The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-22
SPECIAL SESSION
The city Council Met Monday Night
To Consider Several ImpOr-
tant Matters.

Pursuant to a call issued and signed
by the requisite number of City Pap
pies. special session and a caucus
meeting we're held Monday night in
the Council Chamber for the purpose
Of considering some important mat
ters.
The call was amending two ordi-
nances passed at the last meeting of
Council and to procure an assessors
book, and the first business was the
amending of the ordinance relative to.
the improving of Second street from
the East side Of Union to the west
side of Carmel, which was to have
been done by reconstructing it with
asphalt The ordinance was amend
ed by changing the word asphalt"
and inserting "vitrified brick This
change was made in order to get bids
on both asphalt and brick for that
thoroughfare, several members claim
ing that a number of property owners
along the line to be improved de-
sired brick, and of course, it was only
fair to get bids on both for the bene-
fit of those who will have to foot
the bill The amendment was adopt
ed by a unanimous vote.
The next business was an amend
ment to the new liquor" license or
dinance. 1t is proposed to strike out
the Az gallons in the original ordi-
nance and insert one case.
The city assessors book was the
next special session to be disposed
of, and the procuring of one was
placed i'm the hands OF the ways and
means committee. At this juncture
Member Thomas of the First ward.
arose and asked the mayor whether
or not City Assessor James Stewart,
who was elected by the new Council,
was a resident of Maysville or of Gin
cinnnati, as he had heard that Mr..
Stewart was a resident Of Ohio, and if
so, he was not eligible to hold office
| in Kentucky. This had the same eff
feet on the quiet meeting of Council
as some one who had let a monkey
wrench get away from MIN and slide
into a set of gear wheels on rapid
ly running machine, for it was the
means OF breaking up the special
meeting, as Member Easton question
ed the legality of such a procedure,
as Council had not been called to con-
slider that question.
In order to get at the matter, the
special session was adjourned and the
members went into a caucus meeting,
pledging themselves to stand by the
business transacted caucusly at the
regular meeting, 1t was caucused to
leave the matter of investigating Mr..
Stewards place of residence and
whether or not he had voted in Ohio
to the ways and means committee with
Mayor Lee and the city attorney added,
and what action they took would be
sanctioned at the regular meeting Of
the City Council.
As this was about to end the meet
ing, City Attorney Calhoun made a
statement to the caucusers that if they
would express their willingness to
back him up, he would draw up an
ordinance creating a sinking fund for
the city, in order that the street paw
ing bonds could be disposed of to the
various banks of this city. He ex-
planned that the city would be COM
PEELED TO pay for the street intersec-
tons of the proposed improvements
and about $4,000 worth of property
that was not worth the improvements,
and in order to make a saving Of
considerable amount to the city and
property holders a sinking fund, to
which the city would add $1,000 an
nually for ten years, with slight adj
dition to take care of the interest,
would insure the safety of the banks
and they would buy the street paw
ing bonds, and when the work was
done the contractors could be paid
in cash, thus enabling them to bid on
the work and be sure of no bad debts. |
In doing this he thought the saving
would be from 16 to 20 cents a square
yard lower than the bids last year.
He was instructed to go ahead with
the ordinance, and the Council to a
man would sustain IT,
Before a motion could be made to
require Chief Mackey to screw up the
press table to keep the wabble out Of
1t and build fence around the press
boys to keep some of the members
from splitting tobacco juice on their
good clothes, the caucus caucused.
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