Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-02-20
CITY COUNCILS SESSION.

binary Appropriation OF Sli'Ooo tor sun
dry Purposes.
City Council held its regular weekly
meeting Thursday. An ordinance was
passed making an extraordinary ap
preparation of Sli, 800 TO the fund Tor
incidental and miscellaneous expenses
The ordinance provides that the money
shall he paid out Of this years reye-
nues II possible: if not, out OF inc
revenues of next year. Chairman Name
Of the finance committee expressed the
belief that the money would be forth
coming from the revenues OF the cur
rent wear Should his hopes not be
realized. accommodation can no secured
from the banks until next fiscal year,
when the money will be refunded
MAYOR Fisher was present and ap-
proved the ordinance during the meet
ing.
After the ordinance had become
law an ordinance was passed reappro--
priating the money from the incidental
and miscellaneous account as follows:
10 the appropriation for public
buildings, 81. 200, to ray for the I'M
provements to the City Hall and other
city buildings,
Printing account, $500. This wat
made necessary as a result OF drats
on the printing appropriation some
| time ago.
Salaries, 81, 700. This is the result
| Of the employment Of the three extra
assessors and two additional clerks in
the tax Office and also the recent action
of Council in transferring some money
! to another appropriation.
/ Fuel, II, 200 This is due to the fact
! that there has been an unusual demand
/ for fuel by yuor people. There are not
( SO many needy people as there have
I been some winters, hut it was ex-
plaiund that there has been more eS-
! tcmn cold weather,
Crematory. S3, COO The original APP
| preparation was cut down to that cx-
tent.
City election, 5000, to meet an cleo
/, ton hill. pending since 1899, over
| which there was . dispute,
! DR. James H. Morgan Of tho Board
of Health. accompanied Ivy Secretary
! Cahil and the executive officers, ap-
peared in tho interest of an eStraordi-
nary appropriation to the board to
night smallpox. At the request OF
Chairman Kane of the finance cors.
mittce he made an address, in which
he asked for 81, 500 He pointed out
!
il necessary to appoint l6 extra health
officers and that there we're other in.
cidcntal expenses which ALREADY
amounted to $40. 49, having been in.
Cured with the understanding that
Council would bear the expense,
He stated that the board had adopted
new quarantine regulations since tho
completion of the Emergency Hospital,
in which there are now four patients.
The new regulations have been printed
and copy is furnished each family ir
which the disease breaks out. The.
provide that where people are unable
to provide medical attendance and foot
with their own means they Will b'
taken care of at public expense at thu
Emergency Hospital, but if they have
the means to provide for themselves
they are quarantined in their owl
houses. A heavy penalty is imposed
| for violation Of the regulations.
, After DIR. Morgan had finished speak
> ing Council took recess and conferred
> with the representatives of the Boart
Of Health in the mayors Office, Mayo
Fisher attended the conference.
: At the conclusion of the conference
I Council reconvened and, on motion u
Mr. Monaghan, it was decided tia
Council aid the Board of Health il
= surpressing smallpox by paying al
r bills incurred in the work. This actio
was taken in preference to limiting
2 the appropriation. The salaries of tn
r special watchmrn to Gate, SlSS, wer
, ordered paid, check for the amour
t being drawn in favor of the Board o
Health. ..a
3 City Solicitor David j. Reinhard
I submitted written opinion to tn
effect that Judge Edwin r. Cochran
9 Jr., and not Philip q. Churchmau
, was entitled to the back salary du
s the city judge for the time the matte
, of the iudgeship was lending in tn
i courts, whcreupnn resolution wa
: adopted appropriating 81, 33i.GS {
: MIR. Cochran, being the amount o
q the back salary.
e III. ". Ward and Robert G. Hartman
n who represented Council in the litigf
) tion with the Wafer Department owe
D the Weldin tract, for which the Watc
Department negotiated for rescrvoi
u purposes, we're allowed $1,000, thei
! counsel fec.
! \ communication was received frol
g the Phoenix Fire Co setting forth thG
g the tower striker in the cnginehous
y is not in working order and askin
that repairs be made The matter wa
referred to the fire and police con
mittnrs.
I City Treasurer Feaster reported
) balance of 500, 0l0. 10 to the credit
= current expenses, Of which S5i, 0l0.
n is in the First National and ~, 600
t. each of the four depository banks. II
= receipts during the week were as fn
n lows: Tax Collector Sayers, Sl,00t
n Collector Lewis, 81, l3O
n "Ecttcr out than in"-that humor that VI
4 notice, 10 he sure it's out and all out, tai