St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-04

and Faber 2. Platte was declared
elected. For city jailer, Joseph Anisett
was placed in nomination by Aid.
Minea. A vote resulted in fifteen votes
for Anisett and one for Joe Spiel, who
was not nominated. Aid. Costello, who
has been ill for some time, was not
present.
Aid. Flandrau, Sanborn and Minea
were appointed a special committee to
notify Mayor Smith that the council was
organized and ready to hear from him
if he had anything to communicate.
The committee returned with the
mayor, who advanced to the clerks
desk and was sworn in amid the plaud-
its of the spectators. Mayor Smith
stepped beside the president and read
ais biennial message, printed else
where.
The conclusion of the message was
received with general applause. and it
was referred to the committee on ways
and means. The routine business was
thereafter taken up. BY an ordinance
introduced by Aid. Conley, $l00 was
ordered refunded to Arthur Stanton. A
colored woman named Goven was az
rested and bail put up by Stanton. Next
day the female was fined 500, and the
bail money applied by the municipal
clerk to the fine. Stanton sued, holding
it was his money and only put up to in
sure the woman's appearance. His
view was upheld by the courts. The
pay roll of the engineering department
for May, So, $3.50, was approved. Aid.
Conley offered resolution to increase
the salary of the clerk of the chief of
police from $1,000 to $1,000 per year.
President Cullen announced Aid. Sulli-
van, Minea, Sanborn and Gehan would
serve as members of the board of equal
ization and board of abatement for the
year 1885, and the council sustained his
appointments by unanimous vote. A
number of gas lamps, sidewalks and
other minor matters were approved,
and the business being finished, Presl-
dent Cullen announced the following
standing committees:
WAYS and Means-Ald. Flandrau, San
born, Costello.
Claims and Accounts-Ald. Minea, Cos
teIlo. Sullivan. Banholzer, Copeland, Dobner,
Flandrau.
Fire Department-Ald. Sanborn, Var
Slvke. Bielenberg, Dorniden, Bott, McNamee
Streets, Sewers and Bridges-Ald. Gehan
Sullivan, Sanborn, Flandrau, Bielenberg
Minea, Bott
Taxes-Ald Dorniden, Dobner. Copeland
Police-Ald. Conley, Copeland, Gehan, Me-
lady and president of council.
License-Ald. Bott, McNamee, Conley.
Public Buildings, City Property and Mar
kets-Ald Bielenberg, Copeland, Costello.
Ordinances and Public Accounts-Ald
Banholzer. Dorniden, DObner.
Gas and Water-Aid. Melady, Flandrau
Conley.
Banholzer McNamee Gehan, Bielenberg.
Workhouse-Ald. Costello. Dorniden, Var
Legislation-Ald Dobner. Flandrau, Ban
holzer, Sullivan. Sanborn, Van Slyke, Cope
land.
Aid. Conley, Minea and Van SIyke
the three members to represent the
common council on the joint committee
of seven, to have charge of the
completed new court house and city
hall, provided for by an act of the legis
Iature of Minnesota, approved April Is
1889, being House File No. 1,2lS, "AT
act to amend an act entitled An act il
relation to the erection of public build
ings for the use of the city of st. Paul
and the county of Ramsey, upon BLOCK
twenty (20) of st. Paul proper, known
as the court house square ill the sale
city of ST. Paul."