The record-union., 1899-04-04
MRS. PENNIsH's CLAIM.
THINKS THE CITY SHOULD RE-
IMBURsE HER.

City Board of Health Directs Trus-
tees to Build the Levee at
the Dumps.
At the meeting of the Board OF Cits
Trustees last night all Were present. eA-
cept Trustees Douglas and Bentiey. ~
was evident that every one anticipaeeu
q lively meeting, as the queslioiis VI
crematory, pumping plant anu
dumps would come up and there Woulo
be much diversity of opinion on lnem
w. A. Anderson asked the board &c
defer for one week action on tne ieso-
luton relative to Chinese dlSlntefneh'
introduced at his request last week and
which had been criticized by the papsrs
under a misunderstanding of tine facts
The Mayor had notified the Chinese &c
remove the bodies and the mlsappfe-
hension had arisen through the COM
ing of a lawyer from the companies al
San Francisco The statute exacuhe
SO for removal is for sanitary pur-
poses, to prevent the spread OF lnlec-
ton and was only to pay for the SUPER
vision of the removal. The Cnlhese
merchants have always paid tine 9lO Iol
all removals of bodies, but as II was
stated to them by the Mayor tnat II
they did not pay it for the removal OF
several hundred bodies, they would Dc
disinterred and buried in one hole, alle
the amount involved amounts 10 SC
large a sum they do not feel able te
pay it, Trustee Tebbets had simply IN
troduced the resolution at his request
and only for that The San Francisco
attorney had acted without authority.
Trustee Devine wanted to know VINO
was back of this Job. There was nc
necessity of putting all the bod1es IL
one pit.
The matter was deferred till nex1
week and the City Superintendent Of
Cemeteries was requested to be pres
ent.
MRS. PENNISH'S CLAIM.
r. M. Clar4zen wished to bring mat
ter of Importance to the whole city be-
fore the board. He asked the Clerk
to read a protest from Mrs. Mary Pen,
nish to the Mayor, in which she claimed
the consideration of the board ano
stated the damage formerly sustained
Y-street pumping plant and hoped thai
it would not ensue again and compe
her to go to the courts. The commun-
ication was written before the presen'
condition Of the pump became known
He said she had already been dam
aged at least 81 500 by losing the REM
of the land The courts would not
grant her an injunction, as it would be-
against public policy and would result
in flooding the southern portion of ths
city with sewage and produce an cpl
demic. He thought that she should be
Unidentified for her loss, as it was prac-
tically taking private property for pub
lie purposes, which is contrary to law
Trustee Tebbets said the present con.
dition had been brought about by the
deplorable condition of the stump. A
great mistake had been made. He
thought a board of competent engineers
should be appointed to ascertain the
necessary remedy and select a new site
for the stump, and that they might also
fix the damage to Mrs. Pennish. He sc
moved.
Trustee Devine moved to amend that
the Street Committee investigate tbs
matter and employ competent judges
to fix the damage, in conjunction with
the Corporation Counsel.
The matter was referred to the Cor
poration Counsel and Sewer Committee
MAYORS MESSAGES.
The following messages from tbs
Mayor were read:
To the Board of Trustees: 1 re-
spectfully report to your honorable
1afu- fft,a< n n he cx
placed before me by the City Treasurer
and found in his possession money as
follows:
Silver 35s
The above amount agrees with the
books of the City Treasurer and City
Auditor VIM. LAND, Mayor.
We hereby certify that the amount
above reported is correct.
D. MCKAY,
President Of the Board of Trustees.
A. A. De LIGNE.
City Attorney.
To the Board of Trustees: l here
with return TO your honorable board
without my approval endorsed there
on, ordinance No. -, entitled, IAN or
dinance appropriating the sum of Sly
Hundred Dollars for the expense of tht
salary of an officer for the Sacramento
County Humane Society,""
My reasons for disappearing this or.
dinance are as follows: The amouni
appropriated, to wit: $780, is in exces.
of the amount which the Directors o.
the said Humane Society stated to M
they would require, when they called
upon me in reference to the same, by
one hundred and fifty dollars. Tht
amount which they desired was tn.
sum Of fifty dollars per month, ant
which amount recommended that tn,
society be allowed for the remainder O.
the fiscal year, or sum total CT foul
hundred and fifty dollars. Very re
spectfulIy, WM. LAND, Mayor.
To the Beard of Trustees: In tn,
newspaper report of the proceedings O
your meeting of the 9th ult, NOTES
that Major w. A Anderson appeared
before your honorable body in reference
to the removal of the remains of TIL
Chinese buried in the Helvetia Gene
terry and asked that the fee of tel
dollars for the removal permit, as pro
vided by statute, be RENTED by you
honorable board. In connection Will
this matter, / respectfully report Il
your board that / have been in com
munication with Charles ]. Maggie, Esq.
an attorney of San Francisco, repre-
Senting certain Chinese, and have al
offer in writing to pay the sum of 81,
dollars for each remains removed il
lieu of the ten dollars provided by law
and remove them free of cost to TIL
city. l have laid the matter befor