Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-08

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 ci, was held Monday night, and
 large amount of business was dis. nosed of by the body. The session began at 8 o'clock and continued un- til 12:15.
 Chairman Boyce of the finance com mittee presented the annual state ment of the financial condition of the
 city. also comparison with the pre-
 vious year. The totals in the state
 ments are as follows:
 Receipts-1904-5, $63,497.29; 19o5-e,
 se6,7ss.s2; increase, $3,292.e3.
 Disbursements-19O4-5, s76,374.S1;
 1so5-6, ss2,463.21; increase, se,osS.so- .s Indebtedness-1904-5, s64,696.19; 19O5-e, s79,0s9e9; increase of indebt-
 edness, $14,393.5o.
 A resolution was adopted appro-
 priating s15ooo for the payment of
 time warrants due on July 10. 1907.
 A number of accounts against the city were allowed while some were
 passed over until the next meeting.
 The Smallpox sauatble Bcbs Up.
 When an account was presented for services of Dr. Blackwell in visiting smallpox cases, Alderman Nichol ask cd why Dr. Blackwell had been sent to see these cases, which the alder
 men declared should have been in charge of the board Of health. Mayor White stated that he had directed Dr. Blackwell to see these cases be- cause he did not want chickenpox physicians to handle the smallpox situation in Pine Bluff. The mayor stated that Dr. Blackwell had treated 115 cases of smallpox in the city pest house, and that only one death had re- suited from the disease, which he con sidered pretty good evidence that Dr. Blackwell was we'll posted in the disease, and we'll qualified to make a diagnosis where there was a. ques- tion as to the nature of the disease. Dr. Jordan also objected to this bill, stating that the mayor had no right to employ the services of a physician to investigate reported cases of small' pox, as that was matter that be- longed to the board of health. The bill was passed over until the next meeting. Alderman Boyce favored the board of public affairs making ar rangements for the services of asphy- sician in such cases, stating that this had been done satisfactorily in the past. When the motion prevailed to pass the bill, the mayor called at- tention to the fact that a bill from Drs. Williams and Blackwell had been allowed previously, before the fight had came up between the physicians over the smallpox situation, without question. An account of $16,25 for guarding the premises at 51S West Fifth avenue during the illness or Prof. Hammond, was also passed on the same grounds as the bill of Dr. 
 A Fight on Gibbs' Account.
 Alderman Hightower questioned the payment of a bill of $1o0 for the ser vices to the city of Architect Gibbs n connection with the building of the 1nion depot in this city. Alderman Nichol contended that while the city night have received no beneht from he services of MT. Gibbs, the council his employment and that t was an obligation that thu city .ould not in good faith repudiate. larman Dunnington, who Is con- ractor,. stated that the city got dopct by s5,000 by Architect aibbs changing the plans from the ,riginal ones. Upon vote the ac- ount was allowed.
 Alderman Boyce of the finance com nittee stated that no more accounts yoy!d be tonsidered' by the commit. ee which were nat filed with. them m the last. day of the month preced- ] ng the meeting of the council.
 The sum of $2.392.50 was appropri- i 2 A