Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1903 — THE COMMON COUNCIL. [ARTICLE]

THE COMMON COUNCIL.

The common oouncil of the Oity of Rensselaer met in regular session Monday night and passed five ordinances—nave you ever noticed what a pronounced partiality the present oouncil has for ordinances? —and allowed numerous bills. One of the ordinances passed was the anti-spitting ordinance, whioh provides a penalty of from $2 to $lO and costs for ’’any person to spit or expectorate from the month any saliva, muous, phlegm, tobacco juice, or any material whatever from %the mouth, upon any side-walk within the corporate limits of said city.” The ordinance will be in effect as scon as published the required number of times. It is hoped that this ordinance will be broad enough to catch the hdg who loads up on beer, pretzels, bologna et al. and (involuntarily,' no donbt) “expectorates” his load on the walks. Another ordinance makes it unlawful to pasture horses, cattle, asses or goats on the streets of Rensselaer, or to stake out the nine. This ordinance will catch "’Honest Abe’s” cow if he don’t watch out, and we hope he will give ns credit for “putting him next” to the designs the city marshal has on that cow o’ his’n Another ordinance fixes the fire limits to include blocks 3,4, 9,10, 14, 15. Tbe other two ordinances are for the improvement of Vine street from Forest to Main, and for a sidewalk along the west side of Jefferson street from Harrison to Vine. Contract for the former will bfftet August 24, and for the latter July 13. The young medical students employed to do free vaccinating, Wallace Parkison and Merle Gwin, were allowed $5 per day each, and their assistants, John Ellis, son of Mayor Ellis, and Dee Ferguson, son of Councilman Ferguson, each $3 per day. The total of small-pox bills allowed was $360.20, and there are more to follow. It is thought the grand total will be between S6OO and SBOO. - Following are the itemized claims allowed. ROAD FUND. Lyman Zea, work on street 2 40 John Brown “ “ " 150 Geo. McCarthy “ “ “ 210 Chas. Bowers “ “ “ 210 Joseph O’Conner, work on street.... 1 50 J. W. Speaks, work on street '. 1 35 Wm. Shelhart “ •* “ i 35 C. Casio “ '• “ 135 Wm. Huffman, hauling cinders 1 50 Wm. Silroan, work on sewer 75 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. D. A. Stoner, coal.. 4 20 Coen & Brady, coal 22 35 A. L Branch, hauling c0a1.... 68 36 Illinois Electric Co., supplies 7 70 General Electric Co., “ ....... 16 63 its. B. Clow & Sons, supplies 2 28 fonarch Electric Wire Co., wire.... 11 50 C. S. Chamberlain, salary 37 5° C. L. Thornton, salary 25 00 Lem Huston, salary 25 00 J. H. Chapman, ireight 51 78 WATER FUND. Conrad Hilderbraad, salary 25 00 Martin Thornton, salary ... 25 00 Bill Shellhait, work on mains 2 80 John Shellhart “ “ ** 280 i CORPORATION FUND. Wm. Goss, smallpox guard 13 50 Jerome Harmon, smallpox guard »75 J. P. Simons “ “ .... 750 A. Simpson, smallpox guard. 12 75 John Hoffman “ ** >3 5° Toe Hoover. “ •* >3 5® Fred Stocksick ** “ 12 00 John Ramey “ “ *3 5° Wm, Childers “ “ >3 5® Jesse Nichols ** “ II 25 John Summers “ “ ......... 750 Bert Goff “ *• 1200 Fred Parcels “ “ 12 00 J. W. McCanahan, smallpox guard., 10 50 Bruce Hardy “ ** .. 10 50 Roy Stevenson, smallpox guard 10 50 Harve Moore, “ •» 12 00 B. F. White “ “ 6 00 J. McClanahan “ “ 7 50 C. H. Vick , “ “ 12 00 C. Cruthers “ “ 12 00 James Thompson “ “ .1200 Doris Brooks “ “ ’4 5® Luke Turner •* “ ....;. 300 Arthur Turner “ “ 1 50 Walter Sunderland “ “ I 50 F. Sunderland, smallpox guard I 50 Duke Nichols *• “ ...... 1 50 J.W. Speaks “ “ ...... 600 Park Kelley, passing bills 1 00 P. Brenner “ " 1 00 Leslie Clark, printing. 1050 Wallace Parkison, 4 days vaccinating. 20 00 Merle Gwin, 6 “ “ . 30 00 John Ellis, 6 > •* “ . 18 00 De Ferguson, 4 " “ . 12 00