The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-25
ceivea, ordered filed and the invitation


accepted.
Mr.. Bierwirth moved that the city
sexton be instructed to clean up the
old city cemetery preparatory to
Memorial Day services. Carried and
SO ordered.
Mr.. Bierwirth stated that as the
secretary of the committee appointed
by the Board Of Trade in reference to
the celebration of the compilation OF
the water works, had failed to invite
the Mayor and city officials and noti-
fed the city clerk to send out invita-
tons to neighboring towns under the
sanction OF the Council, as instructed
by said committee, he would, there
fore, as a member of said Board of
Trade, bring the matter before the
Council, and moved that the invitation
when presented be received and that
the city clerk be instructed to issue to
the officers OF the neighboring towns
and cities an invitation to participate
with us in celebrating said day. Car
ried and so ordered.
An ordinance entitled San ordi-
nance assessing, apportioning, levy
ing and taxing the cost of repairing
Broadway street from Pacific street to
Sprigg street, in the city of Cape Cir
ardeau, Mo-, against the owners of
and the lots fronting on said Broad
way street, was presented and on
motion read for the first time.
On motion of Mr.. Adams said ordi-
nance was read for the second time,
and on further motion by Mr.. Blomey-
er read for the third time, the same
being its final reading.
Mr. Adams moved to adopt said
ordinance. the vote being as follows:
Yeas-Adams, Bierwirth, Blomeyer,
Dempsey, Galusha, Lind, Shivelbine,
Vogelsang.-S.N
Nays-None.
Absent-None.
The Mayor declared said motion
carried and the ordinance adopted.
An ordinance providing for the
levying of the annual city revenue
tax, the city funding interest fund tax,
the Normal school interest fund tax,
a Normal school sinking fund tax and
a city funding sinking fund tax, for
the fiscal year ending on the Both day
of June, 1896, was presented by the
Judiciary Committee and read for the
first time, and on motion of Mr..
Blomeyer referred back to said COM
mittee for the purpose of apportioning
the rate of taxation to the different
funds.
The following ordinances were sub
mitted by the Fire Board and on mo-
ton read for the first time and on
motion of Mr.. Bierwirth referred to
the Judiciary Committee with instruc-
tons with the assistance of the City
Attorney to amend said ordinances
and submit same at the next regular
meeting of the board, the said ordi-
nances entitled as follows:
"An ordinance providing for vol
unteer or alternate members of the
Fire Department of the city of Cape
G~irardeau, Mo-. and
San ordinance establishing a Hook
and Ladder Brigade as a division OF
fbaF ira Dana rtmanf -
The following resolution was pre-
sented and read:
Whereas, The Street and Wharf
Committee has been instructed to stop
the delivery of silica on Broadway.
Be it therefore
Resolved, That the Street and Wharf
Committee is hereby instructed to
order the work of repair on Broadway
to be carried on, under the same con-
ditions that Broadway has been re-
paired between Pacific and Sprigg
streets.
[Signed. AUGUST sHIvELBrNE.
May 20, 1895.
IN ID question:, ON the mOblOn 10
adopt said resolution, the yeas and
nays were called for resulting in a tie
vote as follows:
Yeas-Dempsey, Lind, Shivelbine,
vogelsang.-4.
Nays-Adams, Bierwirth, Blomeyer,
Galusha.A
The Mayor declared said motion
lost and the resolution not adopted.
D. L. Hoffman appeared before the
board and asked a further extension
of time in which to complete the print
ing of the Revised Ordinances in book
form.
On motion of Mr.. Bierwirth his re-
quest was granted and the time for
completing the said Revised Ordi-
nances extended to the first Monday
In June next.
On motion of Mr.. Adams the Fire
Chief was instructed and authorized
to employ additional men to assist the
parade o. the Fire Department on the
day of the celebration of completion
of the water works Tuesday, the 18th
of May.
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