Evening journal., 1904-09-24
NEW CAS- TIE.

thereafter to manage and control th
affairs and management OF said com
pany (in the place OF and IN snbstitu
;ion of the present membership am
.managemen). under and in accordanc,
with the charter of said company AN
such bylaws and rules as they ma
see fit 10 establish; and when the sal
reorganization is thus established th
present membership ana management
shall cease and be extinct as fully AN
with as much force aud effect. as 81
Jam the members thereof had resigned.
Ior otherwise ceased TO be members O,
said companmy.
Resolved That the foregoing action
has been taken by the present mem-
hers and management of said company.
solely for the good of the said COM
pany and TO best subserve the public
interests OF the said city. without any
feeling of ill-will part.ality, or antag-
onism towards any one.
Resolved. That the foregoing reso-
lutions he spread at large upon the
minutes Of the said company, with It
note thereon Of their adoption, and
the date thereof
Resolution Turned Down.
The reading OF the resolution caused
much discussion before it was finally
disposed Of After the reading of the
paper Artemus Smith proceeded to dis
cuss the proposition. Mr.. Smith said
that in his opinion the adoption OF the
resolution by the company meant the
dissolution Of the present charter and
the necessity OF the adoption of a new
one. with the accompanying expense.
Mr.. Smith said that there was no
necessity Of such resolution for the
reorganization of the company, that
all that was necessary was to follow
the bylaws in that direction. II re-
organization was effected with a linz
iited membership that IT would be i'm
direct opposition TO the charter there
by annulling it and it might also ex-
clude many men who were already
members and who under the charter
were entitled to remain so. City Coun-
lcil and the committee of ten had nc
more power to reorganize the fire com
pany than they had TO reorganize the
lBrylgon Steel Company. Before the
company was disbanded certain steps
lhad to be taken in order to make such
action legal.
remarks Mr.. Ryan moved to destroy
1.-THE resolutions. This motion, however
Twas withdrawn and upon a second mo-
tion to accept it was decided unani-
Imously to reject them and allow the
company to effect it's own reorganiza.
ltion.
Charles Dougherty then offered hil
resignation as vice-president of thu
company and it was unanimously re-
jected. The question Of electing Off
GERS to fill the vacancies caused b!
designations was then brought up. MI
Smith stated that inasmuch as tn
meeting was one called for a specif
purpose no other business could b.
illegally taken at that time and tn
chair ruled the motion out Some on
WANTED to know II Mr.. Smith was run
/ ming the company as every time a mo
: tion was made action on it depended o.
[ what he said. Mr.. Smith replied tina
[ he did not know everything but wha
S little he did know he knew thorough,
y After much discussion it was decided
@ defer action until some future meet
S ling. After extending a vote of thank
o to Council for its work on the book
s the meeting adjourned.
[ As the situation now stands tn
- Lenape Fire Company still exists an
D iif reorganization is effected it win
s done without the assistance Of cit
f Council or the committee OF ten. I
y vtexplaining his part n the matter Nj
= Lambson. chairman of the committe
4 said that he had no desire to infr.ng
:. upon the rights of the company an
that the part he took was simply tha
of a citizen who had the welfare of tn
u = community at heart.
. Tassert Property Sold.
At the Court House yesterday after
noon, thirty pieces of property wit
+ buildings thereon, the estate of III
IS llate Joseph Taggert. were exposed Z
S public sale for the purpose of closin
y up said estate by Nicholas Stahl, tru'
y tee But twenty of the properti'
Y, were sold, however. and We're dispose
II of as follows Two brick houses, Tent
e and School streets. John J. Reyhold
T. $3.50 both; lease-hold property on Froi
y lstreet. formerly occupied by Israel Fol
d Presbyterian Church, S205; small proI
erty in rear of said property. same. S9l
: lot on Fourth street, Charles !
Is Shearer. 500; four brick houses Fouri
l. street, j. T. & L. e. Eliason, two S31l
3; two $3.50; frame store, Fourth stree
" Howard Bungy, S145; three fran
d dwellings. Fourth street, j. Il. & L.
l. Eliason, S42O; stable and lot, Thii
d street John Ries. $3.50; frame hous
lie Third street and adjoining stable. Joi
ID J. Sheridan, $50; lot adjoining same
g same, $25; triangular lot along raj
Is road, foot of Third street and hou
le thereon, J. Frank Megginson, S35; tv
te frame houses. Ninth street. Edwa
= DealSyne, S2S5 and $3.50 respectivel
? two end houses Ninth street, John
n Sheridan, $3.50; corner Ninth al
Of Washington avenue. A. II. Padbar
n $500; three frame houses Murrayvil
Of Howard Bungy. $500. Total amou
Or of sale, S4,27O
~ Personal.
or Mrs. William NJ. Budd and h
mother, Mrs Alexander b. Cooper, a
re visiting in West Virginia.
40 DR. William Wertenbaker is atten
al ing the Court of General Sessions
A. Wilmington on the Nathan Jones a
id tempted murder case.
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