People's voice., 1899-04-20
Council neeting.


called together in special session Mon.
day night. The old council, after hear
ing the final report of q. D. Burnette as
police Judge, in which the city was
shown 10 Ge SS.O5 10 debt to him after
his two years term in Office, and lis
tening to short address by the out.
going mayor, S. N. Brown, in which
he expressed his thanks to the council
and especially the chairmen of the
several committee for the assistance
they had given him during his admin.
istration, adjourned sine die. The
new mayor, S. P. Kramer, then as
sumed the chair and ex.Mayor Brown
took a seat in the rear of the chamber
and was al interested spectator dur.
ing the proceedings which followed.
When the new council was called TO
order the roll call showed the follow.
ing members present: Mayor Kramer
and COuncilmen Lichtenberger, Luen-
ing, Pitts, GelinO, Amsden, French.
Layne and Thompson came in a few
moments later.
Mayor Kramer announced the ap-
pOintment Of committees as follows:
Law and Order-Richards, Thomp.
son and Lichtenberger.
Finance-Amsden, Pitts and Hitch.
cock.
Street and Alley-Gelino, Hitchcock
and Luening.
Health-French, Layne and Thomp-
son.
Fire-Lichteuberger, Amsden and
Layue.
Gas-Luening, Richards and Ans
den.
Police-Layne, Lichtenberger and
French.
Water-Pitts, Gelino and Richards.
Purchasing-Thompson, French aud
GelinO.
Cemetery-HitchcOck, Luening and
Pitts.
The matter Of passing upon official
bonds was then taken up, and the fol-
lowing were approved Alb. Cheever
as clerk, in the sum Of $1,000, with
A. B. Cheever, W. H. Burks and Gee.
b. Dean as sureties; H. F. Smith as
treasurer, in the sum of $4,000, with
II. f. Smith, W. II. Burks. T. J. Gar
land and j. H. Allen as sureties; c.
Z Shaver as marshal, in the sum of
$500, with c. c. Shaver, o. J. Hack
ney and W. R Spicknall as sureties.
81. N. Bowers as street commissioner,
in the sum of $500, with Fl. NJ.
Bowers, j. NJ. Jordan, Geo. Pfeifer, T.
W. Friedman, Geo. B. Dean and W.
ii. CarneS as suretes. The bond of
A. W. Shearman as police Judge, in
the sum Of $500, was passed for the
reason that it did not contain the
required revenue stamp. The bond
was signed by A. W. Shearman, John
Shearman, 0. j, Hackney, b. F..
Michael and W. NJ. Copeland.
The water question was discussed
briefly and upon the motion of Coun-
Gilman Pitts the council decided to
meet Monday evening at s o'clock IN
executive session, wheO the matter
will be discussed at length and the
new members made fully acquainted
with the present status Of the water
and light questions. The mayor sug-
gested that the newly appointed water
and gas committees get together 10
the meantime and talk over the situ-
alton. The new council evidently
intends to solve these important
questions without any further unnec-
essary delay. Some definite action
will probably be decided upon at the
executive session next Monday eve.
ming.
City Clerk Cheever was instructed
to prepare a statement of the city's
finances and report at the meeting
Monday evening.
A proposition from H. B. Kelly, a
Topeka broker, to engineer the matter
OF refundine the city's $4,000 union
depot bonds was read, but no action
was taken.
Joe Palmer, the old street commits.
sioner, had refused to turn the books
OF the office over to Fl. NJ. Bowers, the
new commissioner, and the council
instructed the street and ALLEY conf
mittee Monday night to procure such
books as were necessary for the new
commissioner, and he will enter upon
the duties of the office at once. Pal
mer had refused to release his grip on