The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19

Total $40 165 &c
$4,000 on account of personal injuries
received by reason of the moving OF
tree and falling on him, breaking his laq.
was presented, read and referred to the
! commissioner of finance and city att.f-
ney.
Communication from ]. c. Jameson.
relative to a nuisance at 526 Madison
street, was presented read and. on mo
ton of Commissioner Tandy, referred 70
the Commissioner of Parks ana Public
Reports OF the Board of Electrical Ex-
aminers for the month of September,
Der, Weights and Measures for the month
OF September, and Electrical Inspector
, for the month off September. were pre-
scented, read and placed on file.
Bond of the Topeka Coal Company in
the sum of 100000, given by the Equit-
able Surety Company, covering their coal
presented and approved by the following
vote: Ayes, Commissioners Bone, Miller.
Stotts and Tandy and Mayor Billiards.
Excavator's bond of Fowler & Sterling
in the sum of $2,000.00 given by the Kansas
City Casualty Company, was presented
and approved by the following vote: Ayes,
Commissioners Bone Miller Stotts and
Tandy and Mayor Billard-5.
Certificates from the civil service COM
mission, certifying the names of persons
eligible to appointment of patroIman, was
presented. read and filed.
Bond of the Allis-Chalmers Company IN
the sum of $21, 90. given by the Kansas
City Casualty Company, covering the
erection of pump for the city water
works. was presented, read and approved
by the following vote: Ayes, CommIs
sioners Bone. Miller. Stotts and Tandy
and Mayor Billiards..
Plans and specifications covering the
erection of a stone entrance on Quincy
street to Garfield Park were presented
and, Commissioner Tandy moved that the
same be approved, which motion pre-
mfssioners Bone, Miller, Stotts and Tandy
and Mayor Billard-5.
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city clerk be instructed to advertise for
bids for the erection of the Quincy street
entrance to Garfield Park. said bids to be
on file in the city clerks office by 900
O'Clock a. m. Thursday, October "a, 1912,
and that certified check in the sum Of
s25. 90 must accompany each bid, which
An Ordinance to approprite money out
of the General Revenue Fund, General
improvement Fund, Water Works Fund
Park Fund and Special Lighting Fund.
was presented for first reading An
emergency being declared in writing BIZ
the mayor the ordinance was taken up
for final passage. Each section was read
and, on separate motion, adopted. On
roll call the ordinance was passed by the
Miller, Stotts and Tandy and Mayor Bill
lard: absent Commissioner Bone-1.
The title was read and approved.
Chas. H. Hull, of the National Voting
Machine Company, appeared before the
commission, Withdrawing their offer Of
the free use of the voting machines in
the November election, owing to the de-
cision of the attorney general and the
city attorney.
An ordinance appropriating money from
the Street and Alley Paving Bond Fund of
the City of Topeka to pay for bonds and
interest coupons due November 1st 1872
was presented for first reading.
Mayor Billiard presented the name of
H. c. Lindsay for appointment to the va
cancy on the civil service commission
made by the resignation of c. G. BIakely
which appointment was confirmed by the
foil ms fSCi ev7av
Bone Miller, Stotts and Tandy and Mayor
Billiards..
No further business appearing on mo-
ton of Commissioner Stotts, commission
adjourned.
TSeal.1 G. B. BURGE
city Clerk