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CcP July 18, 1912. for $7,030.53, as its proportion of cost for grading and lowering tracks in the Sixth Ward. To instruct the Street Committee and City Attorney to proceed by condemnation or otherwise to acquire the right of way for Duke street~ between Washington and Green. To instruct the City Attorney to advertise for bids to purchase a franchise to lay another track on High street, from Chestnut etr~e* ~to Twelfth avenue. To grant the Superintendent of the Fire Alarm System a five day leave of absence, subject to ap- proval of Chief of the Fire Department. To grant the Clerk a thirty day leave of absence, following meeting of the Board of Aldermen, Er. D. W. Murden to act as Clerk during said absence. To authorize the Presidents of the two branches of Council to appoint one man, the Sixth and Seventh Wards To appoint one man, and these two aopointees to appoint a third man. for oomooein2 a Board of Arbitrators, to settle the disputed question as to who ehould~pay for water hydrants ~n the Sixth and Seventh Wards, and to allow the decision of these arbitralors to be final. To authorize the Cemetery Committee to advertise for bids to repair wall around the Cedar Grove cemetery. To instruct the Street Committee to proceed with the paving of First street within thirty days after contract for same is signed. All of the above were concurred in, except the section in regard~to appointment of a Board of Arbitrators, which was passed by temporarily; and bv~ *~h~ ~ following vote: Ayes--~alker, ~ittiams, Moore, Langho~ne, Mu=fy, Nicholson, 10. Third. Communications from the ~ayor. The Mayor returned his approval or disapproval ches of City Council June 14-19, 191~: Ballentine, Ada~, Privett, Narkham~ of the following matters adopted by the two bran- APPROVALS~ $400.00, or as much of the same as E~y be necessary, to lower floor and repair side- walk of Annex fire engine house, special 'appropriation. $1S5.00 for three nozzles for fire engines, out of appropriation allowed for same in the budget for 191S. $1~0.00 for three valves for fire engines, out of appropriation allowed for same in the budget for 191~. A special approprz=tzon of $160.00 to pay ~. B~ Powell for repair of the Park View fire engine. A special appropriation of ~611.00 to sewer Randolph street, between Second and Third. A special appropriation of ~.~00.00 to completesewerage flush tanks in the Fifth Ward, and to make ~? the balance which was turned into treasury last year. $65B.00, out of the budget, to pay substmtute p~o~ticemen taking the place of regular policemen on their annual vacation. $10E. 94 to Public Property Department, out of appropriation to Public Property, to pay bills held up by the Auditor. A special appropriation of $150.00 to Street Committee to establish a children's playground in the Fourth ~a~. ~specSal appropriation ~f $~00.00 to pay fo~ ~ighting the "White Way~ during ~ay, 1912.' ~ ~l~.O0 to Board of Q~arantine Commissioners, $~85.00 out of the budget and a special appropri=- tion of $~0.00. A special appropriation of $1B5.00 to defray expenses of Chief of Police, or his representative, to attend a meeting of Chiefs of Police to be held in Toronto, Canada, July 8, 191E. il,BO0.O0 to pave Third street, out of the budget for 19t~. 8,57E.53, or as much of the same as may be needed, to pay principal and interest on The Peoples' Bank notes now held by The Merchants' & Farmers' Bank, as per decision of court, out of the budget for 191E. To authorize the TreasUrer to renew notes to amount of $76,000.00, d~e June l?, 19tE~ An ordinance to authorize the issue of $100,000.00 of bonds for the City proper for Paving and Street Improvements, and ~87,500.00 of bonds for the Sixth and Seventh Wards each, for Street Improve- ments in said Wards. An ordinance to prohibi~ ~oultry running at large. An ordinance to prohibit the unloading of cars containing coal~ bricks, sand, and other li~e ma- terials liable to be blown about on High street, and for ~00 feet west of Chestnut street. DISAPPROVALS-- To expend $1~000~00 to pave North street, betwee~ Crawford and Water, out of appropriation already made for Street Paving. To expend $8,455.00 to pave First street, out of appropriation already m~de for Street Paving. To make award to F. J. McGuire for laying SO, O00 sq. yds., more or less, of pavement in the Seventh Ward, at $1.17 per sq. yd. "All of the above items are ~proved, except that to expend $i,000. ~o pa~e North street, be- tween Crawford and Water, out of appropriation already made for Street Pavzng; ztem of $8~4~5. to ' pave First street, out of appropriation already made for Street Paving; and item to make award to F. J. McG~ire for laying $0~000 sq. yds.-of pavement in the Seventh Ward, all of which said items are disapproved for the following reasons: "From an examination of records in my office, I can find no record of an appropriation this year to pave North street, between Crawford and Water~or an appropriation to pave First street. There are no funds in hand to do this work or to pay for the paving of ~0,000 sq. yds. in the Seventh Ward. "It is probably the intention of the Council to borrow the money to pay for the work and to pay off the notes when bonds are sold. "For reasons before given, that is, that the City by borrowing may be forced to sell bonds at a low fig~re~ or lower than it would sell for if it followed the usual course and m~de contracts for paving after bonds are sold and not be.fore bonds are sold.