The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
City fathcrs Mct in Rpenlar S...;.a Tuesday Evening and Transact
 Important Business.


 Tuesday Evening and Transact
 Important Business.
 Ihe citt e8uucII Mrtiu reza.f5,. sesz ! son Tuesday night at Hee.IFGaT AdAQf b1Nie presiding and a.I fIe ] IHeH9ef9 beIhg present. sWifI Recorder . EraNH at the desk
 Ihe minutes et the previous meet , Ing Were read aHdapptasea. eAteutipa as t6 line omission of the re>af'ltioa ] relative tO tEe emF,8t tHeHt af ai~z . ei!af-e ei employees 8t tle CitF ] Water and Light plant TEi~fr fr~rHti= l H.H #a~ oHleaed incorporated #H lie ! minutes at tHat meeting IAe following claims were present. ed. audited and ordered raid. i u~sea-t'fIIdm-Alder~a Co., h. q- 1 J. l.. EraHHfeedIHg prisoners ? Sa .s dfldEe < .IHHe~. me,e= "a ! F0rrc,t City Nfg Coz. lumber n EOb Laws. 5uitQr Qr.......---.z.- uu \. D. l'oY0e. mayor fees aa J. A. Davis. M3rsaa#. Ices. 0a Baiet2 Pierce eii Ga eit 0a
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 Ihe= following HffFeF> reports were presented and 3FFrHed
 Hetariers report for mauaa at May showed
 Amount scrip outstanding
 ApfiI 5e. l9ia.#s.4.. #..,.=....S S.54a 58 AmHaHt scrip is~#e8 since last
 feIaftsAPfiA .H. isi0=..z.... 224 15 Amount scrip outstanding .-ss~a8 @5 LieeDse~ collected
 tJMpbeaI#S Shows W~=..z.-.-.#.z..z... SD aa J. C. Battie=Ca box ball alley - DO
 Mayors report showed seven eases tried and fines aggregatiHg 7HSsc@Sed iH four ea~es, three cases discAaIeed
 Marsha report showed oue case aid cat in jait, st, and licenses col tfcted from GamPbeHI's shows and The box bal alley. S15. 5eaFiug q total Of a5s dae the city on .Iue, and licenses
 Street commissioner report Street tax collected for May 92d6 00 Balance from laet month. .4... 66 0o
 3272 oo Paid 0ut...........#.... .#...........# l56 2o
 Balance on hand #...#..=.....=SIl5 so Mr Boleson appeared before the council stating hat he had put down | concrete walk in front Of his resi- denee recently completed on East street, and asked that the council order other walks put down. Ne ac- tiOn was taken other than that u c street committee was instructed To made an inspection of the sidewalks in tAe city and report at the next meetiug when il k expected action will be taken regarding the issuance of several sidewalk orders.
 Marshal Davis reported that a tree in front Of Mr A. l.. Stevens resi- dence on lard street had blown down and in falling bad torn up a large sec ton of the walk An order was is sued directing the owner of tue property To repair the walk
 There was quite deal of discussion aS tQ the matter of charging the labor cost on the new improvement dis- triets. much Of the work having been done by employees of the Water and Light plant and charged To the eX- penses If that concern. when it should have been charged 10 the improve ment district
 II Was moved. seconded. and order ed that the board of health he called together. sworn in and instructed Q gel busy.
 Alderman Merritt then introduced q dog ordinance leyying tax of S3 0n each dog owned in he city. After Il 6 ordinance had been read and discussed il wa~ decided t0turn the matter ovtr To Attorney Waiter German and have him draft another ordinance, embody- ing the features of pr. Nerritt'~ ordi- nance. and making il practically iron clad All of the members are in favor uf the tax, and il k intended t0 pass the ordinance at the next meeting, making il effective July l.
 Mr German was also instructed 10 draft an ordinance ieyying tax or Ii- eeuSe on all eating houses. reStdu- rants, hotels and boarding houses.
 \ motion was introduced declaring the shackS on the l0t north Of Bon ner'S store on RoSser street. 10 be un slightly, unsanitary and violation ot the ire limit ordinance, and declaring them nuisance The marshal was instructed tonotify the tenants to va cate same by July l, and tO destroy the ShackS
 The matter of the insurance on the water and light plant then came up for discussion, and on motion of AL derman Barnes. seconded by Alderman Merwin, the insurance was ordered cancelled The insurance rate on this plant, it is claimed has been largely increased by the proximity of the spoke factory, which is built upon the city property. It was ordered that the Spoke Company be notified that if they desired to renew the lease which has expired they could do so by pay ing the insurance on the city plant, which amounts to about Sl per day
 Council adjourned.
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