Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-12-11
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING.
The City Council Transacted Little Busi.
ness Last Night.
REPORTS or THE CITY OFFICERS ARE
HANDED IN.
Es.city Collectors Appears Before The Board
To ExpIaiu...Orders Offered And
Adopted.-.BiIIS Passed.

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Adopted...Bills Passed.
There was very little business of inn
portance transacted al the regular
monthly meeting of the City Fathers
last nihgt. Only routine business came
up, and very little of that. Ex-City
Collector Jerry l.. Smith and Charles
Ill. Russell of j. were before the Board
in response TO an order passtd at the
last meeting requiring them tc appear
before the Mayor and Council and ex-
plain in person their delinquent tax
list, for which certain insolvencies
were asked.
The Board took up the lists seriat i'm
and the uncollectable delinquents
were explained by the collectors.
MIR. smith said he had seen many of
the delinquents personally and found
they had nothing from which he could
make the taxes and in other cases, he
said the parties had either disposed of
their belongings or left the city. He
said he had used every effort possible
to collect some of these claims and
found It was no use, and he asked the
Board TO have them stricken off the
list, which was done in most cases.
explanation, going over his list seria-
tim, and suggested that the Board give
them until January and February, re-
spectively, i'm which to make full re-
turns on their lists, which suggestion
was accepted The Mayor said they
were anxious TO get these old de
linquents wiped out; that they had
been standing on the books long
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would enforce every means in their
power to have it done.
Reports of the city officers for No
vember were submitted and referred
To their respective committees. The
report Of the City Health Officer, DR..
VIM. :. Welch, for the month of No
vember showed the number of deaths
as 10, white--3, colored, 10; male, 6,
female, 8. No contagious diseases
were reported i'm the city for the
month, which showed the city to be
i'm healthy condition in population
of $4,000.
ORDERS PASSED.
The following orders were offered:
BY the Counsellor-That when the
City Council adiourns, il stand adj
journed until the second Monday in
January, subject in the meantime TO
the call of the Mayor. Adopted.
BY the COUNSELLOR the Mayor
is authorized to draw his order for
the pay of the city officers and all en-
ployees due December 30 on December
90. Adopted.
BY the Counsellor--That the Com
mittee ON bylaws and Ordinances is
hereby authorized TO accept the codifi-
cation of the ordinance of the City of
Annapolis prepared by the City Coun-
sellor when completed, and To adver-
tise for bids for the printing of the
same. Adopted.
BY Alderman Strange THAT $50 be
appropriated for a contingent fund for
the use of the City Commissioner.
Adopted.
by Alderman Strange--That $3.50 be
appropriated for the use of the City
Commissioner to clean the streets for
the month of Decebmer. Adopted.
REPORTS
The Committee on Streets reported
that the Bladen street sewer was
clogged and in bad condition and
would not carry of the refuse emptied
into il. and that much complaint was
made by residents along the street
as 10 It's condition. On motion of
Alderman Strange the matter was re-
ferred to the Street Committee with
power to act Adopted.
The matter of contract for removing
the city garbage was called up. On
motion of Alderman-sstrang the Coun-
sellor was directed to prepare the con-
tract entered into with the City Fire
Department and the city. Adopted.
The question of the rental of the
city wharf property was again called
up. On motion of Alderman Linthi-
cum it was ordered that the monthly
rental of 81 per month be accepted as
the rate 10 be paid by William Duval,
Jr., which was adopted.
Alderman +. IL. Thompson reported
that he had received several bids in
accordance with the specifications for
the relaying of the floor of the Water
Witch Hook and Ladder Company in
concrete, and that the bid of VIM. T..
Feldmeyer was the lowest. on mo-
tion of Counsellor Riley the bid OF
Mr.. Feldmeyer was accepted.
On motion of Alderman Baer the
first Monday night in January was
agreed upon TO take up the Electric
Railway ordinance, which was adopt
ed.
The following bills were passed
4. q. & T.. l.. Go. s 52S. So
American La France Go. 105. .0C
I. Kent Green -. 6.1C
VIM. III. Carr 7.27
DIR. w. 5. welch 2.2c
on motion of the Mayor. the Board
at 9.20 y. m. adjourned.