Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-10-13
THE CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR MONTHLY
MEETING OF BOARD.
Petitions 6ranied, Reports Submitted, Or
ders Passed And Bills Referred
To Committees.

Inc regular mOntnly ncSunb Ol lhS
Mayor and City Council was held last
night at the Council Chamber. with the
following present: Mayor Jones, Coun-
selor Riley. Aldermen Strange. Martin.
Williams, Thompson. +. H., Baer and
Thompson, +. A. Louis s. Clayton, the
City Jerk, read the proceedings of the
last meeting of the Boards and there be-
ing no corrections. the minutes were or
dered to stand as recorded.
PETITIONS
The petition of Prof ]. r. Wilmer for
curbing on north side of Franklin street
and Cathedral street. was referred TO the
Committee on Streets
The petition OF Mount Moriah A. NJ.
+. Church for the use of the Assembly
Rooms for an entertainment on evening
of November Is, was granted.
Permission was given the United Sons
of Mourning Lodge No. IIIS, G.. U. o.
of r. the use of the Assembly Rooms on
November 8.
BUILDING PERMITS.
The following building permits were
granted by the Board
To Edward Weiss. for new store front
to building on West street.
To. ID. v. Miller, for two-story frame
back building on Clay street.
To Henry b. Myers, for two-story
frame building on Cathedral street.
To Wells & Ward, for two two story
brick buildings on Cornhill street.
To Prof ] r. Wilmer, for a two-story
frame building on Cathedral street.
To Henry b. Myers. for a two-story
brick addition to property on West street.
To w. F. Holidayoke, for Samuel b
Hardy, for back building to property on
Randall street.
To M. Rausch. for a bow-window TO
store at the corner of King George and
Randall streets.
To James M. and Frank A. Munroe,
for brick addition to property on Main
street and Hyde alley.
To Thomas M. Lloyd, for three two
story frame buildings on Jefferson street;
also, for one two-story frame building on
Jefferson street.
Reports of the city officers for month
of September were submitted and referred
to their respective committees.
The matter of the closing Of Block
street was referred to the Committee on
Streets, with power to act.
The report of the chairman of the
Street Committee for the month of July
was presented and adopted.
A number of bills were presented and
referred to committees to report on same
at the next meeting of Board. Alderman
Williams said he would not vote for any
bill in the future that was not sworn to,
as required by law.
Alderman Williams called the Board S
attention to getting out the tax-bills, and
the importance of the matter and the in
convenience it was causing taxpayers,
they not being able to pay their taxes, as
well as those who had claims against the
city for services rendered.
ORDERS.
Alderman Baer- That S25, or as much
thereof as necessary, be appropriated to
fill up Block street, adopted.
Alderman Baer-That the sum of $50
be appropriated to shell West street ex
tended under the supervision of the City
Commissioner, which was adopted.
Alderman Baer-That the sum of $225
be appropriated for the use of the City
Commissioner for the use of the street
hands for the month Of November, which
was adopted.
Alderman Baer-That the Street Com
mittee be authorized to advertise for bids
to pave West street extended to the city
limits, which was. on motion, laid over
until next April.
Alderman Baer-That the Street Com
mittee be authorized to advertise for bids
to curb, gutter and pave the northeast
side of Cathedral street from West street
to South street, which was, on motion,
laid over until next April.
Counselor Riley That discount of 5
per cent be allowed on all city taxes
paid during October and the first ten
daysin November, and a per cent. the
next ten days in November. and 3 per
cent. during the remainder of November,
which was adopted.
Alderman Thompson, /. A.-That the
sum of 81, 500 be appropriated to grade,
curb and pave with rubble stone Cathed-
raj street, from the intersection of South
and Cathedral streets to West street, the
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