St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-03
Proceedings Board Fire Commissioners.
Regular Meeting.

OFFICE BOARD. FIRE COMMISSIONERS, !
ST.. PAUL, Feb %, 1886.
The Board of Fire Commissioners of the
City of st. Paul met at 80 o'clock pursuant
to adjournment.
Present: Commissioners Prendergast,
Warner, Freeman and President Delano
A.
Absent: Commissioner Parker-1.
President DelanO was excused to attend
| meeting of Committee on Fire Department
| of city Council.
Vice President Warner called to preside
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From City Clerk forwarding following
communications.
From His Honor the MayOr-Appointment
of Fire Commissioner
To the Honorable the President and Com
mon Council of the City of st. Paul:
have appointed Charles n. Parker as a
member of the Board of Fire Commission
ers of the City of st. Paul, (whose term of
Office expired on Dec. 81 last by limitation,
and to continue until a successor should be
appointed and qualihed) to succeed him
self.
AS the personnel of the board is now con-
of the Fire Department will be better sub
served by the reappOintment of Mr.. Parker
than any other person in the city who could
be induced to take the position, and to my
mind it is so important to the interests of
the city that again request your advice
and consent to his appointment.
EDMUND RICE, Mayor.
Aid. Sanborn moved that the appoint
ment be approved and consented to.
Aid. Dowlan moved that the matter be
referred to committee of one from each
ward, together with the Chairman of the
Committee on Fire Department.
The President asked Aid. Dowlan if his
motion was offered as an amendment to the
motion of Aid. Sanborn.
Aid. DOwlan replied that it was not as
he claimed the motion of Aid. SanbOrn
was not in order. as the vote by which the
appointment of Mr.. Parker was rejected at
a former meeting of the Council was not
recOnsidered.
The President ruled Aid. Sanborn's mo-
ton in order and that of Aid. Dowlan out
of order.
Aid. Starkey appealed from the decision
of the Chair.
The appeal being seconded the question
was put shall the decision of the chair be
sustained.
The roll being called those voting in the
affirmative were:
Aid. Kerr. Sanborn, Johnson, Van Slyke,
Bryant, Minea. Long,.
Those voting in the negative were:
Aid. Cummings, Dowlan, Cullen, Kahn,
Starkey.-5.
So the decision of the chair was sus-
tanned.
The question arising on the motion of
Aid. SanbOrn to approve and consent to
said appointment, it was approved and con-
scented to by the following vote:
Yeas-Ald. Kerr, Sanbon, Johnson,
Van Slyke, Bryant Minea, Long, Mr..
Presidents.
Nays-Ald. Cummings, Dowlan, Cullen,
Kahn, Starkey.-5.
Chas. n. Parker has duly qualified by
taking and filing his oath of office with me.
THoS. A. PRENDERGAST, City Clerk.
On motion communication accepted and
ordered filed.
Also,
Forwarding the following resolutions:
BY Aid. Kahn
Resolved. That the Board of Public
Works, the Board of Water Commissioners
and other Boards of the city employing day
labOrers and teams are hereby requested to
pay for the same as follows:
For first-class labOrers S1.50 per day, and
for double teams So per day.
Yeas-Ald. Cummings, Dowlan, Cullen,
Kerr, Sanborn, Johnson, Van Slyke, Kahn,
Starkey, Bryant, Minea, Long, Mr..
President-13.
Approved Feb. IS, 1856.
Ordered filed.