The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-21

pusy Session u CITY ceuueii HAS
Red ilos Features,

4 WAS q busy routine eeaaloA that
the city council held last nlnhL 4 see.
alon IN which the table was cleared ef
4 hest ~ little matters cared cor, and
a session Ia which not even a pleasant
and friendly aauabble between the on.
ecutlye and thv gentleman from the
Fighting Firth e~nliyened the routine
~ work.
To make Il Interesting. howeyerthe
council was again brought 10 face the
request of Furatenberg d popofsky
for a refund Of 5000 paid by them al
mulct tax, covering a period during
which they were not In business.
Their successor, Simon f~urstenberg,
dating mis- tax from the same time.
would give the city double pay for
that period.
Injustice" declared Colonel Ken
worthy. II submit, gentlemen, that il
is robbery, and the city OF Uskaioosa
cannot afford 70 take one cent OF mon.
ey not rightfully It's own"
Councilman Augustine, who had
some years before voteu for a similar,
refund, saw no reason that the city
should have double pay for the time
In question. The matter was REFER.
ed to the mayor.
The law takes no account ofNiess
thnn quarters In the payment Of the
tax, although 1t has been a custom to
accept a pro rata, in this county"
In the face OF this Mr.. Kenworthy,
still seeing as he saw before, moved
the refund, and Councilman Augustine
started the balloting with AYE" where's
fore II finished with nine ayes" sew
eral under protest.
Later Councilman Turner moved a
re-conslde' atioL o. the vote, ~ the
matter ranked within him, but no
second was secured.
Later the light question came up.
3 twenty-five dollars a year was a
great deai T. spend In extra lights, 1t
was ayerred, whereupon City Solicitor
orvis jollled those who suggested II.
let you vote fifty dollars with little
hesitation for two Isrealites,D ne de-
clared.
The council, however, thought Mr..
Popofgky could pay his road tax with
q part OF that fifty, anu mis- petition
for exemption was turned down while
the following were allowed: Petitions
OF A. u. Hickey, j. /. Daily, J. w. Mar
shall and Id Prlchett, all Attachments
recommended for erroneous assess.
ments.
The council assessed up sidewalks
for Robt. Hawkins, Mrs. Emma Nc.
Fadden, and Mrs. l.. j, Allen. A curb
Ing was assessed up In the property OF
| William Beckman.
Lead pipe, put In on the east site
OF North Ninth street In order TO pre-
vent n tearing up OF the pavement for
laying water mains, was assessed
against the properties.
The council recommended to Coun-
Gilman Augustine, chairman OF the 30
licitlng committee, that ne pay Gar.
lon e. Son a balance of s563.93, due on
the North Ninth street paving. This
payment IL q part OF tho money col
lected 10 provide for paving where the
cost would be more than the statutory
limit.
The bond OF Arthur Walls, tho new.
ly appointed policeman, was approved
by the council.
Petitions asking permit 10 sell III
quors at the same places during the
year 1906, fled TO avoid any trouble
over f~enhnicallties. were presented by
Dennis Rassn, the ID. ID. Nugent Co.,
j. J. Howeljg, Robert Miner, y. Al.
Wilson. Homer McMains, J. Q. Rose,
Hamm Brewing Co, II. II. Stringfel
low and 1yilnam Greenway. They
were grarted.
Following TINS the city fathers
wended their way homeward, con-
Bciois Of a COOL nights work.