Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-07-26
REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL.
Business Disposed of at Monday Night
Session.


Council Chamber regular meeting
July 23Fd, 1900. Present Mayor Hixon,
presiding. Aldermen Oliver, Watts,
Sherlock, Bolton, Query and Mitchell.
Minutes of last meeting read and
confirmed.
Chairman Watts granted further
time on matter of bonding officers at
pumping station. Also reported adj
Yersely on petition of Lawson Staple
ton for reduction of taxes, and upon
motion report was received and adopt
ed.
Chairman Query offered following
ordinance which was passed, rules
suspended, passed by sections then
adopted as whole.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Americus and it is
hereby ordained by authority of the
same,
Section 1st. That the compulsory
vaccination ordinance requiring all
persons within the corporate limits of
Americus to be vaccinated under PEN
atty, be repealed and the same is here
by repealed.
Matter of grading east end of For
syth street, extreme limits, to meet
county grade at this point, upon mo-
ton was referred to street committee
with authority to act.
Water committee was granted furth-
or time on boiler investigation.
Chairman Watts submitted 3rd quar-
terly report of clerk and treasurer and
upon motion same was filed for inspec-
ton for one week.
Application Of G. w. Wood fer re-
instatement at pumping station, read
and upon motion referred to water and
sewer committee.
The selection of night engineer at
pumping station was deferred until
next meeting.
Upon motion of Aid. Watts, second
ed by Bolton, the moving of screens
from doors of various beverage stores
was referred to ordinance committee.
Mayor protein Watts called to chair
and Mayor Hixon offered the following
ordinance, which passed upon its first
reading.
''Be it ordained by the Mayor and
City council of Americas, and it is
hereby ordained by authority of the
same;
Sec. /. That the ordinance requir-
ing all dogs to be kept off the streets
of said city. as passed by this body on
May 23rd. 1900, be and the same shall
be kept of force until seventy days
from this date.
End. That at the expiration of said
seventy days, unless otherwise ordered
and ordained by this body, said ordi-
nance stand repealed.
3rd. That all ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance be, and is hereby
repealed.
Mayor Hixon then offered the fol-
lowing resolution to keep ordinance of
force until above ordinance became a
law:
''Be it resolved by the Mayor and
City council of Americas and it is here
by resolved by authority of the same,
That the ordinance heretofore passed
by this body requiring all dogs to be
kept off the streets of said city (passed
on May 23rd. 1900 be, and the same is
hereby ordered continued of force I'M
til an ordinance concerning said ordi-
nance at this meeting introduced shall
have been finally disposed of by this
body, adopted.
Light committee reported light for
A. Pantone as burning, and upon mo-
ton report received and adopted.
Bill of ]. r. Hudson referred to FL
nance committee.
Following bills ordered paid:
Pay roll water works, $25. 90; E. B.
Thayer, SIS. IS; G. & a. R. r. Freight,
So. "A; Pay roll water works, $40 so;
Telephone, $500; Martin Grinton,
SLIGO; G. & A. R. r. Shops, $22 80;
DR.. Stanclift, So 90; q. & A. freight,
$38.86; Freight, 1913. 90; 1914; $39. 81;
Light Dept, $1878. II; @. P. Payne,
85c.
H. S. DAVIS, CAT.