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-` Commissioner's Proceedings, City of Paducah
Commissioner Tully'offers& the following motion: That the accounts for the
Report Comer of
Pinams of aoote. �i last half of Jane as per the report of the Comir of Biname filed herewith be allowed
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1920 hall June .and ordered paid and the monay appropriated from the General Punds to psi same. Adopted,
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rF 1,upon call of the roll by the,following votes Yeas, Eaton, Gilbert, Tully, Williams and
4 !`Ratterjohn,-6.
!� Commissioner Tully offered the following motions That tho report of the Com"r.
+'of Pinanee for the month of June be,reoeived filed
" Report Come of and and ordered published in the..
Pinnnoe for Jugs j official Newspaper. Adopted upon call of the roll by the,following .votes Yene Raton
1920.
Gilbert, Tully, Williams and Ratterjohn,-B.
Commissioner Eaton offered the following motion:.I move that the Pidelity b
s' Honda Panay Jenkins Cesualty Company of Hew York, as surety in the bonds of Pansy Jenkins, Bolen Donaldson
Helen Donaldson b and Margaret Minnich be released because the office of said
• Margaret Minnioh � partlee,has been abolish'od
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. _ released,Pidellty
y e BoaroCommissioners. . Adopted upon call of the roll by the following voter.
A Casualty Co. bthe d f
i Yeas,, Eaton, Gilbert, Tully, Williams and Katterjohn,-6.
' 4 commissioner Williams offered,the following motion: I move that Berry M. finders
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Henry MEnders, �,bo appointed City Weigher. Adopted upon call of tho.roll by the following votes Yaae,.
City Weigher. FjRaton, Gilbert, Tully, Williams and Ratterjohn,-B."
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commissioner Williams offered the following motions I move that the pay of the
follows
• `%' •, ng employees in the Department of Public Property from and atter the first of
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July 1920 be as follows:
Becton Oak Grove Cemetery...............$90.00 Per month
Laborers (koh)........... 5.00 " day
Market Master .......................... 110.00 " month
8mployses'in Dept.
Public Property Market Oleaner ..:....................:. 80.00
Janitor CityHn]1...................... 66.00 n ".
" salaries increased:
Elevator Operator City Hall, ......... • ., 65.00'
Adopts& upon call of the roll by the following vote' Yeae, Eaton, Gilbert, 'Pully,
Williams and Khtterjohn,-6.
Commissioner Gilbert offered the following motions That the Austin Western Road"
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Machinery Co, of Chicago be the $8,800.00 !or the roller
Austin: Western paid Gasoline according to.
Road Machinery .Oo..;Oontraot with them. Adopted upon call of the roll by the following vote: Yeae; Seton,
110ilbort
Tully,.Williame and Katter ohn 6
Oommiasionor Tully.'offered the following motion: That the Oommiesioner of Public
" Works be authorized and instructed to employ two men, one to use the mowing"maohine cad",
Mead Outiers. one to use a scythe and start at once to out the weeds in the streets and public high
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i ways ofthe City and ohargo the cost of Same to the contingent fund. Adopted upon can
of the roll by the ,following .veto: yeas, 8nton, Gilbert, Tully, Williams and Ratter-
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Al k On, motion the Board adjourned upon oall of the roll by B yeas.
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JULY ,ETH. 1920.
At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Oommieeloners, held in the Oommisetonere'�
Chamber -in the City Hall, Paduoah,.8entuoky, on July 19th, 1920. . Upon call of.ths'.
i! roll the following answered to their,names: Commiseloners Eaton, Gilbert, Tully,
' Williams and Mayor Ratter john, -6.
vt On motion of Commieeioner Eaton the minutes of the
k previous meetings were,-
• k adopted as read upon call of the roll by 6 yens.,'
i Mayor Ratter.john offered the following motion; I move that the"report of the
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,.; Report of Appral2eT appraieement of the. Paducah 17ater Company proportioe by Masora. Barns, Alvord nnQ"
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meat of water (.
Works Property." Raymond be received and filed and spread upon the minutes. Adopted upon call of the
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roll by the following 4 vote: Yeas. Eaton, Gilbert, Tully, Williams and Ratteijohn, 6. tie
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L Commissioner's Proceedings, City of Paducah
' Said report is as follows;- i
"IN THE MATTER OF •APPRAISAL OF
THE PROPERTY
OF THE PADUCAH HATER CO. OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY,.
REPORT OF APPRAISERS. " r
Whereas, on,the 29th day.:of March, 1919, the City of Paducah gave notice to
1 the Paducah Water Company that it would exercise the option or privilege to purchase':
the water works and the property connected therewith owned and operated by the
+ Paducah Water Company in and adjacent to the City of Paducah, Kentucky, at a fair ,bra
and reasonable valuation, at the expiration of the then five year period as set out ,•a{_;
t in the franchise ordinance of the City of Paducah approved October 13th, 1884, and '
Whereas, on the 29th day of March, 1919, the City of Paducah, by and, through 1"
. its Mayor and Board of Commissioners entered into a contract with. the Paducah Water.
Company, voting through its Superintendent and its Bonrd of Directors, reference to . 7
e- which agreement 1s hereby made for full particulars, and {
Wherass, on the 4th,day of Oo.tober, 1919, Clinton S..Burn p, Civil Enginoer.oi
Maness City,Ido. was selected and appointed ppointed by the City o! Paducah ae an expert to
i ! determine the value of the Paduoah Water Works and of the property connected there-
with, and John 17. Alvord, Civil Engineer of Chicago, Ill., was on the .2nd day of `
!.Yr '• October, 1919, selected and appointed by the Paducah Water Company for the same pur
poee, and
Whoroac, on the 3rd day of January, 1920; the two said appraisers selected Doan.
William 0- Raymond of the University of Iowa City, Iowa, ss the third expert, and he
r was so appointed by the two appraisers aforesaid, all of said appointments having been
as the Water ks Wor.
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Water Werke made under and in pursuance of Section 9 of what le commonly known 4 .
�;' ,'r: -`. Apprasista•st,; Ordinnn0ee. of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, adopted Ootobor.l3th, 1884•, and of the
} Resolution of the City Comaissionors of Paducah, adopted the 29th day of March, 1919, n
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c`t i Whereas, said exports or appraisers are disinterested non-residents of the �'• jt+
County of McCracken, State of Kentucky, nor interested in the Paduoah Water Company in
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any way, and d
Whereas, each of said experts or appraisers has. been duly sworn.to determine'p
r! .;,•.. t,". i the value of said Water Company!s plant and of all the property connected therewith,
y fairly and.impartially, and { ;
Whereas, the franohiee granted by the City of Paducah was not taken into con
sideration in valuation, s
NOW, this is to certify that the said experts and appraisers have appraised `t
the works of the eald Psduosh Water Company and the property connected therewith and { ,
have not.taken into consideration, in valuation, the franchise granted by the said
City to J. A. Jones, his aeeooiatee suooessora or aesigne and Messrs. John W.
?` $Alvord and Clinton 8. f :ne of said experts or.eppraIeore have.made detailed
r estimates of the cost of "producing. the property and business of the said Paducah
Water Company on two bases, namely; le,t on the basis of prices prevailing before the I l
war and, 2nd, on prioes•prevailing at.the present time, which estimates, lase depre-
d ,,r• jolabion, are as follows, to -wits r
f By John W. Alvord;
Estimate at pre-war prices; .. .. - I;j� •. -
l;c Estimate at.' event X718,970.00.
pr prices, ,. :"1,392,330.00
By.Olinton S. Burna;
4 Eetimate.at pre=war prices, $664,088.00 !
` Estimate at present prices, 1,263,360.00 'xt'
Viand all. of said exports or appraisers have conoidered.these estimates, the probable Ij! rs j
approximate original cost., the earning capacity of the property at present rates, the
+, Icosts of operation before the war and at the present time, and the probable duration i �r
of the present high prices. and after due consideration and consultation have decided
tand hereby declare that the lair value of the property of the Paducah Water Company Ifb'
;end the price to be paid by the City of Paducah to the Paducah Water Company as I ;`
•.suooeeeore of said J: A.. Jones and his associates, is the eum of NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY=. k"
NINE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS ($969,430.00) ss of July let, 1920.
Said experts and appralaere having been appointed.
and their award Doing now rt
umade-under and in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance of the City of o
"Paducah commonly )mown as the Water Works Ordinance adopted by the Council of the
d City of Paducah, October 13th,. 1884 and the Resolution of said City.Commiseionere .
S adopted on the 29th day of March, 1419. y.
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IN..WITHESS WHERROP. all of aaid experts have hereto put their,hande and eerie U.:
4r 'thio 26th day of June,. 1920.
(Signed) Wm: g. RAYMOND '
CLINTON S..BURNS
p S,rS� p 1 JOHN W. ALVORD. �, }(t�'.•�%.. ,
j + 'STATE OF ILLIN0IS
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•�. , , COUNTY OF COOK.
* . I William
G. Raymond do solemn swear that I have faithfully and honestl
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ifixed the value of the property of the Paducah Water Company, and all the property l'
�oonneoted'therewith and that I have discharged the duties of arbitrator to !ix the y�
value of, the property of the Paducah Water Company and all the property connected
~therewith fairly, honestly and to the beet 'of toy ability and skill so help, me god. `)
(Signed) Um. G. RAYMOND.
Subscribed and ®worn to before me by William g. Raymond this the 24 day of
June .1920. ,
" (Signed) R. OTWELL,
e*; , Rotary Pablio..
(Seal) l•
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
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Commissioner's Proceedings, City of Paducah 19I_
I, John W. Alvord, to solemnly swear that I have faithfully and honestly final
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the value of the property of the Paduoah Water Company, and all the property oonneoted
therewith, and that I have disoharged the duties of arbitrator to fix the value of
the property of -the Paduoah Water Company and all the property oonneoted therewith
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fairly, honestly and to the beet of my ability and skill so help me God.a
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(Signed) JOHN W. ALVORD.
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Subeoribed and sworn to before,me by John W. Alvord this the 241day of
June 1920.
(Signed) R. L.,OTWELL
Notary Puhiio. (Beal).
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STATS OF ILLINOIS
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COUNTY OF COOg.
I',011nton S. Burns do solemnly swear that I have faithfully and honestly fuse d
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value of the property of the Paduoah Water Company, and all the property oonnooted
therewith, and that I have disoharged the duties of arbitrator to fix the value of. the.
property of the Paduoah Water Company and all the property oonneoted therewith fairly,
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honestly and to the beet of my ability and skill so help me.God.
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(Signed) CLINTON B. BURNS,
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Subsoribod and sworn to before me by Clinton S. Burns thio the 24th day of
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Appraiesment.
June,1920.
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(Signed) R. L. OTWELL,
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Notary Publio. (SEAL)"
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i Mayor Hetterjohn offered the following motion= I move that the individual ro-w
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Individual report
port of the appraisement of the Paducah Water Company properties by Burne k MoDomid,
of appralsemont,of.Consulting Engineers, be reoeived and tiled. Adopted upon ball of the roll by the .
Water Works by
following vote: Yeas, Eaton, Gilbert, Tully, Williams and Eatterjohn,-B.
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Burns A MoDonald,
Mayor Katterjohn offered the following motions It appearing from the reoorde
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j;in the ofilos of the Commissioner of Publio Finanoe that the bonded indebtedness of the
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City of.Paduoah, inoluding the authorised bond issue for sewer purposes, whioh has &I -
ready 'boon voted and established by vote of the people of.Paduoahj is $830,600.00 over
Wand above all funds and the Sinking Fundi
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And it further appearing that the apprised valuation of the Faduoah Water Com-
?.ipany
properties as of July let, 1920, is $989,430.00;.
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And it further appearing that the total assessed valuation of all properties
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Io res water
4Ln Paducah at, the last preoeding assessment period wae'fourteen million dollars, and
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Works.Appraisement,
Ito. . that the total of.tho present existing indebtedness against the.Oity and the apprised
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value of the "Stator Company proportion is more than 10% of the valuation of all pro-
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parties within the City of Paduoah a000rding to the sesessmont at the last preceding
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I: assessment period,. .
I move that the question as to whether or not .the 'City of Paducah rould be
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t,authorlsad.to issue bonds for the amount of $969,430.00 for the purpose of buying and
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jaoquiring the properties of the Paduoah Water Oompeny,.be reforred to the 'City Solio.l-
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(,tor for his opinion,.in writing, as to the legality of such an issue of bonds, and
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whether the Olty would ,be authorised to issue suoh bonds for the purpose; of buying the
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properties ofthe the Paduoah Wster Company. Adopted upon oall of the roll by the follow-
ing vote: Yeas, Eaton, Gilbert, ?ally, Williams, and Katterjohn,-6.
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�; Commissioner Tully offered the following motions That the oommunication of F.M.
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muoation !Visher relative to defeats in oonorste walk be referred to the Coomiseloner of Publio
Comni
B.M.Pisher regard-
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Ing dsfeotivi Works for attention. Adopted upon oall of the roll by the following vote: Yeas, Haton,
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sidewalks.
{Gilbert, Tully, Williams and Satterjohn,„
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On motion of Commlesioner.Gilbert the petitions of property owners and aitizens
of'the City of Paducah regarding the neoseeary repaire to the Sixth Street Bridge so
Sixth Street
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Bridge petitionst i, that same may be opened for traffio were reoeived and filed upon oall of:the roll by
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the following vote; Yeas, Eaton, Gilbert, Tully, Williams and Katterjohn,-6.
On motion of Commissioner Gilbert the oomcunioation from residents and property
i. owners regarding improvements on Clark and Adams Streets, West from Guthrie Avenue
Clerk i Adams Ste
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West from Guthrie ('towards the .boundaries of the City was reoeived and filed upon oall of the roll by'the
Ave. toward bound-�
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” , arioe of the City. -.following vote: Yeas, Eaton, Gilbert, Tully, Williams and Katterjohn,-B.
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Commissioner's Proceedings,. -City of Paducah 191_
. > a commissioner Tully offered the following motion, Thai, Commissioner of Finance
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be.apthorised to oor root an error in the asseeement of R. P. Momire on tax bill
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R.F.MoOluro ;:.
orror in aeeoss= #8848. Adopted upon call of the' roll by the following ♦cies Yeas• Eaton, GilDort,
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meat Tax Bill
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Tully, Williams and KsLLer john, -B.
Oommieeioner Tully offered the following motions That She ensp,of $8.62 be re -fund -
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' 1 ed to B. A. 'Patter being the tax on $260.00 personal property aeseseed'against L. J. I
tter Potter, Jr. and,paid on tax bill #2481 H. A. Potter. Said L. J. Potter, Jr. is
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refund$8.68
assessed against a resident of this City. Adopted upon call of the ro11.Dy the following votes Yeae,.
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L.J.Petter Jr.
Tax Bill #2161.: Eaton, Gilbert, Tully, Williams and &tterjohn,76.
Commissioner Tully offered the following motions That the 'eum of $2.76 be refunded
to Mre. Clam.McCarthy, being tax on property on Jarrett Street erroneously assessed to
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Mre.Clare
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` MoOarthy refund= her. Said Jarrett Street property belonging.to:J.W.Shelton and properly assessed to him
ed $8.78.
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'on tax.Btll #2943. Adopted upon call of .the roll by the following vote: Yeae, Eaton,
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,k •-;, A Gilbert, Tully; Williams and Batter john, -6.
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Commissioner Tally offered the following motion: That the Citisene Savings Bank !, .
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Citisene Sav refunded the sum of. $1.60 toll Tax of Chas. B. Hatfield paid by said Citisene. Sav-
istgs Bank re-
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funded $1.80 Y:ings Bank on tail Bili #1384 as spid Chas. B. Hatfield is not a resident of this. -City.
i •Poll Tax of t i
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Ohae.B.Batfield: Adopted upon call of tho roll by'tho following vote: Yeas,. Eaton. Gilbert, Tally,*}'
'i -Williams and MLtterjohn,-6.
oommiesioner Williams offered the following motion: I move that a deed conveying
the'interest.of Bertha Birk in the North half of Lot #179 .Block 12 to Christen Denkez
' Cemetery Crane -t "
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!. for from Glorb,.end.00nveying the interest of Christen& Danker Glore in the S
<' Christens Deaker South half of.lot 179
`Clore to Bertha. Block 12 to -Berths Birk;'be`plsoed'on record in the 9embtery.DeA
• Birk, d'Book.Adopted npoa call
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_. of the roll by Lhe:following'vOteiYeaS, Eaton; Gilbert,Tuily,williame m Batterjohn;-B.
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a. Oommissioner Gilbertoffered the following motions I move that n resolution an
titled, "A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRIVE7IAY ON ,ELBOBNTH STRIsB46
`. Resolution P96M THE SOUTH PdOPFRTY LINE OF LEECH AVENUE TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF BURNET? f'
Eleventh St.
ftom Leech Ave. BTRSST." be placed on Its passage: Adopted upon oall.of the roll by the following i
to Burnett St.
.?vote:
Yeae, Eaton, Gilbert, Tully. Williams and Katterjohn.-B.
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commissioner Gilbert offered the following motion:I move that a resolution en-
titled;, -"A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FON THE CONSTRUCTIONOF THE DRIVEWAY LEECH AVENUE
ON .,
'FROM
THE WEST PROPkMTY LINE.OF TENTS STREET TO THE EAST .CURB :LINS OF ELEVENTH STREET: "
,. ReeoluAve • ELEEET,
Leech Ave. from"
L Tooth St. to :be In
p sed on its. passage. Adopted upon call of the roll by the following votes Yeae
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Eaton, Gilbert, Tully; Williams and Batter john. -B.
Commiseioner Gilbert offered the following motion: That -the bid of Yancey and
xBid.Yanoey b Johnson for grading and graveling 14th.Strest, from North property line Monroe St.
Johnson for y of is
to the South
{ grading -and property line of Clay Street, be'reoeived end filed,.nad accepted.
graveling kith.'
St. Carried upon ball of the.roll' by the following' vote: yeas, -Eaton, Gilbert, Tully; -3. i
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,r Nays, Willis me dad Khitorjohn,-8.
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1, Commissioner Gilbort offered the-following"motion: That the bid of Richard Bell.
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11 -Bid grading eBbllbe accepted for the grading and..graveling of Oadar Streotl and Linobla Avenue. Adopted
igrnveling upon call of .the roll by the following vote: Yeas, Eaton,. Gilbert,. Tully', Williame94.
.Cedar St. and. ;
,Lincoln Ave. Nays, Katterjohn,-1.
On motion of Ooimaiesioner.Tully the metier of the City hiring the IOOF .Band for
oonoerte was referred to the City Solicitor upon call of. the Sroll by Lhe,Yollowitg
IOCF Band vote
-concerto. i.; •Yeast, Eaton,. Gilbert;' Tully, Williams and Matt erJohn ,-B.
On motion'the Board adjourned by 6 yea@.•,
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