The morning news., 1894-11-22
MAKING Up NEXT YEARS TAXES.
Preliminary Steps for the PREPARATION Of
the Tax Ordinance.

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the Tax Ordinance.
The city council room was very quiet
last night, only one or two spectators be-
ing present The council was in caucus
until after O'Clock. Alderman Myers
was present and looking as quiet and col
lected as if there were no meeting of the
/ Citizens Club in progress in which he
was being discussed pro and con.
Alderman Wells was also present, this
being the first time he has occupied his
chair in several months.
The council went into session as fol-
lows: Mayor McDonough, and Aldermen
Bohan, Myers, Folliard, Haines, Charlton,
Remshart, Mcmillan, O'Brien and Wells.
The committee on accounts reported bills
against the city amounting to $21 ,4l6,
which were ordered paid.
The petition of a number of colored citi-
zens, urging the appointment of colored
city physician to attend upon colored citi-
zens, was reported upon favorably by the
committee of the whole, to the extent of
! recommending that a special committee
of three be appointed to confer with the
sanitary board upon the subject.
The question OF licenses paid by plumb
ers and hardware dealers doing business
as timers, and as contractors in addition
to the license paid by them for their regu-
lar business came up in the shape of
several petitions for a return of the
amount paid for license as contractors
| The petitions were referred to the finance
committee. 1t will be remembered that
Recorder Wilson recently decided in the
| case of Cornwel & Chapman that the de-
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! hardware dealers, were not liable
| for license as contractors, as
claimed by the deputy marshal. This de-
| cision is likely to cause the council some
| trouble and will prove knotty question
| for the finance committee to pass upon,
as there are a number of parties who now
! pay more than one license.
The tax ordinance for 1895 was intro
! duced and read for the first time. The or
| dinance provides that the assessments
| and valuations upon real estate and i'm
| provements shall be the same for the next
| year as for the present year. The main
! features of the ordinance are the same
| as that for the present year, but the com
| mittee has not passed upon the various
| license fees and other minor matters of
| the ordinance, the reading of the ordi-
nance for the first time being a mere mat
| ter of form
An ordinance was introduced by Alder
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granite blocks from the north side of
Bryan street to the south side of Bay
street and was read for the first time.
A resolution was introduced by Alder
man O'Brien to pave the walks in Troup
/ square with brick, and the walks running
east and west through Lafayette square.
Alderman O'Brien explained that this
| could be done within the budget. Mayor
| McDonough said all the walks and squares
now paved with gas lime should be re-
| paved with brick as early as possible The
| other aldermen agreed with him in this
and the resolution was adopted.
A resolution to elect a harbormaster to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
| Capt r. c. Kennedy at the next regular
| meeting was adopted.
On motion of Alderman Wells a commit
| tee of five was appointed to select suitable
| places for registration. The mayor ap-
! pointed Aldermen Wells, Myers Bohan,
Folliard and Mcmillan. The committee was
instructed to act at once and report at a
| special meeting of council Friday night
Alderman O'Brien's ordinance to i'm
| prove Drayton street from Broughton to
/ Bay street, which was introduced at the
last meeting, was taken from the table.
Alderman Myers objected to surfacing
| the cObble stones with Shells as he did not
believe they would stand the heavy traffic.
| Other aldermen thought that with the cob
blestones as foundation the shells would
! wear well Mayor MCDonough said that
| this portion of the street was undoubt-
edly in need of Improvement. He had
taken the trouble while north he said.
to make some inquiries with regard to
. the use of Yitrified brick, and he was in
formed that the pavement was not Civ
| ing satisfaction. He favored giving the
| street a surface of shell Immediately.
. 1t was an experiment, but not a costly
one, and might prove of value to the city
| hereafter.
The ordinance was again laid on the
table until Friday night, in order to al
low the city engineer to furnish figures
showing the relative cost of shell and
| ebert.
An ordinance providing for the assess
ment of real estate improvements made
during the year was introduced and
passed. The ordinance provides for the
appointment of three assessors. They will
be appointed by the mayor this week
An appropriate resolution with regard
to the death of the late harbor master,
Capt. r. c. Kennedy introduced by AL
derman Bohan, was passed, and the reso-
luton was ordered pulished.
There are a number of appeal cases
awaiting trial. Nine Of these cases had
/ already been set for the next Wednesday
/ night and the remainder were SET for the
following Wednesday night.