Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-10
CITY COUNCILS SESSION
The City Has a Good, Fat
Bank Balance.
MUNICIPAL COURTS REVENUE
This Department Earns a
Substantial Surplus.
An UItimatum Against Goats Running at
Large--"Billy" Has But One Friend in
the Municipal Parliament.

| f.ou CLOCK, Lne regular nOur Tor meet
ing except during June, July and
August, when the body convenes hall
an hour later.
Orders were directed to be drawn in
favor of James p. Carpenter and Daniel
McElwee, for $1.71 and $55.53 respec-
| lively, overpaid taxes ordered to be re-
funded. The petition of William J.
Fisher, agent, asking that he be refunded
$I5.5o, which he claimed to be overpaid
tax, was not granted.
she city treasurer reported $40, ,910.31
in the Union National Bank and $685.
$50 each in National Bank of Delaware,
First National Bank, Central National
Bank and National Bank of Whining
ton and Brandywine to the credit of the
city's current expenses and $4,454.6 SO in
Union National Bank to the credit of
special deposit, making total deposit
of $149, 9,764.93. He also reported the
following receipts: From Collector
Mitchell, $1,325 and $1,000, city and
school taxes for 1890 and 1891 re-
i spectively; from Administrator Mealey,
$1,075 and So, ,150, also city and school
taxes for 1890 and 1891 respectively.
The city auditor certified to the cor
rectness of the accounts of the city
! treasurer and reported receipts as fol-
lows: From Plumbing Inspector Kane,
$15, fees for August; from City Engi-
neer Boughman, $126.25, fees for the
same period; from Chief of Police
Blackburn, $102 and $62.50, respect
lively dog tax and show license for the
last two months; from the Western
Union Telegraph Company, 6S cents,
overcharge for telegram.
The building inspector reported The
erection of "a buildings during August;
10 dwellings, l addition, church, Q
rolling mills and miscellaneous, at an
estimated cost of 63,600, from which he
received fees amounting to $S4.
The coal oil inspector reported that he
inspected 44,s70 gallons of oil during
the month.
The clerk of the municipal court re-
ported that the August unclaimed wit
ness fees amounted to $18 and that the
courts receipts for the month were as
follows: Fines, $271; fees, $13S; costs,
| $144.35; total, $553.35.
The miscellaneous payroll, amount,
ing to $2,051, was passed. Pending its
passage Mr.. Murray corrected the mis-
take of correspondent of Philadel-
| phia newspaper, who, in referring to the
presentation of the payroll at the pre-
ceding meeting, stated that the amounts
contained therein were the cost of COM
mittee meetings, whereas they were the
salaries of city officials.
The payroll of the president and
members of Council, amounting to
| $241.26, was passed, after it had been
read in full at the request of Mr.
| Murray. 1t was as follows: President
Benson, 500; Mr.. Cotton, $24.17; Mr..
Perkins, $1,000; Mr.. Pagan, $14.50; Mr..
Griffin, $3.50; Mr. Murray, SO; Messrs.
Dannenberg, Kirby, McKelvey, McYay.
Magee, Ratledge and White, $40 each.
Mr. Murray remarked that only the
| president and two members could draw
more than $40 per month and that many
of those who could not exceed that
amount had taken care to reach the high
water mark.
To the park and finance committees
was referred a petition from Bishop
Coleman, asking that the piece of
ground on Twelfth street between King
and Market, where market house once
stood, be made park.
Mr.. Kirby called attention to the bad
sanitary condition of the Old Academy,
in the Ninth ward.
A petition from j. jackson Pierce,
agent of the estate of the late Lewis -
Zebley, asking that he be refund0
$39.9O, tax paid twice, Was referred TO
the finance committee.
An order was directed to be drawn in
favor of Elizabeth Taylor for $4650,
interest on school bonds.
Asking Mr.. NIagee to preside, Presi-
dent Benson and that member ex-
changed seats.
The ordinance amending the ordi-
nance passed in 1856, concerning
offences against public economy and
certain nuisances, and the various
| amendments thereto, prohibiting goats,
geese sheep, kline and swine running at
large within the city limits, was put on
its third reading, and, pending the adop-
tion of the enacting clause, Mr.. White
moved that further consideration be
postponed until next january, which
motion Mr.. Pagan seconded. President
Benson moved that action on Mr..
Whites motion be indefinitely post
poned, and Mr.. Cotton seconded the
presidents motion. The latter motion
was adopted, Mr.. McKelvey alone
voting no. The motion TO adopt the
enacting clause was next put and car
ried, Mr.. White being the only member
to vote in the negative. Immediately
thereafter the ordinance was referred to
President Benson, who, during the ab-
sence of Mayor Wiley, is acting mayor.
Mr.. Benson promptly signed the docu-
ment and returned il to the presidents
desk, when Acting President AIagee de-
clared it to be an ordinance of the city.
Mr.. Magee served as president pro tenn
during the remainder of the session and
presided gracefully.
Tax Collector Mitchell and Admins
traitor Mealey were each allowed 81, ,125,
of which $3.50 was for writing and
counting the receiving books, $75 for
making the horse assessment and $500
for making the city assessment.
Mr.. McVay gave notice of the intro
ductlon of an ordinance authorizing the
payment of Liberty Fire Company's
full appropriation of $1,000 this month.
A resolution presented by Mr.. Griffin,
directing that the names of State Detec-
tives McNey and Witsil be put on the
miscellaneous payroll and that orders
be drawn for two months salary due
them for the remainder of the quarter,
was, on motion of Mr.. Cotton, referred
to the law committee.
A resolution offered by Mr.. McVay,
that Council make its sen,i-annual visit
to the fire companies next Tuesday
evening. was adopted.
After few bills had been read Coun-
Gil adjourned.