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|J Financial report of Halted i -
Lith, clerk of council for diet
jrth quarter, ending March ‘
I| J, 1898: r -
Lived of Realty amljgpaonal tax f!77l W
•• I iceliHe»\ . »■ • ■ jj 1111 : OS I
T«‘ •• Street tax. 7. T." Wty N
| •• “ Statejjchool fund
Im •• public m two" tuition
L. “ Cemetery department 138.00
g j|.« .. \vat' r works coupons 87 50
fjo •• House rent.... . A .. ,—z ../i
’l*. <• j. b. Shropshire, Marshal, \
police titles '.x* 163 J 1
'..• - iTS&
j All of whicTfT have paid to
he city treasurer, and have his
Ipceipts therefor.
Halsted Snjith,
Clerk of Council.' ■;
Ixamined and approved,' v .
Thompson Hiles,
■ 'hairman Finance Committee,
hpril 2nd,-JB‘dß.
- Report of J, B. Shorpsliire,
f'farshal, for quarter, ending
Jlareh 31, 1898 :
ity tux .. ..led .'.... **»-*°.
ol.ee tines- • 163.90
m " 2; "’’ 00
J Which amount I have turned
/ liver to The city clerk, and ha«e
f liis receipt's therefor.
J. B. Shropshire,
'xl City Marshal.
Examined and approved,
Thompson Hiles,
Chairman Finance Comm.
Annual report of J. B. Shrop
shire, Marshal, for year ending
March 31, 1898:
2ity tax collected $15501.71
police Hues 1240.63
-Street tax 877 00
$17619.34
Which amount I have turned
over to the city clerk, and have
his receipts therefor, as shown
by the quarterly reports.
J. B. Shropshire,
City Marshal.
Report of J. Bailey Gordon,
Treas.. Ist quarter ending March
|31,1898,in account with the
city of Rome, Ga.
i Amount on Hand Jan, 3rd, 1898 #9180.76
I Received from Halsted Smith
1 Clerk of Council 15887.66
■ Cush advanced
■ 825068.92
■ Paid City Draftsßl2ls2.7B
■ I “ School Drafts 3219.71
■ “ Coupons
Ca ‘ sl * lu Exchange Bttnk 2371.49
$25068.92
Signed,
J. Bailey Gordon,
City Treasurer.
Examined and approved.
Thompson Hiles,
Ch’r’m. Finance Com.
April 2nd. 1898.
The city sexton reported that
during the month of March
. • there had been eleven interments
in Myrtle Hill cemetery, five
whites and six colored. Four of
| the whites were non-residents.
J The water commission made
/ an annual report to the council,
;7l showing that they had collected
$13712.67 and paid out $13377 -
45, leaving a balance, on hand
April Ist, 1898 $335.22.
Ordered by the council, that
demand be made on the water
commission for said sum of
$335.22 to be paid to the city
council.
(Resolved, by the council, that
thanks be tendered MayorS. S.
King for his uniform courtesy
I and impartial rulings, during
his administration.
The following accounts were
passed and ordered paid :
No. 1 Rome Hardware Co. cemetery dept.
81.43.
No. 2 Rome Hardware Co., cemetery dept.
81.34.
No. 3 Fletcher Smith contingent dept. 818.75
No. 4 J. Sam Veal contingent dept. .90.
No, 5 Rome Lighting Co. Gas & Light dept.
I. $169.23.
No 6 Amanda Persons police dept. 811.90.
No. 7 S. S King public building dept. 81 95.
No. 8 Rome Gas Light Co., public building
dept. 85 60.
No. 9 Taylor Persons public building dept
50
No. 10 Hanks Furniture Co. public building
dept $'..20
No. 11 H. P. Wooten & Co. relief dept. SI.OO
No 12 S. S. King relief dept. $2.00.
No. 13 Rome Hardware Co. street dept. .75.
No. 14 J. A Bale street dept. $3.91.
No. 15 S. A. White street dept SI.BO.
No. 16. W. M. Brett " •* .70
»• 17. S. H. King * “ 14.70
“ 18. C. A. Trevitt “ “ .10
“ 19. Lindsay Jonnson Contg “ 2.00
Council adjourned, to 7:30
>’elo< k p. m.
meeting April 4th,
1898, 7..;3O.p.„ni.—yl’rgsent, Hon. li
S. S. King, mayor, and Council- i
meni J. Th Turner, .T. 1). Hanke, I
JLJGordon, R. A. Denny, F. I
J. Kane, Thompson Hiles, C.W.
Mprris and W. T.. Jones.
Ordered that the- nrayor of
the authorized |o execute
the mutual deed between
ham and "BracF'aml the CtlV“ of
Rome for the exchange of Myr
t]e>mll cemetery ground -4ynd
l.ratT adjoining, in accordance
vV4Vh tl te qf the deed's, pre- 1
sented, and reported favorably
upon by the cemetery commit
tee.
After administering the oath
of office to Hon. John J. Seay,
.Mayor-elect, the council of 1897
and '9B adjourned, sine die.
Halsted Smith,
Clerk of Council.
COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 4 1898.
Meeting was called to order
by Hon. John J. Seay and Coun
cilmen, A. B. McArver, D. B.
Hamilton, Jr., B. T. Haynes,
Walter Harris and T. J. Reese
qualified under oath by Mayor
John J. Seay.
Hon. John J. Seay delivered
an inaugural address, and called
the new council to order, coun-
oilmen present being. F. J.
Kane and A. B. McArver from
the First ward, W. T, Jones and
D. B. Hamilton, Jr., from the
Second ward, R. A. Dennv and
B. T. Haynes from the Third
ward, C. W. Morris and Walter
Harris from the Fourth ward
J. I) Turner and T. J. Reese
from the Fifth Ward.
The council then went into a
election for officers of the ensu
ing term of two years as follows:
The salary of the clerk of
council was fixed at $1150.00
per annum and Halsted Smith
was elected clerk.
The city attorney’s salary at
S3OO per annum, C. W. Under
wood elected ; city treasurer’s
salary S3OO per annum, J. Bailey
Gordon elected ; city recorder’s
salary S3OO per annum, M. B.
Eubanks elected ; city marshall’s
salary of $75 per month, J. B.
Shropshire elected ; deputy mar
shal’s salary S6O per m mth, W.
Guice elected.
A motion was made to elect
twelve policemen at a salary of
SSO per month, without uniforms
end was lost upon the following
yea and nay vote : Yeas council
men, Denny and Jones, nays
Harris, Reese, Kane, Turner,
McArver, Hamilton, Haynes
and Morris.
Upon motion it was resolved
to elect twelve policemen for the
ensuing term at a salary of SSO
per month, and that two uni—
■ forms be furnished the whole
1 police force annually at the ex
pense of the city.
The election being held the
. following named persons were
p elected as policemen : R T. Lo
. gan, W. S. Morris, H. H. Wim
pee, J. A. Sharpe, W. D. Jones,
t D. S. Cooper, A. T. King, M. F.
Mulkey, J. A. Collier, Joe B.
' Duncan, Jos. E. Johnston and
r Geo. W. Green.
The salary of the street over
, seer was fixed at SSO per month,
H. Given elected ; city physi
cian’s salary at S4O per month,
C. S. Harris elected ; city sex
ton’s salary at S4O per month,
5 C. L. King elected ; city electri
. cian’s salary at S2OO per year,
Clifford B. Seay elected; city
• clock keeper’s salary SIOO per
' year, J. K. Williamson, elected ;
1 city printer’s salary S2O per
s month, and the Hustler-Com
-3 mercial elected ; salary of jani
tor $5 per week, Taylor Persons,
elected lhe election of city en
u gineer was postponed for the
0 present.
(, The office of sanitary inspector
) was created, the inspector to be
clothed with the authority of a
, policeman, and to be under the
ruhsof’b police foiTe, and j
und< r th jurisdiction of the po-T
lice ronrm:Tt'-<r.— 'i'he salary was i
fixed at S3O per month aiid J.
11. Lumpk.n was elected.
Mess. J. B. Lumpkin and C. A.
Todd were ijlectgd supernumerary
policemen, without salary except
wherrf/ibretua'i diit£‘r~ > *"
HaohlUzuJj:,..
was elected mayor pro tern.
Ordered that the sum of $25.00
be appropriated to the Rome Geor
gian for one page advertisement
qf the city in the special edition of
the Georgian for the bem-fir of
the, Emergency Hospital, with the
further : greement on the part of
the Rome Georgian, to publish,
during the year 1898 without
aharge. any matters desired by the
council.
Ordered that the sum of $250.00
be appropriatiated out of the
fui ds on hand as a temporary
appropriation of the Cemetery,
Street and Salary departments, to
pay the weekly pay roll, and the
Clerk of Council is authorized,
until further orders,to issue drafts
weekly for tLe pay rolls of the
Cemetery and Street Departments
upon approval of Chairman, or
acting Chairman of said Commit
tees, and te issue the weekly salary
draft of the janitor.
Council adjourned.
—J -
Halsted Smith,
Clerk of Council,
COMMITTEES FOR 1898-1899.
Cemetery committee—W. T,
Joiijs, chairman ; R. A. Denny,
A. B. McArver.
Finance committee—B. T.
Haynes, chairman ; C. W. Mor
ris, T. J. Reese.
Fire committee—J. I). Turner,
chairman ; A. B. McArver, Wal
ter Harris.
Gas and light committee—F.
J. Kane, chairman ; W.T. Jones,
C. W. Morris.
Health committee—B. T
Haynes, chairman ; T. J. Reese,
Walter Harris.
Ordinance committee—F. J.
Kane; chairman ; R. A. Denny,
B. T. Haynes.
Police committee—D. S.
Hamilton, Jr., chairman ; J. D.
Turner, F. J. Kane.
Printing committee—C. W.
Morris, chairman ; Walter Har
ris, T. J. Reese.
Public building committee—J.
D. Turner, chairman; W. T.
Jones, B. T. Haynes.
Public school committee—T.
J. Reese, chairman;Walter Har
ris, A. B. McArver.
Relief committee, R A Dennv,
chairman ; W T Jones, A B Me-
1
Arver.
Sewerage and drainage com
mittee —T J Reese, chairman ; B
T Haynes, Walter Harris.
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Street committee—R A Den
ny, chairman; 1) B Hamilton, Jr
T J Reese.
Water works committee—A B
McArver, chairman ; F J Kane,
T J Reese.
PURELY PERSONAL
Mr. J. W. Brinsfield, a prom
inent, citizen of Taylorsville, is
] in the city.
Robert 1). Wood, of Atlanta,
■ is here today.
W. H. Johnson, of Dalton, is
registered a' the Armstrong.
Prof. W. O. Connor, of Cave
( Spring, is in the city.
Dr. R. E. Adair, of Taylors
’ ville, is in the city and says ev
erybody is for Hon. Allen D.
Candler for governor.
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Instead of leaving Rome or
going out of business (as some
one reported) I am receiving
’ the handsomest lot of stylish
hats and bonnets ever brought
to Rome. We will be pleased to
show all in quest of the latest
and most correct designs at low
prices.
1 Mrs. A. O. Garrard.
' 307 Clark block.
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