Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-06-03
COUNCIL HOLDS n
BUSY SESSION
City Dads Order
Many Needed I'm
provements
NAME NEW PHYSICIAN
To Pave Lower San Francis
co Street and Construct
MANY Sidewalks.

eQ at lengthy session or the CITY
council last night among which was
the passing OF three ordinances The
selection Of DR.. David Knapp as
city physician; the suspension of Po.
lice Officer Ramon Jiminez; the adop-
tion Of the report Of City Engineer
Wendell v Hall on paving a part of
lower San Francisco street. and the
fixing of the tax levy for the fiscal
year ending April 1909.
During the session Councilman Baca
moved that Camilo Padilla be appoint
ed policeman, pending the investiga-
ton of the charges against Officer
Jiminez. Upon being shown the law
concerning appointments, which can
be made by the mayor only, Council
man Baca withdrew his motion and
stated that he did not wish to usurp
the powers of that executive.
Trouble in Executive Session.
The appointment of DR.. James A..
Massie, as city physician. which was
made by the mayor at previous ses-
sion Of the council, was not confirmed.
In executive session Councilman
George Armijo introduced a resolu-
tion naming Dr. David Knapp as city
physician. Mayor Sena held that un.
der Section 2466 of the Compiled Laws
Of New Mexico, he alone had the au-
thority to appoint city officials such
as the city physician. However, the
resolution was adopted by the coun-
Gil. The legality of this action will
be tested by Mayor Sena and his sup
porters in the council
This Years Tax Levy.
The tax levy was fixed as follows:
For general purposes, 10 mills; for
interest on city bonds, IL mills; for
support of city schools, s IL mills for
interest on city school bonds, 1.2
mills.
In order to grade the streets pro-
perly the council decided to purchase
plow and slip scraper.
A sidewalk i'm front of the Perea' s
property on Washington avenue will
be put In at once. The council let the
contract to Carlos Digneo for the sum
of $125.95.
TO Pave Lower San Francisco.
The report of the city engineer for
paving San Francisco street from the
Claire hotel to Galisteo street esti.
mated the cost of this improvement
at $2,091 including cost of engineering
and experimenting the work. Engi.
neer Hall recommended either vitri.
fed brick paving blocks on concrete
base or a concrete paving through.
out. His report states that the cost
using either material, would be the
same, twenty cents per square foot
The council instructed the city clerk
to notify the property owners who
will be assessed for this pavement
that meeting will be held In the Of
flee of the probate clerk on June %
at which time remonctrances, if there
are any, will be heard
Hereafter city officials need not re
port every month as has been the Gus
tom. AS the reports are not acted up
ON every month but quarterly, 1t was
thought useless to have them filed
monthly.
Amusement License Fees Fixed.
An ordinance was passed and signed
by the mayor fixing the license fec
that circuses or menageries should be
compelled to pay in Santa Fe. The
fee is fixed at two hundred dollars
and twenty-five dollars additional fol
every sideshow or attraction where
an additional entrance fee is charged
These fees are good for one day only
Travelling shows or troupes perform
ing in a hall will be assessed ter
dollars day and should they show II
a tent the fee will be twenty-five dol
lars day. Street fakirs, Punch ant
Judy shows, and such monstrositie'
will be assessed twenty-five dollars
day. Moving picture shows will bt
assessed five dollars week or fifteer
dollars month. Charitable ant
home talent productions are excluded
from the payment Of license.
Health Ordinance Passed.
An ordinance relative to the preven
tion Of infectious and contagious dis
eases was amended in its wording ant
power given the mayor to have eS
amined persons suspected of such dis
eases and further giving to the cit
marshal the authority to placar'
houses where such diseases are know
to exist. A fee Of two dollars
month, payable in advance. may b
collected by the city marshal in OF
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