Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-01-21
MUNICIPALITY MATTERS.
Meeting OF the City Council Last
Night with All Members Present
Lighting PrOblem--Resigna-
tiOn of City Marshal.

The city council met last night with
Mayor Easley in the chair and Messrs.
Andrews, Delgado Dominguez, Garcia,
Harroun, Holmes, McCabe and Sena pres.
emit
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The city marshal reported 500 in fines
collected during first half of January, and
expenses paid, including license fee of SIS
returned to the Woman's Board of Trade,
$16.
Report was referred to the finance
committee.
The city attorney reported that Judge
Laughlin had ruled that city cases, APP
pealed to the district court, could not be
docketed till the fees were paid, and that,
under the system at present in vogue, this
worked the practical dismissal of such
cases. He recommended the passage of
an ordinance, which he read, providing
that before city cases could be appealed
the appellant must pay costs and put up
good and sufficient bond.
Referred to the committee on Licences
and ordinances.
The following bills, favorably reported
by the finance committee, we're allowed:
Water & Improvement Co. ........ $3.50 66
was ~ EIectflc Co....,. .................. 100 10
W. A. Mckenzie Observation-Disclosures. ....... 30
y; Anure"s: 49,; 50 50
". +. CUNNINGHAM Observation-Disclosures. 49 40
Andres Romero. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Is 50
Four extra policemen ................... 10 so
A hill of the assessor for commissions
xuoa of tn osk o%t
An account of the NEW MEXICAN Print
ing company, amounting to $50, was not
acted upon for the alleged reason that
there was no authority for contracting the
bill.
Mr.. Delgado, from the committee on
surveys and lighting, submitted the fol-
loving report:
Your committee on surveys and light
ing, to whom was referred the attached
draft for public lights proposed by the
Capital Electric company of the city of
Santa Fe, have had the same under due
consideration, and beg leave to report
that after due investigation they find that
no such corporation has filed articles of
incorporation as required by law, and
that under the circumstances, although
the terms proposed appear very advanta-
geous, this council would not be justified
in considering the proposition in its
present form.
In connection with the matter of lights,
in view of the fact that the present con.
tract with the electric company FOR
lighting the city will expire on the first
day of April next and that it is absolutely
necessary that the city should obtain
lights for the coming year at the lowest
attainable price, your committee recon-
mends that the mayor and clerk be au-
thorized to advertise for sealed bids for
Lighting the city, either with the present
number of lights, or more or less, as the
council may determine; such ADVERTISE
ment to be published for ten days in the
city papers, and to be for either gas or
electricity; that each bid shall be accom-
panied by certified check, or city war
rants, to the amount of 10 per centum of
the total amount of said bid for the
year, conditioned that the party receiving
the award of the contract for lighting
the said city will enter into such contract
in accordance with the terms of the adver-
tisement and bid within ten days after
the award is made; and in case of failure
to do, such 10 per centum deposited az
above referred to will be forfeited to the
city and be turned into the lighting fund.
Such bids to be opened in the presence
of the mayor and the city council, and
the lowest and best bidder complying
with the terms of the advertisement shall
be awarded such contract upon a major
ity vote of the council.
This plan seems to us fair to the per-
sons seeking such contract and to be for
the best interest of the people in the
matter of obtaining lights at as reason
able rates as possible.
The report was unanimously adopted.
City Marshal Gold presented the APP
pended communication:
hereby tender my resignation of the
office of city marshal of this city to take
effect at once. Since my appointment to
the position I now hold have tried to
enforce the ordinances to the best of my
ability, as promised to do in my oath Of
office. Too much pressure has been made
TO bear upon me by the city officials,
equally bound to uphold the ordinances,
20 slur my duty for me to further at
jempt to perform it.
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