The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-25
City Council.

ClJy council.
The city fathers met last Thursday
night and dispatched quite volume OF
business. Those present we're: Mayor
Faw, Aldermen Boring, Beckner, Col
lette, Wofford and Martin. Aldermen
Jackson and Persell were absent.
The city attorney presented the board
with the "curfew" ordinance, which he
had been requested to prepare. The
ordinance is as follows;
Be it ordained by the board of mayor
and aldermen, of the town of Johnson
City, that it shall be unlawful for
minorsunder 16years of age, to be found
lettering upon the streets, alleys, or in
any public place of the city after the
hour of 8 o'clock p. M, unless accom-
panied by either the father, mother,
brother, guardian, or some adult person
who may have a right to ACCOMPANY
said minor.
SECTION 2. Be it further ordained,
That the chief of police be, and is here.
by detailed to sound the fire alarm al
S:45 o'clock each night as warning.
SECTION 3. Be it further ordained,
That all persons found guilty of violat'
ing Section l of this ordinance, shall
be arrested and taken before the re-
corder and fined, for the first ofense,
$1.OO and for the second offense not less
than 50 so or more than $500
The ordinance passed on first reading
by unanimous vote of the aldermen
present.
On motion the amendment to tn,
revenue ordinance of November 30, wa
passed on its third and final reading.
The ordinance, as it-now stands, re
quires the city attorney to receive war
rants in payment of back taxes precise
ly as they are received in payment o
present taxes.
The following bills were allowed;
Vines, Brading & Co. balance
on coal. ........... ........ 81 .
Interest on bonds. $780,
Water rent, three quarters. $1275 o
On motion the city attorney was in
structed to render an opinion to tn
board as to the authority of the city t
collect corporation tax from tn
Jonesboro Banking and Trust Com
pany.
The city attorney was instructed t
collect the taxes from the Water Com
pany for the years of 1894 and 1895, an
the recorder be instructed to collect til
taxes from that company for the yea
1896.
The committee on water and light
was instructed to ascertain the pric
paid for water for the schools in th
towns of Bristol, Knoxville and Chats
nooga, and that committee be instruc
ed to make terms with the Water Con
pany for the water used by the publ
schools of johnson City, covering I'll
years of 1894, 1895 and 1896, and to ais
ascertain if satisfactory terms can |
made for water in the future.
This move was taken for the purpo'
to get the relations between the Gil
and Water Company on business basi
Under the old contract of 1890, Il
city agreed to exempt the Water Con
pany of taxes, provided the compan
would furnish free water to the publ
schools for flushing the sewers and otl
er public purposes. No sewers we
put in and the water for the schoo
amounts to a great deal less than Il
taxes. This was kind of one-sid'
bargain, and was unconstitutional, b
cause the Water Company was tn
? paying very much less than its full q
sessment.
The board means to settle with Il
Water Company by making it pay
taxes in full and receive in return fl
price for all the water used by t
schools and other public purposes.
\ Chas. FL. Jennings. city attorney, d
livered lengthy opinion on the que
\ ton of the unconstitutionality of t
agreement between the city and t
Water Company, quoting able autho
ty to show that such an agreement W
, in direct violation of the constitution
the state.
E The recorders report for Janua
was as follows:
Total receipts ,............ $2, 1856.
Total disbursements. ....... l, 1893.
Balance on hand. ........... 1857.
r The report was accepted and spre
upon the minutes.
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