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342 To,refer to Cemetery and Finance Committees jointly· with power to act, for an appropriation of $85.?5 to cover the work of whitewashing the cemetery walls. To instruct the Public Property Committee to distribute the ~rniture in the former Co'~ncil Cham- ber and old City offices among such City Officers as is thought advisable, and to dispose of the mainder of the furniture~ if there be any, to the Highest bidder. To authorize the ~blie Property ~ommittee to have plan's prepared and presented to Council for fitting up for the Treasurer, City Collector and Commissioner of Revenue, basement rooms in the Cou~tk house formerly used by the City. ~o refer to Fire Committee to consider the advisability of ~tting paid men of the Fire Depart- ment on the same basis as the Police Department~ that is~to say that they continue in office during good behavior. To make award to W. L. Bess to whitewash the cemetery walls for $83.?5. To authorize the Treasurer to renew notes To amount of $51,000.00, falling due in May. To instruct the City Attorney to d~aft a contract~be~ween the City and the McGuirs Construction Company in regard repaying of High street, in the Sixth~. Ward. All of the above were concurred in. Board concurred also in all recommendations of Committees adopted by the Common Coun- k t s c i 0 e with instructions to consider a~so other devices for protection from fire. Third. Communications from the Mayor. The' Mayor ret,~ned his approval of the following matters adopted by the two branches of City Council March ll-l$, 1913: To make available the f~tlowing i~ems in ~he "Budget" for 1913: Stroker F~lli~g· $1~000; Repairs t? Asphalt~ $~000; ?ricks,?590; O~nt~gent,$§O0; Chestnut Street Sidewalk, $600~ Jefferson ~tree~ S~dew~lk, $396; Fi~t~ Street S~dewa~k, $Z40S GlasgCw. Stree~ 8~dew~!~, ~851_G~oE ~tre~? Driveway, f~om Chestnnt to Hatton, $600; Washington Street, bemween High a~ N~rta,'i~i, oo~ ~a~er ~xeem Pavmng (Bond IsSUe)· ~,840; Di~iddie Street (BondIes~e), $?,500; Chestnut Street paVmng Sidewalk, from High to King, ~$40.00. ~ · ~' ' To make a~ailable funds set aside in the "~Gdget for maintenance of six addi~monal street l~gh s. ~136.00 for lights for the Police Station~ out of "Contingent," said appropriation having been left out of the "budget" ~for 1913. $144.00 for police phone service for lglS, said amount to be transferred from "Contingent." To authorize the Treasurer to make notes for $~0,000.00 to meet City expenses for Ma=ch, 1913, said amount to be borrowed from Bond Account and no interest to be paid on same. To allow $857.?~ to the Sixth Ward, out o2 Bond funds· s~id amount to be repaid when its funds are available. $~,~15.B0 ~o W. Wrenn & Sons, Inc.~ for an auto-patrol wagon supplied the City. To make available $3 000.00 allowed ~n the "budget for repamre to the Omty M~ryet. To make avad~lkble th~ following amOUnts allowed in th~ "budget" ?r 19~3: Mamntenance of In- terior of Fire Houses, $300.00; Repairs ~o Hook & Ladder, $51.~0; ColAars, $~0.00. To make available ~ppropriation of $~t$.00 allowed in the "~udget" for three typewriters sup- plied the Clerk of Court. To make available withim sixty days $i,§54.00 allowed in ~the "budget" for installing the "White Way." To allow a special appropriation of $41§.95 to pay unpaid Fire bills fo~ the~year 1912. To make award to Oscie Dashiell to renew pipe line at the Jail· for $30.00. To make award to L~ Eirstein.& Co. to supply the Jail.with 1CC blankets, at $.~O_Der pair. To make award to M. ~M. Crock~n & Co. to ~upply the Jail with SOO mattresses, at $~OB each. To make award to N. V. ~earson for plumb~ng~a~ the Independent Engine 'House, for To make award to J. P. Holler to paint the Independent ~ng~ne House· for To allow the Chief~of the Fire Department to canvaes the City for Sale of Fmre Extinguishers. To allow the Park View Fire Company to hold a carnival on the "Phillips-Mahoney" lot for one week. between April l~th and May Bth, and to exempt ~id Company ~rom paYment .of a license tax on same. Conditions suggested by Architect B. F. Smith on which the Municipal Building is to be received. Fourth. Reports of Officers and other unfinished business. The regular reports of Officers for the month of March, 1913, to take the usual course. were presented and were ordered The following ordinance ordered to lie on the table by this body March 18th were taken up, read and adopted: AN ORDINANCE TO A~,~ND AND RE-ORDAIN SECTION 85 OF THE ORDINANCES IN RELATION TO MARKET HOURS. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND ~E-ORDAIN SECTION 18S OF THE ORDINANCES IN RELATION TO THE ELECTION OF A BOARD OF HEALTH. And by the foll,~ing vote, Ayes~Waiker· Ballentine, the vote being the same for each recommended ordznanc . r~i~ett, Montague, Markham, Musty, Pil~· Regarding ~he Ordinance ~o Amend and Re-ordain an Ordinance Appzoved March -~3~ 1910, in Refer- ence to Pawnbrokers and Junk Dealers, ordered to lie on ~the table by this body Mar~h 1Bth, a motion was made to take same up from the table and adopt. Whereupon, Mr. Pile objected to the ordinance for several reasons given. Mr. Markham moved to amend Section 4 of the ordinance by~st:ikiAg out after the word "shall" in the first li~e all words up to "not" in the third line.