The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-12

Read for the third and final time
last night, the new bond ordinance,
providing for additional bonds for
issue by the City of Pensacola, and
providing for additional sewerage,
paving and a public market house.
was passed by the unanimous vote
of the council at the regular meeting
OF that body last night. This meas
ure provides that an election shall
be held about one month hence, or
on Tuesday, June IA, to be partici-
pated in by the qualified electors
Of the City of Pensacola, and the
result OF this vote will determine
whether or not the bond issue or a
part of 1t, shall carry. The people
thus qualified will vote directly upon
the question of bonds or no bonds,
and will have opportunity to vote
separately on the several items
specified.
The board of bond trustees last
night submitted an itemized state
ment of expenditures and receipts,
ETC., since report one year ago. This
may be found elsewhere in this is
sue.
COUNCIL MEETING.
The council was called to order at
1880 O'Clock by the clerk and Alder
man Kugleman was elected to fill the
presiding officers chair in the alb.
sence of the president, who, by vir-
tue Of the absence of Hon. Frank
Reilly, is now acting mayor Those
present were: Aldermen Bear Con-
cannon, Dunham, Kent, Kugleman,
Meyer, Renshaw, Rocheblave and
Welsh. Chairman Bushnell, of the
board of bond trustees, was also il
attendance.
The minutes of a regular and spe-
ial meeting were read and adopted
without alteration.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The finance committee submitted
report. The recommendations were:
That the sum of SIS be given Chief
Sanders to defray expenses to a con.
vention at birmingham and that
tax certificates as asked by the Fish
er Real Estate Agency on double
assessed property be refunded. The
report was received and recommen-
dations adopted.
The harbor and sanitary commit
tee did not report upon question of
lease of water front property to the
Pensacola Yacht and Motor Boat
Club, because, the chairman stated,
the committee had been informed
the proposed leasing property was
claimed by private parties The
. question of ownership will be sub
mitted to the city attorney.
The ordinance relating to the con.
struction of sidewalks was refer
red back to second reading for
amendment, and then advanced to
third reading. That measure, as we'll
as the measure providing for the
bond issue, were passed.
The bond trustees recommended
an ordinance providing that iron
poles be substituted Ior the
huge wooden poles used to string
wires on, on Tarragona street. The
ordinance will be later prepared anu
introduced by the committee on
parks and ways, to which body the
communication from the bond trus-
tees was referred.
The form of contract with the
Southern Paving and Construction
Company, for additional paving, was
submitted and later a resolution APP
proving the same was introduced by
Alderman Bear. 1t was adopted.
Communications relative to refund
of assessment were received and re.
ferred to the finance committee. An
other communication relative to Civ
ing him the advantage of the par
tial paving assessment feature was
received from F. F. Bingham, the
writer stating that he had just come
into possession of a piece of prop
erty which had been taxed in that
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