The evening Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-1902, 1902-09-05
|RUSY SESSION
AT C0UNCAL.

y Muc! routine buslncs, was trans
acted at the meeting Of City Council
last uight. Treasurer Ifaaster re-
ported the balance in oank to be $50.
56l.51 In First National Bank, and
$1bS, 900 in the ctour depository banks
received Of Auditor John Boughman.
1905 il: l.. {. Kent. $685. First Ma.
Is tiopal Bank for Interest. $S6. L; each
Dt the -four depository banks for in
teres!, $40. 03; John J. Cassidy, build
, ing Inspector, $97; Eugene M, Say
Frs, tax collector. $4,000; George II.
Mccall. tax collector, 80, 100; Thomas
s. Lewis, TAX collector. 81. 4b7.
Bulldog Inspector Cass idy report
ed having issued 81 permits for
buildings OF total valuation OF SOL
.446. Coal Oh Inspector RYAN report
led having tested l6. 100 gallons 2S5
inspections OF s.sG5 quarts Of milk;
I62 samples taken and ~ diaries ex.
amined in the same month. Crema-
tory Superintendent Cannon report.
ed 2.659, $50 pounds of garbage burn
ed and 1888, 0SO pounds OF coal used
j, hn August.
a The Society for the Prevention
, OF Cruelty 10 Animals reported as
follows: dogs left In pound l. 4; TAX
en- I'M 22O: killed during !hs month
t2l6: redeemed. 3:leIt ia pound Sep
'xember /. 5.
Meat InSuector Devine reported for
,for August az follows: beeyes inspect
led. / Sl6: condemned, y sheep and
lambs. l,73D. condemned, ). calves,
!32O, condemned, |. Mr.. Smith d.
clared that council had nothing To
do with The meat Inspectors report
and t,:e matter was re ferred to the
baw committee TO secure an opinion
stbut later it was found that the law
nroyided that the report should be
made to the Board of Helith. iii.
motion was recopsidered and the
meat insnector notified to make his
renort to the Board OF Health.
Petitions were received from Cath.
er;ns Ill Harklps, w. II. Cooper, Jr. J.
H. Bradford and Mary Carney, ask
inc for ,hs r. turn OF overpail taxes.
TSs nct,tIens were referred to the
finance committee
It. Areport Of the work of tin. annual
convention of the League OF Ameri.
can municinalt,es was presented. 1t
was stoned bv Councilman McCatfsr-
tv. Kane and Willis. Homer L, Sim
mons rho also attended the conven.
tion. stated that he did not sign the
report because the members Of the
!, Federation went at their own ex.
.tpcnse, and he did uot consider they
were under anv Obligation to make a
renort, The renort wa, as follows;
t,entleman: it was our fortune to
IN nrcsen1 at all the sessions of the
Ieapue of American Municipalities
held at Grand Rapjds. Michigan
from AUGUST ~ to 20, inclusive,
From al n ost ever cromiuent citv of
tie United States and Canada we're
renre,enlatiye delegates gathered to
discuss and consider the important
mupicipal problem of the day.
After the preliminary opening and
zneech of welcome by Nlayor Palmer,
hn address was delivered by the Pres.
Idcnt G s A.hlev Of New Bebford.
4 Mass Munv stronp noints were dis.
russed and among which we noted
EMse. He claimed that, the duties OF
munjcinal Official, we're cxactinp ana
comnlex recurring handling by men
of ,ptellipence lie made Clear that
while ,hc nerds of most cities nre the
same vet tho existing conditions
made mnnicjnal 1wnersh in of pnblic
/ ptilltjes in some cases impossible,
| Ru, in going further he showed how
10 snch ownersI,in Tits up the citizens
: ma enables the clty government to
.,and and demnnd in;,end Of crave
and sunnic,te Uc illustrated this
I s,nint Nv rolati,g cxnorjenccs in his
kwn civ in The iimjiatjon of fran.
crt.o rr,n,s roduction NJ farcs fnr
i.""r, i ,nan ~ . nroys ANN for STRAIT 70.
C,;,s and " ths ANNA. n,vmrnt of
r,rt of nross e,rninrs ,n the mu,l,
r;n.,itvs '' w
!, Tn conc,usio, ho hooood c,tv r ct,cI,1s
n nave tho ,cmselvns tau fines wall
en,ormod M nnost;nns of mun,cIn,l
m.n,aomont m sna as tn h,vea mi com.
,on"eS,nn ~ aoonan,;., Will.
lp,esidsnt Ashley touched unon The
cnes,ion ~ hnmc ruIe in onr cities
e1e tho r',", :, % ~. fri, s,rni1oa VOC wos
hro,,"h, @ % o',t hv m 1.coh A cantor nf
New yort th: ,rssident ot ihs hcr.
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an,, ~ ~ ,o'oh oh,,'',,. lis % tow ~ ."n
c.itn,,on,l % w 1r nrov;sion 1Uj nrnhih,Iinr ,ea.
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