Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-04
FIRST MEETING OF
COUNCIL ON FRIDAY.
The Proceedings as Reported
Officially.
MEETING WAS or IMPORTANCE,
Tax Ordinance For Current Year is
Passed Election of City Employees
and Fixing. Salaries Other Proceed
ings of the Meeting.

Gnu. lJUos II6s0uIs mdyOT n6Wklu
presiding. Aldermen Sherlock, Bol
ton, Hudson, Plnkston, Poole an,
Sullivan.
Minutes of the last meeting wer
read and His Honor announced til
following change in standing commit
tee of 1903: Alderman j. b. Hudson o.
chairman Water and Sewerage commit
tee and Alderman j. s. Bolton al
chairman of committee on cemeteries
and parks.
Minutes were then confirmed.
Ordinance off. B Hudson in regard
to bonds of officers of the city came III
for second reading and was lost
Council deciding that the provisions
of same were covered by existing or
dinance.
Yeas, Hudson, Pinkston, Bolton
Nays, Poole, Sherlock, Sullivan ant
Hawkins.
Street committee reported that i
had taken the authority to have stepI
put in at Catholic Church yard after
grade OF street had been established
Action of committee was ratified by
council.
| The following resolution was read
and adopted:
Resolved: by the Mayor and Coun
council of Americas in regular session
assem- led, that from and after tbs
passage of this resolution, when any
member of council shall make any mo-
ton, offer any resolution or ordinance
or submits any question to be voted
upon by the Mayor and City Council,
that the same shall be put by the Nay
or or presiding member of Council
without the necessity of said motion,
| resolution, ordinance or question re-
ceiving q second.
The following resolution was read
and adopted.
Resolved by the Mayor and City
OF Americus:
That the Clerk and Treasurer, be and
he is hereby required to make fnan-
cial report, showing how much cash he
has on hand, which has been raised by
ordinance, belonging to what is known
as the bond fund, that is, to pay inter.
est on bonds and apply to sinking fund
how much uncollected tax there is to be
applied to said fund when SO collected
| Also how much cash he has on hand,
| belonging to the education fund, how
much uncollected tax there is to be ap-
piled to said fund when so collected,
and how much cash on hand from all
other sources and how much uncollec-
ted tax belonging to the general or or
binary fund of the city.
And when said report is SO made, that
the same be submitted to the Finance
Committee of the City of Americus,
and they shall verify same and report
thereon, submitting the Clerk and
Treasurers report with theirs to the next
meeting of the mayor and city council
or SO soon thereafter as practicable.
Be it further, Resolved, that the re-
port also show the entire outstanding
Indebtedness of the city of every char
acter, except the bonded indebtedness
of said city, and be it further resolved
that when the report of the Finance
Committee when is made and adopted
by the Mayor and City Council, that the
same be published.
On motion the salary of the mayor
was placed at 5000 90. salaries of Alder
men at $4,000 each and the salary of
Clerk and Treasurer at 81, 900.
A resolution offered by Alderman
Bolton adopting the Americus Press as
the Official organ of the city was read,
and on motion offered by Alderman j.
B. Hudson as substitute, the matter
was referred to the Finance Committee
to secure bids and report to the Coun-
Gil at its next meeting.
Minutes of the present meeting were
ordered published in both papers of the
city.
Water Committee was granted fur
Their time on bill of j. S. Stevens for
extra work done at pumping station.
The license ordinance for the current
year 1903 was read by sections and
adopted, and then adopted as whole,
The matter of having the licen Sc ordi-
nance published in book form was re-
ferred to the Publishing committee,
with authority to act.
The application of 81. f. Scarbor-
ough, agent, for license to retail
liquor IN the city was read and granted
Reports of Sections O8kgrove and
Colored cemeteries were read and
adopted.
The bill of Mrs. M. L, Shipp refer
red to Finance committee.
The salaries of the City employees
for the year 1908, were fixed as follows;
City engineer and Snpt. water works
pumping station 5000; night engineer
pumping station 5000; stoker $500; City
Marshal $3.50; street overseer 5000;
chief fire department 5000; foreman fire
department $540; four members fire
department 500; each; Sexton Oak.
grove cemetery $3.50; Sexton Colored
cemetery $40; scavenger $3.50.
! The following employees were chosen
to serve the city for the year 1908. City
Engineer and Supt. water works, Jno
B. Ansley; Asst. water works, David
Speer; Day Engineer pumping sta
ton, j. r. Cameron; Night Engineer
at pumping station, a. @. Cheek.
Appointment of stoker was left tc
Day Engineer at station.
/ City Marshal W. Ell. Feagin; Street
Oyerseer ID. M. Mayo; Chief Fire De-
| partment w, P. Macarthur; Foreman
Fire Department w. P. Shelton; Fire
men j, f. Nj orrie, e. @, Gum, j. e
Boone and J. f, M,ze; Sexton Oak
grove Cemetery j. /. Giddings; Sextor
Colored cemetery Sim Jenkins; Scay.
enger Peter Donegal; Mayor Protein
J. S. Bolton. Election OF city attor-
ney and city physician was passed.
Installation Of new officers was or.
dered to occur at 10 o'clock a. m Jan
3rd, 1903
The. following sbills were approved
and ordered paid:
/ Perry Sc Brown $40 O3; w. H. r.
Schroeder 1926 $3.50; Martin Grintor
81; Amerjcus Illuminating and Power
| c.. 81. COG. rs, $27 90, 1886, So so, 800
81 90, Coo; Street payroll SAB 80; Times
Recorder $500; M. s. Holiday 81 10
w. M. Morris S. 90; r. s. Hutchinson
So 95; payroll pumping station $165 90
payroll water works $14 25; Sandy Hill
$3.50; Sherlock & Go. So 90. VIM. Nor
risS7 so; VIM. CLOUD $3.50; Prince Rec
soc; Will Wade Sc 10; A, M. Guerry
| $13. 70: Jack Duggs COO; r. NJ. Ans
| ley 81. 90; A. N. Niles So. %; Arthur
Slappey roc; Tom Joiner $1.00;J. G
| Farrer $1,000.
j. M. McGARRAH, C. Il Il.
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