Jacinto Simon, carpenter, stated to the Municipal Court that it owed him sixteen pesos four reales for work he had done since March on the lighting system of the city. He humbly requested payment. Pedro Pedesclaux, Clerk of the Cabildo, certified that on December 18 the Council had resolved that Simon be compensated from the funds appropriated for street lighting. On the same day Simon acknowledged receipt of the money and gave an itemized accounting for materials for which the money was spent.
