The record-union., 1896-10-07
AFTER THE MAYORS SCALP.
President Leonard Instructed to Bring
MandamuS Suit
To Compel Him to Nominate Can
didates for Chief of Police, Cap
tain and Other Officers.

Ialu anu Otner UmcefS.
The City Board of Trustees met last
night in regular weekly session, Leon
ard, Wachhorst, Kent, Davis, Mckay
Bentley, Devine, Tozer and Pennish he
ing present, and Leonard presiding.
J. M. Avery asked the privilege Of
using three feet of the sidewalk in re-
building the furniture factory. The
matter was referred to the Street Com
mittee.
MAYORS MESSAGES
The following messages from the
Mayor We're received.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
In relation to the land for the sewer
pump, etc, will state that an agree
ment has been entered into for the
purchase of the land and that every
thing is satisfactory, except that
knight q Co. have not a complete alb
stract for the property. They furnished
an abstract which was incomplete and
the City Attorney refused to pass upon
the title to the property based upon
such an abstract. AS soon as the alb
stract is completed and examined / Will
make out demand and present it to
your board for 50 800, the amount here
tofore agreed upon for the purchase of
said land. Respectfully submitted
c. II. HUBBARD. Mayor
To the Honorable Board of Trustees
I herewith transmit to your honorable
board the resignation of j. n. Payne as
special policeman for the locality
bounded by Eleventh and Seventeenth
and ! and and X streets.
/ hereby nominate and by and with
your consent, appoint r. L. Heninge~
special policeman to fill the vacancy
thus caused, for the same locality. Re
spectfully submitted,
G. II. HUBBARD, Mayor
To the Honorable Board Of Trustees:
AS the duties of the person who is en-
ployed by the Board of Health to act
as an inspector place him in a position
where he may be required to make ar
rests, l deem it necessary that he
should have authority to do so. / there
fore nominate, and by and with your
consent appoint Charles Farren a spe-
cial policeman for the city at large,
without extra compensation for such
services. Respectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the Honorable Board Of Trustees:
The directors of the Z. b. Crocker Art
Gallery find that the present manner
OF heating the building is very unsatis-
factory, and that the large stove now
in the gallery when used Injuries the
pictures. They have several times had
experts make estimates on a hot water
or steam heater to be used in place Of
the one formerly in use, but the esti-
mated cost was SO great that they have
concluded that the city could not afford
to put in such a plant
The directors have just had an expert
examine the building and make en- esti-
mate of the cost of putting in two no:
air furnaces, with all the necessary
pipes and connections, and they now
have an offer from a firm which will
put in the plant in first-class styla for
the sum Of S4O0- They consider that
this Improvement is absolutely neces-
sary for heating the building The pav-
ment can be arranged in such manner
as not to interfere with the payment Of
the other expenses of the city for this
year. Respectfully submitted,
G. II. HUBBARD. Mayor.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees.
L respectfully report that in conlpanv
with G. f. Leonard, the President az
your board, and j. Frank Brown tho
City Attorney, 1 counted the money
placed before us by the City Treasurer
who stated that the same was The
money of the city of Sacramento .nd
found in his possession as follows: cr11d
s2O6.O2 silver, SAT 97 total. soO6
O72 81.
Ihe above amount agrees with the
DOCKS Of the City Auditor and Citv
Treasurer. Respectfully submitted
c. H. HUBBARD. Mavor
The matter of heating the Art CAL
lery was referred to the Building Com
mittee.
Inc other messages were placed on
ille, President Leonard remaking that
the Mayor was a good single handed
worker, as he had not consulted either
himself or Trustee Mckay, who were
appointed on the committee with him TO
purchase the Knights property.
The bill of j. M. Harlow for months
salary and SIG costs, under the iudg-
ment of the Superior Court. was nre-
sented, and the opinion of the Corpora-
ton Counsel was read to the effect that
it must be paid and that he Thought the
bill of w. H. 10th would also have 70
be paid and that it would be useless
to appeal it, and asking instructions in
regard to it.
The bill of Harlow for two months
salary was ordered paid.
The bill of 10th was rejected, Kent
Devine, Davis, Pennish and Leonard
voting against it.
The bill of Anthony Greene for serv
ices as Captain Of Police in August was
presented.
The Clerk stated that Acting Captain
Ash had filed a bond of $4,000 for the
faithful performance of his duties.
Devine hoped that no member of the
board would accept the opinion of the
Corporation Counsel on questions of
law. He was only appointed to defend
suits against the city, and not to give
his opinion on matters of law
Greene's bill was rejected
The bill Of r. Ash as Acting CAPTAIN
was laid over for a week
Leonard offered a resolution that the
President of the Board Of Trustees be
and is hereby instructed to bring a
mandamuS suit to compel the Mayor to
comply with the provisions Of Section
81 of the city charter.
Pennish thought the Mayor should
make appointments or resign A mo-
ton to lay it over for a week was lost.
and the resolution was carried by the
votes of Wachhorst, Kent, Davis. Bent
1~r- icb n T ovaI