Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-09
MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL.
Resorts. Petitions, Orders, Bills
Passed. Etc Etc

EdSS6ds Etc. ETC.
The regular monthly meeting of the
City Council was held last night May.
or Brown Counsellor Revell aud a fun
board Of aldermen present The reports
Of the City Collector and Treasurer City
Commissioner. Chief of Police, Market
Master aud Fire Marshall, for The month
Of January were received aud referred
TO their respective committees.
The following petitions were received
and granted. From s. r. Hughes. pas
tor of Asbury NJ T. Church, use OF AS.
sembly Rooms on night Of March end:
Henry Hebron for use of Assembly
Rooms on March 4th; from King :
Daughters. for use of Assembly Rooms,
on night of March lst;from Sarah Burke
use of Assembly Rooms on night Of
March lsi, was rejected: from Harriet A .
Gully, for use of Assembly Rooms for
benefit OF ST. Philips Chapel on night Of
April IL. was granted.
John l.. Beall petitioned the Board to
restrain the members OF the Waterwitch
Hook and Ladder company, from selling
their fire alarm bell, an order having
been offered at a meeting of the compa-
ny for this purpose. The petition was
referred TO the fire department commit
tee for investigation.
w. ID. Basil submitted his monthly re-
port together with his resignation as
Fire Marshall of the City, owing to his adj
vanced age, and inability TO attend to
the duties of the office. The resignation
was accepted.
ORDERS. sal
The following orders were offered: au-
thorizing the clerk TO purchase jour
nal TO record the proceedings and TO
cost so.
That 500 be appropriated for placing
crossing on West street extended, one on
Conduit street and repairing gutter on
Gloucester street
That coupons No. 81, of bonds Nos AZ,
Al, 80, amounting to S;I4 50, be destroy
ed.
Bills of Police officers Mitchell, Ty-
dings and Uranium for attendance as
witnesses in cases for the City, created
little discussion by the Counsellor,
who thought that the City should RENE
edy this unnecessary expenditure in
some manner, and that very soon. The
bills were for s. to each officer for testi-
flying in one case.
The matter of allowing j. Frank KIa-
mer, late treasurer and collector, insol-
vencies upon certain property In the
city was brought up as the closing bust
ness of the Board The aldermen show
ed desire TO have the matter settled, ii
having been running for over 10 years.
Tie Counsellor explained the whole case
10 the Board and protested against per-
sons being declared insolvent who were
solvent. James NJ Muuroe. counsel for
the sureties of Kramer, spoke on the
matter, and asked the Board for the re-
lease of the sureties. The question came
TO termination when Alderman Boes
sci, offered an order asking the City
Council to grant the release of the sure
ties, of which he was one. The Coun-
sellor called for the yeas and nays which
resulted in the defeat of the order. I'm
mediately after Mayor Brown offered an
order to pay the sureties $3.50 80, for
which amount the city had charged
against them as interest which was
adopted
Application for liquor license was
granted To j. c.. COrcoran TO carry on
business corner of Maryland avenue and
Prince George street.
BILLS PASSED
The following bills were favorably re-
ported by the finance committee and or
dered to be paid;
Geo. w. Jones $3.50
Felemeyer, Bros, $29 %
Geo. w. Moss SI00I
w IT pindell $665
Cbas q Feldmeyer 1910