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1854 December Council ProceedingsDecember 4, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, McCraney, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell An Ordinance creating the Office of Flour Inspector and defining its duties Draft ordinance providing for the measuring of wood Wood Market and the Landing Report building near the Court House used as a hospital complaint Drs. McMahan and Matthews for a hospital Cleanly and apparently careful manner Hospital cannot be considered a nuisance unless it be kept in such a manner as to be injurious to health or indecent or offensive to the senses December 4, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, McCraney, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Not to lease the Globe Hall for theatrical exhibitions taxes of Mrs. Falvey and Mrs. McNamee remitted Mayor withdraw proclamation for vote for $300,000 additional stock Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road Company Reduced to $50,000 Bills H L Stout lumber A McCann Main St. contract Silas Sebring watchman Michael Flanagen Street Commissioner Patrick Lang Lawrence Ledy Michael Ledy John Ledy Michael Sning Jocum Leth George Sieger Martin Flanagen Thomas Kane December 11, 1854 No quorum present December 18, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, McCraney, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell An Ordinance creating the office of Wood Measurers and defining their duties Interest coming due in New York on the Bonds of the City for the $20,000 loan Amendments to Charter of the City forward to Iowa City, requesting their adoption by the legislature Recorder keep a register of all bonds issued by the city Bills A McCann discount on orders A Jordan Main St. William Sasse City Engineer George Ernst December 18, 1854 Bills J W Clark watchman Henry Sidle A McCann Street Commissioner J Blake Pierce, Hannum, and Company taking sick to hospital Pelan and Anderson lumber December 26, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, McCraney, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Macadamizing and paving of Main St. between blocks 3rs and 6th Streets not done to contract Balance due A McCann Market House committee Raise money to pay interest December 26, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, McCraney, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell City Engineer survey and plat of alley laid out between Plank Road and Broadway Petition of Dr. G W Scott for the laying out of a street west side of Division St. in T M McCraney addition License of merchants, shopkeepers, and other persons submit a statement of their business City Treasurer and Collector be each of them instructed to report at the next meeting of the Council the amount of taxes collected paid into the Treasury Peter Keine and S Shomo judges of the election Bills Jno Flynn and William Flynn discount F L Gelpcke engineer A L Brown surveying