The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-11-18
lots or parcels Of ground respective

each lot or parcel Of ground border
ing on said part of said street $
e improved.
"Seventh: In the case of the con
struction Of sewer, description o
each lot or parcel of lot beneftte,
thereby, together with the owner
name and the fair proportion of tn
cost of such sewer, according to th,
benefits conferred thereby tina
should be assessed against each To-
or part Of lots.
May Appeal to Circuit Court.
Objections to any assessments are
handled by committee of the coun.
ell or by board of trustees and APP
peals may be taken to the circuit
court if an adjustment is not salts
factorily made. A statement Of griey
ances must cover the following:
First: That the proceedings of
said Improvement are INVALID.
"Second: That the benefits as
sessedetp bis. or her properly are too
high or damages too low Il
"Third: That the benefit assess
ed to his Or her property are too
high in proportion to the benefits as
sessed against other property SINH
larly situated.
The final section Of the act pro-
vides that the net revenue derived by
any city from its waterworks, or ell
ectric light plant shall be applied
exclusively to the REINFORCEMENT or
reconstruction.
The entire bill Of Mr.. O'NeiI ere
ated much discussion and motion
was made to refer ii to legal section
OF the league. The motion was ear
ried and another motion was made
and carried that a copy of the bill
be furnished each member present
and that the matter be disposed of
later in the day.
AT this mornings meeting DR..
John n. Taylor, secretary of the
city board Of health Of Crawfords-
vile spoke on "City Water" 1t
was an excellent paper and made
quite an impression on the dele
gates. The next paper was read by
W. W. Moffett, city attorney of Vim
cennes. 1t was "Should the Consti-
iutional Limit of Municipal Indebt-
adness be, Modified or Removed 2"
This paper caused considerable ar
The other papers read at
he morning session follow
Municipal Ownership of Public
tilities," Alfred Tousey, mayor
ioshen. 4<<- - Nm
"Home Rule for Police Depart
nents. or Metropolitan System,
Nhich?' John l.. Forkner, mayor
Anderson. ..-..e.--.
'Street improvements in. My |
City Under thesArtman Law John
'inan, ir.. city engineer, Corners
lille. j. F*
''What OF the Law. and What
shall We do With Ito' Edward L.
city engineer. Franklin.
"The Police Force. How can. . we
est (1) Eliminate Politics, (2) Pro
note Discipline without Friction,
3) Elevate the Standard of a Po-
ceman,'' Samuel Cashmere, SUI
erintendent police, Muncie.
The. aftenoo session opened at
80 o clock and after the delegates
ad been called to order a paper on
Artificial VS.. Natural Stone Curb
ag." by Albert T. Gridley, city
ngineer of Aurora. This was fol-
wed by an excellent; paper on
Foundations for Brick Streets,''
!. f. Petrie, city engineer of Ma
on. The last two papers of the af-
,rnoon session were the following:
''Should Paved Streets be Restor-
| After Excavation by Plumbers
nd Private Corporations or BY the :
ity? Why?" II. II. Niekamp. city ]
1gineer, Princeton.
"The Best Method of Street Clean
g, Contract or Day Labor" F. W. .
wcezy, mayor, Marion.
At the invitation of the Indiana
ailway Company the Municipal
slegates boarded special ears fur
shed by the company and were :
ven trip to MishawaEa where i.
ey were greeted with open arms by ,
ayor Mix of that thriving and
'autiful little town. After "A brief
ay the delegates returned to South I
end. This evening the days pro-
am was brought to conclusion bv :
sumptuous banquet at the Hotel :,
liver, a merry evening was spent n
the ETY. fathers good s'srub +