Evening journal., 1891-04-10
LAST EDITION
INDECENT POSTERS TO GO
COUNCIL WILL PASS AN ORDINANCE
TO PROHIBIT THEM.


The CITY Fathers Withdraw the Amend
ment TO the Street Improvement Bni
Providing for the Pay nent Of Interest
out of the Existing Appropriation.
City Council held an unusually short
meeting last evening City Treasurer
K. Griffith reported the balance in
bank to current expenses, 800. g37 GS
special deposit, So Asa. So; received from
joan H. Dandy, $40 G2; Edmund
Mitchell, Jr, school tax collections.
$3.50 30; John ]. Mealey S4JO: CITY
Auditor John A. Mitchell. 1850. taxes for
market hoose. Clerk OF the Market
smeitz reported having tested sixty one
scales, l7s weights aud four measures
all Of which he f0und correct The butter
and meat he reported wholesome. A petit
tion from I. w Hyatt for So 81 oysrpaid
taxes was referred 10 the Finance Com
mites. 3. z. Baker presented petition
Tor $ll 62 ovarpaid tsxes, which was also
referred to the Finance COMMITTEES
mr. Sharkey presented @ petition from
Moses Wiel the grand commander Of
Grant Post, e. A. H., asking for the use
Of the front part Of the City Hall forthe
reception of flowers on April 30
Memorial Day, and on motion his petition
was granted. Mr. Sharkey presented
communication from M g. G Walters
general foreman Of the Pullman Palace
Car Company, asking that a ii 70 alarm
box be placed at the company's gate, the
company to pay the expense. After some
discussion Il was agreed to direct the
finance Committee TO instruct the super
intendent Of the fire alarm to have the
box placed at the com pany's gate under
his directions
A resolution was read Withdrawing
that portion Of the bill recommended bv
Council to the Legislature on the borrow
ing OF $500 600 for the improvement of
the streets Of Wilmington. IN which Ii
was provided that the present appropri-
alton Of the Street ana Sewer Direstors
should go TO pay the interest on the nepg
appropriation. and to recommend the ia
sertion Of clause in the bin prepared.
making il Impossible for the SCreet aud |
Sewer Directors to draw over S2OO. 600 |
in any one year.
President Farra calling Mr. Baugh t. |
the chair took the floor and expressed |
himself against the amendment His |
own amendment requiring the interest TO
DC palo out OF the present appropriation |
would have the effect Of keeping down 1
the tax ratio to an extent which the /
substitute would not provide for. Beside /
The money now raised By appropriations
would be allowed to aceumnlats and the
department would have no need for It.
MI. Mchsnney agreed with President |
Fsrra.
Mir Cotton said he had been in Dover
and It was the prevalent opinion there
that If the bill passed With the first
amendment taxed on to il, the bill pro
viding that ons-third Of the taxes raised
by liquor licenses go 10 the city of viii
mington would be killed With the bill |
as proposed be thought the other would
pass
Mr. Msgee said that Mr.. Cotton had
given no assurance that the bill fof
giving Wilmington q third OF its liquoi
license taxes would pass, and he knew as
well SIS any of them that the Legislature |
would never pass It, They were not
built that way He was totally opposed
to the substitute as it would only affect
ono years taxation and be prac cica,ly
useless, The substitute was passed
Mr.. Baugh called up the first reading
of an ordinance to define and prohibit the
posting Of Indecent pictures, obscene
hgures or representations on fence, build
ing or in any public placs, and author
izlug the chief Of police on the conviction
Of the offender TO have the pictures torn
down. 1t was referred TO the Committee
on Law.
Mr.. Baugh called up the first reading of
an ordinance for the relief of blank
which was read and re-
ferred to the Law Committee.