The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-06

At the regular meeting of the City
Council Tuesday night the report of
the executive session of last Saturday
afternoon, was read aloud that all
might hear, and it was announced that
the report had been adopted and was
being acted upon.
The report rejects the proposition
of the ditch owners to share the ex-
pelse already incurred and to be in
CURED in putting in a sanitary con-
dition the ditch of the North Spring
River Ditch Co, and favors the car
rying of the case into district court
at once. The report as adopted is al
follows:
Report of Special Ditch Committee
To the Honorable Mayor and the
City Council, of the City of Roswell
Greeting:-
We your undersigned executive
committee, appointed to take charge
of the ditch matter, would report as
follows:
We have met the ditch owners of
the North Spring River Ditch Com
pany, and from them received the pro
position hereto attached.
We would further recommend that
the said proposition be rejected in its
entirety, and further.
That the City Attorney shall pro-
ceed at once, without a moment of
Al, IN,
and move to strike out the pleadings
of the Ditch Companies and ask for
judgment according to the original
complaint, on the grounds of default
in carrying out the order of the court
by the time specified, to-wit: Decem-
ber, l, 1906, in the combined cases
643-65O, aid such other reasons as
may attach.
1t appearing that Judge w. H. Pope
being in the chambers of the supreme
court at Santa Fe, and that he will
be there for some time. we further
recommend as a part of this report
that the City Attorney be allowed the
sum of $50 as expenses and directed
to proceed at once to Santa Fe and
We urge that no time be lost il get
ting action upon the whole matter
and that this report and the proceed
i1gs of the meeting at which it is
submitted be held under the executive
rule until released by the City Attor-
ney himself.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. L. WYLLYS,
W. E. wISELEY.
Committee.
Roswell, N. NJ. Feb. 2. 1907.
In the regular business of the even
ing, the following proceedings were
had:
The city engineer reported that the
city's part of the expense of digging
the Bedell ditch on east Second
street would be s136 and the proper
committee was instructed to contract
for the work.
An ordinance was introduced pro-
hibiting driving "spoih" horses, or
horses that habitually rul away, on
MAN SlTeeI .t1lu pTOnlDlIlnS the OTedA-
ing of horses on any street of Ros-
well: and making violation of this
ordinance a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine not to exceed $50 or a SEN
tence not to exceed 80 days. Upon
motion OF Mr.. Bell 1t was passed.
A resolution was introduced remit
ting the fine and costs of City Engi-
neer Lucius Dills in his recent alter
cation with John B. Gill, the argument
offered being that Mr. Dills was In the
discharge of his duty when engaged
in said alteration. Upon motion of
Mr. Bell the resolution was passed.
Mr.. Whiteman alone opposing it on
the ground that he did not want to
establish a precedent OF remitting
fines
A similar resolution was iatroduc-
ed relative TO Edward or Jordon Har
ris a young negro who was found
drunk and alseep with a pistol in his