Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-04
1,.E en- COUNCIL
P~rseesAisss ~ Monday Nights Regular
Session,

PrscssAinss ~ Monday nights Regsla
I'll Session.
COUNCIL. RoOM, CITY OF YANkroM.
Monday, March 8. 1879. Z 30 y. M.
Council met Ia regular s~esaion. Mayo
Wynn IN the chair.
Roll call showed oil members present, ex
cept AID. Kadish.
Minutes Of last meeting read and up
proved.
Petition Of Schroeder 3 Bates for permits
sion to use sidewalk for certain purposes
on Douglas avenue in front of lots :, 8 ant
9 block % Yankton, presented. read ant
granted.
Petitions Of hook and ladder company
for repair Of the floor in the truck hous.
presented, read and referred to the commit
tee on fire department.
Committee on finance and taxation re-
ported back the bill of Bowen & Kinssbury
for *l24.75 and the bill Of George Wagner
for f1.45. as correct and recommended the
payment of the same.
Report of committee adopted and war
rants ordered.
The same committee reported back the
bill of Burleigh Bros for rent of room at
special election $3.50, With . recommends
that $2.00 be allowed and paid.
Report Of committee adopted and the
clerk instructed to draw . warrant for $500
10 full of said bill.
Committee on grades, streets and alleys,
made the following report:
To tie Honorable Mayor and City Couaca Of
Yankton:
GENTLEMEN-Your committee to whom
was referred the subject of Douglas street
bridge will state that they have examined
the bridge and find it out Of repair and have
instructed the street commissioner to repair
the came.
. And your committee further report that
they have examined the map Of w. w.
Brookings' addition to Yankton and will
state that the map appeared to be correct
and certified to according to Law, but %
your committee has no means of knowing
whether Or not it accords with the survey Of
the city and would recommend that the
matter be referred to the city engineer.
Your committee further report ~ to the
matter Of the street crossings they would
recommend that where crossings are bull,
hereafter on the main streets the materia
shall be (2x4) two BY four Of pine lumber
set on edges. All Of which is respectfully
submitted.
WIN. NJ. Powers,
E. G. WHEELER,
A. w. LAVENDER,
On motion the report was adopted and
map therein referred to city engineer.
Reports of all the city officers for til,
month Of February 1873, presented and re
ferred to committee on finance and taxa.
tion.
Bill of C. w. Blunt, Jr., for services
e. steward at truck house....." s. OF
shsnard 4 Wynn, lumber.......... 9 50
E. NJ. Coates, observation-disclosures 8 SC
E. T. White, enrolling bill to incor-
porate the city Of Yankton....... 20 Ot
J. B. VanVelsor, services as city ply
slclan IL "
presented and referred TO committee on
finance and taxation.
Bill of William Gemmill for services a.
street commissioner for $ll.00, presented
aud referred to committee on grades, street,
aud alleys.
AID. Miner moved that G. w. Delematel
be allowed the sum $l.1O a. witness fee in
case of the city against Frank Hefner and
that the clerk be instructed to draw q war
rant for the same.
On motion council adjourned.
E. T. WHITE, II. B. WYNN,
City Clerk. Mayor.