Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-05

jan az Wuo1cSoAe prices; keep an accurate aC-
count of such supplies distributed and to
whom distributed, and report under oath to
the City Council monthly all expense items
IN thecltE and to the county commissioners
all expenditures ont of the city; also to pur-
chase al books and stationery required by
judges of election; and he shall give bonds in
the sum of $40, 0OO with two sureties. to be
approved by the City Council; the said salary
of said officer to be 81 200 per annum.
Your committee recommend that a bill pre-
pared by Mr.. Gilman be adopted, relating to
working of prisoners.
II. RoGERs, Chairman.
c. ID. GHFlLAN,
VIM. M. THEsToN,
VIM. constants,
JNo. 81. SeHURME1ER,
T. J. BARNEY,
M. LAMpREY,
j. w. MCCLUNG,
JNo. R. IRVINE,
E. LANGEvN.
MR. GILMAN's BILL.
A bill for an act to authorize the employment
at manual labor of certain persons under sem
tence of imprisonment in the county Jail of
Ramsey county:
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Minnesota:
SECTION 1. That any healthy male person ca
pable OF performing manual labor who shall be
under imprisonment in the county jail of Ram
sey county, by the sentence of the district
court of said county, or by the municipal court
of the city of Saint Paul, may be taken from
said jail and compelled to work in the day time
Except Sundays) upon the public streets,
grounds, property and improvements of said
such imprisonment, under such rules regula-
lions, control and management may from
time to time be prescribed by ordinance or res
olutlon OF the common council of said city of
st. Paul.
SEC. q. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
The report was ordered printed and made
the special order for next Monday.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Gen. johnson moved to reconsider the vote
relative t, the High School adopted last
Monday, the object of the reconsideration
being to strike out that portion of the reso-
luton submitting the question of issuing
$4,000 in bonds to the people.
This matter was laid on the table with q
view of bringing it up next Monday, but q
final parliamentary squabble ensued, result
ing in Mr.. Driscoll offering resolution di
rectly abrogating the previous resolution
submitting the question to the people.
Mr.. McClung offered the following as {
substitute:
lleSOtCel. 1udU Cue COmn1GGcc on parks anC
grounds inquire and report whether the city
has power to sell the public square between
Sibley, Wacouta, Fourth and Fifth streets
known as Smith Park; and if such power ex
lists, to inquire and report whether it would not
better snbserve the interests of the tax payers
of st. Paul to sell said public square, and Will
the proceeds purchase suitable tracts of lane
in the different wards of the city easily accessi
BILE to the masses of the people to be used az
public grounds and parks for the accommoda
ton Of the public schools of the city, and a.
sites for school buildings hereafter to bt
| erected.
Resolue0, That in anticipation of sucl
sale, it is the sense of this Chamber tina,
bonds to the amount of ten Thousand
dollars should be issued at once fo
the purchase condemnation of two OF
| more acres central site for the erection OF
| a high school building. to be built in the veal
| 1880; to be ready for occupancy before the ex
pirat1on of the lease of the present high schoo
building, and that so much of the proceeds OF
the sale of Smith, park as will reimburse thu
city for the ten Thousand dollars advanced, b,
paid into the city treasury when collected.
| Resol1ed, That while land is low, and it il
true economy for the city to anticipate its flu
ture wants for school grounds and parks, ant
to purchase or condemn for public use tn.
most eligible tracts of land in the suburbs OF
the city, so far as can be done by the cxchang,
of other property and without increasing tn,
debt or taxation.
The whole matter then went over unit
the next meeting, and the chamber ad
| iOurned.