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Kay Cunningham
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Fifteenth Year - Number 24
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 11, 1904
CITY COUNCIL DOINGS.
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NEW ORDINANCES ON PEDDLING AND
SOLICITING PASSED.
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SUBSTANTIAL APPROVAL OF THE PARK
PAVILLION.
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The honorable city council had a busy day at their regular monthly session held
Wednesday.
Among the new business disposed of was the passage of
the following ordinances, resolutions, and orders:
An ordnance to the effect that it shall be unlawful for
any person to solicit or drum for custom or customers or patrons or for any bath
house, sanitarium, hotel, public boarding house, public lodging house, or
physician, on any street, public thoroughfare, alley or sidewalk, place of
public amusement or other public place or public places within the corporate
limits of the City of Marlin and providing that any person violating the
provisions of this ordinance, or any of them, shall be fined, upon conviction,
in any sum not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. The
ordinance takes immediate effect.
An ordinance providing that all peddling of fresh beef,
pork, mutton or kid within the corporate limits of the city of Marlin is hereby
prohibited and declared to be unlawful. By the terms of the ordinance it applies
only to such parties as retail meat around to the residences and not to those
who sell the meat in bulk to the market men or to individuals, nor to those who
desire to sell cured meat. The penalty for its violation is a fine of not
less than five nor more than twenty five dollars.
A resolution was passed commending the Ladies Social
Club for their energy and perseverance in providing a place of amusement for of
people and visitors and donating the sum of $100 for the rebuilding of the
pavilion. (Resolution published).
An ordinance validating the book of ordinances
published in 1895, the original ordinances adopting same having been lost.
The street committee was instructed to put in a
concrete basin at the filling hydrant of the hot well and connection made with
the sewer.
The secretary was instructed to pay New York Belting
company $450.00 due for 500 feet of hose purchased in March last.
An order was passed requiring Marlin Electric Light and
Power company to rewire city hall and fire station to meet demands of insurance
companies.
City marshal instructed to erect 2 x 4's to mark
location beyond which bath house and hotel boosters may not go at depots.
Public improvement committee was instructed to have
sewer flushing tanks erected and was vested with full power to act in premises.
Alderman Allen was granted leave of absence from city
for two months from August 6, and his resignation as member of the sewer
committee was accepted and Alderman Robertson appointed in his place.
An ordinance was passed instructing City Attorney
Spivey to file suit upon the following convict bonds; Convicts Andrew Green,
Pearl Mims, Cleveland Griffith, Kirk Williams, Mary Walton, Mandy Carter,
Antella Campbell and Julia Rourgors.
The account of A. R. Wright and Schimming and Eddins
for $585.00 for laying sewer was reduced to $550.00, to be paid in four
quarterly payments and bearing 8 per cent interest.
The report of the street commissioner showed work done
during the month on Quaid, Capps, Oaks, and other streets in the city.
Also weeds cut from every street and alley in the city. Eighty four hands
worked on streets and $58.50 collected on special street tax.
City Attorney Spivey reported a number of sales of
property for city taxes and made suggestions in connection with same.
Report filed.
THE SEWER CONTRACT.
The draft of the contract between the city and the county whereby the city is
allowed to make connections with the county sewerage system was submitted in
duplicate, and on motion of Alderman Rebertson was ratified. The contract
authorizes the city to connect two sewer lines with the Falls county main; this
privilege to remain force for five years unless earlier revoked in manner
provided for in contract. Inconsideration of this grant, the city is
required to charge the same rates for individual connection as the county
charges for such connections and pay one half of the income therefrom to the
county. The county is given the right to cut off the city connections
should the city fail to keep its lines in order of fail to comply with
regulations. It is stipulated that the county shall have the option of
buying the lines constructed by the city at expiration of the five year
franchise at an agreed price not to exceed the cost of construction. The
county agrees to keep the main line in good order, but will not assume liability
for any damages caused by failure of said main line.
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