Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-07
A MUNICIPAL SESSION.
Doiugs If the City Fathers
at Last Evenings Meet
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at Last Evenings Meet
ing,
The Dog Law Tempered With ems
the City Assessor Settled With.
Retrent hment In Expenses and
the Pine Street Grade the
Burden of tha Session.
There was a regular meeting of the
city council last evening, which was
called to order by Alderman English,
who, In the absence of Mayor Teller,
presided over the mesting.-All the
aldermen were present.
VARIOUS PETITIONS.
A petition for q rebate OF taxes was
presented BY W. B. Valentine. The Pc
tition was, upon motion, referred to the
committee on finance and taxation.
The residents Of the west side OF
Douglas avenue, between the bridge
and the railway tracks, petitioned fox
the right to lay 3 sidewalk of plank. A
motion WAS made and recommended that
the petition be granted, but Aldermen
Branch aud Grove did not want to see
a plank walk put down.
Alderman Scougal explained that the
petitioners. were willing to build a brick
walk, but they could not procure brick.
The motion was lost and the petition
referred to the committee on grades
streets and alleys.
A petition for changing the location
OF a recently ordered Broadway side
walk was referred to the committee on
grades, streets and alleys.
A petition of E. Weber for rebate Of
taxes was referred to the committee or
finance and taxation.
ORDINANCES.
An ordinance for the levy and col
lection of q special tax to pay for the
repair OF certain sidewalks was intro
duced. Upon motion the rules wert
suspended, the ordinance was read til,
second and third times by its title snG
passed.
An ordinance was presented allowing
the Dakota Central and the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul railways to con.
struct tracks and operate the same acros
three streets in the Kountz addition.
motion to suspend the rules and pas
the ordinance finally prevailed.
An ordinance to amend the dog to;
ordinance was introduced. The amend
ment provides for the changing of th
price of dog taxes from So to ST.. Ais,
that ell dogs found running at large ar
to be impounded snd il owners do no
call for the dogs after their incarceration
death in any merclful way shall be mete'
out to them. The ordinance was pesse'
under suspension Of the rnles.
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS.
A supplementary report to the Jul
report of the city treasurer was presented
This report alludes particular
ly to the city's indebtedness
The assets of the city wer
displayed in the report made by tn
treasurer last month. The report wa
on motion accepted, and placed on file
This report is published in anothe
column
MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS.
The bill of the city assessor for So;
was presented. The finance committe
would not approve the bill for the rea
son that it exceeded the $3.50. appro
prlated for the work.
Upon motion. the bill vas allowed.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The license committee reported th
approval OF q license asked for by Ma
Gschwenderer. The bond was dull
signed and sealed, and upon motion til
license was granted.
The committee On finance and taxation
presented its reg a;nf monthly repor
which was on motion adopted. The re
port include the street commission
er's pay roll for July, The pay Yoll cal
for the expenditure OF $21437.
Payment OF these eooounts Yves pre-
vided for in the usual way.
FOR THE FIREMEN.
Certificates from each of the oompanie
of the fire department, certifying the
the companies we're bona fide organizs
lions were received and intended as
step in the way of securing from th
city treasury that portion of the ia
collected from insurance companies,
which the IRE companies are legal
entitled. The council decided to approx
the orders from the officers OF each com
pany, thereby instructing the CIT
treasurer to pay to tho companies th
. legal amount.
:. COLLEGE HILL PLACE..
The plat of college hill place additio
10 the city Of Yankton was presented fl
the approval Of the council. The in
portanee of accepting the plat by th
council was alluded 10 and upo
motion the matter was referred to II
COMMITTEE on grades, streets and alley
PINE sTREET GRADE.
ali Tho aitv opo,naov bavipu oompIako