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^THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 23, 1886.
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J. W. BURSON, Manager,
Galveston, August 16, 1886.
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BUSINESS DIRECTOR! 6llf,CflioMfl & Salta FflRy,
Groceries.
T H. SMITH, GROCERIES,
J ,st. be1;. 25th and 26th, n. s.
NO. 20 MARKET
rr\ bontaine-groceries and provis-
JD . ions of all kinds, cor. 35th and ave M.
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.and provisions, cor. Broadway and 32d sts.
/CHARLES W. EISENEELDER—DEALERS IN
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ave. I and 26th Sts.
P
MONTE—STAPLE AND FANCY GROCEE-
• ies etc,, cor. 30th and ave. I_
IV/TRS. M. MEYER—DEALER IN STAPLE AND
iyjLFancy Groceries, southeast corner 2<th and
avenue K,
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..Groceries, Provisions, etc., northwest cor-
of avenue M and 17th.
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VV first and avenue O, dealer in Staple and
ancy Groceries, Hay, Com, Oats, etc.
A TONELLA—DEALER IN STAPLE AND
II.Fancy Groceries and Provisions of all de-
scriptions, corner 19th and NJ4-
ug in this vicinity.
T OPIPERI—GROCER AND PROVISION'S—
eJ *The Alden Fruit Vinegar a specialty. South-
east comer of 10th and Church.
T T. TURBIT—DEALER IN STAPLE AND
eJ .Fancy Groceries, Notions, etc., northeast cor-
ner 14th and Winnie.
Sfoaril asid. ILod-gisag.
r^ OOD BOARD AND LODGING $5 A WEEK
LXNifftit lodging 25 cents; per week $1.50. Day-
board, per week, $1. ATLANTA HOTEL, Me-
chanic Street, bet. 20th and 21
All ETHER BROS., Proprietors.
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For Sale.
DOR SALE-FOUR HORSES AND DRAYS,
* and four sets of harness; also one cart and set
! harness. JOS. MAGNA,
Southeast comer Avenue A and 16th Sts.
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iffice. 25 cents per 100 or §1 for 500,
miscellaneous.
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R. T BYRNE, Notary Public,
Corner of Tremont and Strand Streets.
-YTTANTED TO' EXCHANGE 125 ACRES OF
VV land, perfect title, for horse and buggy. Ad-
dress Postofflce Box 124, Galveston.
rnHE SHADE SALOON—MARKET STREET
J_bet. 25th and 26th. Fine assortment of pure
liquors and good cigars. Jas. Henderson, ProV
"TTTANTED—LADY, ACTIVE AND INTELLI-
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firm. Reference required. Permanent potitionand
good salary.
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Pictures. Agents wanted In every part
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VOLINA DRUG & CHEMICAL CO.
BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A.
TEXAS MIDLAND ROUTE.
Trustee’s Sale.
The underslgued will sell at public auction on
Monday. December 20, 1886, between the hours of
10 a. m, and 4 p. in., in front of the court house
door of Galveston county, Texas, to the highest
and best bidder for cash, the following property
situated -in Tyler county, Texas, viz: That cer-
tain tract of land containing 320 acres, being the
east half of the Z. Hopson headright, for a fuller
description of which reference is made to book M,
page 209, and book B, page 337 of the records of
said Tyler county.
Also 160 acres of land granted by the State of
Texas to Robert H. Kincaid, for a full description
of which reference is made to said Tyler county
records, book K, page 375.
These sales are to be made by the authority of a
deed of trust dated March 16, 1886, executed and
delivered by S. B. Cooper to E. Neumann, as trus-
tee. conveying said lands as security for the payr
ment of said Cooper’s prommissory note for Five
Hundred and Fifty-one 15-1C0 dollars [$551.15-1001,
payable on or before December 1, 1816, to the or-
der of T. Ratto & Co., at their office in Galvestou,
with interest at the rate of ten (10) per cent per
annum from date until paid, and ten per cent at-
torney’s fees if suei upon; and this sale Is made at
the request of the holders of said note, the same
being wholly unpaid. I will make such title as I
am authorized by said deed of trust, which Is re-
corded in Tyler county, Vol. B, pages 6,7, 8 and 9,
and reference is made to them. I act herein un
der written appointment, said Neumann refusing
to act. WM. LENSCHOW,
AIAZ Substitute Trustee.
L! _
CHANGE OF TIME TO TAKE EFFECT
MOSftAY, JUNE SOtli, 1886,
Through Mail and Express or
rORT WORTH, DALLAS, LAM-
PASAS, BALLINGER,
And all Intermediate Points
heave Galveston................... 6:00 a.m.
Arrive Galveston.......................11:55 p.m.
Direct Connection at Fort Worth
With the Missouri-Pacific System for
St.. Louis and all Points North and East.
GALVESTON AND HOUSTON.
Trains on this Division will move as follows:
Leave Galveston .............8:40 a. m,, 5:00 p. itw
Arrive Galveston. 10:30 a. m., 7:20 p. m. 11:55 p. m.
Takethe6:00 a. m. train for connection with the
G., H. & S. A. R’y for San Antonio and the West
JAMES S. CARK,
General Passe”ger Aget.
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H. C. ARCHER,
UnionTicket Aget.
TEXAS-IEXIGAN R. R.
WEEK DAYS:
(On Wednesday’s only.)
Trains leave Center and N at............1:00 p. m.
SUNDAYS:
Leave Center and N at.. .................... 2 p.m.
Leave Lafit-te at..........................4:00 p.m.
Island Sand $3.50, Soil $4.50 per Car
of 8 Cubic Yards.
W. R. CHISHOLM, Ass’t Supt.
©FIFIUIAE PITlSUCATIOlfS.
B
Y AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL
of the City of Galveston:
A N ORDINANCE FOR THE PREVENTION
.lAoI fires in the city of Galveston:
Be it ordained by the city council of the city of
Galveston.
Section 1. That it sh ill he unlawful for any per-
son to smoke any pipe, cigar or cigarette, on any
wharf or levee, or in any warehouse, depot or cot-
ton press or cotton yard, where any cotton bales
are stored or in transit, or on any freight car, float
or vehicle loaded with cotton bales, within the city
of Galveston.
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person
to smoke any pipe, cigar or cigarette on the deck
of any ship, vessel or barge where cotton bales are
stored, or in any hole or compartment of any ship,
vessel or barge where cotton bales are stored, or
being stored, within tlie police jurisdiction of the
city of Galveston, as designated in section two
(2) of the city charter.
Sec. 3. Any person who shall violate any provi-
sion of sections one and two of this ordinance shall,
on conviction thereof, he punished by a fine in any
sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty
dollars.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the harbor-master,
chief of police and all policemen to strictly enforce
the provisions of this ordinance by promptly ar-
resting and prosecuting all violators thereof.
Passed under a suspension of the rules at a
regular meeting held on December 6, 1886.
Approved December 7,1886.
R. L. FULTON, Mayor.
Attest: Dan’l J. Buckley, City Clerk.
Trustee’s Sale.
On Thursday, December 30th, 1S86, in front of
the courthouse door iu the city and county of Gal-
veston, Texas, between the hours of 10 a. m. ancl 4
p. m., I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described tract of land in Smith county,
Texas: 22 299,148 square varas, patented to
George Yarbrough, assignee of Jose Maria Garcia,
on December 16, 1874, by patent No. 476, volume SO,
to whieh reference is here made for more complete
description.
Said sale is made under and by virtue of the
authority conferred on me by a certain deed of trust
executed by said George Yarbrough on November
15, 1884, conveying said lands to me to seenre the
payment of the three notes of the firm of Yarbrough
and Pierce, each dated November 15, 1884, each
payable to the order of Leon and II Blum, in Gal-
veston, Texas, each bearmg interest at ten per cent
for collection, am.. ^
One for $1816.33, due January 1 to 4, 1885; one for
$908 16, due May 15 to 18, 1885; one for $908 16, due
November 15 to 18, 1885, and said notes being long
past due and unpaid, sale is made at the request of
the owners and holders of same
Reference is here made to said deed of trust or the
and particulars,
warranty.
A. S, MAI It, Trustee.
Hitchcock’s
Steam Laundry!
Po. & 26th Sts.
Telephone No. 325
Cleanliness,
Accuracy,
Despatch.
Protect Your Buildings
FROM FIRE
BY USING
Fire-Proof Roofing
If your roofs are constructed with not over e
inch to the foot pitch, I will cover them with a roof
that can not ignite from sparks or burning embers
and guarantee same ten years against leakage
caused from any defect in material or workmanship
and at less cost than shingels, Have proof of what
I assert which will be given to those interested. P.O.
box 403, office 161 Avenue H.
•J. W. BYRNES.
P. S.—The News the only Fire Proof building "in
the city covered with my roofing. J. W. B,
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the
city council of the-city of Galveston, under the
provision of section 57, of article 3, of the constitu
tion of the State of Texas, to apply to the next-
legislature ox the State of Texas, which convenes
in 'he city of Austin, in t
j tn fill a
,. j, _ j from
month of January, I mm
1887, to amend the charter of the city of Galveston
in the following particulars, to-wit:
AN ACT
rpo AMEND THE CHARTER 07 THE CITY OF
-L Galvesion by amending Sections 2, 3.. 14. 19;
23, 54, ‘-3, 113, 116, 122 and 127 thereof, and
by adding thereto Sections 18a, 73a, 96a 131a
and 132a
Be it enacted by tlie Legislature of the State
of Texas:-
Section 1. That sections 2, 3, 14 19, 23, 54^ 83,
113,116 122 and 127 of the charter of the city of
Galveston be, and the same is hereby amended,
so that they shall hereafter read as follows, to-
wit:
See. 2. That the limits of said city shall embrace
so much of the island of Galveston from the point
thereof on the east to Fiftv-sixth street, or to in-
clude the league and labor of land known as the
Menard grant; provided that said league aed la-
b r shall extend beyond Fifty-sixth street; thence
to include Galveston bay and Pelican isl nd, and
one mile north thereof; and the waters of the
gulf of Mexico extending south onemarineleague
from the shoi e, from the ch innel ar.d anchorage
on the eastern end of Galveston island to the
Pelican island, over all the area and territory
aforesaid; provided, nevertheless, that jurisdic-
tion shall extend from the eastern boundary of
said city over all real estate bevond said limits
purchased by said city for the use of the corpora-
tion; and provided, furthermore, that all the mu-
nicipal regulations of s-id city shall apply to, ex-
tend and be in full force over the harbor and an-
chorage of Galveston, and to bar the at entrance
of said harbor; and the corporate authority and
jurisdiction shall exten l from the eastern hound
ary of said city over the east end of Galveston is
land, and over all real estate beyond said limits
purchased by said city for the use of the corpora
tion; and provided,' lurtber that the said limits
may be hereafter extended, including and adding
more territory to the same, whenever a majority
of the inhabitants of said territory shall indicate
a desire to be included within the limits of said
city; and provided, further, that neither the cor-
porate limits nor the jurisdiction of said citv shall
extend to any point of the mainland; and provi-
ded, further, that the jurisdiction of said city
shall not extend over Bolivar channel, except for
police and sanitary purposes.
Sec. 3. The municipal government of said city
shall consist of a city council, composed of amayj
or and one alderman from each ward A ma
jority of the aldermen elected shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, except at
called meeti gs or meetings for the imposition of
taxes, when three-fourths of the aldermen elect-
ed shall be required, unless herein otherwise
specified. The officers of the corporation shall be
a recorder, a treasurer, an ass -sso'-, a collector,
a clerk, a chief of police of p lice, an engineer
(who shall also be superitendentof streets), an at-
torney, an auditor, a health physician, a harbor
master and such other officers and agents as the
council may direct; all of whom, except the chief
of police, shall be appointed by the mayor on the
second Monday after each biennial election, or
as soon thereafter as possible. All of said officers
so appointed by the inavor -m-T. bold their offices
until the secow iuonuay after the next succeed-
ing biennia! election, and until the’ appointment
and qualific ation of their successors, unless re
moved by the mayor or by the city council, under
authority vested in it by this charter. The duties of
the harbor master shall be such as have been or
may be prescribed by the city council, and he
shall receive for his services such compensation
as the city council may determine, not to exceed
eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and shall
give bond for the faithful performance of his du-
ties in the sum of ten thousand dollars. The
chief of police shall be appointed by the commis-
sioners of fire and police at the same time, and
shall hold his office for the same term, as other
officers under this section, unless removed by the
commis-ioners of police, who shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over his appointment and removal.
Sec. 14. The mayor shall preside over the meet-
ings of the city council, but shall ha ve no vote un-
less there is a tie, in which he shall give the cast-
ing vote. He shall have like power with a jus-
tice of the peace, to administer oaths of office,
and also all oaths and affirmation-, and to give
certificates thereof. He shall possess and execute
in the city, in onminal cases, all the duties of a
justice of the peace. He shall be compensated
for his services by a salary of three thousand dol-
lars per annum, payable at stated periods, and
shall receive such fees as may be allowed by law,
which fees shall be paid into the city treasury. He
shall have power to remove any officer holding
office under the appointment of the mayor, and
shall fill by appointment any vacancy occasioned
by such removal. He shall have authority in case of
a riot or any unlawful assemblage, ar with a view
to preserve peace and good order in said city, to
order and enforce the closing of any theater 1 iall-
room. grog-shop, tippling-house, bar-roqm, oi
other place of resort, or public room or building,
and may order the arrest of any person violating',
in his presence the laws of the Htate, or any ordi-
nances of the city; and he shall perform such
other duties and possess and exercise such other
power and authorit" as may be prescribed and
conferred by the city Council.
Sec. 19. It shall be the duty of the city attorney
to represent the city in all cases brought, for or
against it in the courts of the State or United
States, in the county of Galvestou; and in the re-
corder’s Court, when requested by the mayor in
writing, or by order of the city council. He shall
give legal advice to the mayor, or any officer or
hoard of commissioners, or the city council, when
applied for in writing, or referred to him by the
city council. He shall prepare all ordinances,
and examine, supervise and prepare all contracts
made by the city. He shall receive an annual
salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, and such
fees and commissions as maybe provided by the
city council. He shall give bond for the faithful
performance of his duties in the sum of two thou-
sand dollars.
The powers, duties and qualifications of the city
engineer, and the salary for his services shall be
prescribed by the citv council, not to exceed
twenty-hundred dollars, and sucli fees as may be
prescribed by ordinance. As to officers’ fees, this
seotion shall" not he subject to the provisions of
section 171 of this charter.
Sec. 23 It shall be the duty of the auditor to
examin ■ in detail all bills, accounts and claims
against the city, and, if found corre t, sign his
name in approval; but if f und incorrect, he shall
return them to the appropriate committee or the
city council, with his objections thereto. It shall
al-o be bis duty toexamiue the hooks of all offi-
cers of the city, and if they should be found in-
correct, to make a report of the same to the city
council. I shall also be his duty to examine ai
warrants and countersign the same when an ap-
propriation has been duly made to pay the same
by the city council, and he shall render such other
services from time to time as the cit y council may
direct, and shall receive for his services such com-
pensation as the city council may determine, not
to exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum,
and shall give bonds for the faithful performance
of his duties in the sum of ten thousand dollars.
Seci 54. To pass ordinances for the condemna-
tion of property for the purposes of opening s i reets
and alleys in the city, conforming the mode and
manner of the same to the rules prescribed for
cities and towns by the general laws of the State.
And to regulate, prohibit or remove all buildings or
structures on the shores or in tlie waters within
the limits of the ciiy where the same are not au-
thorized by law.
Sec, 83. That the term real estate or property,
as used in this act, shall be construed to include
lots and lands and all buildings, machinery,
structures and improvements erected upon or af-
fixed to the same and all such buildings; machi-
nery, structures or improvements situated on any
lot or lands shall be considered a part of said lot or
lands, and shall be assessed to the owner of the
lot or lands upon whieh they are situated, and
the taxes thus assessed shall be a lien upon such
lot or lands.
Sec. 113, The city council shall procure fire en-
gines and other apparatus for the extinguish-
ment of fires: provide engine-houses for keeping
and preserving the same; provide for the organi-
zation of fire, hook and ladder, hose and axe com-
panies, and such companies, together with a chief
engineer, and suce officers as may be provided
for by the city council, shall constitute the fire
department of the city.
The ffre department shall be under the control
and supervision of the “ commissioners of fire
and Dolice,” created under the provisions of seo-
tion 18a of this act. Officers and firemen in the
fire department shall have the same qualifica-
tions, and shall be subject to removal for the
same causes, as provided for members of the po-
lice force In seotion 18a of this act. Said commis-
sioners shall establish rules and regulations for
the government of the fire department, appoint
the officers and members thereof, with power to
remove or suspend the same. They shall pur-
chase all supplies, employ all labor and contract
for all supplies required by the department. Tney
shall have control and supervision over the fire
alarm system of the city, and make rules and re-
bound book kept for that purpose; keep
count of ail expenses Incurred in the department,
and shall make a report to the city council on the
first day of every month, containing1 a pay-roll of
officers and members of the force, and list of
debts and expenses incurred by the fire depart-
ment during the preceding month. At and during
all fires the officers and members of said depart-
ment shall have allthe powers of a member of
the police force. The city council shall pass or-
dinances conforming the organization of the fire
department to this section
bee. 116 There shall be and is hereby created a
board called the * commissioners! of waterworks*”
to consist of five members, to be appointed by the
governor of the State, who shall hold their offices
for the term of four years'and uutil their succes-
sors are duly elected andqualitied, except as here-
inafter prescribed. The governor shall have the
■power to remove any commissioner for cause, and
to fill anv vacancy'occurring in said office, either
l death resignation, removal from office, re-
al from the city or other cause. All appoint-
ments io fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired
term. _ No person shall be eligible to the office of
commissioner unless he is thirty vears of age, a
freeholder and qualified voter in .said citv. The
governor of tlie State shall, without delay, ap-
point the five commissioners pr> vided for in this
act, and said commissioners shall hold their offi-
ces, two of them for two and three of them for
lour years from the date of appointment, The
governor shall issue commissions to the persons
so appointed, designating the term’ for which
they are severally appointed, and whenever the
term of offices of any coram’ssioner expires, the
appointment of his successor shall be for four
years. Said commissioners shall take the oath of
office required of other officers of said city, and
give bond for the faithful performance of their
duties, payable to the city of Galveston, in the
sum oft ten thousand dollars to be approved by
the mayor of the city. Upon the appointment and
qualification of jhe commissio ers they shall or-
ganize by tlie election of a president from among
their own number, and appoint a secretary with
such salary as they may prescribe, and a ma-
jority of the commissioners shall constitute a quo-
rum for the transaction of business. Thev shall ad-
vertise and let contracts for the construction of
a system of waterworks according to plans and
specifications to be adopted by them; but all con-
tracts sha 1 be subject to the approval of the city
council, and shall be signed by the mayor and
countersigned by the city clerk before the same
shall take effect. A’ y contract made under the
pro virions of this section shall state the souice of
water supply, the location, capacity and plan of
the main reservoir; the location, capacity and
plan of all stand-pipes and reservoirs in the city,
and the location, size, number and material of all
hydrants. Any contract made under this act for
the construction of waterworks shall he paid for
by the city in its five per cent, f >rty vear 1 onds,
issued for the purpose of constructing water-
woiks. For the purpose of obtaining informa-
tion and paying their necessary expenses and the
expenses of a competent engineer for consulting
and advisory purposes, said board is hereby au-
thorized to expend the sum of t»n thousand dol-
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
be paid by the chy council out of the proceeds of
' ales of bonds to be issued for the construction of
waterworks. The waterworks, except the assess-
ment of water rates and the collection of revenue
therefrom, after their construction, shall be un-
der the cont'ol and management of the board of
commissioners of waterworks, and the board shall
appoint all officers, agents and other subordinates
and employes as may be necessary for the man-
agement and efficient operation of said water-
works as may be provided bv ordinance.
The board shall have authority to remove or
suspend any officer, agent or employe of said de-
partment. The doing of all work and repairs,
and the furnishing of all material and supplies
shall be let out by the hoard by contract, except
in cases whore ic is not practical to do sue work
or furnish such material by contract, and ail con-
tracts involving the expenditure of over one thou-
sand dollars shall be submited to the city council
for their approval. Whenever the city council
shall, by ordinance, provide for the extension of
the system of waterworks along streets and alleys
not supplied in the original construction of the
waterworks, the board shall coutract for the con-
struction of the same in the manner hereinbefore
provided, subject to the approval of the city coun-
cil . The city council shall fix, assess and collect
all water rates and tolls, and pass all ordinances ne-
cessary for the protection preservation and regula-
tion of tlie waterworks, and enforce the same by
suitable penalties. The board shall keep a record of
their proceedings in a well bound book kept for
that purpose; they shall keep an account of all con-
tracts. purchases and expenditures made by them,
and shall report to the city council on the first day
of every month a pay roll and list of expenditures
made in their department during the preceding
month.
Sec. 122 In order to effect the abatement of nui-
sances or removal of accumulated filth, the board
of health shall have power, whenever in their opin-
ion such nuisance or filth exists, and is, or is likely
to beeome, detrimental to the public health, after
officially so declaree by them, to notify in writing
through its officers, the owner, agent, lessee or ten-
ant thereof to abate or remove the same, either by
filliug up, draining, cleansing, nurifying or remov-
ing the same as the case may bel If the owner, who
shall have been served with such notice, shall fail,
within the time indicated in the notice, to comply
with such order of the board, or fail to show good
cause why he can not or ought not to comply with
such order, for which purpose he shall be entitled
to he heard before said board, if he so requests it,
he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
con-fiction, shall be lined not less than ten nor more
than two hundred dollars, with an additional fine
of not less than five nor more than fifty dollar* im-
posed for each and every day that the person or per-
sons thus convicted shall, after conviction and due
notice thereof, fail or refuse to abate, or use due dili-
gence in the work of abating such nuisance; and if
such service can not be made for the reason that the
owner, agent, lessee or tenat of the property upon
which the nuisance may exist can not be found in
city,of which fact the return upon such notice of the
officer serving the same shall he conclusive evidence
then tlie board shall cause such notice to be publish-
ed in the newspaper doing the city printing for five
consecutive days (Sundays excepted>, and if, within
five days after such service of such notice, or after
its publication as afoiesaid, such nuisance shall not
be abated, or the order observed by the owner, then
the board shall report the same, with the proceed-
ings had by them thereon, to the city council, and
thereupon the city council shall, if two-thirds of all
the aldermen elect vote therefor, order said nuisance
to be abated, either by filling up, draining, cleansing,
purifying or removing the same as the case may be,
under the supervision of the city engineer. The city
council, before ordering said nuisance to be abated,
shall, for the purpose of acquiring the most reliable
information practicable of the probable cost of said
work, cause an estimate to be made of said probable
cost bj the city engineer, and said engineer shall
also report a full list of all lots or fraction of a lot,
with the number of blocks upon which said nuisance
is situated, and the names of tlie owners thereof,
and such other information as may be required by
the city council, and if there be any lot or fractional
lot, the owner whereof is not known, the same shall
be entered on said list as “ unknown.” and said en-
gineer shall enter in said list opposite each lot or
fractional lot the estimated cost of the work to be
done on the same; and when said work is ordered
by the city council, and shall have been completed,
the council shall cause an accurate report of the cost
thereof to be made by said engineer, stating the cost
of the work done on .each lot or fractional lot, and
upon the acceptance and approval of said report and
list by the council, said amounts shall be imposed,
levied and assessed by the city council on said lots
or fractional lots respectively, and collected by the
collector, and shall be a first privileged lien upon the
the property until paid. Said assessment shall bear
interest at tlie rate of twelve per cent, per annum
from the date of assessment until paid The enforce-
ment of the payment of said assessment shall he
regulated, governed and controlled in the mode
aiid manner provided for the collection of assess-
ments for street improvements contained in section
one hundred and twenty-niue (129); provided, that
for any silch assessment and interest ns aforesaid,
the city council may cause suit to be instituted and
recovery had in the name of the city in any court
having jurisdiction, and the "report of the
engineer of the cost of said work, together
ith the proceedings of the city council making said
levy and assessment, or a copy thereof duly certified
by the citv clerk, shall be full proof und satisfnctoay
evidence for the reeovm-y of judgment for said as-
sessment and interest.
8cc, 127. The city council shall he invested with
full power and authority to grade, shell, repair, pave
or otherwise improve any avenue, street or alley, or
any portion thereof, within the limits af said city
whenever by a vote of two-thirds of the aldermen
elected they may deem such improvement for the
public interest, provided, the city council pay one-
third and the owners of the nroperty two-thirds
thereof; except the intersections of streets from lot
to lot across the streets, either way, shall be paid by
the city alone. Said two-thirds of said costs to be
paid by the owners of the property fronting on said
thoroughfares, shall be assessed on or against said
property, and collected by the city whenever such
improvement is completed and accepted by the city
council; provided, further, that not more than fifty
thousand (50,000) superficial yards of such thorough-
fares shall be filled, graded and shelled, or filled,
graded and paved in any one year.
Section 2. That the charter of the city of Galves-
ton be amended by adding thereto sections 18a, 73a,
96a, 131a and 132a, as follows, to-wit:
Sec. 18a. There shall be and is hereby created with-
in and for the city'of Galveston a board of fire acd po-
lice, to he called the “ commissioners oi
fire and police,” to consist of four commissioners
and the mayor, or acting mayor, who shall be ex-
officio president of said board; and said board shall
appoint one of their members as vice-president, who
shall a' t dnring the absence of the president. N o
person shall be eligible to the office of police com-
missioner up]ess he is thirty years of age. a free-
holder and qualified voter in said city. The said
commissioners shall, except as hereinafter speci-
fied, hold their offices for four years and until their
respective successors shall havd been appointed and
qualified, andshall receive a salary of six hundred
dollars per annum, payable monthly. Before enter-
ing npon the duties of said office, the said commis-
missioners and the said mayor shall take
and subscribe the oath prescribed
by the constitution of the State, and shall
also take and subscribe an oath that in any and
ery appointment or removal to he made by them
or from the police force created and to be organ-
ized under this act, they will, in no case and under
no pretext, appoint or remove any policeman or of-
ficer of police, or other person under them, on ac-
count of the political opinions of such policeman,
officer or other person, or for any other cause or
reason.thanthe fitness or unfitness of such person in
the best judgment of the board. In case a vacancy
shall occur in said board, the same shall be filled by
the governor forthwith, after having been notified
by the hoard that such vacancy exists: and all ap-
pointments to fill vacancies shall be for the nncx-
pired term: Any one of the said commissioners
who, during his term of office, shall accept any
other place of trustor emolument, or during the
same period shall become a condidate for an of-
fice elective by tlie people shall be dvemed to have
thereby vacated liis office. For official misconduct
any of said commissioners may be removed
by the governor upon his being fullv satisfied
that tlie commissioner is guilty of the alleged mis-
conduct. A majority of the board of police shall
constitute a qnorum forthe transaction of business.
' The governor of the state shall without delay, ap-
point the four comtssioners provided for in this
act, and said commisioners shall hold their offices,
two of them for two years and two of them for four
years from the first day of June, one thousand
fight hundred and eighty-seven. The governor
shall issue commissions to the persons so appointed,
designate the time for which they are severally ap-
pointed, and whe- ever the term of office of any com-
missioner expires, the appointment of his successor
shall be for four years.
Said commissioners are hereby created peace of-
ficers, and it shall he the duty of the board at all
times to preserve^ the public peace within the
boundaries of the city of Galveston; to prevent
crime and arrest offenders; to protect the rights of
person and property; guard the"public health; pre-
serve order at every public election, and at all pub-
lic meetings and places, and on all public occasions;
prevent and remove nuisances and unlawful ob-
structions on all streets, alleys highways,waters and
other places; proride a proper police force at every
fire f r the protection of firemen and proprrty; pro-
tect emigrants and travelers at the steamboat land-
intemperance, selling liquors to minors, selling
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors without license,
liquors are sold, and the public health are enforced.
They shall hav. power to administer oaths, summon
and compel the attendance of witnesses before them
and examine them upon any matter where it may
he necessary for the more effectual discharge of
their duties or the detection, prevention or punish-
ment of crime,
The board of police are authorized and required
to make by-laws for their own government, and all
such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with
the laws of the s'
lice department. _
the board shall be obeyed by the police
officers, on pain of dismissal, or such lighter pun-
ishment, either by suspension, reduction or forfei-
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twenty nor
appointed _ _ _______ _______________
been convicted of a felony, or against whom any
indictment may be pending for felony1, and no one
shall be appointed an officer or policemen unless he
is a c tizen of this state, a qualified voter
of the city, can read and write the Eng-
lish language, possesses ordinary strength
and courage, and is of good moral character.
The nolicemen shall be appointed for four years,
and be subject to suspension or removal for cause,
after a hearing by the board, who are hereby in-
vested with exclusive jurisdiction in the premises.
Any policeman whose term shall expire, and who,
during his appointment shall have faithfully per-
formed his duty, if otherwise qualified, be preferred
by the beard in making new appointments. Every
policeman shall be required to take the oath pre-
scribed by the constitution of the state, and giv
bond, with sureties, payable to the city of Galvei
ton, in the sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned
forthe faithful performance of their duties, to be
approved by the board. The chief of police or any
policeman who may become a candidate for any of-
fice of trust or emolument to be elected by the peo-
ple during their terms of service, shall he deemed
thereby to have vacated his employment; and any
policeman who shall during his term of service be
t ound electioneering for any person who is a candi-
date for an elective office by thepeople of the county
or city, or shall be a delegate to any political con-
vention, shall be removed from the police force. The
chief of police and the members of the police force
shall have the authority to execute any criminal
process or writ issued by any competent court or au-
thority, in any county or at a ay place in the state of
Texas. In case of a riot or any unlawful assembly
affecting the peace and good order of the city, the
board shall have the authority to appoint a sufficient
number of special policemen to suppress tlie same
The board shall k»ep a record of their proceedings
in a well bound book kept for that purpose,and shSl
make a report to the city council on the first day of
preceding month. The board shall have the power
to increase the number of policemen at any time,
with the consent and approval of the city council!
The hoard shall be authorized and required to or-
ganize the police, force and fix the salaries of tlie sec-
retary ancl policemen, and may change the same;
provided, the change is made during the month of
June in any year. And when the said salaries are
established, the schedule thereof shall he duly cer-
tified by the boaril and reported to the city council
ancl placed on the minutes and proceedings of the
city council.”
Sec. 73a. To regulate, control and direct the
mode and manner of the laying and construction of
street railway tracks, switches, turnouts, turntables
and other necessary structures in the streets and
alleys; and to compel railway companies to keep the
streets between their rails ballasted and graded on
a level with their rails: and to keep the space be-
tween their rails in all paved streets in perfect re
pair, or to pay actual cost of the same when done by
the city; to compel the street railway companies to
build all necessary culverts and make all
necessary improvements at all curves
street intersections and crossings, so as to insure a
safe and easy passage for vehicles, or to pay the act-
ual cost of the same when done by the city; to com-
ple Street railways to raise or lower their rails, and
the roadbeds between the same, .to conform to the
grades of the streets, or to pay the ac tual cost of the
same if done by the city; to compel street railway
lr rails, m all cases where the same may be filled
and graded, or filled, graded and paved by the city;
provided, that this section shall not alter or change
the mode of improving streets and assessing the
cost of the same, as prescribed m sections 127, 128
129 and 130 of the city charter; to regulale the speed
of street cars; to forfeit rights of way and franchises
heretofore or hereafter granted to street railway
companies for non-user or abandonment; and to en-
force the provisions of this section by proper ordi-
nances and penalties.
Sec. 96a. That in all cases where any dealer in
merchandise, wares or goods of any ki- d, subject to
ad valorem or occupation taxes, or both, under the
provisions of this act, who shall, after the rendition
of said goods, wares or merchandise /or taxation or
after becoming liable for any occupation tax, be
come bankrupt or make an assignment of said mer-
chandise, wares or goods, or sell out the same in
bulk, then the collector of taxes shall a*- once oresent
to the receiver, assignee or vendee of said dealer
for payment, the amount due for said taxes by
said dealer, and in case of failure of said receiver
assignee or vendee to at once pay the amount of
said taxes, the said collector shall levy upon, seize
and sell, from the said merchandise, wares or goods,
enough to satisfy the amount of said taxes; and
said taxes until paid shall constitute a prior lien on
said merchandise, goods and wares in default of the
payment of-said taxes. And whenever any mer-
chandise, wares or goods shall be levied upon or
seized under any writ; of attachment or executio
upon which the city has a lien for taxes unpa’d the
collector shall present for payment, to the officer
levying said writ of attachment or execution, the
amount due for said taxes on said merchandise
wares or goods, and in case of failure of said officer’
or the plaintiff in said writ, to at once pay tlie
amount of said taxes, the collector shall proceed to
levy upon, seize and sell enough of said merchand-
ise, wares or goods to satisfy the amount of said
taxes.
Sec 131a. The said city shall have the power to
appropriate the net proceeds of the bonds author-
ized under section 131 of the city charter for the
purpose of paying and redeeming the legal and valid
floating debts of the city existing on the first day o
January, 1887, not to exceed in. amount the sum of
two hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 132a. The said city shall have the power to
issue bonds to the extent of one million, two hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000), of the
denomination of one hundred dollars, or any mul-
tiple thereof, payable at forty years after the date of
their issue, bearing interest at the rate not to exceed
five per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually.
The net proceeds of one million dollars of said
bonds shall be U6ed exclusively for the establish-
ment and construction of water works for the sup-
ply of fresh water for the city of Galveston and its
citizens; the netiproceeds of two hundred thousand
dollars of said bonds shall be used exclusively for
permanent street Improvements; and the net pro-
ceeds of fifty thousand dollars of said bonds shall be
used for the construction of a city hall. The indebt-
edness provided for in this section shall not be gov-
erned or limited by the provisions and limitations
contained in section one hundred and thirtv-two
(132) of this charter.
Section 3. That rvhereas an urgent necessity ex-
ists that,the city of Galveston and its citizens
should he supplied with fresh water, by the con-
struction of a system of waterworks; and, whereas
it is for the best interests of the city that its fire and
police departments should, at an early day, be
placed under the control of a board of five commis-
sioners, to be appointed by the governor, so as to
divorce these departments from the evil influences
of local politics, it is therefore enacted that this act
take effect and be in force from and after its pass-
age. ______
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Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children teeth-
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gums, allays all pain, cures. wiLd colic,
and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. ly
Hemorrhaqes.
Bleed hi 3: from the
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JNOse, or from any cause ia speedily con-
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Sores, Ulcers. Wounds,
Sprains & Bruises.
It is' cooling, cleansing and Healing.
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Nasal Syringe.
Rheumatism, fieuralgia.
No other preparation has cured mor'
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the Extract. Poafi’s Extract Pias
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Dago, Pains in Back or Side, &c.
Diphtheria, Sore Throat
4Use the Extract promptly. Delay i>
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PJ|nn Blind,Bleeding or Itcliing. It
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For Broken Breast and
Sore Nipples, hive erSonce
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Female Complaints. maj£-
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Pond s Extract S
the words “Pond’s Extract” blown in
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surrounding buff wrapper. Noneotheris
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Xmas Cards.
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W. D. Hoyt & Co., wholesale and re-
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Arnica Salve for two years. Have never
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Rosadalis cures scrofula, rheumatism,
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*
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