El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-19
Council Amends Charter of City
Is Made to Conform to the
Changes Voted by Tax
PAYERS of CitY.


The city charter was amended bv the
city council Thursday morning so as to
voted.
Relative to the depository amend
ment It is now the duty of the CITY
clerk on the third Tuesday in April of
each year, to give notice that the city
council viii receive sealed proposals
Tor the city funds. The bids may be
Tor all the funds or for not less than
$15O00Q The bond Of the depository
selected is TO be not less than the max
lmum amount of the total deposits for
the preceding fiscal year.
Writs now issued by the corporation
Judge may be executed by the police,
sheriff or constable anywhere in lei
Paso county.
Under the third charter amendment
the city council may sell the city hall
site.
The fourth amendment provides that
where sidewalks or sewer connections
are ordered constructed, notice to that
effect may be served on the agent or
owner Of the property and where they
cannot be found, then notice by publ
cation will be sufficient
Health Report For Week.
Four more persons died during the
week ending March 10 than were born.
as shown by the report of the health
department There were 20 deaths and
% births.
There are q cases Of scarlet fever in
the city. Smallpox patients number
four. Four cases were dismissed dur
ing the week. Eleven cases of measles
are reported, nine of chicken pOX; three
typhoid fever and two diphtheria cases.
COndemnations included 1SS pounds
Of meat and 1913 pounds Of fruit and
vegetables. One whole COW carcass
and three hog carcasses were con-
demned.
The net income of the water works
Tor February was $30IO.5O.
Collected fees of the engineering de-
partment for February amounted to
1887
David Sullivan, tax collector, re-
ported that the collections from March
to 16 amounted to S25,867-93.
The petition Of W. n. Coz1ne for
reduction Of taxes was received and
filed
Petitions Granted.
Petitions granted, were: S. s. Frank
lin for an arc light at Boulevard and
Coles; Scottish Rite Benevolent asso-
citation for exemption from taxation;
j. NagOffin, for remission Of taxes; Ei
PasO Electric Railway company, to
close alley through block Il, Cotton
addition, from Cotton avenue to Texas
and Pacific rightofway; Ham Sing,
Henry Devote and Sam Bernard were
given hawker's permits.
Petitions Referred.
Petitions referred to the street and
grades sommittee,- were- Protest Of H. I
in front of his residence, 1901 Bliss /
street; Cotton estate to put street car /
tracks on grade on Boulevard, through I
Cotton addition, request made so that /
Boulevard can. be paved; W H. Burgess /
to have city accept map of Alamo 1
Heights; property owners to change /
Mundy avenue, between Boulevard and /
Hillside street, to Mountain View ter 4
race. 1t is stated that portion of Nun 1
dy avenue sought to be changed to the /
name Of Mountain View terrace Is COW
cred by building restrictions
To the finance committee the follow 4
ing petitions were referred: DR.. A. b. /
Robert for reduction of taxes; Mrs. +. \
J. Dingman, same; Rachael Morgan for
refund of taxes: Annie Z. MaetZe for /
release from 1913 taxes
The claim Of l. N. Hail an employe
Of the sewer department for $40 dam
ages as the result Of a pipe crushing
his toe. was referred to the city attor-
ney. AS a result of the accident it was
stated Mr.. Hall was kept from work
several days.
The petition of citizens for water
mains in East FL Paso on TeXas-Pacific
and Findley streets, from Stevens
avenue east, was referred to the water
committee.
Building stone walls around the Ia
COON at Washington park cost S52S8O.
The estimate was submitted by city /
George Espy and was allowed