The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-16

Yesterday afternoons regular week
| ly meeting of the board of city COM
missioners was featured by the in
PRODUCTION and unanimous passage of
q resolution, calling upon the Mary
| land Casualty Company and the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
| Company to pay to the city OF Pen
sacola the sum of S125 00O or TO see
that the Pensacola State Bank shall
pay the city the amount of money
| on deposit there al the time OF the
failure.
These are the companies which fur
nishe0 bond for the Pensacola State
Bank as q, city depository, the amount
OF the bond being $125,000.
1t is understood that the city had
about S160,000 on deposit in the Pen
sacola State Bank at the time that
institution suspended operations and
closed its doors and the commission
efs, after consulting the city attorney,
decided to demand that this amount
be made good at once.
The resolution also stated that un-
less the com mpanies complied with the
terms of the resolution the city attor-
ney would proceed to take legal steps
to force the collection of this claim.
OTHER MATTERS.
This was about the only matter Of
interest to the public which was taken
up by the commissioners yesterday
afternoon. the remainder of the ses-
sion being devoted to routine bust
ness.
The report Of the city attorney in
reference to the request of a, l.
Black that the liquor license granted
to Norman q Black be transferred TO
A. l.. Black without paying the re-
quired fee of per cent for the trans
fer, was received and adopted The
city attorney ruled that it would not
be necessary, under the circumstances
for the license to be changed in order
to enable Black to do business on the
license but that if the change were
made it would be absolutely compul-
sorry. under the law for him to pay
the fee of per cent.
The city engineer, George RommcH,
h would give his attention to the de-
fective sidewalks reported to the com
missioners by the marshal.
After a communication had been
read from him, Chief of Police San
ders was authorized TO pay $50 reward
to C. w. Nell and So to Captain Gill
more and officer Chestnut for arrests
of parties for whom rewards had been
offered.
A communication from Tax ColIec-
tor J G, Whiting, in which he rec
commended that people who were be-
hind with taxes be allowed a certain
number of years (the number to be
determined upon by the commission
ers) to pay the taxes due, plus a Zee
of so cents was read ard it was
decided to. adopt the recommendation
of the tax collector.
The application Of John Rauscher
for the position of sanitary inspector
was received and filed.
A communication, signed by seven
citizens and automobile owners, pro
testing against the order of Chief San
ders prohibiting machines from stand
ing in one place more than twenty
was read and ordered received
and filed.
A communication requesting that
the streets in the vicinity OF Brainard
and Baylen streets be hardened, on ac-
count Of the building that is being
done in that neighborhood at present,
was referred to Commissioner John
son.
A number Of applications were re-
ceived and filed and some paving Ger
tificates were checked UP, after which
the meeting adjourned.