Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-22
COUNCIL MEETING
WITHOUT PARALLEL
SESSION OPENS FOR BUSINESS
WITH NO VISITORS PRESENT
AND BUT FEW OFFICERS.

the session was begun without a Wis
itor present And only one auditor
showed up during the proceedings.
When the gavel fell there were pres
ent Mayor Bowers, Aldermen Grant,
ozment. Huff and Temple; officers,
Policeman Moore, City Attorney John
son and Secretary Allen. A Herald
man filled out the list of those in at
tendance. Later Alderman Morning
ton showed up.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read. and ordered to record.
A petition was presented from DIR.
Silliman, asking permission TO put IN
new fronts on the Main street end OF
the building occupied by H. Schmidt
& Co. and A Farris. Permit granted.
A permit was also granted to the
Drs. Link TO erect a two-story brick,
corner of North Sycamore and Oak
streets.
All bills and accounts o. KID by the
finance committee were allowed.
A petition was read from A. S.
Davis colored, asking to be appointed
sexton of the colored cemetery. On
motion the appointment was made, re-
curing a bond of 800 for the faith
full performance of duty.
The following ordinance was passed
under suspension of the rules:
An Ordinance to amend an ordinance
passed by the City Council of the
City of Palestine, Texas, November
IL, 1906, providing for the levyine
and collection of an annual occupa-
tion tax on all street hacks and job
wagons so that said ordinance shall
hereafter read as follows:
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Palestine, Texas:
Section l. That there shall be lev
led, and collected, on the 18th day of
December 1906, and the 18th day of
each succeeding December an annual
occupation tax on all street hacks and
job wagons, as follows: From every
person, firm or corporation, owning
and running for hire any street hack
in the City of Palestine, there shall be
levied and collected an annual occupa-
ton tax of $1,000.
From every firm, person or corpora
ton running a two-horse job wagon
there shall be levied and collected an
annual occupation tax of $500.
From every person, firm or corpora
ton owning and running a one-horse
job wagon there shall be levied and
collected an annual occupation tax of
5000.
Section 2. BY the term job wagon is
meant any wagon that the owner may
use in hauling or performing work of
such nature, for any other person for
valuable consideration.
Also the following ordinance was
passed under suspension of the rules:
An Ordinance to amend articles 223,
224, 225 and 226 of the Revised
Criminal Ordinances of the City of
Palestine. Texas, so that said arti-
cles shall hereafter read as follows:
Article 229. That it shall be unlaw-
full for the owner Of any dog to per.
init such dog to run at large within
the corporate limits of the City of Pal
estine at any time unless such dog
shall have on muzzle sufficient to
keep said dog from biting
Article 224 That any person violat-
ing the preceding article of this ordin-
ance shall, on conviction, be fined in
any sum not less than one nor more
than ten dollars.
Article 225 That il shall be the
duty of the special impounding officer
to take up and impound all dogs found
running at large in violation of this
ordinance, and safely keep such dogs
for a period of forty-eight hours, and
use due diligence TO ascertain the
owner of same. If the owner of such
dog can not be escertained, and no
person appears and claims such dog
and pays the impounding fee within
forty-eight hours after such dog is i'm
pounded, then it shall be the duty of
the said officer to kill, or have such
dog killed, in a manner deemed most
practical
Article 226. That for every dog i'm.
pounded the said special officer shall
be entitled 10 an impounding fee of
one dollar to be paid by the owner of
such dog impounded. Said special
officer shall receive the further sum of
fifty cents for every dog killed and
removed from the city limits in com
pliance with this ordinance, said sum
to be paid by the city.
Article 226a That this ordinance
shall in no way conflict with the or
dinance imposing a tax on all dogs.
This ordinance shall be in force and
effect from and after its passage and
publication.
Adjourned.