Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-11

| The President stated that next in order
would be The election Of Vice President.
Aid. Mccarthy nominated Aid. Smith.
! Aid. Smith arose and thanked the Aid
erman for nominating him, but stated
that he was not a candidate, and if
elected would decline to accept the posi-
| ton.
| Aid. Otis nominated Aid. Cornish.
Ballot proceeded with and the follow
| ing result announced:
Whole number of votes cast........ IL
Necessary for choice. Z
| Aid. Cornish received. 70 votes.
| Aid. Smith received. ....-..........4 votes.
| Aid. OILS received. ...................l vote.
Aid. Mccarthy received. ............. Il vote.
| SECOND BALLOT.
| Whole number of votes cast .......... IL
| AID Cornish received IS votes,
AID Smith received. .................3 votes.
| Aid. Otis received ................l vote.
| Aid. Cornish having received major
ity Of all the votes cast was declared duly
elected Vice President of the Council for
the ensuing year.
Election of City Clerk
Aid. Mccarthy moved that the Presi
dent cast the vote OF the Council for
Thos. A Prendergast for City Clerk.
The motion prevailed, the ballot so
cast, and Thos A. Prendergast was de-
clared duly elected City Clerk for the en-
suing term.
Election of Assistant City Clerk
Aid. Starkey moved that the President
cast the ballot of the Council for r. T..
O'Connor for Assistant City Clerk. The
motion prevailed, the ballot so cast, and
r T. O'Connor declared duly elected
Assistant City Clerk for the ensuing
term.
Election of Market Master
Ballot ordered, which was taken, and
the following result announced:
Whole number of votes cast. ........ II
Necessary for choice. ...............
Patrick McManus received. ...........7 votes.
P. Burch received. ...................4v votes.
J. Aherh received. ....... ...........l vote.
Patrick McManus having received
majority of all the votes cast was de-
clared duly elected Market Master for the
ensuing term.
Election of Jailer-
Aid. Mccarthy moved that the Clerk
cast the ballot of the Council for John
Jessrang for jailer.
The motion prevailed, the ballot so
cast and John Jessrang declared duly
elected jailer for the ensuing term.
Election Of Janitor of Baldwin Build
| ing
Ballot ordered and proceeded with the
following result:
Whole number of votes cast. .......... 10
| Necessary for choice Observation-Disclosures. z
| Patrick Walsh received votes
z. NJ. C.ughlin received. ............ "A votes
Patrick Walsh having received ma
jorlty of all the votes cast was declared
duly elected Janltor of the Baldwin
Building for the ensuing year.
| COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor the Mayor
| To he Honorable the President and Common
! Council Of he CITY of ST.. Paul:
| respectfully transmit here with the annual
report of the chief of police.
| In this connection deem it proper to say
that he is the only department officer who has
submitted report, and that even he is not
| obliged by law to submit one.
| Our city charter-or, possibly, ordinances
| would seem to b. defective in respect to
reports from the heads Of the executive de-
partments of the city government. Some of
| them are required to make reports to the
Cannon council annually and monthly; the
city treasurer to make bis annual report f1f-
teen days before each annual election, with an
exhibit of receipts and expenditures, and at
| the first meeting of the council IN each month
he is to report the amount of city funds I'M
der his control. The controller must submit
| to the council, annually, at their first stated
meeting In D cemb Of each year, q synop-
tical report of the financial condition of the
city; also annually on or before the first day
of October, an estimate of the expenses Of the
city and the revenue necessary to be raised
| for the current year, the fiscal year to COM
mence on the LIST of January of each year.
| The present city engineer made HIS first
annual report on the 18th day of January
last, which is very full of valuable infOrma-
ton. 1t was, of course, filed and published
in the Official paper of the city, but beyond
this it has passed into oblivion. 1t is not
obligatory upon him to make an annual
report.
| The mayor is required "to take care that
the laws of the state aud the ordinances of the
CITY are duly observed and enforced; and thIt
all other erecutioe officers of the city discharge
their respective duties" also, "be shall, from
| time to lime, give the common council such
information and recommend such measures as
he may deem advantageous to the CITY,"
| He cannot, without great difficulty, prop
erly discharge the duties thus required in the
present dsj inted, scattered and inaccessible
condition of the laws, ordinances and few res
ports that hav. been made or that are ex'ant.
If the different executive officers (under a
revision of the charter. or by Ordnance) we're
required to make their annual reports to the
mayor, COR submission to the common coun-
| Gil, fifteen or twenty days before the CON-
mencement OF the fiscal year, if the charter
and ordinances were compiled ,codifed, indexed,
printed and bound flor preservation) then
the mayor ought to be able to give the COM
mon council accurate information from time
| to time and make proper recommendations.
| The city has a board OF public works,
a board of health, workhouse bosrd, q
board of fire commissioners, a board of plat
commissi ,ners, board Of water commission
ers, a board of control (of the poor, in cOnnec-
ton with the county, which are supposed TO
be required to keep records and to report their
proc edings-not all, I think to the common
council, nor are all sf the executive officers
thus required to make annual reports
1t Sc, ms 10 me that provision should be
made in the charter, requiring annual reports
to be made, as before suggested, and that the
common council should cause them to be