St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-03
HAD TO REORGANIzE.
a Question of Legality Raised
Concerning the Board Of
Aldermen.
So the President and Vice
President Are Honored
With a Reelection.
Judge Flandrau Succeeded in
the Assembly by John
G.. Elmquist.
The City Clerk and Minor Of
fieials Elected to Serve
Another Term.


tiously remarked the other day that the
Understandable did it become. The
VagueneSS of many of its provisions IS
certainly accountable for great deal of
miScOnception. The board of alder
men, for instance. were doubtful last
evening whether their organization was
legal or not. This board is composed of
the eleven ward members who were a
part of the old common council. The
assembly was formed by taking out the
aldermen at large and adding three
more. At the last meeting-the first
one, by the way-of the board of alder
men, Aid. Cullen presided, he being the
president of the old council. There
was no thought that it was at all neceS-
sary to go through the proceeding of
electing officers, the general impression
being that the old ones held over; so,
outside of electing Ala. Gehan to the
vice presidency, supposed vacancy
caused by the elevation of Assembly
man Minea. nothing was done. But
since then doubts have arisen as to
whether the board was legal organiza-
ton, and 50 to quell these cdOubtS Aid.
Conley last evening moved that presi-
dent and vice president be elected for
the ensuing year. No objection was Of
fered, and in short order Aid. O. o. Gull
len was reelected president and Aid.
Gehan reelected vice president. a
mass of routine business was dis
posed of.
Mayor Smith returned the two reSO-
lutions, ceding the old city hall prop
-, fpr q
site. without his signature. The reason
for this was that the property embraces
portion of the site originally rendered
10y the city to the government. Both
VetOS were sustained.
The board of education bills, of which
there were large number, submitted
for approval, were referred to the com
mittee on claims and the city attorney.
This was done on the motion of Aid.
Sanborn, who asked whether the bills
had been authorized by the council, and
doubted whether the bills should be al
lowed until the manner in which they
had been incurred was made known.
Substitutes Passed.
Two substitutes were offered by Aid
Sanborn, of the committee on streets,
for the assembly resolution authorizing
the issuance of 500, 600 of certificates of
indebtedness. The city treasurer,
comptroller, chairman of the committee
on ways and means and Ansel Open
helm as a committee to sell the certif-
icateS. The substitutes were passed
unanimously.
The committee on printing reported
that the lowest bid for the city Job
printing James Burns, his figures being
s6,377.2S, against SS,5S4.55, by Fred Dris-
coll; S7.612.73, by Lewis Baker Jr.; So
004.07. by j. II. Ramaley; and S9,0S0.30,
by j. Ii. Cunningham. The committee
recommended the award of the contract
to Burns, and the recommendation
passed.
a resolution by Aid. Sanborn, author
iZing the appointment of joint COM
mittee of five, three from the ward and
two from the assembly, 10 be known as
committee on acquisitions, was passed.
A resolution by Aid. Gehan, authoriz-
ing the conveyance to the government
of block 8, Rice q Iryine's addition, as
a site for the erection of a poStoffice. 1t
passed by full vote. This resolution
was offered 10 nullify the defect in the
unsigned resolutions returned by the
mayor. a resolution by Aid. Do3ner,
instructing the board of public works
to cause the grading of Langford park
to be completed according to the terms
of the contract without further
delay. was passed. An ordinance
was passed granting to E. E.
Davidson the permission to use
sanitary traps in that block. A similar
ordinance was introduced in the cOun-
ell year ago and defeated on the
ground that the style of plumbing re-
ferred to was not approved by the
Plumbers association.
John HOlton was, by resolution of
Assemblyman Murray, appointed as
lineman for the police patrol service at
SO per month.
A resolution that persons employed
OIL the street and sewer forces be paid
twice each month, and at the first meet
ing of either branch Of the council held
after the 18th of each month, the city
engineer submit pay rolls of such
forces. The resolution was referred to
the city engineer and committee on
streets.
An ordinance, presented by Aid. Sui
Hvan, allowing the st. Paul City Pas
senger Railway company to change its
projected line ulon Sycamore street,
from Sycamore to Acker. between Jack
son and COrtlandt streets, was passed.
Aid. Sanborn, Conley and Dorniden
Were appointed members of the joint
committee on acquisitions.