The record-union., 1896-07-28
SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD UNION TUESDAY JULY ss 1896

Iue dIuoIlOIneOL was lOssl anu Ile res
olution adopted.
It was ordered that the proclamation
for the sewer election be advertised In
the Sunday papers and the German pa
per.
CONTRIBUTIONS
The nomination Of E. j. Clark as spe-
cial policeman for Hale Bros. was con-
firmed unanimously.
That of William Schaumlofel for
coal l-paSSer was also confirmed unani-
mously.
REFUSED A LICENSE.
The saloon petition of G. F. yelling
ham for saloon license at Twentieth
and 0 streets came up next, and Jud.
c. Brusie appeared for him and asked
the board to grant it, saying that the
applicant bore a good character. The
Chief Of Police had told Nottingham
that he objected to licensing any sa-
looms above Tenth street.
There was a protest before the board,
butt it was not read and McKay's mo-
tion to grant the license was lost, only
getting four votes.
BIDS FOR BALLOTS.
The bidders for printing the ballots
for the special election were D. John
ston & Co., $31; Robinette & Harrison,
SAT 80; Pacific Printing House, $50 So;
J. N. Larkin, $4S 25; Day & Joy, $40 %;
H. S. Crocker & Co., 500 Is. The con-
tract was awarded to H. S. Crocker
& Co.
AUDITORS VETO.
The Clerk read the vetoes Of Auditor
Young ON the bill of James Touhey for
fNv- &1l, L.
Tenth and N, and that of George w.
Nichols for $65 for painting at the City
Prison.
Kent moved to pass the bills over the
Auditors veto, but Leonard said he
would not vote for them unless they
were laid over for week. Kent with
drew his motion with regard to the
Nichols bill, but claimed that the con-
struction Of the catch basins was a
case Of emergency, and the board had
right to order the work done before
the street was improved.
The whole matter was laid over for
week.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Chief of Police reported that the
saloon on L street, between Third and
Fourth, known as the Rosebud and run
by "Googy' Welch, was a resort for
thieves, cutthroats and macquereaux,
and he recommended that the license be
| revoked.
Mckay moved that the license be re-
voked
Kent moved that the matter be laid
over for a week for investigation, and
the Clerk read the section of the charter
governing such matters, and Mckay
withdrew his motion, and it went over.
Petitions for saloon licenses were re-
ceived from Charles Yates, 316 L street,
and P. Gross, 324 X street, and were
referred to the Chief Of Police.
George Egan was granted an all
night license at 700 K street.
A complaint against the sprinkling
contractor of District No. was re-
ferred to the Street Superintendent.
A request from Justice Davis and
City Attorney Brown for a telephone
UP stairs at the City Jail was laid on
the table
The Boiler Inspectors report on the
boilers at the Water Works was read.
A protest of property owners on the
alley between I and J. Fifth and Sixth
streets, against the Improvement of the
dllCy was EGIGIIGQ " lIlG lily Il.
Senator Hart resumed his statement
regarding the repeal Of the ordinance
against canvassing for enlarging pho
tographs, and mentioned cases Of peo-
pie who had carried on the business
here for years, on whom the ordinance
worked a great hardship.
Devine and Davis favored the repeal
Of the ordinance Immediately. but it
was laid over for a week
Resolutions Of intention to improve
Fifth street, from to K, Sixth street,
from to K, and Eighth street, from
to K, with bituminous rock were
passed unanimously, as was one for
improving Twelfth street, from o to r,
with macadam, and one improving the
alley between Seventh and Eighth, L
and M streets.
Clerk Desmond was granted an as
sistant for week, in order to send out
sample ballots.
The board then adjourned.
Devine moved to reconsider the mo-
ton granting the use of the Plaza to
the A. P. A. organization.
Kent then seconded the motion and
it was carried, and the privilege re-
fused.
The board then adjourned again.