Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-02-26
COUNCIL MONTH ENDMEETING
CITY DOCK LEsSE QUESTION
DISCUSSED.
Bonds of City Engineer And Fireman
Approved - Electric System
For Town Clock.

The month end meeting Of the Mayor
and city Council was held last night
in the Council Chamber, City Hall.
Present = Mayor Douw, Counsellor
Riley and Aldermen Strange, Linthi-
cum. Thompson, T. H.. Munroe and
Thompson. I. 4.
The Mayor laid before the Board
the bonds Of William Farrell. jani-
tor 10 ia Assembly Rooms ard iire-
man OF the file department, also the
bond Of John Howard, engineer 10 the
city fire department. which were ac-
cepted and ordered filed.
The report of Charles q. Feldmeyer,
city justice Of the peace, was sub
mitied and showed AN amount of
$40. % paid into the city treasury for
the month of December; also The re-
port of the City Clerk for the month of
December. which showed an amount
received for the month as follows ::
Rent OF Assembly Rooms, $1I: carts
and wagons, 1898, pleasure vehicles,
Sl.25, making total for the month
Of $76.lS
Report of the market master for the
month of December was as follows I:
Quarterly collections from stall rents,
Sl19.45 sundry collections, SIS. 20;
wharfage, $l9-total for the month,
S156G5, all of which were ordered
filed.
The Mayor laid before the Board the
city ordinance relating 10 the taxing
and killing of dogs, which was read,
amended and the ordinance adopted rs
amended and ordered To be published.
The Mayor also submitted with n
favorable report from the committee
on bylaws and ordinances an ordi-
nance TO add additional paragraph TO
Section 13 of Article 3S of the City
Code uuder the title OF Streets, re
lating to sidewalks and footways at
Murray Hill, which was read and
adopted.
Counsellor Riley laid before the
Board his report ON the leaseholders
of City Dock property with regard
to renewing same, which brought
about some discussion. The matter
was finally referred TO committee
OF the whole 10 meet at the City Dock
this morning at 10 o'clock and decide
upon the proper roadway required
before taking any action, which was
adopted.
BY Alderman Strange That the
City Commissioner proceed at once To
enforce the law i'm reference TO all
property owners entering the sewers on
Market, Conduit aud Charles streets,
so as to be ready for the street inn
provement by April Ill adopted.
BY Alderman Strange-That $3.50
be appropriated 10 clean the streets
for the month of March: also that $50
be appropriated for the contingent
fund for the month of March for the
use OF the City Commissioner; adopt
ed.
The Mayor called the attention of
the Board to the unreliable time of
the city town clock in St. Anne's
Church tower, stating that he had in
quired into the possibility of placing
the keeping of the clock into the
hands of the electric service. He said
the original cost would be about $l60,
and the yearly cost about $50. Alder
man Strange moved that the Mayor
be appointed a committee Of one TO in
quire into the feasibility and cost of
converting the city town clock into
the electric system and report to the
Board, which was adopted.
Alderman Strange submitted the
specifications for the bulkheading of
the proposed new street for Compro-
IllSt SlI6tl. running inc cOHSlutld-
tion of the matter Alderman Linthi-
cum moved that the specifications be
held over and that the Counsellor be
appointed n committee of one TO wait
upon the Redemptorist Fathers and en-
deavor to- get their permission to fill in
beyond the line of said street, which
was adopted.
Mr.. j. B. Retz appeared before the
Board with reference to the stoppage
of the Conduit street sewer and the
banking of the water on his premises.
The matter was referred TO the COM
mittee on streets with power TO act.
The following bills were reported
favorably by the finance committee
and ordered paid;
Manufacturing hecord Pub. Go. Sl4.o0
Engine ering Record 1920
on motion the Board at $50 p. IN.
adjourned to special meeting to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock to fur
ther consider the specifications of the
bulkheading of Compromise street.