San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-07

AS announced in the LIGHT yes
terday, a special meeting of the
City Council was held at 4 80 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and full at.
tendance of the board of aldermen
was noted.
At the converting hour Mayor
Paschal read the following veto:
"Mayor's Office, San Antonio,
Tex, Feb. 6, 1894. To the Honor
able City Conncil-Gentlemen: !
herewith respectfully return to you
without my approval an ordinance
passed by you on Feb. 5, 1894. en-
titled'an ordinance authorizing the
Mayor to call a special election
submitting to the proper taxpay-
ers whether or not an additional
tax of 10 cents on the 500 shall be
levied annually for the support
and maintenance of the public free
schools My objection thereto is
as follows: That the same
does not prescribe therein that
the money to be collected by such
additional tax shall be applied to
the liquidation of the $il0,S 800
principal due the school fund and
the accrued interest thereon. j re.
specially suggest that if such ad-
ditional tax be voted that in fair
ness and equity the proceeds aris-
ing from such additional tax
should be applied to the caneella-
b tiOniOf said principal and Interest
as the school fund would be re
ceiving the benefit therefor.
GEORGE PASCHAL, Mayor
After a lengthy discussion, Al
derman Elmendorf offered an or.
dinaace authorizing the mayor to
issue his proclamation for a special
election on Feb. %, at which the
following proposition will be SUBJ
mitted to the tax-paying voters:
"Shall' the City Council Of San
Antonio hereafter annually levy
and collect 10 cents additional on
each $3.50 Of taxable property fol
the support and maintainanee OF
the pGhiic free schools within this
city, and to pay the amount Of
money due the school fund by the
city?
Section =. That hereafter all
moneys received by the additional
school tax shall be placed to the
credit of the school fund and go,
first, i'm liquidation of the sa i'd
$110,S00 and the accrued interest
thereon and that all interest on the
said amount shall from and after
adoption of the above proposition
cease"
The ordinance was read the first,
second and third time and passed
under suspension of the rules.
OTHER BUSINESS.
The finance committee reported
davorably 0n the bid of j. G. Mar
shall, to repair the city hospital,
his bid being $2,963, and recon-
mended that the mayor be author
ised to enter into contract with
Mr.. Marshall, and that 30 l-3 per
cent of the contract price be re-
tanned until final completion and
acceptance Of the work and that
Saidcontractor enter into a bond
in the sum Of 81 100. The commit
tee farther recommended the APP
pOintment of a superintendent for
the work at 1925 per month.
The board then voted on the
adoption of the report, which re-
suited i'm a vote of 10 to 2. Alder
man A. +. Beckmann voted "nO"
as he thought the bid was too low,
and Alderman Daugherty voted
"no" because he was opposed to
the appointment of a superinten-
dent.
The finance committee reported
favorably on the bid of Shafer &
Braden for the plumbing and
electric lighting, and the report
was adopted. The bid is $500.
Alderman Hoefiing then intro
duced the following resolution,
which was adopted, after which
the meeting ADJOURNED:
"Resolved, that the city collector
is hereby ordered and directed to
collect the taxes of H. Morris &
Bros. at once"
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