The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19
OFFICIAL COMMISSION CITY PRO-
CEEDINGS

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| CEEDINGS.
| Commission Chamber. Topeka, Kansas,
thursday, April II, 1918. The city commits
! sion met in regular adjourned session at
| 900 O'Clock a. M, with the following COM
missioners present: Commissioners Bone,
| Cofran in the chair
The minutes of the meeting of April Is.
| 1913, were presented, read and, On motion
| of Commissioner Bone, approved as read.
Commissioner Tandy moved that Com
missioner Bone and the city attorney be
designated to represent the City of To-
peka at the sale of real estate upon ex-
ecution in the case of John Richie VS..
The City of Topeka, No. &c, 465 in the Dis
trict Court of Shawnee County, Kansas;
said sale to be held at 1000 o'clock a. m.
April 10, 1913 which motion prevailed.
Communication from the Penn Con-
struction Company relative to voting
booths. was presented, read and filed
Petition to curb, fill up and plant the
park at the intersection of Hawthorne
and stephen streets. was presented, read
and referred to the commissioner of parks
and public buildings.
Petition to construct a sewer in the
tract of land lying between the right-of-
way of the Topeka Railway Company on
the north and 18th street on the south and
the alley west of Madison street on the
west and Adams street on the east, pre-
sented to commission on April Il, 1913.
and referred to the commissioner of streets
and public improvements, was reported
back with the following recommended
ton: Your commissioner of streets and
public improvements, to whom was re-
that 1t be granted and that the engineer
prepare the plat and description and that
the city attorney be and he is hereby in
stru ted to draw the ordinance, which
report was adopted by the following vote.
Ayes, Commissioners Bone, New1and, Por
ter and Tandy and Mayor Cofran-6;
a water main Quincy street from Say
well street to Garfield avenue. were pre-
scented and referred to the commissioner
of water works and street lighting.
An Ordinance to appropriate money out
of the General Revenue Fund, General
Improvement Fund, Water Works Fund,
was presented for first reading.
An Ordinance relating to billiard halls,
pool rooms and bowling alleys in the City
Of Topeka, and providing penalties for the
violation thereof. presented to commission
on April Is, 1913, by Mayor Cofran was
was read and on motion of Commissioner
Tandy, amended by changing the hour
oe Comise t Rnne the section io Was
adopted as amended. Sections and
were read and, on separate motion,
passed by the following vote: Ayes, Com.
missioners Bone. Newland, Porter and
Tandy and Mayor Cofran-5. The title
was read and approved.
The following resolution presented to
commission on April IS, 1913, by Commits
sioner Newland. was taken up for second
reading. The resolution is in words and
figures. as follows, to-wit:-
'fRESOLVED That the Board of Com
missioners of the City of Topeka. Kansas,
hereby declare it necessary to construct.
INSTALL equip and maintain additional
system of lights on that portion of East
Sixth avenue which lies between the east
curb line of Jackson street and the west
curb line of Quincy street, in said city,
for the purpose of specially Illuminating
said portion of said East Sixth avenue"
The above resolution was adopted by
the following vote: Ayes. Commissioners
Bone, Newland. Porter and Tandy and
Mayor Cofran-5.
The following resolution presented to
commission on April IS. 1913, by Commits
sioner Newland, was taken up for second
reading. The resolution is in words and
figures, follows, to-wit:
"RESOLVED That the Board of Com
mssioners of the City of Topeka. Kansas,
hereby declare it necessary to construct,
Install equip and maintain a additional
system of lights upon Seventh street, be-
tween Kansas avenue and Quincy street,
in said city, for the purpose of specially
Illuminating said portion Of said Seventh