Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-11-26

Board of Health Go Receive an Extraordi-
nary Appropriation.

The settlement of the squabble be-
tween the Board of Health and the
Board of Public Education over the
bill of Harry A. NJ iller for the public
School No. contract may yet be made
through City Council. At the meeting
of that body Thursday the committees
on finance and law presented signed
report on the dispute. A conference
had been held with members of the
Board OF Health and of the Board of
Education and it was announced that
the latter declined to pay the bill,
which Ia for about $1,000, with in
terest. The committees reported that
they had no recommendation to make
in tho matter, and their report was
adopted.
Later in the session of Council Mr..
McNulty gave notice Of tho introduce
tion OF an ordinance to make an ex-
traorlinary appropriation for the Board
of Health. After the meeting he stated
that il was to help untangle the trouble
over the Miller bill. The proposed
action is to adopt an ordinance appro.
priating the amount of the bill with
interest to the Board of Health, which
will then be able to pay the bill. The
Board of Health could then sue the
board OF Education for the amount and
can get Judgment, according to Mr..
McNulty, and in order to secure the
money could sell the school building.
This proposed action ia based upon Q
paragraph in section IL of "An ordi-
nance eonccrning the health of the
city," which paragraph reads as fol-
| lows:
1.-THE board, when satisfied after an
examination, that any cellar, room,
tenement or building within it's juris-
| diction. occupied as a dwelling place,
has become by reason of the number OF
occupants, or want of cleanliness or
other cause. unfit for such purpose,
and cause OF nuisance or sickness ia
tho occupants, or the public, may
direct the owner or owners, or occu.
pants thereof, TO have the premises
properly cleanaed, or if they SEQ fit, re.
| quire the occupants to remove or quit
the premises within such time az
tho board may deem reasonable. II
the person or persons go notified, OIL
any OF them, neglect or refuse TO com,
| ply with the direction of the board, the
board may cause the premises to be
properly cleansed at the expense Of
the owners, or may remove the occu
| pants, forcibly, and close up tbs
premises, and thcy shall not again bt
occupied as a dwelling place without
permission In writing OF the board; ane
ii such owner or owners refuse to pay
the expenses incident to the execution
of such orders, the treasurer of the
broad shall recover the same with in
terest and costH from the person wht
ought 10 have paid the same, as debit
of like amount are recoverable.
The proposed ordinance viii probabl,
be introduced by Mr.. McNulty nox
Thursday night.
AT Thursdays meeting OF City Coun
Gil no report was made by the law com
mittee on the ordinance for the sup
preston Of immoral theatrical exhibit
tions. which is pending.
City Treasurer Joseph X. Adams re
ported the balance In Union Nationu
Bank to the account Of current expenses
to be 1852, DAB. 80; in each of tn,
four depository banks. Sl5, $50; total
Sll3, 943 80; special fund for park pur
poses, S43, $50. His receipts were 81, l5(
from Tax Collector Mitchell, S65
from Tax Collector Sayers, and $40, O0
from the depository banks
Numerous bills were passed.
Council has recently had mad
special gity letterheads, each membe
to have paper with his own nam
thereon.