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Proceedings Of the City Trustees-Per-
sonal and General.
SAN BERNARDINO.

SAN BERNARDINO.
Proceedings Of the City Trustees-Per-
sonal and General.
SAN BERNARDINO, Jan.6.-The city
board of trustees met last night at $3.50,
with a full board present, and consider
able business was transacted. An cleo
trio light was ordered placed at the In
tersection of Mt Vernon and First
streets Geo. Brazelton was granted
license to run a saloon at the Santa Fe
depot A license of 800 per quarter was
fixed for peddlers and canvassers.
Bids for city printing were opened.
Free Press, first insertion, 80 cents per
square of 240 ems nonpariel. 25 cents per
square second insertion. Delinquent tax
list Is cents per square, first insertion.
and w cents second insertion. Sun,
first insertion, 80 cents; second 10 cents;
delinquent list 14H cents first. and sec
ond insertion cents each. Times-Index.
no bid for city advertising, but for de-
llnquent list, $500; $400 to be paid on COM
pletion Of list and 800 in equal pay
ments The Sun was awarded the con-
tract.
Rev. e. o. McIntier came before the
board and asked II there was no way to
reduce the taxation on the Methodist
Episcopal church, as his congregation
were too poor to meet the taxes. The
property Is under 10000 mortgage.
The board took the matter under advise
ment. In the mat. of city taxes the
payment was extended to the 18th of the
month without extra penalty.
The board Of supervisors convened
this morning. The chairman appointed
Supervisors Newbery and Cooley as a
committee to attend to the suit pending
between San Bernardino and Riverside
counties.
The INDECENT allowance which Is be-
coming quite large was talked over and
the sense Of the board is to have the
matter looked up and the list weeded
out.
In the reports OF officers, County
Health Officer Rene reported contag-
ious eye trouble at the orphans home.
The report Of the horticultural COM
mittee showed that II cost for six months
$1s4S to overlook $11.S6 worth of work
by the inspectors.
The hospital report shows at present
6S patients. with a monthly expense
net. of $6S172.
The meals for prisoners for December
cost .$3S1.s7.
The reports show the county govern
ment expenses. including roads, to be
$16712.0S per month. This does not in
clude schools.
Next came petitions for Office. For
Janitor Of hall of records were the appli-
cations of H. D. Inghram, ]. N. Corbett,
M. H. Anderson, NJ. =. Sullinger Un-
cumbent) and w. f. w. Lightfoot On
motion Mr.. Lightfoot was chosen at $50
per month. For night watch the appli-
cants were j. d. Ousterhout, J. F., Bur-
nett, N. Choate Oncumbent), w. Haw-
ley, Dan Marquel, A. A. Dexter, H.
Marks and w. F, Binkley. Mr.. Custer
hout was selected. Salary $50 per month.
The janitor for the courthouse comes
up next Monday. There are six appli-
cants. There are also three applicants
for bee inspector to be decided Monday.
as Mr.. Hatch. one of the applicants. had
not enough petitioners.
The county physician and superin-
tendent of the county hospital One Of
the applicants, Dr. Wesley Thompson,
withdrew, leaving the field to DR.. S. G.
HUFF, who was appointed to serve from
January, 1897, to January, 1895 The
other appointments take effect Febru-
ary 1897.
In the matter of appointing a justice
of the peace to fill the vacancy of o. P.
Seeley at Chino. the matter was tabled.
Dr. Simmons Of Chino was appointed
health officer of Chino.
Law library trustees were appointed
as follows: Judges Campbell and Otis,
Attorneys Curtis and Ralfe and Chair
man of Supervisors J r. Glover. Mr..
Glover is the only new member.
Retail liquor licenses were granted to
II. Staathagen of St. Elmo; Montiyo &
Martinez. East Cotton, and r. O'Brien,
Needles.
Board adjourned to Monday January
II, 1897.
B. F. Callahan of Cotton has been sent
to the asylum at Highland
j. l.. Jonas of the Boston clothing store
IL confined to his home with grippe.
Jack Studdert of the Sun has been
given a position in the state printing
office.
divorce suit has been filed. entitled
Margaret Bennington VS.. T. r. Benning-
ton.
Carrllo. the fellow who stabbed his
wife thirteen times al Redlands junction
was held to appear before the superior
court by Justice Camp of Redlands.
Valley lodge No. q, X. of p. installed
their officers last night as follows: c. c.
r., T. ]. West: M. Of w, r. E Bledsoe:
X. Of r. and S.. A. Palmer; NJ. Of F., L.
e. Beckley; NJ of E., John W. Barton;
M. OF A., c. Whitlock; I. c.. c. A. More;
o. G., w. e. Bledsoe.
On Washington's birthday. at Har-
lem Springs, a team Of Democrats will
shoot against ten Republicans.
The Gold mountain mines have shut
down. The men were paid off.
The Sun this morning came out with
IN article that would infer that the new
board of supervisors were going to make
the county officers jump as they pulled
the string, because the board passed
resolution that supplies could not be
bought without the authority of the
board. This has been the policy of the
board for the past two years, and the
Suns nervousness Is sef-inflicted The
Democratic and Republican members
are harmonious on the resolution.
RIVERSIDE