The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-06-22
COUNCIL MEETING
The Patres COnscripti Declare That
Bonds Have Carried the Day.

Bonds Have Carried the Day.
/ Councilman Smith, in the abs
ence of President Benjamin. call
Ell the council to order.
/ Present-Davis, Edwards, Liv-
iugston, Fuller, Pooser and Car
( IUlchacl.
Shortly after the roll call Pres
ident Benjamin came in.
The following bills were audit
ed Grant Cowan for copies of
registration lists. IS: material
and labor for building closet at
market, S2l Sc: McIver x Mac
Kay, $40 So: Post Office drug
store, $50: Marshal Williams.
feeding prisoners. sl2.l5: Even
ing Star, publishing ordinances,
$lS.25.
the vote on the bond issue was
then canvaSSed, which gave -
for bonds and Ga against bonds,
eight votes being rejected. These
would have been about equally
divided, had they been properly
cast.
City Attorney Alfred was then
called on for an opiniOn whether
he deemed this vote one that the
cOuncil could declare carried, in
aSnuch as tn" call said a maiDr-
lily of registered voters. He said
that, at he request of aldermen,
he bad locked up authorities
bca ring on this issue. In Indiana
, the court held that a ina iOriU.y of
, the votes cast decided. La .liiS-
sour, where the statute said two
, thirds Of the qualified votes would
be required, tie court held that a
ma iOrity Of votes cast decided the
Carrying of measure.
; He had examined the court rec
ordS of Florida from Is TO IS, and
: the only decision bearing on the
t matter was that about locating
the county site in Sumter county
t i'm lSS2 The statute said the
ma jOrity of registered voters
would be- needed; but the courl
held that a majority of the votes
cast was the legal Interpretation.
The supreme court of the
United States has decided that
only votes cast are recognized.
All this looked so reasonable
that II. X. Smith introduced a
resolution the sense Of which was
that the election be declared car
n ried in fIvor of bonds, in "a sun
i not to exceed S24 900, the city at
torney to be required 10 draw M
q an ordinance to carry into cifcc'
r. the result of said election. Oi
this motion Smith asked that tn,
roll be called, which resulted in ;
: unanimous vote to proceed witt
the issuance of bonds.
Alderman Livingston remarked
, that IL was minated by certain
, parties that the election whicI
>, declared for the electric ligh
bonds was not legally held.
= President Benjamin said that
anybody thought SO he was Il
= liberty to institute suit 10 ties
the question, just as he could /
Ia the present case.
Reports were then received frOr
I'D the city tax collector, treasurer
o. marshal and trial balance, all {
In which were ordered filed for infol
a. nation.
=. The report Of the sanitary con
mittee ordered that the nuisance
on the MonolIthIc sewer an
laundry be abatcd, and the san
- tary officer said he had inStructe
the parties interested TO abat
the same.
:" Colonel Livingston, for stree
- committee, said the claying
North Magnolia street had bee
We completed: that it might need
De- lime dressing, but wanted IL
1t clay packed first.
IA Work will now be put on DC
cS laWaha avenue extension.
liz Nh. Ed va rdS for the mlrkc