Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-11-10
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS,
Regular meeting of the cnn

Regular meeting of the common
council OF the town OF Ceredo. met
in the council chamber Monday
evening Nov. LIST, 1897.
Present: q. ID. French. Mayor;
j. w. Collier, Recorder; ". f.
Sturgill, W. A. Ramsdell.
Absent: w. +. Williams, G. f.
Millender and T. +. McDeugal.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
The various committees were
called on TO report, but seemed TO
have nothing of Importance to report.
On motion the curfew ordinance
was amended To read wilt shall
be unlawful for any person under
t6) sixteen years of age To be upon
or in any public street or alley of
the town of Ceredo after the hour of
az seven o'clock Il. NJ. eastern time.
from October LIST till April SOth and
after the hour of (S) eight O'Clock
L. NJ. eastern time from Nav LIST
till September 3oth unless such per
son be accompanied by a parent.
guardian or proper custodian, &c.
a Board of Health was appoint
ed by the mayor, consisting of DIR.
w. +. Sturgill, VIM. ID. Janney and
DR.. j. Il. Wharton.
On motion the following ordinance
empowering the Board of Health
was unanimously adopted: Be it or
dained by the common council of
the town of Ceredo tha, the Board
of Health of said town be and they
are hereby directed and empowered
to take such steps and measures as
In their opinion necessary to pre-
vent the spread of any contagious
disease and all persons are hereby
required to obey any and all orders
given by said Board of Health in
their efforts TO carry out this or
dinance; and any person or persons
who shall wlllfully disobey the no.
tice or order of said Board of Health
IN the discharge of their duties shall
be fined not less than Five Dollars.
nor more than Twenty-Five Dollars
and this ordinance shall be in force
from and after it's passage.
On motion the parties ordered
to build sidewalks 1t the September
meeting, between the G. IL o. R'y
and the corner of lot owned by
Robert Wright, Jr., on the west
side of Main street are again ordered
to build a sidewalk as specified re.
garding width within FIVE DAYS
from this date and upon their fail
ure to do so the Sergeant is hereby
ordered and directed to proceed ut
once TO build said sidewalk between
the points mentioned above. and
charge the costs OF same up against
the property.
On motion b. f. Webb was
awarded the contract for lighting
the street lamps in November at
$4,000 Ten Dollars.
The Recorder was instructed to
write The Hudson School Furniture
Co., of Athens, o., that the Bell
would be taken down and shipped
back TO them at once, az per their
request by letter to w. A. Ramsdell.
bearing date Oct. 8, 1897, and TO
request them not to ship another
Bell, but send us a catalogue and
price list Of furniture suitable TO
furnish the council chamber, also
to furnish us photo cuts of An Office
furnished as per his agreement to
do SO upon his visit here at our
October meeting.
On motion the following bills
were allowed:
JAS. o. Marcum, salary for
October 1897 $500
Jas. D. Marcum, frt. d dray
on street lamps &c 40
VIM. Bloss, bill of oil &c
from 5-2O-97 to lO-2s-97 I3.7I
b. f. Webb, lighting lamps
in October 1000
w. l.. Wilson, lumber for
crossings 2I.oO
A. j. Davis, hauling so
G. d. French, work on pump
g. R'y fare 10
Jas. o. Marcum, bill of Geo.
II. Dean &c Kite Bros,
Clamps &c) 1895
Ingram q O'Neill, pump
supplies 2.74
On motion meeting adjourned.