Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-08-15
City Council Troceedings.

The city council mt sst light in
regular session, the full board and
mayor being present. A't''r reading
and disposing OF the monthly reports
Of the officers, the standing commit.
tees were heard from. Aid T'u,cott,
OF committee on streets and nj -y-, re-
ported ,ha, on Sunday lat himself
and Aid. Stuart had, instead II going
TO church, taken a tour of ms .rtion
over the city and noted all cs.e- of de-
fective sidewalks or cro.ssalk-, and
that since then they had exercised the
power vested in the committee I Y put.
ting q man To work repa,riuy { la de-
fects In an economical manner, The
report Of the Committee was acce ,red.
Aid. Moran, Of committee on police,
fire ard water, had nothing Of inn
portance to report unle.s ,hs cnndi.
ton Of the streets where III water
mains had been laid was uuder the
c"gnizance of his committee. II it
was, he thought some step n III he
taken by the water COMPANY to level
up the bumps and put th. .trrsts In
better condition for travel. Tie re-
port was accepted and Mr.. Ullm a, Of
the water company. being p'esent.
stated that his company wss Hlvays
subject to the call Of the council nv the
purpose of repairing any danserous
places bat that the settling 4 the
humps by water would only r-sul, In
converting them into hollow, 'nto
which dirt would have TO be hauled,
whereas II lef, to settle gradually they
would soon be all right. Aid. Stuart,
of committee on claims, reported in
favor Of allowing the bills Of John
Miner for Si.00 aud the Yellowstone
Journsl Pub. Co. for $3.50. TIE rs-
port wss adopted and the bill or cred
paid. Committee on way and means
had no report to make The -p-cial
committee on the annual report 1f he
city treasurer reported that III same
was correct, and the report Nns &C.
cepted and q synop.is Of tn~ fiscal
statement ordered published. A e.i-
tiop of sundry citizens for tn ,on.
struction of o sidewalk on h west
side of Park street f,om Msiu s,rTet to
the Mscqueen house wac read bat Il
appearing that the property on which
tue walk was asked to be built was ss
far as known still part Of the Fort
Keogh military reservation, thu peti.
tiop was on motion laid on the able
to be taken up when the title /, the
property became vested in the city.
The bond VI +. s. jackson, chief Of
police. In the sum OF 5000, with J.
Basinrki and NJ. Brspdenburg ~
sure,ies, was approved by the mayor.
Aid. Moran suaDssted the necessity Of
the city clerk keeping list of proper
ty belonging to the city, and In whose
hands such property was. The follow
ing bills were then read and on motion
allowed and ordered paid:
e.. Jones ,brding prisoners,.tc.$ 8 so
Electric Light Co., lighting
streets, 2 2mUntbs.................. lao w
Yellowstone Journal Pub. Co.,
printing ...","...........".....'.- % ~
Ordinance No. 80 was then offered
for adoption, and on call II the yeas
and nays, adopted by unanimous
vote. [The ordinance Is Published
elsewhere In this Issue.
Ordinance No. 40, fixing the salary
of the city attorney at SIS per month
was offered for adoption. and on call
of the yeas and nays was adopted.
There being no further business the
council thereupon adjourned.