Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-04-09
CITY COUNCIL.

Proceedings Of City Council iu sess,o
Wednesday evening, April sth, 1855.
There were good attendance at tn
council room last evening to witness Il
fnal organization aud ell we're ,mpresse,
with the necessity of SON providing NOR
commodious quarters for our city legis
lature.
The roll call donated that all aldermen
were present and ready to proceed Il
business.
Mayor Flint stated that he believed th'
course Of the council last Monday even.
ing 50 Tuch of it as pcrtained to ITS re-
conveanlng was irregular and that in hi
opinion that oil that had been done by !
after the regular adjournment was out O
order and therefore null and void ane
should be stricken from the records.
Mr.. Hicks stated that he was of the
same opinion and that he would move tc
strike that portion alluded to by the may
or from the records.
Mr.. Kelleher thought that the recon
veniug Of the council was perfectly
proper and thought that any one versed
IN parliamentary practices would agree
with HIM.
Mr. Conehay believed that tie proceed
logs at the convened meeting wer'
Valid since the council had been called
together by the mayor.
Motion TO strike out was carried to s.
Returning to the general order of ousi
ness the r. r.signatiol of Mr.. Glescler tn,
newly elected city treasurer was consid
cred and upon motion was accepted.
Mr. Kelleher moved that the Office O
city treasurer be declared vacant
MIR Conehay moved that Joe D. Mills b.
elected to I'LL the vacancy. Carried.
The bond OF Mr.. Mills signed by tht
following gentlemen was presented: An
ton Klaus, q. l.: Raymond, e. NJ. Carr
Roderick X ,se and Joe D. Mills as prin
cipIl. Bond accepted. 4
City Justice Hayward presented hi
quarterly report showing fines and cost!
for The past three m months to have been
1850. Court fees $500.
Mr.. Kelleher moved that the report b.
accepted and placed on file. Carried.
Chief of police schmitz. presented hi
bond with A. A. Allen and Major Lyot
as bondsmen. Also the bond OF Viii
Ford as policeman was presented. Mr.
L. Lyon and D. q. Buck, as assurities
Both bonds accepted and order filed.
Mr.. Miller, chairman OF the street au'
bridge committee reported that the con
dition of the Fifth street bridge was ba'
and that he had instructed the city en-
gineer to draft plans which il adopted
would put it in proper shape.
The committee on printing stated tina
he was ready to report. He prcscnte
bids from the Alert, Capital and Ag
which were as follows:
Capital agreeing to publish ordinance
at Is cents per folio and to do the 10
work of the city at regular rates less Q
per cent.
The Alert was u pubiish the oruinsu
ces at 40c per folio and to do the jo
work at regular rates less 50 per cent.
The Age to publish the proceedings a
&c per folio and to deliver the job worI
At regular rates less 40 per cent.
Here lengthy discussion arose as Il
which was the lowest bid and no satlsfac
tory conclusion btlng arrived at the mat
ter was referred to committee on printing
for adjustment. There Is no question
however, but that the Capitals bid wa
the highest. As the Age has no job Of
fee, the question naturally arises, allow
Ing for the sake of argument tha: the biz
was the lowest, how Can it afford to hir'
Nr. Burke TO do the work and then Civ
the city 40 per cent. of, and especiall!
when it has agreed to publish the ordl
nances for less money than they can b.
set for by the thousand at regular prices
There is one thing sure and that is, tina
whoever does the city printing Tor tn.
ensuing year will be poorer when he gets
through than when he begun.
The next interesting feature wa, til
election Of city attorney, which feat wa
performed TO the satisfaction of a major
ity of the council and w. E. Dodge, sfle
= pleasant skirm,sh between Mr.. Hicks
Miller, Conebay and kelleher.
On motion of Mr.. Conehay, Mr.. Nc
MILAN was chosen city clerk by unanirn
Gus vote.
The introduction of ordinances bein
iu order. Mr.. Miller startled even the re
porters present by introducing an ordi
nance to l!cence the skating Kinks to tn
extent of $500 per year.
The salary ordinance, tx,ng the sala
ries Of the follow 'pg officers was intro
duced by Mr. Hicks: Attorney. $500
Clerk, $500 Chief Police 90 per month
subordinate police 90 per month
The introduction of bills followed, an
upon motion of Mr.. Kelleher the rule
were suspended and the most Of them al
lowed.
On motion OF Mr.. Miller, T. +. Brant
was elected city engineer.
Mr. Conehsy moved that board G
health be appointed. The following gen
,lemen we're appointed rs such board
lst ward, T. F. Branch, 2ad ward, P. NJ
DAILY, Sd ward, Pat Moran, 4th ward, III
Cloe-, who was appointed At the sugges
tion of ex- = alderman Carr, who was frs
named but preferred not to act.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Miller their cleo
ton was made unanimous.
Adjourned,
A Bleed Guilty Government.
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