The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-08-17
LOCAL LEGISLATION
PROCEEDINGS OF TUESDAY EVEN
ING'S- MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL

The City Council met last night in
regular session, with the following
members present: Chairman H. .. l.
Stokes and Councilmen E. T. Helven
ston, Ct. A. Carmichael. d. E. McIver,
W. p. Edwards, r. R. Carroll and J. II. |
Taylor.
Minutes of the previous session were
read and approved.
Mr.. F. E. Harris. for the Ocala HUI
name Society, recently organized here.
and now being chartered, requested |
that the council ratify OF endorse the |
appointing of Mr.. G. w. Cleveland. the !
city's sanitary inspector, to the posi- |
ton Of special officer for the society, |
the society to pay Mr.. Cleveland what |
ever pay he received for the duties |
performed for the society. AS the du- |
ties will not interfere materially with !
Mr.. Cleveland's city work. and the |
cause is good one and he good |
man to enforce the law, the council |
ratified his appointment
on account of written cOmmunica-
ton from a local tradesman and COM
plant against an emplOye OF the city
that said employe would not pay his
bill. and the request that the city re-
quire the bill to be paid, resolution
was offered and passed, that all city
employees pay their just debts. or the
| city will discharge them. fortunate
1y, these cases are very rare, this being
| the only one, as far as is known)
:, communication was read from an
| Atlanta paving material dealer. asking
to be allowed to bid on any paving ma
| terial the city might need now or later.
| Filed for information.
+ Mr.. Zewadski appeared and asked
| that several certificates held by the
| city against property he represented.
be Cancelled, as he held receipts for the
taxes. On motion, the clerk was in
| structed to cancel the certificates, upon
| presentation of the receipts.
. The matter of paving the sidewalks
with cement, in the Sidewalk paving
some time ago was taken up and dis
lcussed at length A resolution was
finally offered by Mr.. McIver. and
unanimously carried. that the clerk
Iprepare advertisements for bids on the
laying of the walks (prObably two
miles or more) and have same pub
lished and that the city will then pro-
ceed with all due diligence to lay these
walks. and collect the amount from the
property owners. The discussion de-
veloped the fact that most Of the prop
erty owners would pay for the work
as soon as it was done; that the reason
they had not had the work done be-
; fore is that one man does not care to
. lay a walk and his neighbor on each
side refuse to do so, as very little good
will come of 1T. When, however, all
. are forced to do the work. nearly all
; will pay without the city having to is
. sue certificates against the property.
wi ha nf oStf IN q
improvement to the city. and it is the
. intention of the council when this lot
: is laid. to pass another ordinance, ex-
tending the paving to yet other walks
The finance committee reported that
they had found the Commercial Bank
willing to loan the city the $4,000 need.
! ed temporarily, at instead of pei
cent the city had heretofore beer
paying. and the committee was In
structed to make the note and secure
the money.
A motion was then made and car.
ried. that the Commercial Bank be des
ignated as the city's depository.
Mr.. Stokes reported that the water
bill at the city market for last quar-
e ter was over $40. and thought it ex
. travagant, that the market men wer'
+ wasting the water or allowing tn,
janitor's service was nil The chair
man was appointed committee Of on
to visit the market and inform the ten
ANTS that unless next quarters waite
bill was materially reduced. the cit,
would cut off the water and each ten
ant would have to pay his own waite
bill at local rates. Also that the JAM
tors services must be improved.
The attention Of the council wa
d | ca He'd to the fact that the mayor
charity fund was depleted. and s25 wa
ordered placed with the mayor to us
in urgent charity cases.
The matter of high weeds and gras
= on sidewalks of the city was discusse
. and the clerk and chairman OF tn
street committee We're Instructed I
serve notice on owners or agents Q
Y such property to have the weeds an
~ grass cut and removed within thre
days from receipt of such notice.
The attention of the council wa
called to the fact that the electric ligf
sand for the construction Of the dee
foundations being made for the ne
n boilers. On resolution. the sanitar
- carts will be required to bring in
load of sand from the city's propert
when they haul the garbage out Il
dumping. thus saving great deal
time and expense. II other teams wei
employed to haul the sand
- There being no further business, I'll