Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-23
MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL
Proceedings of the Session
Held Thursday Night.
LITTLE BUSINESS TRANSACTED
New Law Respecting Auction
GERS Approved.
Adoption of the Ordinance Respecting
obscene Literature and Piotures--intro-
duction ofan Ordinance Providing for the
Transfer of Appropriations.

City Council met Thursday night. No
further proceedings were taken in the
matter of the proposed ordinance TO
amend the ordinance concerning the
crematory, whereby IL was said to be
the intention to transfer the election of
crematory employees from the Board of
Health to City Council. The amend
ment is in the care of Councilman
Smith, who said it would be presented
as soon as correction had been made.
The resignation OF Dorsey Ash as
second assistant in the city engineering
department, to take effect as soon as
convenient, was read and accepted. On
motion of Mr. Leary, Council went
into nomination and election to fill
the unexpired term. Mr.. Leary nomi-
mated George A. Boughman for the
position. This was the only nomina-
tion, aud on motion of Mr.. O'Neil,
Mr.. Meaney was directed to cast the
vote of Council. Messrs. Smith and
Watson we're appointed tellers aud they
reported the vote for Mr.. Boughman,
who was thereupon declared unani-
mously elected.
The law committee reported favorably
on the proposed amendment designed
to prohibit the circulation of obscene
literature and pictures. The third
reading was called for by Mr. O'Neil.
The proposed amendment was adopted
and the enacting clause of the section
as amended received the unanimous
vote of Council. 1t will be sent to the
mayor for his action.
The amendment is made to section 9
of "An Additional Ordinance to define
and prohibit certain nuisances, :"
which section provides for punishment
for indecent conduct, offensive or pro-
fame words, indecent words and figures,
&c. The amendment is to the effect
that whoever shall print, or keep, or
circulate, or cause to have printed, kept
or circulated, for the purpose of sale
or gratuitous offering, any newspaper
or paper writing, containing either ex-
pressly or implicitly, any indecent, lewd,
scurrlous, profane or obscene words,
songs, figures or pictures, of or about
any person, place Or thing, shall be
deemed Ia common nuisance and liable
to fine of not less than so cents and
not exceeding $40.
communication was read from Nor
man Yeatman asking that capitation
| tax paid for his brother, Joseph d.
Yeatman, who resides in Chester county,
Pa, be refunded The Pennsylvania
| owns property in Wilmington, and
the capitation tax had been paid with
the property tax The amount desired
refunded was S2. 81. The communica-
tion was referred to tho finance COM
mittee.
City Treasurer Adams reported the
balance in Union National Bank to the
account of current expenses to be S34,
607 81; special fund for park purposes,
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pository banks, S24, 90S; Tax Collector
Edmund Mitchell, Jr., $500 for horse
tax, and 81, 200 for regular taxes; from
Collector Z. M. Sayers, $500.
Mr.. McNulty introduced proposed
ordinance for an extraordinary appro-
priation for interest 1t .recites that
the present appropriation will be in
sufficient to pay the interest for the
fiscal year and arranges for an appro-
priation to the interest account The
amount is left in blank. the shortage
not yet having been ascertained. The
proposed ordinance passed the trst
reading, and after being read the sec
oud time by title was referred to the
law committee.
MIR. McNulty also submitted pro-
posed ordinance making certain trans
fers of appropriations; from the appro
priatons for interest, public buildings
and garbage, to that of salaries, from
interest to police, crematory and the
incidental and miscellaneous account ::
from fire department to fuel, from in
cideptal a0d miscellaneous account to
fuel, and from garbage to city elections.
The amounts were left in blank aud the
proposed ordinance passed its first
reading, and was read the second time
by title, and referred to the law com
mittee.
President Baylis announced the re-
ceipt, with Mayor Jetieris' approval, of
the amended ordinance in relation TO
auctioneers, which permits any person
upon payment of the license to engage
in the business. He declared the ordi-
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