Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-21

critic to detect it. MAYOR B"I also ex.
pressed himself as being pleased With
the machine
Mayor Bell recommended that the
ordinances committee be requested to
hlinS in two ofdinances covering de-
fects in license ordinances concerning
circuses
Alderman Boyce m..ved that the
ordinance committee make such
amendments as would cover the de.
fectS
Under the head of deficiencies in
some of the revenue ordinances Treas
urer Westbroon called the attention of
the council t. the yaguenesa and ia
detiuiteness oi other ordinances
Alderman Bovce's motion carried
A resolution was adopted apprD-
priatng $1,000 for general expenses.
The next committee was the city
hall committee. and May@r Boil an
ticipatin2 the remarks of Alderman
s,oIlermal. chairman of the commit
tee. asked him il The Gremen had
been drowned any moro recently.
Alderman Wollelman reported yes
and said that the city hall was not in
a good condition. In fact it needed
repairs badly. He thought that it
could be repaired We'll enough to last
ten years more. He therefore moved
that the board of public affairs ha 1T
rected to secure plans anu spncillcQ-
tins for repairs on the building. which
Was seeonded hy Alderman Bruce,
Alderman Boye65 ,ti.;,t6ughi that the eonI.
ing general assembly OF the state
could be induced to amend the inl-
urQFement laws of the state SO as 10
make it easier to secure municipal
improvements: and theii again. he
suggested. the city could not we'll al
fold to violate the as. on building
and reVairing wooden structures il
the fire district.
After considerable discussion ali
along the line of making temporary
improvements Alderman Wollerman's
motion carried.
1t was moved and carried that the
ordinance assessing the taxation for
springling district No. l be laid on the
table until the third Monday in Jan
uary
Several communications relative tC
failure of lights to burn in different
parts If the city. were. on motion. re.
ferred to the chief OF police with di-
rection to investigate as to accuracy
and make report thereon.
A petition from eleven property
owners OF the city praying that ali
tie territory embraced in the city c.f
Pine Bluff be constituted into an i'm
provement district to be known as
Sewer District No. 2 OF the city of
Pine Bluff. for the purpose of cs1i.
strtcting a main sewer through the
city. was lead. Alderman Fox moved
that ls:' PRAYERS of the petitioners be
granted. The motion was carried
An ordinat,ce was reported provid
ing that it shGHd hereafter be un-
lawful f." any person to Jls,a Hardin's
drain or any other natural drain of
the city as a drainage for dish water,
slop or sewerage, under penalty of
s25 for its violation. The ordinance
passed three readings and was adopt
ed.
Al ordinance was presented provid-
ing that the grantees s'f railway switch
privileges be required to pay to the
city an annual license of s25, whether
Constructed before or after the grant
ing of the privilege, for the use of the
switch. The ordinance provides pen
Atty for failure to pay the ordinance.
The rules We're suspended and the
"dinance was read twice. The mo-
ton 70 suspend the rules the third
time was lost and the ordinance was
laid over until next meeting.