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June 17, 19 !4. $1,845. for paving upper High street, said amount being in excess of the $~.,000. allowed in October, .1913, for said work. Thins matter was reported on by the Street Committee to the two branches May iP~-igth, and explained by the Chairman of said Committee to the Common Council, and we understand, .there,- fore, there is nothing for the Finance Committee to do about it. To consider an appropriation of $4~, or as much of the same as necessary., to pay for ~ddit- ional workjproposed for the License Inspector.~ . -It is recommended that a specia2 app~opr~atmon to said amount be allowed for the pose n~ed. A resolution with regard to the Committee arranging some man, er in which the floating debt of the City may be placed on a 5% basis. We report that the Committee has this matter under consideration. It is further recommended that the practicing physicians in the City be relieved from payment of City license tax for 1914-15. It is further recommended that the bond given by the T. M. O. A. for laying a coal bunker under~ the pavement in front of its new bmilding be accepted. (Signed) M.B. Langhorne~ Chairman B. of A. The reoort ~having ~been read. the Chairm~u explained that there was some misunderstanding about reeom~mem~ a~pr~p~iati°ne~o ~pa~ bill~ Of~Almsh~se, Police, ~blic Property, ~d Fire De- partments, and that the m~s'~derstandi~g occ~ed im the special co~i~tee appointed by the Fi- nite Oo~ittee to investigate thee~ bills and report to the full Committee ~ith ~eco~endation as to w~t d~spo~al should be made of t~em. He s~ated that his understanding was that said bills should ~ pa~d if they di~ not exceed 1/lZ of the~apprppr~a~io~:.for them. . ~ Therefore, all of such bills as did not exceed 1~1~ of their appropriation would take t~i= usual course, he said, and the other bills remain in ~nds of t~ Finance Co~ittee. There was some discussion al~o with regard to the recommended appropriation of $45. fo~ pay- ment of additional work proposed for the License Inspector. Finatly~ the re~t~ of the Finance Comities was a~opted as presented, except as to allow- ~ce of certain~ bills h~d up by the Audits= as before ~loned ~d except as to relievin~g phy- sicians from payment of City license tax for t91~15, ~d by the following vo~e: Ayes--WilliamS, Flournoy, Langhorne, Ballentine, Adams, Privett, Markham, Davis, Pile, 9. Third. Communications from the Mayor. The Mayor returned his approval of the following matters adopted by the two branches of City Council May ?-i~-lgth, 1914: To make award to Lorenzo Oa~r to repair the Market House for To refer to Public Proper~y Commi.ttee, with power ~o act, request of the Ladies Libr. ~a~. As- sociation to be allowed to use the off zees formerly occupied by Judge Crocker and the buXlding attached to it by a nlatform, for a public free library. To make available $4,000.00 for R~epairs to Market House. Te make available $1~0. for Ambulance & Harness for. the Almshouse._ To allow the following bills held up by the Auditor: $tG0.54 to Board of Health (special); $E56.$~. to Sewerage, out of its appropriation; $47E.6~ to Sixth Ward and $667.41 to Seventh Ward~l · W ~'~' respectively, out of funds of sa~d a~s. To relieve the estate of late Jno. L. Watson from pavement of $1ES.'for City taxes for the year 1913, by order of court. To pay bill of Frank Dunknm to amount of $159.S5, for removal ef 4sad horses, and City Col- lector instructed to put in a bill against Dalby, Nottingham Co. for refunding said amount to the City. To make available $5,000. to Ming s Daughters Hospital for the year 1914. To make available ~?00. all~wed in. Budget for "Sewering ~nter's & Eastwood's Lanes." To make available $1~5. allowed in Badget for "Repairs to Sewer Power House." To make avail~ble the following amotmts all?wed in Budget fo~ Street Department: $275.~ for Friends Church Dra~n~ $175. for Sidewalk. on.S~'$~de of Anne St.; $?00. for. Street Fi~lli~ng; $175. for ~idewalk on N. Side of Randolph St~; and $487.E0 for Concrete Curb & Gutter on~aroAine St.' To authorize the Treasurer to make notes for $7,000. to meet School Expenses zor May, 1914. To appropriate.S160, for increase of pay of paid. men of the Fire Department, said amount being for increa.se of pay from January I, 1914. - ~ To make avamlable to Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children $~50. allowed in Budget mcr "C~elty to Children." To allow $t66.~5 for suitable a~pparatu, s for the Se.aler of Weights & Measures. To all?w, out of Seventh Ward funds, $800. to continue an lB inch pipe line on Lincoln s~treet~ between Effingham and Washington. To pay bills of Water Company to amount of $5~0. for hydrant rental in the Sixth and Seventh Wards for 3 months~ ending December 31, 1915, out of Nard funds. To refund to Y. M. C. A. taxes paid for pzeperty on south side of High street, purchased for its new.building, less the tax for one month (month of April)~ when t~e Y. M. C. A. received~L rent for sazd propertyj To grant permission to E. P. Lindsay to put an underground pipe for .ga.so~ine on the s~r~et curb at No. 5~1 Middle street~ provided the work be done under the supervision and to approval of the City Engineer. To allow J. H~ Sharp and sundry others to ru~ a private sewer pipe through High street, be- t~een First and Second avenues, to empty into the creek between Third and Fourth avenues, provided no tunnelling is done tunder the permanent pavement and the work is done to approval of the City Engineer and Board of Health.