St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
The City Enjoined From
Raising Money for the
Jail Site.
Hon. Frank H. Hurd Says He
- Will Not Again Run for
Congress.
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Two Victims Of the Cable
Accident Taken to Their
Homes.
Cup,n,apu 0f thn n0inOS OF
Summary of the Doings Of
One Day Gathered From
All Sources.
1T CAN'T BUY 1T YET.
The City Enjoined From Buying
the Jail Site on the Vote of Last

The City Enjoined From Buying
the Jail Site on the Vote of Last
Tuesday.
Judge Brill, of the district court,
granted the application of ID. d. Merrill,
.Jr., late Saturday night for all order re-
straining the city council from issuing
thescertificates of Indebtedness to the
amount Of So, 900 for the new jail site.
The action of the council was taken last
Tuesday night. The order of Judge
Brill calls on the council to show
cause why the order should not
be made permanent. The notice
of this action of the court was served
on Mayor Smith, representing the city
government, soon after the action OF the
court was on record. The ground OF
the application is that the ecesSary
vote of the council in favor of the meas
ure was not cast.
WHY II WAS DONE.
A GLOBE reporter called upon Aler-
rill Il WilIett, attorneys for ID. ID. Mer-
riH. Jr.. last evening.
'sSmith, Taylor, Rogers and Bickel
are the owners of that corner" SAID
they, land they have nine city council
votes TO appropriate money to buy this
piece of property. The charter re-
'0uires unanimous vote Of all members
elect to either buy or sell real estate,
and two-thirds vote of all members
elect to appropriate money to pay for
it, neither of which they had. The vote
by which the city accepted and
agreed to buy this site was to 4,
and the vote passed last Tuesday even
ing, at which they appropriated money
to pay for it, was 9 to 2. This second
vote should have been twO-thirds, or ten
votes. The first vote should have been
fifteen. The city undoubtedly will
claim that special act of the legis-
Iature gives it the right to buy the
proverty by majority vote. Mr.. Mer-
rill brings action first on the grounds
that he is taxpayer and annually pays
large sums into the city treasury, and
his taxes will thereby be increased;
secondly, that he is owner OF
the one-ouarter undivided inter
est of the lot adjoining
this Jail site, which will be
greatly deprecated in value by the loca-
ton of the jail on that site. Mr.. Merrill
thinks it an outrage TO plant a jail in
that part of town and depreciate prop
erty to the amount of 100000 or more.
Such is not the case in any other city
of any consequence. The action was a
petition for an injunction, and Judge
Brill Saturday issued an order for the
city to show cause at special term OF
the district court, to be held Saturday
next, why an injunction should not
issue. The notion was granted
eX parte Meanwhile, Judge
Brills order Restraints them
from issuing any certificate Of
Indebtedness to raise money to pay for
this, and from paying money to owners,
accepting any deed ordoing any other
act in relation thereto, until further
order of the court. Mr.. Merrill does
not think a jail should be located in the
very center of a rapidly growidg city
like this. The land, of course, is bought
by the city and county jointly. Mr.
Merrill only brings action against the
city half, as this will thoroughly test
the case to every one interested"