The record-union., 1896-08-04
AN UNEVENTFUL SESSION.
Trustees Put the Slaughter House Matter
Over a Week.
Some Saloon License Cases to be Con-
sidered on Thursday
Night.

A regular meeting of the City Board
Of Trustees was held last evening, Trus-
tee Tozer being absent.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing We're read and adopted, and Major
w. A. Anderson requested that the time
of acting upon the ordinance relating
20 photographers be continued one
week
Trustee Kent moved to postpone the
matter one week, and Trustee Bentley
opposed such action, saying that the or
dinance, if a bad one, should be voted
down.
Trustee Davis took the same ground,
but the postponement was ordered,
Trustees Bentley, Davis and Pennish
voting no.
E. c. Hart appeared and asked that
action on the motion to rescind the Ii
cense of Edward Welch to conduct a
saloon on L street, between Third and
Fourth streets, be continued until the
next regular meeting. Devine moved
that a special meeting be held on
Thursday evening next to hear argu-
ments in the matter, and the motion
stirred up lengthy discussion.
Pennish said that the matter could
probably be settled in a few minutes,
and that it would be folly to call a Spe-
cial meeting for the purpose.
President Leonard thought a special
meeting should be called, as the prob
abibility was that the matter would
consume several hours.
Bentley thought the recommendation
of the Chief of Police should be honored,
and contended that the police force was
an position to understand the situation
thoroughly.
The motion was agreed to, Pennish
voting no, and the hearing set for s
O'Clock Thursday evening next.
Mr.. Farrell appeared before the board
and made a complaint against the
street-sprinkling department in rela-
tlon to M street, between Sixteenth and
Twenty-first streets. He said he did
not know the contractor in that dis
trict 0he NINTH, as the streets We're
never sprinkled there
On motion of Kent, a resolution was
adopted instructing the Street Com
missioner to see that all Street-sprink-
nng contracts be strictly carried out.
The following messages We're received
from the Mayor and read:
PUBLIC MONEYS.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
respectfully report that, in company
with Z. E. Leonard, President of YOUR
coard, and j. Frank Brown, City Ator-
ney, on August l, 1896, I counted the
money placed before us by the City
treasurer, who stated that the same
was the money of the city of Sacra-
mento, and found in his possession at
that time the sum of S239, ,64S 90.
The above amount agrees with tba
books of the City Auditor and CITY
treasurer. Respectfully submitted.
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
SPECIAL OFFICER.
TO the Honorable Board Of Trustees.
hereby nominate, and by and with
your consent, appoint d. B. Plummer a
special policeman for the E. B. Crock
er Art Gallery, vice himself, term ex-
pred Respectfully submitted.
G. II. HUBBARD. Mavor
The communications were ordered
placed on file.
Ihe usual monthly bills against the
city for gas, fuel, etc, We're read and
allowed
1t was agreed to further continue the
case against Street Commissioner T. J.
Cfoly until such time as full meeting
OF the board might be had.
Mr Devine raised the question of the
use OF the street roller, and a motion
py MN to the effect that the Street
commissioner be not allowed to take
the roller off the streets without con-
sent OF the Board of Trustees was oar
ried
Mr. Wachhorst, for the Building Com
mittee, reported favorably upon the
Mayors recommendation to build a CITY
warehouse on the city lot bounded bv
fourth and Fifth, p and O streets The
estimated cost of the building was $3.50
and he recommended that bids be ad-
Vertised for, for doing the work.
Ihe question of finance being raised
IL was decided to refer the matter to
that committee to report at the next
regular meeting
a number of bills were taken up and
allowed by the board, among the num-
Der being those of J. Keegan. George
w Nichols and James Touhey which
had been vetoed by the City Auditor.
Then the matter of securing counsel
70 defend the action of the board in
allowing the bills was taken up. II
was stated that the Corporation Coun-
sci had advised the Auditor. and after
that course could not be expected to
act for the board.
A resolution authorizing the Presi-
dent of the board to employ counsel to
defend the action of the board in the
keegan case was at length adopted
though Trustee Kent declared the board
was in very curious position keegan's
bill was put in for painting done at the
Plaza
w. T.. Click was confirmed in his
nomination by the Mayor for special
police officer by a unanimous vote of
the board.
The proposed ordinance relative to
confining all slaughter houses to that
section north of the center of B street
was next taken up and read
l.. T. Hatfield addressed the board in
favor Of the adoption of the ordinance.
lie contended that slaughter houses
might be conducted with as little Of
Tense to a neighborhood as a livery
stable if proper care were taken. The
meat industry, he said, was a large
one, and as meat was Cne of the staple
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