The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-19

800 to Joseph ZumbuI :. for storage of
election furniture. quarter ending No
vember s. 1894.
BY Committee on Finance
Resolved, That the sum of $2 be paid
to Evening Journal Association for ad-
vertfsing tax sale, October 81, 1894.
$72 to Jersey City Herald for advertising
tax sale. October 81. 1894.
$72 to Jersey City News for advertising
auction sale of October 81, 1894.
$72 to N. ]. Stats Zeitung Company for
advertising tax sale of October 81, 1894.
$3216O to Frank Stevens for services as
a%uctioneer at corporation sale, October 81,
1894, including advertising, etc.
$196 to Kent K. Stearns for drawing
deeds, etc., of property sold by city Oc-
tober 81, 1894.
BY Committee on Printing, Stationery
and Supplies
Resolved, That the sum of sS1.25 be paid
to John w. Harrison for stationery, etc.,
for City Clerks Office.
s39. 40 to John w. Harrison for sta
tionery, ETC., for City Clerks office.
50 to Western Union Telegraph Co.
for time servNe, City Clerks Office,
three months enA.ng December 81, 1894.
BY Committee On Public Grounds and
Buildings.
Resolved, That the sum of $50 be paid
to Joseph Seals & Co. for s~prinkling
streets about City Hall. April 9 to No
vember 4, 1894.
The resolutions were adopted by the
following vote the yeas and nays hav-
ing been ordered on the call of the Pres
dent.
Yeas-All the members present, nine G)
in number,
BY Committee on Elections:
Resolved, That the sum of $4S be paid
to Frank Dunn for coach hire for Elec-
ton, November, 1894.
The resolution was adopted by the fol-
lowing vote, the yeas and nays having
been ordered and taken on the call of
the President:
Yeas-An the members present, nine 80
in number.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Resolutions were presented, received
and disposed of as follows
By Alderman Dusenbery and adopted:
Resolved, That when this Board ad-
| journs it will adjourn to meet at the
I Aldernanic Chamber, City Hall, on Tues
day, December 10. 1894, at s o'clock P.
NJ, and that the regular meeting of De-
cember 25, 1894, be omitted.
By Alderman Day:
| Whereas, This Board did at it's meeting
September %, 1894, resolve hat it was
the sense of the Board that the city
should at once proceed to maintain, by
! an appeal to the courts, its right to draw
water in a State of natural purity from
the Passaic River against all i%nfringers
of said right, and did also at its meet
ing October %, 1894, adopt a resolution
/ asking the concurrence of the Board of
Finance in the expenditure of a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars to pro-
cure legal opinion regarding said right
from expert counsel, to be selected by the
President of the Board of Finance and
the President of this Board; and
Whereas, The presentment made by
the Grand Jury of this county on the It'll
inst. directs attention to the aforesaid
resolutions and to the failure of the
law department to which the second
of said resolutions was referred by the
Board of Finance to notice or act upon
the question so submitted to it; there
fore
Resolved, That the Board of Alder
| men hereby reafirm the above mentioned
resolutions and calls the attention of the
Board of Finance to this urgent recon-
| mendation of the Grand Jury that the
/, City authorities should no longer neglect
the performance of their duty in the
premises.
Resolved, That a copy hereof be com
municated to the Board of Finance.
After some discussion the resolution
was rejected by the following vote, the
yeas and nays having been ordered and
taken on the call of the President
Ayes-Aldermen Day, McCoobery and
Witter.
Nays-Aldermen Dohrmann, Dusenber-
~, Mccarthy, Mitchell, Wilson and
| President Simpson.
BY Alderman McCoobery:-
Resolved, That on and after this date
the City Clerk be requested not to re-
ceive the resignation of any member of
the present Board of Aldermen.
The resolution was rejected.
BY Alderman Day:
Resolved, That a special committee of
three be appointed to ascertain why the
City Marshal, John Graham, failed to
mast during the funeral ceremonies of
Ex-Governor Albeit.
The resolution was rejected.
BY Alderman Wilson and adopted:
Resolved, That the Inspector of Weights
and Measures be required to submit to
this Board a monthly eport of work per-
formed by him during the preceding
nenth, giving in detail all places visit
On motion of Alderman Dusenbery the
JOHN E. SCOTT,
City Clerk.