The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-04-13

CITY COUNCIL.
W: Powell, President; ]. Edelbrock,
~ Vice. President.
! N. =. Barnes. Clsrk; ID. n. searle, Attor.
aey, L. Robbers. Assessor; j. Hall. NJ
Street Commissioner. :
| A.. MAYOR coLLrNs's INAUGURAL.
.n4- ST. CLOUD, April 10, 1876.
., Fur>unnt 20 the. provisions Of the city
charter, the Aldermen assembled ut the
rooms of the Common Council for organiza.
ton. The City Clerk called the Council
to order, and ON roll call the following
Aldermen answered to their names:
Ward One-John Fl. Owen, F. n. Dam,
VIM. Powell.
Ward Two-L. Clark, N. P. Clarke, J.
Coates.
Ward Three. Edelbrock, T. c. Nc
Clure, B. Reinhard.
Ward Four-J. J. Dorr, J. 3, schersr,
J. r. Bennett.
W. Powell, John Coates, B. Reinh.rd
and J. r. Bennett, the new members elect,
were duly qualified.
AID. L. Clark was called to the chair a.
temporary President of the Council.
A vote was taken for \ President Of the
Council, with the following result:
W. Powell. ............... 6
T.C. Mcclure ......................... 8
L. clark l
Aid. Powell, having received majority
of the votes cast, was declared elected, and
on taking the chair briefly thanked the
Council for the honor conferred.
A vote was taken for Vice. President,
AID. Edelbrock receiving IL votes, the total
number cast.
AID. L. Clark moved that the Council
proceed to the election of City Clerk.
AID. n. P. Clarke, moved that the salary
Of the Clerk, including rent of Office, oil
and fuel, be fixed at a sum not to exceed
$3.50, which motion the chair decided to
be out of order, as under the charter salar-
les can only be fixed during the month of
May.
On motion Of AID. Mcclure an in
formal ballot was taken for City Clerk, re-
sulting "a follows:
N. r. Barnes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Z
A formal ballot was taken, with this re-
suit:
l.. A. ............................. +
N. F. Barnes ............................. 6
The second ballot stood:
l.. A. Evans ........................... 5
N. r. Barnes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I
Mr.. Barnes was declared elected.
Aid. Owen, Edelbrock and Mcclure were
appointed a committee to wait on the May
or and inform him that the Council was
duly organized and ready to receive any
communication he thought proper to make
to it.
After brief absence the committee re-
turned accompanied by Mayor-elect L. w.
Collins, Esq, who upon being introduced
delivered his
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Gentlemen Of the City Council:
The City charter provides as among the
duties Of the Mayor, that '|he shall from
time to time give the Common Council
such information and recommend such
measures as he may deem advantageous to
the City," and it has become custom for
the Mayor to communicate something of
this character at the first meeting of your
body after the annual election. Ishall not
attempt to give information upon the va
rious public matters con6ded to your charge
by the electors, as but two of the present
Board OF Aldermen are without considers
bic experience in that capacity and sever.
al have served = number of years. You
are very familiar with all matters of pub
lie interest that will come before you, and
the suggestions I am about to make are
submitted with the assertion thst little can
be said, and that little will undoubtedly
prove quite common place and unimpor-
tant.
I first call your attention to the finances
Of the city and necessarily to the very
clear and comprehensive report made
March 9th, by the Treasurer, J. NJ. Rosen.
berger, Esq. From his exhibit you will
see that BY means Of = public system, en-.
forced through ordinances still in existence,
81, 1927. 90 has been paid into the city treas
ury during the fiscal year commencing
April 18th, 1875 when his report for the
year ending then was maae), and termina-
ting on Mar>h n, 1876, by persons en-
gagged in business which requires license.
At the commencement of said fiscal year
= balance of $442.47 remained on hand of
the same character of revenue. This fund
should be charged with the total police ex-
penses which were 81 10000, including the
pay of specials" on several occasions, and
to it might be properly credited imposed
and collected fines, $l33.50. This leaves a
balance over said police expenses of$600.0 90
derived solely from police regulations. I
judge that the same amount at least will be
collected the year just commenced and that
it will be sufficient to pay the entire expense
of the city government. This is strictly a
revenue and to it il added some miscella-
neous sums, SCI. A in all, received from the
County Treasurer. You will easily dis.
cover from said report that were it not for
| the balance on hand at the beginning of the
year there would be $2l2.93 of outstanding
and unpaid revenue orders. Either the
| revenue should he increased or the expen.
ses reduced-.s they undoubtedly will
be-the present year. And to the revenue
fund you added BY resolution of Oct. Is,
1876, the sum Of s.. 1864 interest on hand
upon r. r. bonds. the payment If which
is refused. A suit has been commenced to
test the legality Of these bonds and under
the direction of special committee desig.
mated by you. 1ts present stat.. will I'M
doubleday be made known to yoa by said
committee. Since said sum was added to
the revenue fund quite an amount has been
/ c0llected and there ia nnv HaaO 90 80 81 ,