The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-14

salary of the two sewer men from fifty to
sixty dollars per month. On a similar mo-
ton by Councilman Stanley the salary OF
So Is per day. and laborers doing stone and
brick work at s. 3 per day. Each section
was read and on separate motion adopted
The ordinance being placed on final pas
sage, it was adopted by the following
vote: Ayes; Blakely, Holiday, Horn,
Stanley. Tandy and Van Ness-10; noes,
none; absent. Jordan and Lannan--2-
An ordinance amending Section 8 OF Or
dinanee No. 1884. approved December ..
~. as AMENDED by 0 OF No zfS II
cense taxes in the city Of Topeka. and re-
pealing said Section s, as amended by said
Ordinance No 2T91, was taken up for final
| jected by the following votes: Ayes, Hol-
liday. Blakely, Horn, Howard. Hughes,
ena s sanlev and T T9s kEt sbse19 or
An ordinance amending Ordinance No.
1856. approved June o. 1906 providing for
repositories of the public monies of the
city of Topeka. and repeating said Ordf-
| of Councilman Kutz, Rule is was sus-
pended and the ordinance taken I'D for
was read and On erafa motion adooted
! The ordnance being placed on final pas
sage. It was adopted by the folloWins
Howard. Hughes kutz Montgomery,
Stanley, Tandy. and Van Ness-10; noes,
none; absent, Jordan and Lanpan-2
| Bond OF Jesse Shaw in the sum OF So
ooe00 was presented for approval and on
roll call it was approved by the following
Howard. Hughes. Kutz. Stanley. Mont
gomery. Tandy and Van Ness-loi noes.
none; absent, Jordan and Lannan-2
| The following resolution presented by
Councilman Montgomery was on his own
ssResoIved, by the Mayor and Council of
the city of Topeka, That the license coll
lector be and is hereby directed TO report
sters to put their license card on their
huckster wagons. and report at once
Councilman Howard tfesented the fol-
lowing resolution. and on motion of Coun-
Gilman Holiday it was adopted:
Resolved, by the Honora Bile Mayor and
Council of the city of Topeka, That the
city engineer be and is hereby directed to
make close inspection of the Kansas
ular meeting of the council on the con-
dition of the same
The following resolution presented by
Councilman Kutz was adopted on motion
of Councilman Holiday:
BE it Resolved, by the Mayor and
Council, That the city attorney be and he
is hereby instructed to properly draw up
an official petition covering paving and
sidewalks with a brief synopsis of the law
governing the same to be printed on the
back of said petition, also that the mayor
petitions for paving and sidewalks other
than the official petition as provided by
the city"
ssBe it Resolved by. the Honorable
MAYOR and COuncil OF the city OF IODeka,
That the mayor be and is hereby author
lied to employ two merchant police at
$500 per month. whose duty shall be to
report as regular officers at the station
on the night force. These officers shall
be retained on the Kansas avenue beats
except in case of an emergency. when
they shall be subject to any call OF the de-
partrnent' The resolution was referred
to the ways and means committee.
Resolution of Councilman Kutz relative
to placing signs Kansas avenue and
the roads entering Topeka calling atten-
ton to the driving ordinance, was not
adopted
IN pursuance Of an advertisement Of the
city clerk in the official city paper. bids
were presented for the purchase of the
General Improvement Bonds. Mayor
Green appointed Councilfnen Horn, Tandy
bids. and after canvass of the bids was
made the teIlers reported as follows: I'VE
the committee appointed as tellers to ex-,l
anime bids submitted for the purchase Of
the General Improvement Bonds offered
by the city of Topeka beg leave to re-
and Ladies of Security Of Topeka, Kan, |
being the highest bidder for the entire is
sue DO hereby recommend the acceptance
of their bid" On motion the report Of
the tellers was adopted.
Bids being presented for the furnishing
other departments of the city Of Topeka |
for the ensuing year. Mayor Green ap-
pointed Councllmen Kutz Hughes, and |
Van Ness as te11ersst TO open the bids, and |
after canvass Of the bids was made the /
teIlers requested further time before max !
Ing their report. which was granted on /
motion of Councilman Holiday.
No further business appearing. Council |
C. B. PURGE.
(Sea1l City Clerk.