Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-10-08
Council Proceedings.

Regular meeting Of the council Monday
evening Oct. 5, 1885.
Present-Mayor Flint, aldermen Hicks,
Hughes, Kelleher, Long, Selvidge and
spangenberg. Absent, Conehay, Miller.
Minutes of the meeting OF Sept. 7th
read and approved.
Petition of Anton Klaus, Jr., with b.
j. MCGEE and NJ. f. Foley as sureties, for
license to sell liquors in Klaus block for
six months commencing July lst, 1885,
was read by the clerk.
Mr.. Kelleher moved that the petition
be received and license granted, but was
in favor Of prorating for the time actual
ly occupied.
MIR. Hughes thought the council would
be over-generous to give such favor
without Mr.. Klaus asking for 1t.
Mr.. Hicks moved that Mr.. Klaus be
allowed rebate of 500, the first pay
ment of the six months license asked for.
Adopted.
Petition of p. NJ. DAILY, with John Dee
and j. 3. Fitzgerald as sureties, for liquor
license for the SIX months commencing
July 1st, 1885, read by the clerk.
Mr.. Kelleher moved that Mr.. DAILY be
allowed rebate of the first three months
as he was out of business over two months
Of the time.
MI. Hicks opposed rebattng for more
than the time Mr.. DAILY was out OF busi-
ness.
The ayes and nays being called on The
motion the vote stood as follows:
Ayes-Hughes, Kelleher, Long and
Selvidge.
Nays-Hicks and Spangenberg
Mr.. DAILY then stated to the council
that while he Thanked them for the favor
extended him by the motion Just adopted
he did not ask for . rebate for more time
than he was actually out of business on
account of the construction of the new
brick building on the ground be had &C.
cupied.
Mr.. Kelleher then moved the recon sid.
Grafton of the vote by which the motion
granting Mr.. DAILY rebate of the first
three months license was granted, which
carried unanimously.
MIR. Kelleher then made a motion that
the fee for Mr.. Daly's license be made
pro rata. Adopted.
A request from MIR. Altschul for per-
mission to sink we'll on Fifth avenue
in front OF his brick block wss read and
granted.
Finance committee reported sheriff
McKechnie's bill for board of city prison.
ers from Jan. lst to Sept. 10th correct
less Sc charged by mistake for county
prisoners.
On motion of Mr.. Hughes the report
was accepted and bill allowed.
The following bills were read and re-
ferred to the finance committee:
B. NJ. Hicks, coal and wood fur
nished city ...........$ 81 10
Grimm, Geiseler i Co., hardware. II IS
Kirk, Allen & Hathorn, hard
ware ............. ~ 70
PAY roll of Board of Health II
meetings. "a w
Telephone Co., telephones for
three months .................. "a 90
l.. LYON, barrel of oil, etc. ..... IA IS
Shoenberg Bros, lamps, etc.. Is
Churchill s. Webster, brush,
broom, etc. l6
The following bills we're referred to
committee on streets and bridges:
G. J. Goodrich, work with men
and teams. 81 25
!. r. Wiuslow, lumber Is IS
Same do % 30
Same do 80 A
n Gleseler, hardware sos
Street Com. pay roll. l4a Is
The following bills were allowed:
Police pay roll. 1915 90
r. Bayasch, board prisoners s..... 40
D. Goodman, blankets and box =. so
j. F. Vennum, moving safe, IL 90
f. Stallman, fire dept. supplies. l IS
Quarterly pay roll of city officers. s2s 90
Jacobs s. Steele, desk. -. ........ AZ IS
Fire department asked the purchase Of
two nozzles and an acid syphop. Granted.
Printing committee to whom was re-
ferred bill of NJ. Mcclure for s2os 70 for
publishing delinquent city tax list made
report, s,gued by b. N. Hicks and d. r.
Long, recommending payment Of &lO4. 4.s5.
Mr.. kel!eher moved that the report be
laid on the table. No second.
Mr.. Hicks moved that the report be
a.-4aa aAcondA6 hu Mr. Ionn