The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-13
c. 3. BURGE,
City Clerk
Published in The Topeka State journal
March Is, 1927
OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO.
CEEDINGS.

Commission Chamber, Topeka. Kansas,
| Monday, March II, 1912 The city COM
| mission met in regular session at 800
! O'Clock a. m, with the following commits
| s1oners present: Commissioners Bone
| Miller, Stotts and Tandy-4 Mayor Bill
| lard in the chair.
1912, were presented. read and, on motion
| of Commissioner Tandy, approved as
written up by the clerk.
| Communication from A. NJ. Patten, su-
perintendent of the Topeka Railway Com
! pany relative to said Company's agree
ment with the property owners on Bu-
| chanan Street, for the paving of Blu
chanan street from Twentieth street to
Hampton Street, was presented, read and
filed.
Detailed approximate estimates OF the
r. Young, city engineer. were presented
and approved by the following vote: Ayes,
Commissioners Bone. Miller, Stotts aud
Tandy and Mayor Billiards..
Communication from Scott Hopkins.
secretary of The Topeka Free Library
Association. asking for the re-appoint-
ment of the retiring members of said
board was presented and read. The
mayor then submitted the names of Al
bert T. Reid, A. A. GODDARD and JoHb
Mulvane for re-appointment as members
of the Board of Directors of said Associa-
ton, which appointment was confirmed
by the following vote: Ayes, Commits
sioners Bone Miller, Stotts and Tandy
and Mayor Billiards..
Communication from Frank Curry.
president of the East Side Shunganunga
Drainage Board, relative to additional wa
ter way under the Davies Street Bridge
on Shunganunga Creek, was presented,
read and referred to the Commissioner OF
Streets and Public Improvements.
Commissioner Stotts called up the sal
airy ordinance relating to the excavatng
of dirt under the Melan Bridge. which
had been postponed indefinitely from
February 26. 1912
An Ordinance amending section 10 OF
Ordinance No. 4044, approved April p.
1911. relating to the salaries or compensa-
ton of city officers and employees of the
City Of Topeka. as amended by Ordinance
20. E13 approved January 90 1912, and
repeating said section 10 of said Ordinance
No. 4O44 as amended by said Ordinance
No Alb first presented to commission on
February 10. 1912, was taken up for final
missioner Stotts moved that that portion
Of the section relating to tree trimming
and hauling brush be stricken out, which
motion prevailed. Commissioner Stotts
further moved to amend the section by
striking out the 'sS2 So applying to the
eocavating at the Melan Bridge and in
sert "$3-OO'- Commissioner randy moved
to amend the amendment by making II
"a co. instead of "$S co., which amend
ment was lost by the following vote:
Noes COMMISSIONERS Miller and Stotts and
Mayor Billiards.; ayes. Commissioners
Bone and Tandy-2. Commissioner Stotts
amendment on inserting LOO was
Commissioners Miller and Stotts and
Mayor Billiards.: noes. Commissioners
Bone and Tandy-2. Commissioner Tandy
moved that 81 co. applying to men work
ing at the bridge be stricken out and in
sert ''s2 .oo'' which motion was lost by the
following vote: Ayes, Commissioners
Bone and Tandy-2; noes, Commissioners
Miller and Stotts and Mayor Billiards.
On further roll call, the section was
adopted as amended. Sections and :
were read and adopted on separate mo-
ton On roll call. the ordinance was
passed by the following vote: Ayes.
Commissioners Miller and Stotts and
Mayor Billiards.: noes. Commissioners
Bone and Tandy-2. The title was read
and approved.
f,v Commissioner Bone for first reading:
WHEREAS. The inability OF fhe Coun-
tv Commissioners to, at this time, pay
their share Of the cost or the Detention
Hospital thereby making IL necessary for
necessitating the expenditure of the funds
intended for the removal of the dirt from
beneath the Melan Bridge and on &C
count of this fund being so expended.
all future bills incurred in connection
with the removal of the said dirt. paid
from the Miscellaneous Fund or Account.
and
WHEREAS. said fund or account was
not intended for such purpose and is net
sufficient to meet such expense and leave
q balance sufficient TO take care of such
items of expense for which 1t was in
BE IT RESOLVED: that no future ap-
preparations be made from the Mfscei-
laneous Fund or Miscellaneous Account
to pay bills or claims originating from
Of dirt from beneath the Melan Bridge Or
the cutting or trimming of trees"
No further business appearing. on mo-
ton OF Commissioner Stotts. commission
adjourned to meet at 300 o'clock a. m,
[seai.I c. B. RURGE.