Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-08
COUNCIL WILL
 STAY BY RATE
Outside Real Estate Men Must Pay High License = Considerable Routine Bus mess Transacted.

After reading of the minutes of the Grevious meetings. which were ap
 proved as read, the mayor called for any one who wished to transact bus mess with the regular meeting of the council, held last night. | s. J. Duyal, of the California In
 vestment Co, arose and asked for an 1 leHplanation of the ordinance taxing outside real estate salesmen. He
 wanted to ascertain if the tax Of s75 per quarter applied to the company CT
 to each salesman the company em. ployed.
 l Acting attorney Williams explained the points of the ordinances and fin ally. after considerable discussion. the council decided not to make change in the ordinance. In conse. quence the company win be obliged to pay the tax ir they desire to en. gage in business here.
 A. Ross. representing the Moose lodge, inquired about the purchase of an additional plot in the cemetery for the use of the lodge. The matter ou motion was referred to the cemetery commission for investigation. They are to report at the next meeting Of the council
 The Finance committee showed that the receipts for last month were S77o1,77 and expenditures s5993. 20. Report was accepted.
 The street committee ordered Street Commissioner Perry to make an investigation of the request for
 more lights near the Hume in Tomb stone canyon.
 ! The city attorney reported that on examination of the Barber property | had been made and an offer Of 5000 was made to settle and the city also to build a storm wal. Barber is to cede the property occupied by wall
 to the city. Attorney for Barber re- fused the offer and said he would 20
 to trial rather than accept. Upon
 motion council authorized the city to make full settlement win Mir. Barber. | provided he would give sufficient
 ground to the city to build the new
 wall.
 The report of the city health officer
 showed there were during September
 26 deaths. 31 birth. one house qnaran-
 tined, one arrest for unsanitary condi- 1 tions. .r.
 The city marshall's report showed
 that the receipts of the city were ] S7701.77. The report Of the police
 judge showed that $7375O in fines were collected.
 The reports of the street superyis-
 ors, plumbing, building and sanitary inspector, city sealer, fire chief. sex
 ton, were read and accepted. 1 Upon motion. council decided to conserve the water in the reservoirs and ordered that none shall be taken
 out at the present time for sprinkIing purposes.
 The matter of the street railway in- vestigatFon was continued. Superin. tendent Yoakum reported that the suggestions by the committee were
 being followed out as rapidly as pos [ tt9tblSs I1Attd -iiGn dIe tiupiOSSu DE
 the company to make the changes. |. City Assessor Patton appeared be-
 fore the council and told of the ne. cessity of having a new plot book
 showing the size and dimensions Of each lot in the city. The matter was
 referred to the city engineer with iR- structions to report at the next meet 1 ing.
 1 Discussion of the new Code laws
 was taken up by the city attorney.
 who called attention of council to a number of changes which were not published until recently and that the
 attorneys Of the state had not had
 tune to investigate One that will
 directly effect the city is in inspec- ton of weights and measures, in
 which several changes were made. 1 Changes in other laws will be an nouneed to the council at later date. Ttose present were: Mayor J. s. Williams. Aldermen. Hennessey, Will Hams, Warrington, Overlook and Halz, City Clerk Butler and Acting Csrv Attorney Williams