Evening journal., 1896-12-18
NOW LET THE LAW WORK.
COUNCILMEN AT LAST AGREE on !
A SATISFACTORY ORDINANCE !
TO PREVENT NUISANCES.

A SATISFACTORY ORDINANCE
TO PREVENT NU1SANCES.
At the meeting of City Council last
night a deed for property at Fifteenth
and Market streets was received from
Jacob ID. Winslow and accepted. This
property was transferred for park pur-
poses on the consideration of $50.
The amendment TO the ordinance to
prohibit certain nuisances was called
mp for a third reading and when the
enacting clause of the amendment was
reached Mr.. Robertson arose and Of
fered a substitute This substitute
makes the manager and lessee respon-
sible for an offense committed in a
public place. and the fine is increased
from SO cents, the minimum fine. and
$40 the maximum. to s. minimum and
$25 maximum.
Mr.. McNulty. who offered the origi-
nal amendment. said that he could not
understand why the substitute was Of
fered since II did not improve the
amendment already under considera-
ton He thought il looked like an at
tempt to make him and some of his
colleagues vote contrary TO the way
they wished He could see no other
reason for such proceeding.
Mr.. Robertson stated that he meant
no oifense and hoped that the member
from the Tenth would not look at it in
that light Other members expressed
their views OF the matter. The substi-
tute was rejected by a vote Of TO 4.
Mr.. Oberly offered an amendment to
MIR. McNulty's amendment. This
changed the maximum fine from $40 TO
$50 This amendment was also lost.
Mr.. McNulty then offered an amend
ment to his own amendment, In which
he took up the changes proposed by
Mr.. Robertson's substitute, with the
exception that the minimum fine be 81.
This amendment was approved by a
unanimous vote.
The city treasurer reported the ball
ance IN the Union National Bank to be
SCI .206.17 for current expenses, $43.25O
for park purposes; in each depository
bank, $l2750.. He reported having re-
ceived from Edmund Mitchell, Jr., 81
623.0S Eugene M. Sayers. $3.50.
An order for $l75O was ordered
drawn on each of the depository banks.
An order was drawn I'm favor OF l.. B.
Jones for 11,16079
On motion of Mir Smith a commit
tee composed of one member from
each ward was appointed to distribute
coal to the worthy poor of the city. In
explanation. Mr. McNulty stated that
he wished that the public understand
that the appropriation for this purpose
was small and that the members would
have to give out the fuel in limited
quantities in order to make the supply
sufficient.
The report of the collection of taxes
in the northern district by Edmund
Mitchell Jr for 1894. was received
and accepted Il showed that the as.
sessments amounted to S30S, ,45l47, less
S2.3S367. 3 per cent. added after Sep
tomber /. 1894 The collections
amounted to 1922. .ll3.0S, rebates. SIP.
476. 46. error list allowed 50 .S61.93.
President Baylis stated that he hat
before him. approved by the mayor, the
ordinance making an extraordinary ap
preparation for the Board OF Health
and declared Il a law of the city.
An amendment TO the ordinance e
provide for the removal of garbage wal
offered by Mr.. McNulty. II provides
that the term of the garbage contrac
tors be extended from one TO thrc
years. The amendment was read sec
ond time and referred to the Law Com
mittee
The report OF the S. p. c. a. showe'
that five dogs were left over in tn
pound from October; seventy-four wcr
captured in November, siXty-eigh
We're killed; four redeemed; four sold
three left in pound, nine cattle wer
impounded. all of which We're re
deemed.