Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-06
OFFICIAL
Proceedings Of the Common Council.
Regular Meeting.

Regular Meeting.
ST. PAUL, April 3, 1883.
Vice President Cornish in the chair.
Present: AID Dowlan, O'Connor, Fischer,
Otis, Smith, johnson, Van Slyke, Starkey,
Mccarthy, Mr.. President-1O.
The matter of the vacation OF part of
Francis, Terry, Dawson and other streets,
as per notice of City Clerk, dated Feb.
q, 1888, was postponed and laid over
until Tuesday, the 18th day of April, 1888,
at 7:30 D. m.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From p. II. Thornton
Stating that $60.6O was deducted,
from his final estimate for grading vii.
liams street, and asking that he be paid
said amount, etc.
Committee on Streets.
From A. G. Bonham and others
For the grading of Beach, from Earl to
Seventh streets.
Board of Public Works with order.
From The Board of Directors of the st.
Paul Public Library. Report
To the Honorable Council of the City of
st. Paul:
In pursuance of the 9TH section of the
Act of the Legislature approved March 4,
1879, to provide for the establishment and
maintenance of free public libraries and
reading rooms, the Board of Directors of
the st. Paul Public Library have the honor
respectfully to report:
That under the resolution of your honor
able body, passed on the 9Th day of Sep
TENDER last, and an appointment on the
18th as directors by His Honor the Mayor,
and your approval on the 10Th, we perfect
ed our organization on the 25th, as pro-
vided by sections three and five of the act,
the directors being arranged as follows:
Maurice Auerbach, Henry l.. Carver. Jas.
P. Pond for one year.
Alex. Ramsey, Henry P. Upham, BENZ.
F. Wright for two years.
Chas. E. Otis, Daniel A. Robertson, John
D. O'Brien for three years, commencing
from the first day of May next. The Board
elected
ALEXANDER RAMSEY, President.
MAURICE AUERBACH, Vice President.
W. Fl. KELLEY, Secretary.
On the 23d of October We received and
accepted from the st. Paul Library associa-
ton, full conveyance "a copy of which is
hereunto attached) of all the books, PAM
phlets, maps, etc., belonging to said as
ISOLATION, and comprising more than
eight thousand volumes, and con-
tlnued in tho occupation of the
rooms heretofore used, although too
confined for the much larger body now
patronizing the library, and proceeded
with as much expedition as possible in
adapting the government of the library to
the requirements of its new character.
The act of the Legislature requires a
statement of its condition on the first day
of March of this year; ''the various sums
of money received from the library fund
and other sources, and how such moneys
have been expended, and for what purpos-
es; the number of books and periodicals
on hand; the number added by purchase,
gift, or otherwise, during the year; the
number lost or missing, the number of per-
sons attending; the number of books
loaned out, and the general character and
kind of such books, with such other statis-
tics, information and suggestions as they
may deem of general interest,"
We answer to the first requirement:
No money has been received from
the Library Fund. The Library was
opened to the public on the I'd of January
last with S,051 volumes received from the
st. Paul Library association. There have
been purchased 67 volumes, and Il have
been donated, making the whole number
on the LIST day of March $3.50. The num-
Der of persons who have furnished the re-
quired guarantocs and registered their
names is 1876, of which go are males and
GA females. The number of volumes ia
ken out during the two months, are
History and Biography. ..... 555