Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-09-10
City Council Proceedings.

The council convened In regular scs-
sion Monday evening Sept. Z, 1885.
Present-Mayor Flint, Aldermen Cone.
hay, Hicks, Hughes, Kelleher, Long,
Miller, Spangenberg and Selvidge.
Minutes of the last regular meeting
read and approved.
Clerk read a petition from Joe d. Mills,
city treasurer, for telephone in his Of
fee.
Mr.. Conehay said he thought the city
treasurer needed telephone as much as
any of the other city officers but did not
think phone necessary in either the city
clerks office or police headquarters, but
If these offices were to retain theirs he
was IN favor of providing one for the
city treasurer's office also.
Mr.. Hicks SAID he was IN favor of CIV
ing the city treasurer a telephone during
tax collecting time but did not think 1t
necessary at other times IN the year.
After some informal discussion Mr.
Hicks moved that the petition be laid on
the table, which motion carried.
Clerk read proposition from B. s.
Russell to sell the city his safe for 800.
Mr.. Long favored accepting Mr.: Rus
sell's proposition.
Mr.. Conehay said he had corresponded
with safe mandatory at Cincinnati
and ascertalned that they could get a
safe one SIZE larger than that of MIR. Rus
sell for 500 which including freight
would make the net cost about $780,
Mr.. Hicks moved that Mr.. Russell's
proposition (Which was reduced to s95)
be accepted.
Mr.. Kelleler said the matter was given
into the hands of committee and the
council should await the report of that
committee before taking action.
Mr.. Hicks then withdrew his motion.
Mr.. Conenay, of the finance committee,
to whom was referred sheriff McKechnle's
bill for keeping city prisoners, said that
other bills had come in from the sheriff
lately and he asked further time so as to
be able to report upon all, which, on mo-
tion of Mr.. Hicks, was granted.
MIR. Conehay, to whom was referred
the matter of purchasing a safe for the
city clerks office, reported in favor of
purchasing Mr.. .Russell's safe at sos.
On motion of Mr.. Kelleher the report
was. adopted.
Mr.. Conehay reported the purchase of
desk at cost of about S45 including
freight.
MIR. Hughes reported that goods order
ed for the fire department last month
had come.
Mr. Miller. from committee on streets
and bridges, reported tavorabIy on bill OF
J. II. Winslow for lumber, S67 "a, which
was allowed.
Mr.. Kelleher, from committee on public
grounds, reported bill of Drake & Bald
WIN for $e.o3 for paints for park correct
and on motion bill was allowed.
Clerk reported that he had not yet com
pleted the inventory of city property.
Mr.. Long, from special committee to
confer with county commissioners in re-
gard to sheriff's bill for keeping city
prisoners, reported thst the commission
ers didn't give him any satisfaction about
it, as they said they had nothing to do
with the matter.
On motion the report was accepted and
committee discharged.
Mr.. Miller presented street pay roll for
labor $27l.
Motion of Mr.. Hicks that the above
bill be allowed and orders drawn to the
persons named therein for the respective
amounts.
Mr.. Long thought the bill ought to be
referred.
Mr. Miller wanted to know If these
laboring men should starve until the COM
mittee should report on this bill at next
meeting.
The motion to allow the bill was adopt
ed.
Certificate of city treasurer of amount
due Marshall Mcclure for publishing the
delinquent city tax list 5000. 70 presented.
Mr.. Long moved that the bill be re-
ferred to the printing committee.
Mr.. Conehay said as the statute fixed
the amount Of publication fee and it had
been certified by the city treasurer there
could be no question about it.
Mr.. Hicks thought the committee might
report on the bill before the meeting ad-
journed.
Mr.. Kelleher doubted whether the city
had anything to do with the DILL or not as
the amount charged was added to the
taxes of each delinquent and it did not
come out of the city treasury at all. But
still II it was a proper subject for the
council to consider he would favor refer
ring it.
The motion to refer was carried.
The following bills were then allowed:
Grimm, Gieseler & Co., nails, etc.$ 20
L. Lyon, oil, and lamp chimnies.. IA IS
l.. Hayward, insurance. ce....... 75 IS
Police Pay Roll. l................. Ill 90
jamestown Ice Co., lce. ..... 10
J. R. Levell's Sons, police goods. 90
Hayward s. Baldwin, rent. .. IL 90
Selsby Mfg Co., fire dept, supplies. 276 SO
NJ. H. Schmitz, Keeping prisoners. % 90
Mr.. Hicks said in reference to Mr.. Nc
Clure's bill for publishing the delinquent
city tax list that he (Hlcks) considered it
lob work and moved that one half the
amount of the bill be allowed on the basis
of the fifty per cent discount on job work