The daily tribune., 1908-04-14
The DEM0NDlANES MUST
LEAVE PRESENT PLACES

The verdict Of the city council
last night was that the fallen women
in Florence must 60 and resolution
was passed to that effect The reso.
luton states that no such houses shall
in future be conducted either in Flor
ence or within one mile of the outer
boundary limits Of the city. The
police. the police judge and the city
attorney we're instructed to enforce
ordinance No. ~ which regulates such
places. This ordinance has been on
the books for years but has never be i.
fore been enforced. The order be.
comes operative at once, but the wom-
en will be given until the last of
the present month before the oh ange
in the present quarters is enforced.
The report of the auditing committee
showed the present financial condition
OF the city. The total reduction in
the standing indebtedness was %, 4O8,
the total receipts for the year was
SAG, ,O38 6S, the disbursements, $3S,
2l4. .S7 the amount of money now on
hand is "a, 803. rs. the bonded in
debtedness $149, 900, presen Outstanding
warrants $53 ,109. 90; this fund was
decreased 1898, 20 in the year;
there was a decrease of q, 900 in
bonds.
Officer Furniss' annual report show
ed that since last April $1,000 had
been turned into the city Golfers
from fines, this being the largest
amount turned in by the police officer
for years and as much as in two
years in many instances. This money
all came from fines assessed law break
ers and other forms of revenue coming
under the head OF fines. This money
is enough, lacking $50. 80 to pay both
Officer Furniss' and the jailer's salary
for the year The report also shows
that LOG men were arrested during the
year for violating the city ordinances
and does not include men taken in
tow who are charged with offenses
against the state government. OF
course Officer Furpiss did not arrest
all these men for the night marshal
took about half of them to the city
Jail. but they we're included in the
police report, Officer Furniss being
the chief. Thirty zone of these were
made in last April and May and since
then the number has run between
eight and twelve, showing that better
order has been maintained all the
time since April and May of last year.
/ 1t has been discovered that the
amount Of taxes received between the
months of April 1907 and April 1908
from the county treasurer il not near.
ly SO much ~ has been formerly Ire.
ceived for the corresponding period.
and the city clerk was instructed to
make An investigation Of the books
from the year 1904 and report her
finding to the county treasurer.
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All the saloonists Of the city ap.
piled for licenses for the comiug 81 <
months and four Of them had their
appl ications aud bonds approved; the
other three will be later. Angelo
Froney asked for a license to oper-
ate at l0i East Railroad street and II
the license IL granted this will make
eight saloons here.
Second hand dealers licenses were
ordered issued to S. W. Lee. W. l.
Crippen and W. Dexter; plumbers
licenses to the Mere. and Wilson
hardware companies.
Barney GinsberR asked that his
junk licenses be remitted this year
stating that times were too h ard and
that there was only bare living IN
the business; he also stated that the
license WAS not protecting him.
Action deferred until the recess Fri i.
day night.
Owing to tho lntcness of the hour
the matter Of making appointments
for the coming year WAS also deferred