El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-04

hind legs and protested against sny
such performance, while Judge Kemp
said he was not administering upon
questions of fact. but of law. 1t was
not the city attorneys business to secure
the facts, only to advise as to matters
of law.
| By the mayOr:-''If there Ia an eva
sion of the law, it should be rectif1ed."
| Judge Kemp said Mr.. Dieter is pay
ing TO the state Wholesale and retail
/ licenses, 500 for selling over one
gallon, a 5000 for selling under one
or $500 more goes to the county-S9OO
10 all. The city is allowed to collect
what the county do.s. The trouble is
/ in the application of the law. TIL
rscke. for the time being was referred
! finally to the city attorney and the
taxation committee with an eye parti-
cularly to the back door business. Mr..
Clifford was in militant spirit, and
sta ted his dete "mination to furnish the
facts n cesssry on which to base &C
ton.
Mr.. Whitmore for the committee on
sire cts and grades reported a petition
from property owners for sewer con-
nection between Mesa avenue and
Greg on street. Owing to the peculiar
the Improvement would cost about
$1,000. and as there was very little
money in the fund covering that
department, Mr.. Whitmore advised
that Mr.. Krakau and others interest
ell be allowed to do the excavation
themselves, while the city would lay
the sewer Ppe. M Whitmore
A P. Goes and others asking that an
alley between Myrtle and Magoffin
avenues be CT anged to the opposite
direction, espe cially with reference to
sewer purposes. Mr.. Withmore said
T. 81. Conklin protested against the
proposed charge. The Mesa avenue
recommendation was adopted, and as
was held in allegiance until the
!. city was given deed to the
|, alley.
Mr. Cliff ord for the finance commit
tee reported these bills:
Street and park psy roll. ....S IA 90
, Sewer department pay roll. 1900 90
Upton & Harrell. hauling for
Moving city Jail and putt ng up
| cells. 40 w
, Fl. J. Little. removing quarters
fire department ........... IS on
II. j. Little IL As
Total. 1892 7l
Mr.. Clifford was quiet overcome by
the size of the bills for moving the jail
cages from the old city building to the
, corner of Overland and Stanton
, streets. But the chief of police showed
, that the expense was re ssOnable
, enoush. and the bills were allowed
The clerk stated the chief of the fire de.
partment had inform ed him that the
, departing Mt bills were on q cash basis
and he, the clerk, wante to know how
! to draw the warrants. The council
order, d the bills to be paid In
scrip at the rate of 90 cents on the dol
' la.
The quarterly report OF the city
treasurer was reported o K, and or
! ldered filed.
, Judge Coldwe who. lad been pouring
, over minutes of tie previous meeting
from way b Jack, arose TO announce that
1 j. p. Dieter was ready to pay all of hi,
: back taxes, as he had previously pro
t posed, lees the money, perhaps 500 ex
, pense the city had put him to in the
, suits instituted against him. From
J 5000 to $1,000 was involved. The origin
/ al proposition agreed to pay up minu,
the taxes levied for the city water
works bonds. Mr.. Burton wanted tt
, accept Mr.. Dieter's offer. But Mr.
r Clifford was again sliced with the mar
al spirit, and just wouldn't have it.
, He was willing to accept the origina
, proposition as buttered over the min.
utes OF the previous meeting way back,
! but not with the additional tail to the
, kite. Judge Coldwell endeavored to
i show Mr.. eli ford by reference to the
{ ~ nutes, that it would become him
more to agree to the proposition now
: But Mr. Clifford declined to surrender
, and with war to the knife glittering in
his optics, told the judge be had caused
= the suit, by advis ng Mr.. Dieter to re.
sist the tax. The judge smole a cold
| clammy, far-a-way sort of a smile. Mr.
Clifford also smiled, aud there was q
, smile all around. MIR. Whitmor.
t thought Willard Patterson should be
-: heard from before the council took
, action; and as they would say in the
: custom house. the matter event under
, general ORDER" and the band played
on.
Mr.. Drummer for the fire and water
committee advised granting the
, petition f, r fire plug ut the corner oil
San Antonio street. R-pOrt adopted
, Property owners In block ITO Msgof.
| fin addition pre- sented a petition asking
, for sewer extension through the alley
from FL st to Second streets between
; Tags al d Hill reefs. Referred to the
committee on streets and Praces. The
clerk read the contract and bond
for the lease of Washington park
, which was ratified, and the