The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-17

Alderman Magner moved the re
port be received and published with
the proceedings. The motion was
adopted
John Sheehan, street supervisor,
submitted his report as follows:
Cairo, ILL.,, Dec. 81, 1909.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and
City Council, Cairo, Illinois.
Gentlemen: hereby report the
following persons who have paid
their street taxes for the 1909, during
the month of December, as follows,
to-wit:
Ed Morris, VIII Griffen, j. G. Avery,
c. A. Walker, Judge Mayo, Chas.
Sherrod.
Six receipts at $3.50 each .....$9 90
Trcasurer's receipt attached. ~. 8 90
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN SHEEHAN.
Alderman Williams moved the re-
rort be received and referred to the
cowntroller The motion was adopted.
Andrew Whtcamp, police magis-
trate submitted bis monthly report
showing $4,000 collected in fines in
December. 1909. On motion of Alder
man Davis the report was referred to
the city attorney and city comptral-
le'
NJ. S. Ega1,, city marshal, submitted
his monthly report showing 233 ar
rests made in December, 1909, by the
police department which report was
signed by the sergeant of police and
the several police constables.
On motion of Alderman Scullin the
report was received and ordered
filed
NJ Lutz, city jailer, submitted his
report for December, 1909, showing
60 meals fed prisoners before and
$50 days after trial and 60 days work
ed by prisoners. in December On
motion of Alderman Scullin the re-
port was received and ordered filed.
II. L. Wedding, Capt. Fire Station 1,
reported responding to ii fire alarms
in the month of December, making a
total of 6G for the year 1909, and max
ling rs patfol Wagon trips in Decem,
sbert, making total ,of 11lS5 fbas the
,.:s;dnaar igpa s-4lso ythas he hal I'D hand
fsl9oo feet Of serviceable fire hose, 500
sfeet of which hal not been used.
I He made requisition for supplies as
follows: 6 sacks oats, ] sack corn, /
sack bran, 20 bales hay, s bales
straw. Il doz. bars soap, u doz.
sheets. ! box harness polish.
Richard Jones. Capt. Fire Station .,
reported responding to II fire alarms
in December. making n for the year
1909. and made requlsition for sup
plies as follows; IL bales hay, 3
sacks oats, / sack bran.
Alderman Williams moved the
q requsitiops for feed he allowed and
remainder of reports referred to the
police, jail and fire committe.
Mrs. Anna l.. Stafford. president oil
The board of directors of the Public
Library, submitted her annual report
as follows, which was accompanied
by the itemized financial statement ol
the library for 1910 and the report oil
Mrs L. l.. Powell, librarian.
January |, 1910.
To the honorable Mayor and Board
"a of Alderman of The City of CairQ
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~ In presenting to you the report ol
the Board of Directors OF tho Cairo
Public Library for the year 1909. 4
am pleased to give you a splendid &C
counting of the progress Of the insti
tuition for this year.
Thesitemized reports made from tht
daily data during the year, give in de
tail various matters of the work.
The circulation for home use fol
1903 was $500 books, which with al
increased use of reference books a
the library, brings the number o
hooks used up to over 10000 vols. an,
makes a gain of over 5000 over thu
previous year.
Adding to this the very evident in
crease in the number of people usin,
the library and reading room, some
thing of its value as helpful and edu
cational center of our city may be es
timated.
The Book Committee has CAREFUL,
considered books purchased for tn
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many vols. of magazines have bee
bouDl and put in circulation
Many worn books have been re
bound, and some withdrawn from Gil
culation Ten having been destroye
hecarse of contagious diseases !,
families.
The, exact number OF books in tn
library OF this date is 1850