The record-union., 1899-12-19

drawing fowls before offering them for
sale in market was read and Tebbets
moved that action be deferred for one
week
The matter was deferred until after
January LIST.
Mayor Land reported that he had
granted Officer D. w. Higgins ten days
leave of absence.
A communication was read from Cor
poration Counsel ]. B. Devine, stat
ing that the newly elected Trustees
would take their seats on January 9Th.
DELINQUENT TAXES.
The following communication from
the District Attorney was read:
Sacramento, Dec. 10, 1899.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees
of the City of Sacramento-Gentlem
l am in receipt of communication
from the City Clerk, M. J.
Desmond, stating that Eat a
meeting of the Board of Trustees held
on November 10, 1899, resolution was
adopted directing the delinquent tax
and penalty recorded against the prop
erty of Daniel Doherty, deceased, on
lot l, in block or square N and and
Fifth and Sixth streets for the year
1906, be Cancelled"
In reply thereto, beg leave to say
that as 1 am advised, none of the de-
linQuent taxes prior to the adoption
of the present city charter could be
collected in an action in court, and
such being the case, 1 do not think it
just that one person should be relieved
from the payment of said taxes, in
preference to others I believe that
all persons should be treated alike, and
that if one is to be released, all should
be.
I am, therefore, obliged to refuse to
comply with your request to cancel
said taxes.
The only time that any of such de-
linquent taxes are paid, is when the
owner desires to sell the property
against which said taxes were levied
In my opinion, all delinquent taxes
levied prior to the adoption of the new
city charter should be Cancelled, and
should your honorable body decide to
order them Cancelled, 1 will cooperate
with you and render such assistance as
lies within my power l have the
honor to be, yours very respectfully,
c. w. BAKER,
District Attorney, Sacramento County.
Kent said that he knew a number of
cases in which property owners had
paid their taxes and held receipts, but
the Collector has not marked them paid
on his books and they are marked de
linquent." He moved that commit
tee of three be appointed to conf n
with the District Attorney on the sub
ject.
Paine thought that any person hav-
ing a receipt could easily prove that
his taxes were not delinquent. He
the delinquent taxes.
Devine thought the matter should
be referred to the Corporation Counsel.
Bentley thought that as some people
have not paid their taxes, and some
did not, in order to raise sufficient
funds those paying before would have
to pay more.
The matter was referred to the Cor
poration Counsel.
POOLSELLING ORDINANCE.
An ordinance prohibiting poolselling
in the city was read, intended to rem
edy the defects in the former ordinance
pointed out in Judge Harris recent de-
cision.
Paine said he had written down be-
low for copy of the ordinance lcens-
ing pool selling. He believed that as
long as there We're two men living they
would gamble. He moved that it be
referred to the Corporation Counsel, to
draw up an ordinance licensing pool
selling.
Tebbets seconded the motion. He
said it was matter of great import
ance to the city, as it would prohibit
pool selling at the State Fair He
remembered seeing a communication in
Mayor Hubbard's office, signed by
nearly all the prominent business men
of this city, asking that the town be
run during the State Fair, on liberal
plan. Last year the business men
of the city realized that it was a ques-
ton whether there would ever again be
a State Fair and they got in and
worked and made it a success.
Kent said that he had been offered
an interest in the pool rooms, had been
offered fat jobs for his friends and
not be bought for it. He asked when
any benefit of pool selling to the town
had accrued. The abolition of pool
selling is in the interest of the people
No one could boss him or pull him
down, although he had been boycotted.
He did not care if the pool men had
been to a Trustee and offered to rent
his back room for $50 a month if he
would pull him (kent) down. He did
not care if a Trustee had been told that
If he would be sick tonight he
should have a doctors certificate to
that effect. He would bring up a SINH
lar ordinance every month, as long as
he was on the board.
Bentley thought that the ordinance
had been drawn up in accordance with
Judge Harris decision and the matter
is a serious one. Mr.. Devine seemed to
think it amusing, and had changed his
mind a number of times within the
past few years, and it was about time
that, for the satisfaction of his con-
stituents. he made a plain statement of
where he stands. The pool selling is a
curse to the community and he defied
any citizen of Sacramento to point
out wherein it has ever been a benefit
for the city. The poolrooms have for
years dominated the city's politics If
the members of the board wish to act
upon their oaths, there is just one thing
to do and that is to close the pool
rooms. That is what should be DONE
if they wish to see the city progress.
Devine said he had never gambled or
bet on horse race. He had expressed
his opinion openly in the board. He be-
lieved that one man should be allowed
to gamble as much as another and