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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - July 22, 1918City Hall, Lodi, Cal., July 22, 1918. In regular adjourned session of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi there were present Trustees Black, Keeney, Crose and Mont- gomery. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Monday, July 22d, 1918, at 8 o'clock p.m. being the time set for opening bids for the purchase of street improvement bonds issued ^ursuant to the provisions of Resolution of Intention_ No. 14, the Clerk stated that no bids had been filed, whereupon the following resolution was introduced and adopted: RESOLUTION NO. 21. Authorizing and directing delivery of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of Resolution of Intention No. 14 and the "Improvement Bond Act of 1915" to the contractor, Clark & Henery Construction Com- pany. BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi as follows: WHEREAS, the City Clerk pursuant to the provisions of Resolu- tion_ `Tc. 20, adopted July 1, 1918, caused to be duly published a notice inviting sealed bids for the purchase of street improvement bonds dated July 1, 1918, and aggregating the total sum of $2586.95, and issued pur- suant to the provisions of the "Improvement Bond Act of 1915"; and pur- suant to proceedings taken by the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi under Resolution of Intention ro. 14, and EEFEAS, said Resolution Nb. 20 provided that bids would be re- ceived by the City Clerk up to eight o'clock p.m. Monday, July 22,1918, and said published notice contains a like provision, and W?I.EREAS, no bids were received by the City Clerk for the pur- chase of said street improvement bonds within the times limited and provided for in said Resolution and Notice; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the President of the Board of Trustees and City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized and directed to deliver said bonds in the aggregate total amount of $2586.95 to the Clark & Henery Construction Company, the contractor who per- formed the work under said Resolution of Intention No. 14, in satisfac- tion of the sum due said contractor upon its assessment and warrant. Said bonds so to be delivered consist of ten (10) bonds of the denomin- ation of two hundred (200) dollars each; and ten (10)'bonds of the de- nomination of fifty-eight and sixty-nine one: -hundredths (58.69) dollars each, and are of the character krown as serials. One (1) bond of the par value of two hundred (200) dollars and one (1) bond of the par value of fifty-eight and sixty-nine one -hundredths (58.69) dollars are pay- able annually from July 2nd, 1919, to July 2nd, 1928, both inclusive. The foregoing resolution was, upon motion of Trustee Montgom- ery, seconded by Trustee Keeney, adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Montgomery, Keeney, Crose and Black. :toes: None. Absent: Trustee Hale. TrusteeCrose moved, seconded by Trustee Montgomery, that Or- dinance No. 101 be amended by changing on the face of the ordinance the date when it shall become effective from the 10th day of August, 1918, to the 31st day of August, 1918. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Crose, Montgomery, Keeney and Black. Noes: None. Absent: Trustee Hale. ORDINANCE NO. 101, "An Ordinance Pertaining to and Providing for Limiting and Reg- ulating the Selling, Furnishing, Serving, or Giving Away or in any Man- ner Disposing of, Either Directly or Indirectly, of any Spirituous, Vinous, Malt, Mixed, Fermented, Distilled, Alcoholic or Any Intoxicat- ing Liquors Within the Corporate Limits of the City of Lodi,. and Re- pealing All Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith, and Providing a Penalty for Any Violation of this Ordinance," having been introduced July 1st and laid on the table for not less than five days, coming up for final reading, TrusteeCrose moved, seconded by Trustee Keeney, its adoption as above amended. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Crose Keeney, ,tontgomery and Black. Noes: None. Absent: Trustee Hale. In the matter of Ordinance No. 102 the following resolution was introduced and adopted: RESOLUTION. RESOL'�a1u; that O•rdinarce No. 102 be amended by striking Section Eight therefrom and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to be num- bered Section might: - This Oralnw,ce is deemed necessary for the ire ediate preserva- tion of the public peace, health and safety, and a statement of the facts constituting such neo?ssity is as follows - The United Stat es is engaged in a war with Germany and Austria- . :?urgary. Two million of our best and strongest sen have gone into tre fighting forces. Within a year there may be five million, Maxi- mum production by those who re•.r:ain at home is absolutely necessary. Every economic factor, including especially man power, must be util- ized and rade effective. That there are a number of men within the City of Lodi who are doing lit'le or nothing in any way or manner, to contribute toward the winning of the war. They must work or fight. THAT IT BE FUR73EP. AIMTD= by adding a new section, to be numbered ten, as follows: This Ordinance shall be published once in The Lodi Sentinel) a newspaper of general circulation, and for the reason that it is a war measure, as hereinbefore stated, shall take effect from and after its final passage, and publication. Upon motion of Trustee 11ontgomery, seconded by Trustee Cros-i, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Crose, Montgomery and Black. Noes: None. Absent: Trustee Hale. Trustee Montgomery moved, seconded by Trustee Crose, that Sec- tion. Eight, of Ordinance No. 102, as set forth in the foregoing resolu- tion, be and the same is, hereby adopted, which motion was carried by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees *Montgomery, Crose, Keeney and Black. Noes: *lone. Absent: TrusreeHale. ORDITTANCE NO. 102, "An Ordinance Making it Unlawful for any Able -Bodied Stale Per- son Within the City of Lodi, Between the Ao s of Eighteen and Fifty - Five Years, to Fail or Refuse to Engage in Some Lawful and Useful Busi- ness or Occupation; Prescribing a -Punishment Therefor, and Repealing all Parts of Ordinances in Conflict 'Herewith," having b?en introduced July 15th and laid upon the table for not less than five days, now coming up for final reading and passage Trustee Crose moved, seconded by Trustee Keeney, that Ordinance No. 102 be finally passed and adopted as above amended. Tre motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Crose, Keeney, Montgomery and Black. Noes: None. Absent: Trustee Hale. A co=r_unication from Edwin E. Grant , of the State Lan Enforce- ment Lia:=ue, was read and ordered filed. The City Treasurer was directed to at the proper time have con- verted $5000 of Liberty bonds into the issue Dearing 4i�. The report of City Treasurer Lorenz for the quarter ending Tune 30t_- was read and ordered filed. Bailding permits were. granted as follows: W-T.Barres, addition to dwelling corner Hilborn and Stockton Sts. E. Vernon, addition to dwellinZ lot 6, block 4, Hutchins Addition. G. Takeuchi, sziconl story addition to building lot 2, block 28, at No. 30 North Main street. firs. O.L.Wakefield, *private garage at lot 3, block 4,3ast Lodi. `to further business appearing the Boar -1 adjourned. Attest: ✓1r J t '%% City Clerk.