The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-05
HELD A BUSY SESSION
Council Transacted Much Business
Last Night at Regular Meeting.
Several Ordinances Given Passage
by the Board-Industries
Exempt.
SOME QUESTIONS ARE SETTLED

The regular meeting Of the city
council last night resulted in the tran
saction of much business. All the
members were present except Coun-
Gilman Brooks.
Attorneys Flournoy and Harrison,
who have been employed to revise the
city ordinances, submitted q report
claiming that all ordinances and reso-
lutions passed since the city went into
the second class were unconstitutional
as the city clerk has not copied them
in full in the journal proceedings, but
has copied instead the titles 1t was
suggested that resolution be passed
covering the case, which was done.
Councilman Fowler presented the
finance report showing a total of
si3, $50, SO accounts against the city.
The report was received and all bills
allowed.
The report of collections showing a
total of s67,47o.5S with s51,964.91
disbursem ents was received. filed and
concurred in.
The aud itor's report showing the
months business, collections, dis
bursements, ETC., was read, received,
filed and concurred in.
A request from Frank Smedley to
be allowed scr for time lost, the re-
suit of an accident in which he was
injured, was read. He was injured in
the patrol wagon runaway several
weeks ago. The finance committee
allowed him eighteen days.
An ordinance providing for semi
monthly payment Of salaries to police
and firemen was given its second
reading.
The ordinance empowering the
market master to place the coops,
boxes, etc., wherever he sees fit, and
thereby leaving clean passageway
through the market place, was give n
its second reading.
The cattle herder ordinance was re-
ferred back to the board Of aldermen,
which had given it two passages.
The ordinance was badly gotten up
and could hardly be read by Chairman
johnson, of the ordinance committee.
An ordinance regulating the plac-
ing of telephone poles was given first
reading. The ordinance provides that
no one company can plsce poles on
both sides OF the street. This will in
q way reduce the number Of poles in
the city, something that has long been
desired in Psducah.
The resolution to have vote taken
on September 20, to decide whether or
not the town COW shall run at large
was approved. 1t had been adopted by
the board of aldermen at the last meet
ing.
DR.. Graves was present and wanted
to read Q report on the water supply.
The report was not read last night but
will be read before the joint light and
water committee, to which it was re-
ferred.
The recommendations to have re-
pairs done on the market house were
read and the matter left open.
A fire alarm box was ordered placed
in the Little addition to the city. The
nearest station was several squares
away. Several deeds to lots in Oak
Grove were presented and ratified.
A report showing that the correc-
tions ordered made in the supervisors
work had been made. was presented.
The report recommended that the
taxes of the Cumberland Telephone
Company reduced s27,57o.oo. There
was some little wrangling over the
assessment matter. City Attorney
Worten was called for an opinion,
and said that the action of the sup
srvisors should DO final and that
here can be no appeal made to the