REDUCTION OF CITY LIMITS.
Mr. Sulzer's bill [H. R. 428] to authorize and empower cities and towns to disannex certain jurisdiction over to territory included within their corporate limits, was read the third time.
Mr. SULZER said the object of this bill is to enable towns to surrender a part of their corporate limits. There is no law upon the statute books which cover this ground.
The bill passed--yeas, 68; nays, 7.
Mr. Huston's bill [H. R. 380], to amend Section 6 of an act to authorize cities and towns to construct, maintain and operate Water Works, issue bonds to pay for such construction, abolishing the Board of Trustees of Water Works in cities having a population of over 10,000, was read the third time.
Mr. HUSTON moved to amend by striking out "ten thousand" and inserting the words "four thousand five hundred."
The amendment was adopted and the bill passed--yeas, 71; nays, 2.
