St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-14
WHAT THEY ALL WANT.
City Officers Talk About Needed
Legislation.

Legislation.
Last night the council committee on
legislation met in the city hall and
listened to recommendations Every
city officer. from mayor to meat IN
spector, was present, though not all of
them had anything to propose. Aid.
Rradsh presided and Aid. Haynes
handled the secretary's pencil. Each
city officer was given hearing and his
views put into minutes for future refer
ence. They are here summarized:
City Attorney Russell stated that
there is an error in the city charter
which renders the provision governing
the putting IN of pipes not binding
upon non-residents. The charter also
makes the width of a business lot TWEEN
ty-two feet, whereas one building fire.
quentIy occupies couple OF lots.
These two provisions should be recon-
ciled so that property can be properly
assessed, etc. The city attorney should
also be allowed to decide on appeals
and thus relieve the city from jury
bonds. The park board should be added
to tine city's legal department. Russell
will prepare his recommendations.
Chief Runge, of the fire department,
wants central fire house and water
tower on the Fourth street property,
house in the Second ward, and one in
Tenth ward. He will put his recon-
mendations into writing.
Assessor Plummer wants several
changes. Appeals for attachments
should go to the tax committee of the
council, not of the county commission
ers. Building and loan association
Gu q
same as bank stock. The orig
inal personal tax lists, now
sent to the county auditor should be left
with the assessor for two years as key.
The register of deeds should be COM
PEELED to furnish lists of mortgages to
the assessor and to keep the address of
every mortgage or his assigns, etc.
Original descriptions of property should
he filed in the assessors office. Every
deed and conveyance should be filed
with the assessor before going to the
register of deeds Office.
City Clerk Haney thought all vital
statistics should be handled in the
health department. Licenses of all
kinds should be issued from one office
instead of two or three, as now. The
comptroller should draw all warrants,
instead of the city clerk.
Judge Mahoney wants the female
prisoners confined somewhere besides
at the workhouse, and suggested the
House of the Good Shepherd, used for
the same purpose by st. Paul. The
judge should be given discretion in the
matter. He was seconded by City AT.
torney Gray.
Supt. West wants some indoor work
supplied for workhouse prisoners. He
would like to see that institution under
the management of a n0n-partlSan
board
Building Inspector Hazen thought the
charter defective. in that it provides in
no way for the proper examination aad
licensing of plumbers.
Comptroller Armstrong said that eX-
Comptroller Calderwood is now prepar-
ing a bill relative to recommended
changes in the comptroller's duties.
Meat Inspector Danes wants bread
inspector appointed, the Office to be
created first
Aid. Gray wants the council to be
empowered to establish the selling of
vegetables by weight and to fix peEal-
ty for the violation of the provision.
He also thinks a ninety day sentence
in the workhouse, the limit now, too
short time for reformatory purposes.
The commissioners will meet again
next Friday evening, when the alder
men will be invited ard when Aid.
Grimes will propose that some action
be taken toward the issuance of bonds
for the purchase of ground for city
hospital. Much of this proposed legls-
latiOn has already been considered by
the Hennepin delegation.