Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-12
AFTER THE TAX coLLEoroH.

Insist That Tax COllec. tor Futile Must Furnish . List of Delinquent Tsxpayers-Corpora Counsel Driscolps Opinion Asked Would Not Concur i'm a Mistake of the City Clerk-Pavements to be
 Laid With Artificial StOne-State
 Street Cars to Run to Scheutzen
 Park-West Chapel Street to be
 Widened-Other Business.
 Twsnty-one of the thirty-six members of the board of councilmen were present at the meeting of that body last evening, and notwithstanding the intense heat, transacted considerable business. A great deal of it was in concurrence with the &C., tion of the board of aldermen taken last Monday night.
 Councilman Dursnt again brought for ward his pet scheme ot attempting to se- cure from the tax collector list of all de- hnquent tax payers and then after short speech introduced the following resolution which was adopted unanimously:
 Ordered, That the corporation counsel is hereby instructed to furnish an opinion and report at the July meeting as to the mode of procedure to be adopted by the court of common council to compel the tax collector to furnish said boards 8 list of the names of delinquent tax payers up to and including the year 1891.
 When the report of the committee on railroads and bridges in reference to the removal of the tracks of the Winchester Avenue Railroad company on College street, between Chapel street and George street, or remove them within thirty days, was reached, the endorsement on the paper was read as follows: ''Board of aldermen report accepted and recommendation grants the prayer of the petition. In the board of aldermen last Monday the report of the committee was tabled for printing, but through clerical error of the city clerk came up endorsed as above. This excited some discussion, the board then voting to table the matter for printing.
 The coupcilmen voted to appropriate $650 for the purpose of defrsying expenses of band concerts during the summer months. This is disagreeing action with the board of aldermen who referred the matter to the board of finance.
 On motion of Councilman Smith 1t was dec ded that in all orders providing for the paving of sidewalks in different sections of the city, the words "carbonizsd stone" should ba stricken out and the words man Smith, who is the ccuncilmanic chair man of the committee on streets, stated that In his opinion the committee did not intend to recommend any particular kind of stone pavement but, on the contrary, intended that any kind of artificial pave ment might bs laid. This was evidently the opinion of the members of the board present and the motion prevailed withou' opposition.
 | street, between York and Howe streets came up from the board of aldermen fo concurrent action. "I move we concur, said one of the councilmen last night ant without more ado the question was re aldermen took like action last Monda, night.
 Thomas H. Sullivan, William H. Maley Theron A. Todd and W. J. Atwater will within day CT two have an opportunit, of dividing $753 60 of the city's none. among themselves. This Is the amour awarded them by the committee on claim and the board of aldermen in full pay ment of all claims against the city for ex penses in defending themselves agains charges of malfeasance in office brough
 by members of the court of common coun ell. Last night the councilmen concurre' | in this action and thus ends the history o the "Big Four" trial.
 The board listened attentfvely to com munication from Mayor Sargent favorin a revision of the city ordinances and with
 out any opposition decided to refer tn
 entire matter to the committee on ord'
 nances. This committee will, it Is ez pected, meet in the near future, at whic
 time 1t is expected that the ordinances c
 the city will be thoroughly revised.
 The councilmen voted to recede fror
 their former action and concur with tn
 board of aldermen giving the State Stree
 Railway company permission to extend 1t
 line from Bishops Gate to Scheutzsn parl ! The aldermen at their last meeting aI
 pointed Aldermen Connor and Shanley
 committee in conference, but after las
 nights action of the councilmen they wi | have no duties to perform. It is said ths
 the State street road will immediately con ! mence the construction of the extension. The board also voted to concur wit
 the board of aldermen in the actio
 taken by that body in reference to tt | question of the advertising of all commi
 tee meetings in the seven daily papers ( | the city. The report of the committee o | retrenchment and reform ~appropriatin | $3 500 for the establishment of 8 hospit
 for contagious diseases was amended to tt
 effect that bonds to the amount of $5, ,0(
 be issued and the proceeds used for tn | purpose. The matter was then referred
 the board of finance.