Show THE CITY COUNCIL Greenwell was the only absentee at he meeting of the city council last evening On the petition of residents of Five Points asking that no liquor license be granted in that locality the committee reported that the law covered the case providingthat liquir should not be sold within 300 feet of a place of worship The charges against Fire Chief Bin ford were referred to the commissioners commission-ers The semimonthly report of the chief of police showed that 37 arrests had been made and 37 convictions secured 7 Drisoners being discharged and sea ence suspended in four cases 1 prisoner prison-er being turned over to other officers The estimated expenses of the fire and police departments for 1896 was 27380 The street committee was instructed to make the shed used for housing the road roller conform to the ordinance The fire and police commission sent in a report from Chief Davenport recommending rec-ommending that one policeman be dispensed dis-pensed with and that two bicycles bo purchased Referred Residents of north Washington avenue ave-nue complained of the Henderson 3rinker street roller and asked that it be removed Referred William Redfield of Five Points applied ap-plied for a liquor license Referred Over 200 citizens petitioned that Richard Rich-ard Hall be appointed dog tax collector collect-or Referred Councilman Browning presented an ordinance repealing the ordinance creating cre-ating the office of city physician and creating another known as quarantine physician with a salary of 5400 per year the officer being made a member of the health commission Read and referred Councilman Jones introduced a rose ution requiring that city funds be kept In a bank paying the highest interest Referred Councilman Browning introduced a resolution offering the use of the city hospital to the county for one year at a rental of l the county to care for the citys sick The ordinance creating the office of city sexton was passed The salary is I fixed at 720 a year I The street committee was empowered I to put in electric light at the corner of Twentyninth street and Grant avenue ave-nue Payrolls and bills were allowed including in-cluding a settlement with the present poll tax collector |