The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-07

Drug stores may be kept open Al
drugs, medicines, CIGARS and mineral
all times on Sundays for the SALE OF
waters only"
The above ordinance, proposed by Al
derman Potter. was passed 10y the board
of aldermen ut its meeting last night
by vote of to 3. Those voting for il
were Aldermen Potter Mcdonald Ham
lin (col), and johnson (col.); against it
Drewry, Parrish and Powell.
The sale of cigars on Sunday first came
up on an ordinance, proposed by Alder.
man Correll, at the last meeting, allowing
drug stores and hotels the privilege OF
selling mild drinks and cigars on the
Sabbath day. 1t was defeated; but by
Alderman potters ordinance. permitting
the sale of cigars OH Sunday. by drug
stores. was adopted by a vote of 4 to 3
Indeed it was sort of ordinance night
no less than eight separate and distinct
new city laws being proposed and all
of them, except one passed.
The one that failed was offered by
Alderman Mcdonald and proposed
making peddlar's license $50 instead on
$40 and prohibiting, under any condition,
pedding on Fayetteville street. Nobody
voted for this except its author
Two other ordinances by Mr.. Melon
aid We're passed, relating to the finances
of the city. One made the city clerk
the disbursing officer of the city and
was as follows:
Resolved, That the City clerk is here
by designated the disbursing officer OF
the City for all departments; heads OF
departments are instructed to hand into
him by Friday, p M, of each week such
time as has been made up to and in
Guiding Friday for each employee of such
department. The City clerk shall make
out the pay roll from same by Saturday
y. IN. of each week, and shall pay
amount due such employee in person
after deducting any sum due by said
employee to the city.
The other authorized the Tax Collec-
tor to collect back taxes from delin-
qucnts by distress. 1t reads:
BE nresoyed by the Board of Alder
men of the City of Raleigh; Whereas,
the City Tax Collector has reported to
this Board the names of delinquent tax
payers, together with particular de-
scription of the real estate of said de-
linquent upon which the taxes due the
City Of Raleigh for the year 1897, still
remain unpaid:
Resolved. That the Tax Collector of
said city be, and he is hereby, instructed
to advertise and sell said real estate
upon which said taxes are due, as pro-
vided in sections 81. 53 and 81 of the
charter of said city,
An ordinance proposed by Mr.. Drewry
amends the health ordinances so as 70
make it Il separate and distinct oiIense
for each day a surface prlyy Is mann
tanned without the license being PAID.
The two other ordinances offered by
Mr.. Drewry related to paving by the
street car company. The hrst one was
as follows:
"That the space between the tracks and
ono foot of the street on each side of The
tracks shall be kept level with the toy
of the rails, and shall be kept clean and
in good order and condition by repair
ing. matchmaking or paving (as the case
may bel wherever and whenever neces
sary. at the cost and expense of the said
company, so that the portion of thu
streets occupied by the tracks may bt
safe and convenient for travellers witt
their teams, carts and carriages at al
times. And whenever the city shall re
pair. pave, re-pave or macadamlZe ans
street occupied by the tracks of sal'
company, it shall be the duty of sal,
company, at it's own expense, to repair
nave. re-Daye or macadamlZe the space
between its tracks and the street for one
foot on each side of its tracks, witt
like material as said city shall repair
pave. re-paye or macadamiZe SAID street
..AlI repairing. paving, re-paving or ma
cadamizing shall be done under the sup
ervision OF the street commissioner, ana
all distractions shall be removed there
from when the street commissioner sinai
SO direct"
The other street car ordinance is II
the nature of proposition on the par
of the city to do the paving required o.
the street car company, under certain
conditions, as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
Board that the city hereby agrees Il
pave or macadamize for the Raleigh
Street Car company without cost. be
tween its track and otherwise, i'll thu
manner which it is now required to do
under the city ordinances provided thai
the Street Car company will permit thu
city. without charge, to run its cars oyel
their track, for the purpose of hauling
stone for paving or macadamizing The
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company. This does not apply TO m
streets not occupied by the Street Ca
company, or to those parts of the stree
occupied by the company. where the,
have no track ut present. The city is (,
provide the necessary switches, and t,
run their freight cars III such way n,
not to interfere with the regular pas
senger schedule of the Street Car com
pany.
Alderman Mcdonald nominated MI
Samuel Bogasse, of the News and OIL
server, as alderman from the Thir
ward, TO succeed Mr.. L. w. Hunnicutt
resigned. He was unanimously elected
A delegation of colored citizens, heade
by Rev. Caesar johnson, appeared bt
fore the board and asked that the Cal
ling well, on East Edenton street, eithe
be fixed SO that water can be gotten Q
that it be turned over to the citizens s
that they may themselves fix it.
There are about fifty families, all Q
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