The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-23
CRY COUNCIL.
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ing resolution,
Cairo, H., Dec, 5 1893.
whereas by section Ave 60 OF a
ticle three CD Of the act OF lncorpors
ton it is provided among other thing
as follows: No person shall be eiigioi
to the off &c Of Alderman. unless n
shall reside within the ward for whicl
/ he Is elected. And whereas il is a mat
Ter of great concern anu douD
whether certain Aldermen, member
of this body. viz Edward Werner
from the First ward and Walter c
Iocelyn from the Second ward, are
longer eligible to membership IN the
CITY council snce their reputeo
change Of residence from the re
spective wards of which they were
elected and whereas important legis
lation is contemplated and it Is
deemed expedient that the right to
occupy seats In the this body should
be unquestioned and for the purpose
Of having same determined Whereas
Be Il ,asolved that the city council
Immediately make full and thorough
investigation to determine whether
Aldermen's seats of Edward Werner
and Walter c Jocelyn or either OF
them should be declared vacated, or
whether said members or, either OF
them are longer eligible 10 member
shin In this body by reason OF re-
moyal from the respective wards Tor
which thew were elected and for that
purpose be further resolved tnat a
special committee of five members OF
the city council appointed by the
Mayor be and they are hereby empow-
cred and authorized 10 cause thor
ough Investigation to be made into
the residence of the said Edward
Werner and Walter c. Jocelyn and
examine whether any change in the
.ame has been made at any time re-
emily and for that purpose be It fur-
thnr ordered that said committee be
authorized and empowered 10 incur
a reasonable expense not to exceed
$500 to have the testimony sworn
before some officer authorized by law
TO employ a stenographer and report
back to this council the result OF their
hiding with a transcript Of the testi-
nony taken before them and in The
event that this body shall determine
the said members are Ineligible, or
either of them. declare such seats II
any vacated.
Alderman Fuller moved the adoption
of the resolution The motion was
adopted by the following vote: Aye
Fuller, Jocelyn Koehler,. LAWYER Mag
ner. Neff,' NelHs5 Nprdman andFSnyder
20, Nay-vNone. ff ~.
Alderman Keehier offered The fol+
owing resolut on:
Resolved: That the Board of Loca'
meet every Wednesday
evening. The resolution was referred
% the Board of Local Improvements.
: Alderman Nellis offered the follow
'ng resolution. r
xResolyed: That the Board Of Local
be and are hereby direct
ed TO take up the matter Of filling to
grade from LOT line to lot line the fcis
lowing streets, viz: Cedar from
Twelfth to Center; Cross from Wal
nut TO Cedar; Twentieth from Walnut
to Cedar: Nineteenth from Walnut to
Cedar: Eighteenth from. Walnut TO Ce
dar; Seventeenth from Walnut. TO Ee-
dar.
The resolution was referred to The
Board OF Local Improvement. ~
Alderman Lawler offered the follow
Ing resolution:
Resolved: That the city attorney be
to draft ordinance for &c.
nent sidewalk on north side OF Six
zenith street from Commercial avenue
o Washington avenue, The resolution
vas adopted.
alderman Lawler offered the follow
ng resolution:
Resolved: That the Board Of Locai
Improvement be INSTRUCTED to have the
engineer make estimates for filling
Iouth side of Sixteenth street between
and Poplar to lot line to
prepare for cement walk
The resolution was referred to the
Board of Local Improvement
Alderman Lawler offered the follow
ng resolution
Recolved: That the Board of Local
be instructed TO have city
'ngineer make estimate OF filling Fiji
zenith street to lot line TO prepare for
ement sidewalk.
The resolution was referred to the
Board of Local Improvement
Alderman Fuller moved that the
ity engineer be instructed to prepare
IN ordinance for cement sidewalk on
lOrth side OF Tweniy-second street