El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-04

Golden Eagle
BOND ORDINANCE CON3IDERED
Last Night by the City Council, and will
be Adopted Next Meeting.
The city council met last night in
the county building, and took q long
step towards securing for Ell Paso a city
hall, ~ will appear further along in
this report.
Chairman Coldwell for the ordinance
committee, reported favorably on the
occupation and poll tax ordinance for
1898. 1t was the same a. the ordinance
for 1897 previously passed, and was
The ordinance prepared for refund
ing to the tax payers by the city at
torney vas reported fsvorahly by Judge
Cold veil, and parsed. The document
is IS follow:
| An ordinance intended to provide q
method for refundinq taxes heretofore
paid to create q sinking fund aud play
the interest of Ell Paso city wafer works
bonds
Be it ordained by the city council of
the city of Ell Paso:
Sec. ]. That all persons who have
paid to Kos levied for tho sinking fund
and interest Of the Ell Paso water works
bonds. the issuance of which bonds was
authorized by the ordinance of August
IL. 1893, shall have the amounts so paid
by them refunded.
| Sec 3 Each o: such persons .hall
apply to the city clerk, who shall issue
to the applicant an order on the city
treasurer, and . certifcate;-the said
order to be for the pro rata amount
due such parsons Of the money on hand
in the sinking and interest fund afore-
said that the said applicant il entitled
to. The certificate TO be, for the
amount equal to the remainder OF the
said taxes paid by the said applicant.
| Sec. 3. All orders and certificate.
issued Is aforesaid shall be signed by
she mayor and countersigned by the
city clerk.
SEQ. 4. The assessor and collector
shall receive all such orders a. 80
much cash In payment of taxes.
Sec. S. No person indebted to the
city OF e Paeo shall receive either an
debtedness is paid; provided that no
person who Is not indebted to the
said city otherwise than for taxes levi
I ed for 1897 shall be considered indebt-
ed to said city within the meaning
hereof.
Sec. 8. Provision shall hereafter
be made for payment OF the aforesaid
certificates.
Sec. Z. This ordinance shall take
effect upon its passage.
| Two franchises for spur tracks from
the Southern Pacific main line west of
| Oregon street were granted; one for
| the new foundry aud machine estab-
lishment of W. N, Small, and ono for q
new lumber yard that 10 to be located
there.
| Chairman Clifford for the finance
committee reported favorably on these
bills: Weekly pay roll Of the street com
ment, $1,000; sewer department, s5s.25;
for feeding prisoners, February Is to 2e,
5000. Bills allowed.
The matter of the canal hendgate
was brought up, and the mayor stated
| that the company had been hauling
Stag to strengthen the headeate sur
roundings. Judge Coldwell, however,
did not place % much faith in that as
the canal people, and held there would
was Strengthened.
stricken air, reported that he had been
packing around . big wad of &C.
| cum ulsting bills. What should be do
with them? He gave sign Of relief
| as they were referred to the finance
| committee to wrestle with.
The clerk read q communication
| from ]. F. Worley, the directory man,
| asking that tire city purchase copies
for the use OF the different departments
of the city government. The council
decided to buy copies for the chief of
police, the asseesoraud collector, and the
city clerk. Judge Coldwell found his
name spelled wrongly in the directory,
and remarked that he had never found
it correctly in q directory yet.
Mr.. Clifford for tho finance commit
tee reported favorably on the mayors
bonds recommendation at previous
nesting, and the same was approved
by the council.
Mr.. Scott filed protest against the
eprinklers muddying up the crosswalks.
This brought out q question a. to how
many sprinkler there were on duty,
and Mr.. Whitmore said there were
three. This started mp the city clerk
who said there were bills on deck for
four. "Four?" asked Mr.. Whitmore.
"Well, we will see about that
Chairman Coldwell for the ordinance
committee brought up the ordinance
prepared by the city attorney relative
to issuing the proposed bonds for the
new city hall and sewer extension. The
document was about An hour long if
not longer, and the aldermen conclud-
ed 10 wait until next meeting to have
its richness poured out upon them.
There were blanks left in the or
ard The council decided on this part of
the business there and then. The city
ball bonds were fxed st $1,000 each,