Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-12-12
City Council Proceedings.


Council met in regular session Decem-
Der 9th. 1895. Present:
Hon. William T. Edgar, Mayor. Nj.
L. Claybaugh, j N. Bishop. John +.
Baldwin, George D. Marks. Henry
Kendall and Lonis.J. Giovanoni .Coun-
cilmen; Thomas b. Pruitt, Marshal.
and Arthur HUFF, Clerk.
The following proceedings were had:
Moved and carried that the follow
ing bills be allowed and that warrants
be issued by the Clerk on the City
Treasurer for the respective amounts,
viz:
A. HUFF, Clerk. taking Marshars
bond, soc; recording same. 10000.
T. B. Pruitt, Marshal, work on bridges.
81; salary. .50-said salary being
from Nov. 10 to Dec. 6. 1865 so.
On an investigation of the Marshal's
accounts it was shown that he was in
debted to the City of Ironton in the sum
of 81 by reason of j fine collected in the
case of the City of Ironton VS.. Edmund
Kerchner. Whereupon it is moved
and carried that the Clerk charge said
Marshal T. g. Pruitt with said sum of
81 and that said Marshal cover the
same into the City Treasury.
In pursuance of the order of the
Council heretofore made, the Marshal
made report that be had succeeded in
obtaining from J. L. Baldwin, ex-Mar-
shall. the following tools belonging to
the City of lronton, viz:
pillow. Sc; J. scraper. So; 2 picks,
$1.15; shovel, Csc; total, $3.50.
Whereupon it is moved and carried
that the Clerk charge the Marshal with
the value of said tools, which is &C
cordingly done. On an Investigation
| of the records during the incumbency
of j. L. Baldwin as Marshal it was
shown that he stood charged with tools
| at the time of his removal from Office
to the value of SIG; leaving value of
tools unaccounted for by J.. L. Bald
win, ex-Marshal, $500. Whereupon it
is moved aud carried that said latter
sum be collected from said j. L. Bald
win, late Marshal, or his bondsmen,
and that the Clerk give them due no.
tice of such fact.
| Moved and carried that the names
of the following persons be. and the
same are hereby. stricken from the
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the reasons hereinafter stated, viz:
David Brown, poll tax, 1894 lover
80 years of age, 81; T. j. Talley. poll
tax, 1895, lover SO years of age). 81;
James H. Clark, poll tax, 1895. lover
so years of age), 81; John Marshall.
poll tax. 1894, (receipt produced), 81;
Ben Huff, poll ta.. 1894. (receipt pro-
duced), 81; Geo. Peck, personal tax,
1895, (erroneous assessmenD 13c.
Whereupon it is moved and carried
that the Clerk credit the COLLECTOR
with the amounts so stricken from the
aforesaid delinquent lists, and that the
Clerk be authorized and directed to
demand from j. L. Baldwin and his
bondsmen as city Collector the amount
of So, being the taxes of John Mar
who have produced receipts therefor
as aforesaid.
| The Mayor then appointed Thomas
B. Pruitt Marshal for the City of Iron
ton until the next regular meeting of
the Council, which appointment was
duly approved by all of the members
of the Council present.
| Thereupon said Thomas B. Pruitt
came forward took the oath of Office
and presented his bond in the sum of
81. 900. signed by himself as principal,
with /. 6. Whitworth, Jr., P. W.
Whitworth, Anton Roehry and w. I.
Gay, as surities. which is duly ap-
proved by the Council and ordered to
be filed and recorded.
| Moved and carried that the request
of Mrs. Henrietta WEIGH and Mrs. Ann
Hancock for a reduction of their City
taxes by the Council be not granted.
| A settlement was then had with w.
II. Fisher as Fisher as City Collector,
showing him to be indebted to the City
of Ironton, exclusive of commissions,
in the sum of $695.63; and it appear
ing to the Mayor and Council that
none of the aforesaid commission has
| been paid to said Collector and that
all of said taxes and commission have
been covered into the City Treasury,
| it is moved and carried that a warrant
for the total amount of said commits
sion, to-wit, the sum of $48.06, be
drawn on the City Treasurer and de-
livered to said Collector.
The Collector then presented his
Real Estate and Personal Delinquent
lists for 1895, which were duly exam
ined, corrected and approved by the |
Mayor and Council, and ordered that |
the Clerk within five days thereafter |
make copy of said delinquent lists |
and deliver the same to the City Col |
lector. charging him Herewith.
A settlement was then had with Jos. |
A. Zwart, as City Treasurer. whereby
the following collections were shown
to have been made by him from jan
uary 14th, 1895. to date. viz: To
amount collected to date, including |
$14.27 on hand. January IA. 1895. |
$1,000. 53; credit by warrants paid to
date, $775.36; balance in treasury.
1886 II; the amount due on the
Marshal's bond not being included in
the balance.
1t appearing that the minutes OF the
last regular meeting of the Council do
not show any agreement on the part
of the Mayor and Council as to the
amount of rent the City shall pay for
the barn used for impounding hogs
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