Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-12-04
CRY COUNCIL.

HIS Honor Mayor Ziebach being absent
IN motion. AID. Mtner wss elected mayo
: pro tenn for the evening.
Roll called.
i All members present except Aid. Macua
mara.
| Minutes of last meeting read and ap
proved.
Petition of George Brown for license Il
sell liquor on Tn,rd strees. between Wslnu
I and Douglas avenus, prosecuted and read
and, on motion, confederation of same post
ponsd until next meeting Of council.
Petition OF j. H. Mslilsr and fifty others
resldsnts Of Ysnkton county, in relation Il
STOCK running At large. presented, read and
returred to the mayor for executive action
Petition Of Z. L. Shur,leff. asking thai
his license be changed so as to allow him u
do business on the corner of Broadway and
Third streets, presented, read and granted
and clerk instructed to change his license
accordingly,
Petition of Jamss F. Jones In relation to
taxes paid by him through mistake. pre-
sented, read and referred to committee On
| dnance and taxation.
Petition of VIM. Tobine In relation to
his assessment for the year 1877, read and
reterred to the committee on finance anu
taxation.
The committee ON licenses made the fol-
wing report:
YANKroN. D. T., Dec. 8. ~.
To the Mayor Of tie City Of Hankson, d. r. /:
We, .he committee on HOUSES, to wnum
was referred the petition OF Mr.. Newton,
asking for license to auction goods, paying
The same monthly in advance, would most
respectfully report that he being poor
man und not aOle to procure room for hle
business, but selling his goods on vacan,
| lot In the open air, would recommend that
he be granted an auctiOneer's license, ht
paying the same monthly in advance until
ne is able to take out license by the year.
(SlgneD JOHN o. BATES.
j. n. SToNR.
Aid. KinEsbury, Of same committe, re-
ported recommending that the prayer Of the
petitioner be not granted.
On motion the majority report Of the
committee was adopted.
The committee on grades, streets and
alleys to whom was referred the protest OF
Geo. B. Hoffman and others against build
ing sidewalk on the east side of Cedar
street between Third and Fourth streets,
made the following report:
YANKToN, Dec. Sd, 1877.
To the Mayor Of the City Of Yankaon:
We, the committee on grades, streets and
alleys, to whom was referred this petition,
refer it back to the council without recon-
mendation.
/ tSigned,) J. NJ. STONE, Chr,
JOHN o BATES,
WM. NJ. Powers.
Report of committee accepted.
Same committee to whom was referred
the petition Of John L. Pennington and
Others, in relation to grading east end o.
Third street. reported the same back with
recommendation that nothing be done in the
matter until the spring Of 1873.
Report accepted.
Committee on finance and taxation made
the following report:
YANKroS, D. T., Dec. 3, ~.
Mr.. Mayor The finance committee Il
which was referred various bills and peti
tions report as follows:
On bill of Richey & Dix for $2.S5, Wall
baum & Becker for boarding prisoners prio
to Aug. 18th, $l6.l9, c. Broderson for board
ing prisoners subsequent to Aug. 18th
Sl7.O0 to Nov. 18th, and of Street Commis
sioner Delam .tsr for $97. .25 since july 24th
approving and recommend that the clerk b,
instructed to draw warrants in payment O
the same.
On petition Of Grant Marsh recommend
ing that the tax be remitted in considera
lion of the fact that the ferry is great pub
lie benefit, and is taxed sufficient in it
, license for its present revenues.
On petition Of A. F. Hayward and Mr.
N. Purinlon, recommending that the praye
of the petitioners be granted as the person.
properly unquestionably is located with tn
improvements on the land outside the cit,
limits.
On petition Of VIM. L. Bradley, recon
mendlng the granting of the prayer Of tn
/ petitioner and instructing the treasurer 4
correct the list as set forth in the petitio,
that is to make the assessment on nj lot 1a
and on lot IA at 1915 and assess the sai,
Bradley. '-'
In the matter of the petition of propert,
owners and agent-, your committee lind tia
the work asked for will cost something lik
sloo. That it seems TO be necessity to d,
it, as your committee can find no xarran
by which the taxes for those years could b.
remitted, and have grave fears that, OWN,
to the unsystematic manner in which th,
business Of the city was conducted, cloud
on titles may be perpetuated, and therefor,
recommend that a committee be authorized
to have the work done under their own care
full supervision and inspection and in q
economical manner as possible.
Respectfully submitted,
i VIZ. MINER,
T. A. KINGsBuRY,
n. j. CRAMER.
Report accepted.
The reports of city marshal. city police
men Conway and Learned, city treasurer
street commissioner and city justice for th,