Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1889-05-10
THE NEW COUNCIL.
Mayor 11arshall's Annual Message
Delivered and Contains Food
For Reflection.
Appointments Made and Confirmed
All Good and Wise Selections.
Peabody and Groshong, the New
Members. Get Into Harness and
Go to Work,

feseDody anu GrOslOng, the New
Members. Get Into Harness and
Go to Work.
The new city council held their
first meeting Monday evening, Pres
ldent Boardman presiding. After
the delivery of the annual message
by his honor, the mayor, Mayor
Marshall nominated the following
officers, and they were approved:
City Auditor, Jas. E. Squirting;
Chief Of Police, S. H. Martin;
Assessor. w. F. Garfield; Street
Commissioner, Edward Crandall;
City Attorney, J. R. Buxton; City
Physician, DIR. T. A. Mathews.
The Mayors message is here given
III full:
1t devolves upon the mayor an
nually and from time to time to give
the Council information relative to
the affairs Of the city. and to rec
ommend for their consideration such
measures as he may deem expedient,
and in fulfillment of this duty | SUBJ
NIT to you the following sugges-
tions: "
At the expense of great labor the
outgoing council gave the city a
complete set Of ordinances, which
meet the requirements of the city
for the present, and your labors,
therefore, will be more of an execu-
tive nature than any other.
would recommend to you that
some steps be taken to have the law
under which we are incorporated,
together with the ordinances, print
ed. At present there is but one
copy of our ordinances, whereas,
every officer of this city and every
school officer should possess copy
OF the law and ordinances.
The Board Of Education is in a
measure interested in this matter,
and | would recommend that some
steps be taken jointly with that
body, looking to the publication in
one volume Of the law under which
we are incorporated, the rules gov
erning the council and its delibera-
tlons, the ordinances of the city, and
the rules prescribed by the Board of
Health, together with the law and
the rules governing the Board of
Education. If this plan be expedi-
ent, it would save in the cost of
printing.
When you consider that there are
in all about twenty-five officers, who
need access to the city and school
laws, in order to perform their du-
ties intelllgently. to say nothing of
attorneys, who require access to the
laws i'll their practice and citizens
who are interested, the necessity be-
comes apparent.
One Of the needs of the city is a
Jail. The late council made an ap-
preparation for that purpose and let
the matter drop there. We have
access to the county Jail at Ellen
dale, but the inconvenience is such
as to work serious harm against the
proper execution Of our ordinances,
and in case we used it the expense
would be extremely heavy. l look
upon a Jail in city Of this size and
Importance as necessary to the main
tainance Of law and order, and upon
the fact that we have done without
one up to this time with 40 few SER
lous results, as accidental, and feel
that it is unwlse to rely longer upon
circumstances.
The question of fire protection is
probably the one most talked about
by our citizens to-day. am in
formed that a petition has been cir
culated and largely signed, asking
the council to call an election for
the purpose Of voting bonds, the
proceeds from which to be used in
boring all artesian we'll for fire pro-
lection. This petition will bring
the matter before the council in q
formal manner, and will necessltate
such action on your part as your
wisdom may direct.
There is great need Of economy
III the administration Of this city s
affairs, and | want your hearty CO.
operation to that end, We can