The herald., 1897-10-05
BOND ELECTION ORDERED
Ordinance Of Intention Passes the
Council-Future Action


Council-Future Action
Accompanying the report of the city
attorney was the ordinance of inten-
ton for the election to ascertain the
wishes of the voters of the city in the
matter of issuing school bonds to the
amount of $339000 and bonds for the
improvement of the fire department
amounting to $50 900. That portion of
the report which referred to this ordi-
nance was as follows:
In accordance with your instructions
l have prepared and herewith present
an ordinance determining that the pub
lie interest and necessity demand the is
suance of bonds for school houses and
equipment, and engine houses and appa-
ratus for the fire department"
The ordinance was not read, as the
members of the council were familiar
with it's provisions. Under a suspen-
sion of the rules 1t was placed upon its
passage and was unanimously adopted.
1t does not enter into the details of the
subject but Is in effect simply decla-
ration that the issuance Of the proposed
bonds is considered a necessity, and that
an election for the purpose Of legalizing
them is to be held.
The ordinance will now go to the
mayor for approval, which 1t will re-
ceive 1t will also be published. After
ten days the council can pass the final
ordinance calling the election. This Sec
ond ordinance must state not only when
the election is to be held, but must con-
tain in detail just what Is intended in
the matter of the proposed bond issue
and what disposition is to be made of
the funds, together with the manner OF
distribution. The bonds must be de-
scribed and the rate of interest they
will bear must be mentioned. In antici-
patton Of this ordinance the city attor-
ney is now collecting all the data con-
cerning the matter, in order that there
will be no delay from his department.
VACATED THE STREET
The ordinance providing for the vaca-
ton of street in the tract Of land upon
which the Occidental college building
is to be erected was reported by the city
engineer and adopted. At the morning
session a protest had been presented
against this action, but that was not
mentioned when the ordinance was re-
ported
The ordinance under which the board
Of examining engineers are acting in
their work of examining and granting
to engineers licenses to operate engines
in the city was also amended so as to
give that board more authority. The
changes have been heretofore published.
ORDERED TO APPEAL
The city attorney further reported as
follows: The suit brought by the city
against E, F. Kysor to determine wheth-
er or not a tract of land containing eight
acres, and situated in the annexed por-
ton of the Sixth ward, has been dedi-
Gated for park purposes, has been tried
and decided by the superior court ad-
versely to the city You will please In
struct me whether or not you wish this
case appealed to the supreme court.
Upon the reading of this part Of the
report Mr. Grider moved that the city
attorney be instructed to appeal the
case to the court of last resort. 1t was
suggested that before that order was
given it would be advisable to- ascertain
what the city attorney thought of the
chances of success on appeal. Assist
ant City Attorney Crutcher was sum-
moned and asked whether there was any
prospect of a reversal of the decision OF
the lower court. He said that in such
matters the chances were always
against the person or corporation
against whom a decision had been rem
dered In the lower court. He could not
of course, prophesy what the court above
would do, but thought the chances Of
success justified the effort. Asked wha'
the cost of appeal would be, he said tina
it would not exceed 800. Mr. Grider'!
motion was then put and prevailed.
THE ONLY WRANGLE
The market inspectors report, il
which he stated that there were numer
Gus violations Of the ordinance regu
lating the sale of fruits and vegetable
as a result of which the receipts to tn
city from the public market were fall
ing off, caused the only wrangle of tn
session. Mr.. Nickel promptly move'
that the report be filed and in support o
his motion stated that he was Opposes
to the practice of trying to proven
countrymen from selling their product
in this city by combining their tradin
to a market, the location of which wa
unknown to 80 per cent Of the people o
the city. He said that the report wa
for the purpose of assisting the marke
inspector in an effort to make a recor
in the matter of receipts, when thos
receipts came from persons who shoul
be encouraged and not charged for wha
they did. II believe any farmer shoul
be allowed to sell his products free Q
charge here" said Mr.. Nickel. "It nc
only helps them, but is matter Of grea
convenience to the people"
Mr.. Toll took up the matter, sayin
that while all that had. been said Nigh
be true, 1t was not for the council t