Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-07-04


change OF Compliments.
The City Council of 1895 held its final
meeting Thursday night. All the mem
bers were present and many spectators
were i'll attendance. The latter included
several Councilmen-elect Mayor Short
lidge and Mayor-elect Jefferis occupied
seats on the presidents platform. The
proceedings continued until after 10
o'clock.
A few bills were passed, including one
from t. II. Pennock g. Co., for 81 ,237.50.
The city treasurer reported $l0,444.1S
In bank TO the credit of the city's cur
rent expenses, which sum is $1l,31S.70
less than the amount reported for the
corresponding week Of last year. He
also reported the following receipts
From the Board of Health, 81 $3.50, milk
licenses; from Collector Sayers, $300an
5000, city and school taxes for 1893 and
1894, respectively; from City Auditor
Billany, 1901, proceeds OF the sale of
articles taken from prisoners at the
police stationi from Collector Mitchell,
$500, city and school taxes for 1894.
The city auditor certified to the cor.
rectness Of the accounts Of the city treas.
urer and other officials.
Pay rolls as follows were passed
Miscellaneous, S3,106.71; Council,
$276.26; police, $4937s3.
Clerk Lednum was directed to give
tire Board Of Directors of the Street and
Sewer Department information respect
ing leases of streets and agreements
concerning streets nude by Council be.
fore the board was established. A com
munication from the board stated that
it hasn't available funds for opening
Monroe and Eleventh streets and Tren.
ton place aud said it understood that
Council would provide the funds for
doing that work. The following, offered
by Mr.. Dannenberg, was adopted
WHEREAS. After the time of the meeting
of the law and finance committees of the
Council with the Street and Sewer Depart
fnent for the purpose of arranging tue
necessary legislation for loan of $3.50 900
II was stated by the said department that a
portion of it would be required for the
payment Of the awards in the matter of
opening Eleventh street ana Monroe street
and u was decided at that time that it
would not be proper to charge such pub.
Tic improvement upon the tax rate for the
coming year. all of which was understood
nnd settled before the drafting of the act
for the Legislature. and
purtlv for The nnrnose of onening and
widening streets therefore be ii
Resolu6d, That the Council again requests
the Street and Sewer Department TO ar
range for the payment of the awards out
OF the loan recently paid to it,
A communication from Collector
Mitchell, asking that John T. Pierce and
the estate of the late William Nc
Menamln be refunded, respectfully
Tlo.fo ana Sol.2l, overpaid taxes, was
referred to the hnance committee.
Inc deed Tor the park land recently
presenter TO the city by II. du Pont de
Nemours u Go. was accepted aud the
city solicitor was instructed to have it
recorded.
The biennial report of the city solici.
tor was read and ordered filed. II gave
detailed statement OF the city's legal
business during the last two years.
During his term, he said, his work in
Guided ~ written opinions, the prepar-
ing OF titles for 10 pieces of park prop
erty and the drafting of % legislative
bills, ~ OF which were passed. He
recommended that the salary of the
Office be increased and that an assistant
city solicitor be appointed.
Council passed aud the mayor ap.
proved the ordinance providing for the
borrowing OF $4,000 for park purposes.
iMessrs. McNulty and Smith voted in
the negative. Announcement was made
that the amount could not be legally
reduced.
Similar action was taken on the ordi-
nance respecting the reporting of con-
tagious diseases. Messrs. Dannenberg,
Kirby, McNulty, Meaney, O'Neill and
Smith voted in the negative.
Council passed and the mayor ap.
proved the ordinance authorizing the
mayor to contract for the taking up,
killing and removal OF unregistere /
dogs. 1t was passed with amendments
providing that the contracts be awarded
coed the sun, Of s1 am in INV ona voar
and that Council nav the contrac,ors