Evening capital., 1899-11-14
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING.
Horses And Bells For Fire Department
Petitions, Orders, Reports
And Bills Passed.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Mayor and City Council was held last
night in the Council Chamber. There
were present Mayor Seidewitz. Counsellor
Moss and Aldermen Parkinson. Douw,
Wells, Flood, Curry and Basil The
minutes OF previous meeting were read
and approved. The Mayor laid before
the board the reports of the City Com
missioner for July, August. September
and October. and the reports OF Collec-
the month of October, which were refer
red to the finance committee and favor
ably reported. The report of Collector
and Treasurer Rullman shows the fol-
lowing collections and disbursements for
the month:
Total amount Off, ceipts for the month
Of October. 1899. was $3.S7S.sI; dis
bursements s., ,64I so; balance on hand
SI,23o.7I.
PETITIONS.
The petition of the Water Witch Hook
and Ladder Company to have the old
FIRE engine Victory" repaired for the
purpose of taking it to the annual fire.
mans convention in Baltimore in June
next, was granted and the committee on
Fire Department were authorized to have
said repairs made at cost not 10 exceed
SIS.
The petition o. the Independent Fire
Company for the use OF the Assembly
Rooms. on the night Of December 9TH.
for the purpose of holding ball for the
benefit OF said company, was granted.
ORDERS.
The following orders were adopted:
That the treasurer pay to p. (. Porter,
clerk, the sum of 81 90 for the purchase
of postage stamps tor the use of the city.
That the sum OF S75 90 be appropriated
for the use of the Mayor as contingent
fund.
That the sum of SI7s 90. or so much
as may be necessary, be appropriated for
the use of the City Commissioner in
cleaning streets for the month of Decem-
Der.
That the sum of $50 90 be appropriat-
ed as contingent fund for the use of the
City Commissioner for the month Of De-
cember, to be spent under the supervi-
sion OF the street committee.
That the sum of S2s 90 be appropriat-
ed to lay board walk from West street
to the shirt factory.
That the sum OF S75 90 be appropriat.
ed for the use of the fire marshal in pur-
chasing coal for the several fire CON-
panies.
That the sum OF SIS. 90 be appropriate
ed for the use of the clerk for the pur-
chase Of fuel for the use of the Council
Chamber and the Assembly Rooms.
That the sum of $2so be appropriated
to repair the fish market, according to
specifications as per proposals of CON-
mittee on market house.
That the Chief of Police be authorized
to purchase one ton of coal for the use
OF the Station House.
That the Mayor and Fire Marshall be
authorized to purchase a bell for the
Rescue Hose Company, not to exceed
500.
That any city official hereafter desiring
material of any kind, shall make re
QUESTION for same to the Board at its next
regular meeting.
1t was ordered that the sum OF S4oo be
appropriated for the purchase OF two
horses for the Fire Department and a
bell for the use OF the Rescue Hose Com
pany, which was referred to committee
on Fire Department.
Counsellor Moss offered the following:
Ordered, That from this date the city
will pay for no medicines for INDECENT
poor. except upon the order ofthe Health
Officer and said Health officer is hereby
instructed to sign no orders or prescrip-
ton for medicine to be charged to the city
until he has personally investigated the
health and circumstances of the person
application for medicines, and that a
copy of this order be sent TO each and
every physician in the city.
REPORTS.
DR.. w. S. Welch. Health Officer, SUBJ
mit.ed his first report since the passage
of the ordinance relating to deaths and
burials in the city, in which he says he
has received certifcats of 20 deaths and
issued burial permits therefor, and one
permit for refinement, making I'll burial
permits since the nth of October. as will
be fully shown by the register OF deaths.
The ordinance, says the Health Officer,
has had good effect, in causing prompt
returns from undertakers SO that this
portion of the vital statistics may be ac-
curatly known at any time.
In his report relating to the disinfec-
ton of premises where contagious or in
fectious diseases have prevailed, he says:
"Several cases of that terrible disease
dephtheria and scarlet fever have existed
in the city this fall. After convalescence
or death, as unfortunately happened in
two cases, / visited and thoroughly dis.
enfected seven premises with the new
Formaldehyde apparatus, and certified
to clean bills OF health, l have had
several nuisance reported to me, some
of which was unable to abate, notably
the rendering OF tallow at the slaughter
house OF Jackson Brewer & Co. There
does not seem to be any ordinance to
remedy the evil. but it IS highly objec-
tionable to residence even at some con-
siderable distance.
With regard to the reservoirs and city
water supply. whose duty under city
ordinance it was to inspect, and report
to the city the Health Officer says, 81
haye visited and inspected the reservoirs
catch basins and supply pools and
streams on four different occasions, and
beg leave to report that they are in ex-
cellent condition at present. The reser-
voirs and basins were emptied and
thoroughly cleansed after the passage OF
the ordinance. The officials connected
with the water works. civilly and cheer
fully offered me every facility in making
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