the Office Of
\ ol the msrfet Of this city. ] have
Itonor TO transmit to your honorable
~, reply TO tie questions pro.
Il nv views as follows: To the
~stion ! would reply that there is
Il oillce as clerk OF the street mar
There Is an officer, however. called
4 d ,bc market, Que OF whose duties
buutse public supervision over the
m .,tes, markets OF this city, as far
nm. 10 tie public street market.
I Dep,ttm,nt OF Streets ard Sewers
4 M.py tine abroaate tho functions
n. ele,k Of III. market and place such
4, markets under fuch other control
|they ma, Gee OF, hut until some sucl
Sape 1. MADE The supervision of the
.et markets remain one ot tho dutios
Abe clrrk o. the msiket
Ihs, toxsyu does not make tho
Rk ci tho market an employe Of the
N, suI Sever Department In the
n ihn they can terminate his term Of
n % nch clerk Of The market, Tor he
duiis TO perform unconneeted with
pallt Highways, such ne inspection
beat. ini tie regulation of weights
na'ufes, with which the Street and
bG DEPARTMENT hss nothing to do.
y ofite Of the clerk oil the market ID
bptrly under the eoutIol OF tho Council
|sts ely and be would hold his term
|cfes SDd the Council would have to
lin his salary & By laws regulated
lhe Street sni Sewer Department to.
lrfow decide 10 put the street markets
der other control. .5..
10 tbs seoul question woul d reply
y oil m neys collected from the publ.c
ksi markets, aud all accounts relating
fhe nne should be paid and trans.
l'el to ,he snoet aud Stwer Depart
tt, other moneys to be paid to tht
lftssl:er for the benefit Of the gen
u fund.
'ihe tl'id and the fifth questions or,
|sfftd IN my reply above to the frat
'tIlon pfopounded iu said res0lutiop
lie fourth QUESTION | would reply
wheie such officers arc wholly un
me control OF the Street and Sewel
Inllnen' aud so connected with tn,
per eafFYln, out OF the provisions 0
law creating SAID department, th,
'hcll Is oi goutse not hound to pa,
e salaries. Such an officer, however
ny opinion, Is not The clerk of the
ket respectfully submitted.
III. Z. TURNER, CITY Solicitor"
Y. Forrest moved tnat the opinion b,
.t,isd and filed.
E,hoerls obiected and asked for tn
1sit' tho resolutions, which Wa
llcI-rk Ndssick m follows:
hH@ved, That the city solicitor b
d hieAy is required 10 submit 1
tllas the next regular meeting Q
Plea b.. opinion as legal adviser &
ldI IOl BE- following questions:
[h'le clerk OF the street market sui
10 lie control Of Council or to th
10 d TIE Street aud Sewer Depart
Isf0ali he ~ should he not unde
submit his accounts to Oouuci
Jay r'0heys collected bv lin 10 tb
iss'artf ior the general fund?
tr \ lhdcr the control Of III
ihl Sewer Department should no
phrlment pay him Ter bi, sergicer
oonneil legally bound to pa
~ o. officers or employee OF th
shl sewer Department.
IsA OF tannot the Street and sews
''meat terminate tho torn OF offic
cltFS Of the market and dismil
'lt pleasure VI the directors an
IoIieI clerk In his placer"
Mhiris said that he was oppose
sy'h1 The report 40 instead {
te ne Information asked for, b
~ afouul and begged th
e' lhe eiiirc matter was, is or
I"eIR ai the market under Ii
ol Couueii' This is what
\, " y Know. but instead Of aI
y .ae solicitor tskes three weei
c,,Y ~, Question that any attornt
d ,as ANN have answered in thir,
besti~n 'Osh he does not answt
wa, ,.'.n. Mr. Ro,,el,s said that
Z seq II, way o. doing 1t, he woul
tor. ~ 'Ae oplaloa returned TO Il
sil,Ihey y defended the .ol,c,tor an
(nsHer to 'lns he "a,..ioDp ~ p.s opinion was
Y" , ,a retlei lnAt Mr.. Shark,
ieu,i 9I ~, what he Mas talking abou
I'M ~ .ns following from the a
4' o'ieet aud Sewer Comm mi
h Gss my ,l Low due or that hcreait
lo,- 'ef Hens in the city auditor
n,,rs 'ols to and must be dsposited
r. ~ straa! @aen collected to the cred
as i,,.i l.,se! . and Sewer Department
h. taia,', Ia isvenue from the tax on tel
liz L'opnoae aud electric light poIs
rs VIM, ,,'s are erected on publ
bourv. v.'lh ~ tue limits of the city; Al
{ en- " b. ior rent OF wharves, spsc
bllect,@S,',p.a 9S'pae markets, together vi
VICIOUS from said curbstone mn
l,i,paing, ~ Mr.. Roberts ..,a ,,.. ).
pi..H .aH market is elected bv 1,
N. n, p he Is under their coutr,
Ia N n ~ esorts and pays all money
n HI. .aeln, but Council 10 reouir
raG ~ salary. This he d,d e noi ~. .o
uhIa, uI ana , thought If the clerk W,
they s, 'he control Of tho com m
avy yois Should Lou pay his salary. '
ee,s s was then taken on ths mo,,,
sd.r no oIS oas ils the opinion, and 1,'' It y
bal i, ~ one except Mr.. Roberta voti
IL cl,v
|nk ks ~ .ni Treasurer reported tho b.,.u
b; ps,,, N s,utrent t, expenses to be 40
lctorr rIEA n y pIa1d, s2, 4e4. .04; received
Mssla, A.,oSody, l,37O; Colleo,
". n 5000; Municipal %,
b return os ., ~ John Backus, aski
y to the F,",v T., overgaid taxs, VA i
from ,,' was rscsivad i.
10 e.,.s,,sp Ell Ine Park Com mission in "a =
establishing a park on ths II sos o.
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