The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-22
CITY COUNCIL.


in regular session last Tuesday night
at the Office Of the mayor.
Those present were Mayor John III.
Upton, presiding; Recorder +. l.. Vad.
akin and Aldermen James russell, J. |
ID. Bsugh, s. p. Mcdaniel, r. s. Stev-
ems and j. +. Stone,
Reading OF minutes Of last meeting
was dispensed with.
A petition signed by a majority in
value Of the property owners in I'm
provement District No. 1, was read by
Alderman Russell, rs follows:
Forrest City, Ark, June Is, 1900.
To the Honorable Town Council of the
Incorporated Town OF Forrest City,
Arkansas:
The undersigned petitioners state
that they represent majority in value
OF the owners of real property lying in
the territory embraced in Forrest
City Improvement District No. L." and
respectfully ask that the following i'm.
provement be made in said district, to-
wit: That the present system of water
works be extended and completed
throughout the territory embraced in
said Forrest City Improvement Dis
trict Ne. /; and that the cost Of said
improvement be assessed and charged
upon the real property situated within
such district.
Your petitioners state that the fetal
assessment of real property situated in
said Improvement District No. 1, as
shown by the last assessment of the as.
SCISSOR OF st. Francis county. amounts
in the aggregate to the sum Of s2O3 $50.
and the amount assessed against the
undersigned petitioners on real pro.
perty situated in said improvement
district amounts in the aggregate to
sum OF Sl4S, 100. (Signed, etc.
Attorney 5. II. Mann read a form of
appointment Of board OF Improvement,
as follows:
In the Matter Of Appointment of Board
of Improvement for Improvement
District No. !.
Alderman Jas. Russell presented the
petition of L. Rollwage and about
seventy-three other owners of real
property situated in Improvement Dis.
trict No. l, of Forrest City, in which
petitioners represent themselves to be
the owners OF the majority in value of
the real property lying in said improve.
ment district, and asking that the
present system of waterworks be ex.
tended and completed throughout the
territory embraced in said district, and
that the cost of said improvement be
assessed and charged upon the real
property situated in said district.
Said petitioners also represent them.
selves to be the owners of real property
In said district of aggregate value OF
sl4S, 100, and that the total value OF
the real property situated in the dis
trict is $20s,950. And from copies OF
the last assessment, to-wit: For the veal
1898, made by the assessor OF st. Fran
els county, duly certified by the count,
clerk Of St. Francis county, it is shown
that the value OF the property i'm The
district is as stated in the petition, anc
that the real property owned BY the
petitioners is as stated in the petition
And the statements of the petition
being in this way shown to he correc,
to the satisfaction of the council. il
was moved by Alderman James Fus
fell that L. Rollwage, w. S. Graham
and l.. X. Grobmyer, owners of rea
property within the district, be appoint
ed rs Board of improvement for I'm
proyement District No. l., of Forrest
City. This motion was seconded b,
Alderman J. ID. Baugh. and. on thu
jquestion being put those voting ave
were James Russell, S. Z. Mcdaniel
j. y. Baugh, H. S. Stevens. j. T.. Ston,
and L. l.. Vadakin. Those voting ma,
were and the question was carried
and the said l.. Rollwage, w. S. Ora
ham and l.. Il. Grobmyer thereby ap
pointed as such Board of Improvement
to extend and complete throughout thu
territory embraced in said district. 8
system of waterworks.
On motion of Alderman Russell. sec
onded by Alderman Baugh, which wa.
carried unanimously. the mayor was
authorized to convey by deed the pres
ent system of waterworks, machiner,
and lot upon which plant is erected, te
the Board of Improvement for I'm
provement District No. /. those voting
aye being Aldermen Fassell, Baugh
Stone, SteyensIMcDaniel and Recorder
Vadakin. Nays, none.
The marshal's report of money col
lected for month of June, 1900, on ac
count of water tax amounting to s72
was read and approved.
The following bills were presented