The record-union., 1898-08-09

To the Beard of Trustees. / herewith
return to Your honorable board, with my
approval indorsed thereon, ordinance
No. 49S, entitled AN ordinance to
amend Section Z of ordinance No 141,
regulating the time for using city
water for the purposes Of irrigation in
the city of Sacramento, and providing
that fire pressure be maintained by the
City Water Works during said time
Very respectfully,
WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: I herewith
transmit to your honorable board a
petition for the establishment of free
swimming baths in the city of Sacra-
mento, signed by number of resi-
dents of the city. Very respectfully,
WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: 1 hereby
nominate, and by and with your con-
sent, appoint l.. j. Miller a special po-
liceman for the district bounded by M
and r, Eighteenth and Thirty first
, streets, in the city of Sacramento, for
the ensuing legal term, vice self, term
! expired. Very respectfully,
WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: 1 herewith
transmit to your honorable board the
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! ton for the month of July, 1898. Very
| respectfully,
WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: / hereby
| withdraw the name of ]. A. Douglas,
nominated on the 1st instant for the
office of Captain of Police. Very respect
fully. WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
| To the Board of Trustees: I respect
I fIrI1x xr-it T
| Mckay President of your board, and
A. A. De Ligne, City Attorney, this day
| counted the money placed before me
! by the City Treasurer, and found in
| his possession money as follows: Gold
! Sal ,095; silver, $2.96. Total, SILL
O9796
| The above amount agrees with the
books of the City Auditor and City
Treasurer. WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
DOUGLAS NAME WITHDRAWN.
! In the matter of the withdrawal of the
name of j. A. Douglas, recently sent
in for Captain Of Police, Trustee Dou-
glas inquired whether the Mayor had a
right to withdraw the name, or whether
the appointment was the property OF
| the board.
| Trustee Dolan, who was in the chair
| dent Mckay, announced that the Mayor
could draw down any name within five
days after having sent it in to the
board
'All right, let him draw it down." re-
| torted Trustee Douglas, and the mes
sage was placed on file.
! BENTLEY FOR RETRENCHMENT.
| The usual bills audited by the Finance
| Committee We're approved.
| The bill of G. E. Touhey, Street
| Sprinkling Inspector, for $44, called out
emphatic opinions from the Auditing
Committee. Trustee Bentley stated
that most of the funds are already ex-
hausted, and that the Auditing Com
mittee proposed in the future to hang
up every bill for expenditures not alb
solutely necessary, and he considered
the Superintendent of Sprinkling to be
unnecessary, and thought the Superin-
! tendent of Streets could attend to the
matter without any trouble.
Street Superintendent Touhey said he
could not inspect street sprinkling, as
| he had no time to do SO.
Bentley wanted to know what he had
TO do, and Touhey said he had plenty
/ to do.
ton Of the Auditing Committee to hang
up all unnecessary bills in the future,
that of Sprinkling superintendent s
among the rest, was indorsed by a full
vote of the board.
Three bills for articles purchased by
the Superintendent of Streets without
orders from the proper committee were
referred TO the Street Committee. Sew
eral other bills of a doubtful character
were referred to proper committees.
NO MORE CAPTAIN OF POLICE.
Trustee Paine said that in view of the
fact that retrenchment was the cry, he
desired to offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That in the opinion of the
Board of Trustees Of Sacramento City,
there exists at the present time no rea-
son for continuing in said city the Of
flee and position Of Captain of Police
of said city.
Resolved, That the office and position
Of said Captain Of Police be and the
same is hereby declared abolished
The resolution was seconded by Trus-
/ tee Dolan.
/ Trustee Bentley said the office could
| only be abolished by the passage of an
ordinance.
Trustee Devine said he would favor
abolishing or discontinuing the position
if properly placed before the board en-
/ bodied in an ordinance
Trustee Paine asked that the matter
be temporarily passed and said the re-
| quired ordinance would probably be
I introduced before adjournment. His
suggestion was adopted.
Later in the evening he introduced an
ordinance providing for the abolition of
\ the office. and Trustee Tebbets moved
/ to suspend the rules and put it to a
| vote.
The motion to suspend the rules was
I carried, Bentley not voting
/ After considerable discussion the ordi-
nance was adopted: Ayes-Trustees
/ Mckay, Dolan, Brown. Douglas. Devine.
/ Paine and Tebbets. Not voting-Bent-
! ley. Absent-Kent
/ PURE WATER.
/ The committee appointed about three
/ months ago, consisting of Drs. A. M.
| Henderson chairman, DR.. T. w.
huntington and DR.. Thomas Ross of
the City Board of Health. and Trustees
| Tebbets and Dolan, for the purpose of
investigating and reporting on the con-
| dluon of the water used by the city.
| handed in their report. which will be
! found elsewhere in this issue of the
| Record Union
| Trustee Devine spoke at length
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