The record-union., 1896-02-04
DETERMINED 10 DICTATE.
Trustees Refuse to Confirm the Mayors
AppOinteeS.
Pump Manufacturers Here to Offer
Their Propositions to the
City for a Plant.

City for Plant.
The City Board of Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tees Leonard, Wachhorst, Kent, Davis,
Mckay Devine, Tozer, Bentley and
Pennish being present. As Leonard, To-
zer and Mckay did not arrive from
San. Francisco until S O'Clock, Kent was
elected temporary Chairman, in order
to expedite business du ring their alb
sence.
A. J. Bruner addressed the board in
relation to the proposed ordinance re-
quiring the railroad company to place
hagmen at various crossings in the city,
and asked that the matter be laid over
for week, as he had been requested to
look into the ordinance, but had not yet
had time.
Bentley said the request was proba-
bly, due to the fact that the require
ments of the ordinance were. not exact
II clear, and it might be that the COM
pany thought electric signals or auto
matte gates would answer the purpose.
Mr. Wachhorst might explain just what
he wished, and state whether he want
ed men kept at the crossings day and
night.
Wachhorst said the ordinance was a
copy Of the one passed in Oakland. 1t
provided for fagmen both day and
night.
The matter was postponed for week.
COMPILING ORDINANCES.
R. M. Clarken reported that he had
had the city ordinances ready for pre-
sentation to the board for some time,
but there was considerable matter pre-
pared which would make the work
bulky and unwieldy Since the ordi-
nances for 1894 and 1895 have been
compiled by ex-Trustee Lawton, he
would also have to go over the index
again and strike out the references to
them. He had put in the book the city
charter, the laws of the State on mu-
nicipal corporations and other things,
which would make it very bulky. He
therefore asked for the passage of a res
olution empowering a committee of the
board to enter into a contract with him
for the compilation of the ordinances,
they to be completed within thirty days.
The Chairmen Of the board and of the
Finance Committee were empowered to
negotiate with Mr.. Clarken for the COM
pilation of the ordinances, to report at
the next meeting.
TOLLEY'S BOND.
J. w. Hughes addressed the board in
relation TO the bond of V. J. Tolley as
Plumbing Inspector, consideration of
which was postponed last week until
the first Monday in April. He held that
under the law it was the duty of the
board to act upon the bond when pre-
sented. He pointed out the fact that
the charer provided that the Board of
Health should elect a Plumbing In
spector, to hold Office during it's pleas
ure. If the Trustees had power to post
pone action on the bond for two months
ii had power to defer it for two years.
Devine said the Board of Health had
made point of defying the Trustees.
He thought the Trustees had a right
to defer action as long as it wished
The matter was referred to the Cor
poration Counsel, to be reported on
next week
The following messages from the
Mayor were received:
CORPORATION COUNSEL.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
I herewith return, with my approval in
dorsed thereon, Ordinance No. -. en-
titled "An ordinance authorizing the
Mayor to employ an attorney-at-law in
addition to the City Attorney, and de-
fining his term of Office" Respect
fully, c. H. HUBBARD. Mayor.
SPECIAL OFFICER.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
herewith transmit TO your honorable
body a petition requesting the appoint
ment of L. J. Miller as special police
man for the locality bounded by n and
r, and Eighteenth and Thirty-first
streets.
1t will be necessary, before making
any appointment, that your board Gre
ate the position. I therefore recon-
mend that the position Of special police
man for the locality aforementioned
be created.
If said position be created, I hereby
nominate. and. by and with your con-
sent, appoint L. J. Miller as special
policeman for said locality. Respect
fully submitted, C. H. HUBBARD,
Mayor.
CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
I hereby nominate and, by and with
your consent, appoint George D. Irvine
superintendent of Cemeteries. Respect
fully submitted, c. H. HUBBARD.
Mayor.
MORE ELECTRICITY.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees.
! herewith return, with my approval in