The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-10

ported the same back recommending that
the prayer of the petitioners be granted.
On motion the report was adopted
Ordinance No. 1863. being IAN Ordi-
nance ldefining certain public offenses,
proyidzng penalties for the violation
thereof, and repeating ordinances and
parts OF ordinances in conflict there
with, laid over at meeting of Dec. 10,
1894, waa taken up and read and con-
sIdered by sections, aud on separate mo-
tions, sections one, two and three were
adopted Section four was then read,
amended and adopted; section five was
then read and amended, the blanks filed
and the section adopted; sections six and
seven were read and on separate motions
each section was adopted. The ord-
nance was then put upon its final pas
sage and passed by the following vote.
Ayes: Holman, Pattison, Stevens, Steph-
enson. Ettlinger, Bradford, Burgess, Eel
lows, Fulton and Griggs-10. The title
was agreed to.
Ordinance No. 1863. being Gan ordi-
dance to appropriate money" was in
troduced and read the first time. On
motion of Mr.. Ettlinge rule IS was sus-
pended by the unanimous vote of the
council and the ordinance was read and
considered 10y sections. Mr. Fellows
moved to strike out the item of $G,255
from the water supply fund for the
reason that there is not sufficient amount
ia that fund to pay the bill, which motion
prevailed; section one was then adopted as
amended. Section two was read. and on
motion, adopted. The ordinance was
then put upon its final passage, and
passed by the following vote: Ayes:
Holman, Pattison, Stevens. Stephenson,
Ettinger, Bradford, Burgess, Fellows.
Fulton and Griggs-10 The title was
agreed to. Mr. Burgess was excused for
the balance of the evening.
IAN ordinance prohibiting the erect
ing, establishing and maintaining in the
city of Topeka, any place or institution
for the reception. care and custody of in
sane persons" was introduced and read
entire. Mr.. Fellows moved that rule IS
be suspended. Pending this motion hr.
McNary appeared, and requested that
the matter be postponed for d time.
Capt j. Lee Knight appeared and said
/ that the ordinance was a little too
severe, and that a private asylum is
really necessary, and is a human Q
Institutions and prevented insane per
/ sons from being lodged in Jail; that the
insane must either be sent to private
/ institution, sent away or go to jail.
Mr.. Fellows moved that the further
I consideration of the ordinance be post
! poned, and that the committee on health
/
county commissioners and report at the
next meeting of the council Ar. Gri ggs
J stated that the insane hospital has be-
i come nuisance in many respects and
should be moved outside the city limits
Mr.. Fellows motion was adopted.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Fellows:
Resolved, By the mayor and council of
the city of Topeka, that the services of
I'll 4
pensed with until further notice.
On motion the above resolution was
adopted.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Bradford:
Resolved, By the mayor and council of
the city of Topeka, that the council com
mends J. r, Miller, who has been in the
employ of the city Of Topeka as the col
lector of dog tax. as faithful officer,
honest and competent.
On motion the above resolution was
adopted
The following resolution was offered
by Mr. Griggs:
Whereas On the Sd day of Decembe r
1894, resolution was passed by the city
council notifying parties to repair GER
tain curling on Kansas avenue, and
Whereas, Errors occurred in certain
parts of SAID resolution, therefore
Resolved, That the following describ-
ed lots be and are hereby eliminated
from the said resolution, viz:
Lot No 295 Kansas avenue.
Lot No. 297 Kansas avenue.
Lot No 3O1 Kansas avenue.
Lot No. 800 Kansas avenue.
Lot No. 313 Kansas avenue.
On motion the above resolution was
adopted.
The following resolution introduced by
Mr.. Bradford was adopted:
Whereas, The Topeka Water company
is a corporation and has its general off
ces in the city of Topeka. also over thirty
miles of water mains and other valuable
property, and is subject as other corpor-
ations are to the laws. of the state OF
Kansas and the ordinances of the city OF
Topeka.
And Whereas, The township assessor
of Topeka township returned to the
county clerk of Shawnee, county the sun
of $4,000 as the assessed value of al
property owned by the said Topeka Wa
ter company in the said township. Tit
city assessor of the city of Topeka re
turned to the county clerk of Shawnee
county the sum of $153, 500 as the tota
valuation of all the property of the
said Topeka Water company in the sale
township and city. That the board
of county commissioners of Shawnee
county acting as a board of equalization
enormously and illegally set off to To
peka township of said total valuation
the sum of $125,U00. That in fact tina
portion of the property of the said waite
company situated n the city of Topeka
and now by the action of the board o
commissioners is assessed at $40, 800, wa
once sold to the present owners of the
property for the sum of $500,0O0. There
fore. be it
Resolved, That the city attorney be
and is hereby instructed and directed, tt
make an examination into all of the fact
connected with the said equalization an(
bring zach suit. civil or criminal, or both
as shall be necessary to correct the erro
and give to the city of Topeka its jus
proportion of the assessment of said com
pany.
On motion the above resolution wa