The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-01-19
CITY COUNCIL IN SEES On.
Various Matters of Interestc Acted
Upon at Monthly Meeting.

Upon at Monthly Meeting.
Donaldsonville, La, JON. II, 1918.
A regular meeting of the commits.
sion council was held this day at &c
p. M, with Commissioners E. K. Sins
Alexander Bloomenstiel and John Fl
Schaff present.
The minutes of the regular meeting
of Dec. 10 and of the special meeting
OF Dec. "a were read and approved.
Ordinance No. 40 introduced at the
last regular meeting was taken up
Mr.. Schaff moved that the ordinance
be ratified and adopted. The motion
was seconded by Mr.. Bloomenstiel
and on roll-cal1 was unanimously car
ried.
Ordinance No. al introduced at the
last regular meeting was taken up
and Mr.. Schaff moved that it be rati-
fled and adopted. The motion was
seconded by Mr.. Bloomenstiel, and on
roll-call was unanimously carried.
Ordinance No. 80 introduced at
the last regular meeting was taken
up. Mayor Sims stated that there
seemed to be considerable opposition
to certain provisions of the ordinance
that the ordinance as drafted would
not accomplish the purpose intended.
He moved that the ordinance lie over
until the clerk can secure the ordi-
nances Of other towns of the size of
Donaldsonville which have solved this
most vital problem in a satisfactory
way. The motion was seconded by
Mr.. Schaff, and on roll-call was unan-
imously carried.
The petition of R. Savoia for per-
nit to conduct saloon for the sale
of distilled liquors, malt, beer, and
wine to colored people at the corner
Of Railroad avenue and St. Michael
street was read. The petition being
in legal form and the statutory re-
quirements having been complied
with, Mayor Sims moved that the per-
NIT be granted. The motion was sec
onded by Mr.. Schaff, and on roll-call
was unanimously carried
A communication was read from
Henry Goette, owner Of the building
known as the Home Bottling Works,
asking for lease Of the parcel of
land on which the building now
stands, for period of five years at
$50 per year. Mr.. Schaff moved that
the Nease be granted. The motion
was seconded by Mr.. Bloomenstiel and
on roll-call was unanimously carried,
and the clerk was directed to draw
up the necessary instrument of lease,
the lease to cover the ground occu-
pied by the building, with sufficient
space on the east side for a ten-foot
roadway.
MI. Schaff moved that the salary of
R. E. Dill be increased from SIS to
500 per month from January /, 1918,
this because he considered that the
multiplicity of duties performed by
Mr.. Dill for the city and the value of
his services were deserving of an in
crease in pay. The motion was sec
onded by Mr.. Sims, and on roll-call
was unanimously carried.
Mr.. Sims said that the action of
Jacob Lebermuth in sending to Don
jacksonville this morning a generous
supply of coal to be disposed Of to the
needy inhabitants SO as to alleviate
the suffering and relieve the dis
tressing condition caused by the I'M
precedented freeze which has swept
over our section within the last few
days, was most creditable and COM
and he moved that the
council extend to Mr.. Lebermuth a
vote Of thanks on behalf of the citi-
zens Of the city. The motion was
seconded by Mr.. Bloomenstiel, and
on roll-call was unanimously carried.
The following report of cash re-
ceipts and disbursements for the
M rth IF December was read: