Telegram-herald., 1890-05-06
THE NEW COUNCIL
rns Opening Session Of ths City
Legislators Last Evening
MD SWEET PERFUME OF FLOWERS
Ths nsFsrs u nsss.x. .ad a APpsiatazsats-
n4yss ChI PrsssaEs q a-stsrty
Dscaasat Ia IL IaA1sarAl
Aaare.z 60 ths Ce4asiI

Hal gives free rem % Ms decorative
tastes, and paeaty OF material j. fur
uished ae can accomplish Won iers. He
spent The greater part OF yesterday al
teruoon IN preparing the council cham
Der Tor the opeaIng night and the Dis
play Of Tags and tropical plants taste
ruily arranged made the room beauti-
IA and attractive l4st evening.
Tue aldermen, old and new, we're re-
splendsnt With their new spring suits
and hand some bouttonleIes, and as
they filed into the room AZ 80 they
we're received with round Of ap-
piause.
City Marshall Wilson furnished pro-
fusion OF flowers for the occasion, AMI
ths buttonhOle bouquets were presented
BY him % the council and the repre-
sentatiVes OF the press.
The auditorium, the committee
rooms and the halls were packed with
Interested spectators who listened 70
the proceedings Of the council with
marked attention.
Alderman Saunders moved the adop-
ton OF the rules Of the last council. for
government Of the present corncil.
The motion carried and the mayor then
arose and read ms inaugural message
% the cOuncl:
"Gentlemen OF the COuncil-In the
year 1858, after the incorporation OF
the clty OF Grand Rapids, the first IN
augural message was delivered TO the
Common Council by the then mayor,
our highly esteemed and now venerable
fellow citizen, Hon. Thomas h. Church
etlll surviving, he IS today the oldest
eI-mayor or the city. sld has come
from the retirement 10 which A pro-
tracted illness has for months confined
HIM, 70 honor this occasion by his pres
ence. By request ne has taken a seat
by my SIDE, Who, thirty-seven years
Later. IN the lne of succession, have, by
the choice OF the people, been called 10
preside over your deliberations during
the MUNICIPAL year now beginning, and
% observe "a best may the injunctions
OF the charter wherein u Is declared
that 1T snail be the duty Of the mayor
TO take care that the laws of the State
and the ordinances OF the Common
Council are faithfully executed; TO ex-
ercise a constant supervision and con-
troll over the conduct of all subordinate
officers, and TO receive and examine
into all complaints against them for
neglect or duty, 20 recommend 10 the
council such measures "a ne shall deem
expedleut, 70 expedite such as shall be
resolved upon by them, and in general
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and advance the prosperity Of the
city"
The mayor then cited the won
derful change that has been
wrought between tho ''then small,
struggling town, without railroad
cOmmuulcat Ous, and the now thriving.
progressive, and prosperous city"
With word 10 the new aldermen nd
recap tulation Of the bonded indebt-
ednsss aud finances of the city as re-
ported At the annual session by the
president OF the council, the mayor
touched upon the water works as toll
lows.
"Our system Of water supply has been
much improved during the past
eighteen mouths. and barring the much
a-.tated and coutrOvertCd question of
n permanent source OF supply must be
considered upon q very satisfactory
base. BY reference 70 the records n
tie Office Of the BoarJ0f Pubic Works.
learn tHat tie total cost Of
tne water works % this date Is >siS,-
n'''"- since August, i>01, tnrtF-SjX
I'.-',s o' water mans nave been la'd at
o. ol >i'''Vi'-'7. ~ iue ueginnne
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