Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-28
Tax Listing
For City To
Begin Apr. |
Council Orders Pro-
cedure for Annual AS
sessments; Mass of
Routine Business

The annual listing of taxes for 1889
was ordered by the City Council
Monday evening, to begin on next
Saturday, April 1, and to continue
through the month of April.
The work will be done for the city,
as usual, at the office of the city
clerk, and will be in charge of S. B.
Burwell, city cleark, and w. C. Roy
Ster, assistant city clerk. All proper
ty listings will be made as of April
l, the same as for the counties
throughout the state.
A mass of routine business was
transacted by the Council in addi-
ton to ordering the city election and
the listing of taxes.
The supervisor of finance and the
supervisor of public works was given
power to act on a request of John ID.
Rose for a fence to be erected at the
rear of his home to keep pedestrians
out. A path had been beaten along
the property as the result of the I'M
derpass pipe line there, it was stated
Taxicab liability insurance policies
were received and filed for Algie
L
Lufsey.
The Council instructed the mayor
to execute a formal contract with
Paul M. Vancamp, engineer employ
ed in connection with the construc-
ton of the sewage disposal plant.
An appeal of the Western Union
Telegraph Company for permission
to string wire across Garrett street
was refused.
Payment was ordered of a claim
for $3.50 from w. K. Sturgis for
damages to the fender of his auto
mobile done when a street depart
ment employee dropped garbage can
on the fender.
c. M. Hight, supervisor of public
works, and the street supervisor j..
E. Hamlet, were given power to act
to cooperate with Al. B. Wester in
ing ground.
The mayor, the supervisor of pub
lie works and the supervisor of fl
nance were named a committee to
confer with D. T. Beckham in con-
nectiOn with an exchange of land in
the vicinity of Beckham's store near
the standpipe, with a view to i'm
proving the street in that vicinity.
Mayor Powell reported that the
grass needed cutting in Kings Daugh
ters' Park, and Councilman T. w.
Ellis said he would have. it done +
Alderman F. B. Hight brought to
the attention of the Council the mat
ter of the right of way for the pipe
line to the new sewage disposal plant.
He said the Highland Home Realty
Company and the Kittrells, as own
ers, had asked for $500 to give the
city the right-of-way. Mr.. Hight was
given power to act in the matter.
Permission was granted to the Bull
lock-Fisher Post of the American
Legion, colored, to hold a spring fes-
tival, or dance, in local warehouse
one night during the first five days
of May.
A letter was received from S. T.
Peace asking reduction of a water
bill of $3.50 to $40. He claimed the
bill arose from an outlet that was
not disconnected at the proper time
when the old Parker homeplace adj
joining him was torn away. The
Council refused to allow the claim.
The usual balance sheet and filter
plant report of the waterworks de-
partment were presented by Mayor
Powell as manager, and were receiv-
ed and filed. General city and water
works bills were read and approved.
Two members of the Council were
absent from the meeting, the first
time in long while a meeting was
held without all members being
present. The meeting was a lengthy
one and lasted until well after ten
o'clock.