Smyrna times., 1898-06-01
TOWN COUNCIL.
WheelbarrOw Ordinance Sustained S. J. Rey
nOlds Elected Clerk of COunCil-B. W.
Turner Made Extra Police.

The Town Cauneil held busy ses-
sion on Friday night. There was a
full membership present, and very lit
tie time or none lost in transacting
the business before it.
The following bills were allowed:
A. E. Jardine, shells, $145; p. W. &
B. r. R. Co., for freight on coal,
$162.j9 Daniel Turner, Sr., $1.5O;
Henry Seims, So. so; General Electric
Co. ,S110. 25; Charles A. Daniels, $12.5 50;
Total, $435. "a.
On motion of J. W. Denney notices
were ordered to be sent to the follow
ing property owners: Samuel Cats, to
repave corner property corner of Com
merce and Delaware streets; Mrs
Rachel Jefferson to repave in front of
residence on Delaware street; Mrs.
James, to repair board walk corner of
Delaware and Frazier. All the above
will be sent 30 day notices.
The extending of the sewer flom the
Mt. Vernon street main, to the Mus
tard Tannery on Union street, which
had been under consideration of the
Street & Sewer committee, was brought
up by Chairman Denney. The matter
was discussed at length, and the only
bid which had been submitted was
opened and read. This was from Geo.
W. Taylor, who offered to run $50 feet
of 6-inch terra Gotta sewer pipe with
connections for $45'36, a rate of 18
cents per foot On motion of Mr.. An
thony the contract was let and the
work left under the direction of the
Street Il Sewer committee.
Councilman Walls reported that n
safe-deposit box had been rented from
the National Bank of Smyrna, and the
key passed over to the President of the
Council. On motion Mr.. Walls was
allowed $500 for paying the rent. and
the committee discharged. All the
valuable papers and contracts of tbe
town are now safely concealed
H. s. Anthony read the police duties
as defined by the committee. It speci-
fed that the policeman shouId 90 on
at O'Clock in the morning and serve
continually, with the exception of
enough time allOwence for meals. and
come on dnty at IL o'clock at night
same TO be the order every day of the
week. On Saturdays he will go on at
tne 81 same time and be on duty until
~. 5O A. NJ. the next morning. During
houls OF duty he is to be on q contin-
NN@Ns IL I'D HIS uubAOn
above mentioned, he is to clean all
street crossings, and keep clean, to
lanltor the Opera House, Alderman s
ONCE, keep Town Hall pavement clean,
Keep order in the Opera House during
shows, and to have general supervls-
ION of the Town Hall property. he
shall be subject to the call OF any one
or all of the coucilmen to make arrests
and subject to the call OF the Alder
man and enforce all laws, ordinances
NC, whether it be during, MS nours
of duty or not. For such be IS TO re-
ceive a eompensation of $500 year IN
monthly navments, and to be provided
with winter and summer suits, he'll
mits Sc ON motion of Walls the
committees report was adopted as
read.
1vr,vrr.-pARRow ORDINANCE SUSTAINED.
Possibly the most exciting discussion
90 the evening was the bringing up of
a. Wheelbarrow Ordinance, recently
oassed by the council. 1t will be re-
membered that a petition containing
over 20 names was presented at prev
ious meeting asking for its repeal.
Many signed the petition out of svm-
pathy for one whose living solely de-
pended upon the push cart, which car
ried his supplies, and not for the
absolute repeal of the ordinance. The
petition had been laid on the table
and the tirst duty of the council on