SEACPM18851016_Page_2

696
JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Oct 18 1885
Petition of Northwestern Cracker Company for a sidewalk
on west-sideof Front St Referred to Street Committee
Communication from F A Minick regarding pay o fEngineer
Engine Co No 1 Referred to Committee on Fire and Water.
Communication for L P Ferry et al asking for removal
of Jas Dunham Engineer No 2. Referred to Com. on Fire and Water.
Communication from Chief of the Fire Dept asking per-
mission to sell condemned hose at private sale. Referred ot
Commission of Fire And Water.
Reports
From Judiciary Committee approving report of City Justice
G A Hill, Justice of the Peace Geo G Lyon, Chiefof Police
and City Jailor and the same are received and ordered filed.
From Judiciaary Committee recommending that the petition
of Powers & Meyers praying that the suit of the City
against them be decided upon payment of costs by
granted. n motion the petition referred back to the
Committee for further investigation
From the Finance Committee as follows: Your Committee
respectfully report that they employed Mr E Shepard
to assist the City Clerk in Balancing the various
accounts as well as the City Treasurer's books: The
work done was a very tedious undertaking from the
fact that the accounts have been running for several
years without having been balanced. The manner
in which the books will be kept hereafter will
assist your Committee in verifying the Treasurers re-
port which under the former system was almost an
impossibility.
We herewith submit the report of our City Clerk and

696
JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Oct 18 1885
Petition of Northwestern Cracker Company for a sidewalk
on west-sideof Front St Referred to Street Committee
Communication from F A Minick regarding pay o fEngineer
Engine Co No 1 Referred to Committee on Fire and Water.
Communication for L P Ferry et al asking for removal
of Jas Dunham Engineer No 2. Referred to Com. on Fire and Water.
Communication from Chief of the Fire Dept asking per-
mission to sell condemned hose at private sale. Referred ot
Commission of Fire And Water.
Reports
From Judiciary Committee approving report of City Justice
G A Hill, Justice of the Peace Geo G Lyon, Chiefof Police
and City Jailor and the same are received and ordered filed.
From Judiciaary Committee recommending that the petition
of Powers & Meyers praying that the suit of the City
against them be decided upon payment of costs by
granted. n motion the petition referred back to the
Committee for further investigation
From the Finance Committee as follows: Your Committee
respectfully report that they employed Mr E Shepard
to assist the City Clerk in Balancing the various
accounts as well as the City Treasurer's books: The
work done was a very tedious undertaking from the
fact that the accounts have been running for several
years without having been balanced. The manner
in which the books will be kept hereafter will
assist your Committee in verifying the Treasurers re-
port which under the former system was almost an
impossibility.
We herewith submit the report of our City Clerk and