Show council meeting i held T T on frida friday y considerable business transacted at the held last week city officers submitted the regular monthly reports boll poll call at the meeting of the city coun council oil held on friday evening of last week found mayor zabriskie in the chair and councilmen castleton irons bichan richan mccormick and I 1 ields present th s was the first meeting of the month and there was the al budget of b its and reports total d of the evening were 1844 14 taxes are no v collected through the county treasurer treasurers s office and each incorporated city pays its proportion of the office expense eureka a pirt of the expense for the collection of 1910 taxes was accord ng to th b 11 submitted by county clerk B bon 0 n ner this b 11 was referred to the proper committee tor for auditing and later paid W 0 freckleton suba eted a b 11 for rent on a small frame bu iding which dur n ng th latter part of 1414 1914 was used as a pest post house for small pox cases the house had been rent ed by pity rity officers with mith the under stand n ng that the county would pay the b 11 the city decided to pay mr freckleton and then get the money from the county members of the committee on c 0 t property were not ready 0 o submit plans for proposed improvements at the city jail they were mere allowed further time in which aich to prepare their report that part of the water system aich es residents in the ex northeastern part of the city ci t y has been placed in better cond tion according td a report from th tb fire and water comm atee the members of the council to whom the matter of provid ng an amusement for the boys hid been referred asked for add dional time in which to report 1110 was granted M J do aney of the eureka vol gunteer fire department asked the coune I 1 to have a map sho ing tha the locations of the lire fire hydrants made for post ng in the department head lu quarters arters th s matter met m with ith the approval of the coune I 1 but it was referred to the proper comm atee for invest gation before bindl act on is taken A motion m was as carried investing up on councilman thomas thoms Ale ccormick the duties of mayor during the ab sence from the city or the disability of mayor zabriskie reports of the var ous city ers were then read and ordered f led mrs wh teh ad the city treasurer surer submitted submit teda a report which showed that on the first of the year the city had a cash balance of 6 19 that th it th receipts tor for the month of january amounted to 85 while the d s burbe bur ments were 51 th left a balance of ti IP on th first of february the receipts were as tol fol los to s f nes 98 poll taxes gner al at taxes water es 7 65 I 1 quor I 1 censes general licenses j ra 2 3 water collections and c ty scales 40 recorder He corder bacons report checked with mith that of the treasurer the re through the recorder recorders s office were mere au and the disburse disbursements me ants the same as reported by the treas aurer the disbursements included paid to the pubic library this being th proper proportion of the 1915 taxes 1 estice kryger had 13 cases for the month with 11 convictions six of the offenders paid fines and two eie ere committed to jail cot collections sections on fines amounted to 98 sexton wallace had a qu et month there was but one bur al at at the city cemetery marshal marhal henr 0 ol 01 I 1 exi exported arted the exp n deture of IQS 1198 for street and san gan t tary ary work cork during the month of january the next meeting of the council will be held on february |