Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-03
THE CRY COUNCIL
omeisl Report OF Last NiEht,s Proceed.
lngs.

council met in regular session, his Hon
or Mayor Wynn in the chair.
Roll called. Present. Aid. Fogerty, Kad
ish, Lavender, Miner, Powers, Schnaubel
and Wheeler. Absent Aid. Kaiser.
Minutes of the last meeting read and ap
proved.
A petition, signed by a number of citi
zens, asking the establishment of fire lin.
it's and to prohibit the erection of frame
buildings in block IS Of Todd's Yankton
was presented, read and referred to the
committee on fire department.
Also, a petition signed by the property
owners of lot, fronting on the south side Of
Third street, between Cedar and Walnut
streets, asking permission to lay a plank
sidewalk twelve feet in width along said
block. Also q petition of John Oliver
asking permission to erect q grain ware
house on the levee at the foot Cedar street
were presented and referred to the commit.
tee on grades, streets and alleys, with in.
structiens to repot upon the petition of John
Oliver at the next meeting Of the council.
The ordinance committee presented an
ordinance relating to peddlers, and asked
that the rules be suspended and the ordi.
nance put upon its final passage. On mo.
ton of AID. Miner, the rules were suspend.
ed. The ayes and nays being called upon
the passage of the ordinance, the result
stood as follows: Those voting in the af
frmative were Aid. Fogerty, Kadish, Law
ender, Miner, Powers, schnauber and
Wheeler. None voting in the negative,
the ordinance passed.
YANKroN, AUG. 81, 1873.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of tile
city Of Yankton:
GENTLEMEN I'VE beg leave to report
as follows on sundry bills, &C., referred to
us:
Bill of Shannard & Wynn, for lumber,
$3.50, found correct; payment recommend
ed.
Bill of Mr.. Welsh for watching ruins of
fire-would recommend that two dollars and
fifty cents be allowed and paid for his SER
vices.
Report Of city police, city %jailor, city
marshal and city treasurer for month Of
July, found correct and recommended the
came be placed on file.
Respectfully,
WIN. MINER, Chairman.
JNo. NJ. FoGERTY,
E. G. WHEELER.
Which report was adopted and the bills
allowed and clerk instructed to draw war
for the m
The license committee made the follow
ing report:
We, the undersigned, committee to whom
referred the application Of Maria
and Madam Shaw tor liquor dealers
recommend that the prayer of
petitioners be not granted, and the money
paid by the applicants be refunded.
FIR. ScHNAUBER,
WIN. MINER.
Which report was adopted, and the clerk
instructed to draw warrants in favor of said
Maria Briggs and Madam Shaw for the
amounts paid into the city treasury by
them.
The reports of city treasurer, city police
men, city %jailor, city clerk, city justice, and
city marshal for the month of August, were
presented and referred to the committee ON
finance and taxation.
Tho Ill, &c XVolLor, @, DooJ.. e..
S26 60; Rasmus Leonentsun, for $500;
Dudley & Hawley, for $500; Blatt & Buer-
dorf, for 100; Shannard & Wynn, for
S27. 09, were presented and referred to the
committee on finance and taxation.
On motion of AID. Schnauber the street
commissioner was instructed to advertise for
proposals to make the repairs of side walks,
ordered by resolution of the council of July
I'd, 1873.
The city marshal to whom was referred
the charges against Policeman Mershon, re-.
ported that he had Investigated the same
and found that the charges were not sus.
tanned, except the fourth specification in
part; that an assault had been made, but
not deadly; nor was it made in the dis
Of his official duties. Which re-
port was adopted.
Aid. Powers introduced the following res
B IL Resolued By The Mayor and city Council of
the city Of Ydnkt0n:
SECTION 1. That it is, and is hereby declared
70 be necessary, that the sidewalk on the north
side of Third, between Douglas avenue and Cap
ltal street, iii front of and abutting on block
three g., should be brought to the grade estab-
ished by the ordinances Of the city Of Yankton.
SECTION 2. This resolution shall be published
Or four successive weeks in the official paper of
his city.
And on motion, the rules were suspended,
and the resolution adopted by the following
vote:
Those voting in the affirmative were
AIDS Fogerty, Kadish, Lavender, Miner,
Powers, Schnauber and Wheeler.
AID. Schnaubcr introduced the following
resolution:
Be it Resosoed By MelAayor and City Coun.
III @M Cxy@ Yankson, That the levy
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