St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-21
Total credits

Paving. payable season 1891 .... 225, 600
Curb and gutter, season 1891. ......... 100000
Total debts. 1888, 800
This settles once for all the demands
for the sale of bonds for the aid of vari-
Gus enterprises. There is not one dol
lar for bridges or markets, or school
houses, or engine houses, or anything
else beyond the regular public improve
ments already scheduled. All of the
petitions for the sale of bonds were
therefore referred to the committee on
ways aud means. Preparations have
been made to spend all of the city'S
money for neceSSarieS. LuXurieS must
be abStained from.
The first recommendation adopted by
the committee was this: That the
Hennepin delegation be requested to
make no changes in the present patrol
limits"
The recommendations of City Assessor
Plummer adopted we're the following:
That the city council pass on all appli-
cations for abatement of taxes coming
from residents of the city instead of the
county commissioners; that building
and loan association stock be as
SeSsed the same as bank stock;
that original personal property lists be
deposited with the assessor instead of
with the county auditor; that the reg
lister of deeds be required to procure
the addresses of mortgages and as
signees of mortgages so as to facilitate
assessments; that description of prop
erty originate in the city assessors
office.
G. l.. Snyder. superintendent OF the
poor, thought that the board of super
vlSOrS should be made a nOn-partisan
body, and that the superintendent
should be continued in office during
good behavior. The recommendation
was tabled.
1t was decided to recommend the
adoption of City Clerk Haney's recon-
mendation-that the city clerk he re-
lieved from keeping vital statistics, and
that all licenses be issued by the city
comptroller. His desire to have all war
rants drawn by the comptroller was
tabled
Davies recommendation for the APP
pointment of a bread inspector was
tabled.
Aid. Gray's recommendation to have
the state law on weights and measures
amended in several particulars was
adopted. Under the present law man
can be fined for selling more vegetables
NY WclSHC GIldll llC SCto pay lol; Oub iiO
cannot be punished for selling short
weights. 1t also includes the designa-
ton of more articles to be sold by
weight.
The city engineers recommendations
regarding special assessments were
adopted. This amendment will alleviate
the trouble in the assessment and col
lection of these special assessments.
Aid. McGowan's recommendation for
the amendment of the charter, making
it conform with the ordinance for the
protection of city laborers, was adopted.
Bradish'S recommendation, asking
that the delegation be requested to not
abolish the ward street funds, was
adopted.
Superintendent Vests recommends
tons. that some indoor employment be
provided for workhouse prisoners and
thai the workhOuse be placed under the
control of nOn-partiSan board, were
tabled. The council has power to pro-
vide employment. AS to the other, Aid.
Lowell proposed that in order to make
it slide through the present legislature
easily, the recommendation provide
that three members of the board be
Alliance men, one a Republican and
one Democrat, and that ProhibitionistS
NC plOJCO do udlOOs
Judge Mahoney's recommendation
that female prisoners, not considered
beyond reformation, be sent to the
House of the Good Shepherd, was acted
upon favorably, the name of Bethany
Home being added to the recommended
ton.
Building Inspector Hazen's recon-
mendation that the examination and
licensing of plumbers be placed under
the charge of the building inspector, was
adopted, the examining and licensing
power. however, to be vested in the city
council.
The recommendation of City Attor-
ney Russell regarding the amendment
of the charter SO that sewer connec-
lions can be ordered before the making
of public improvements was adopted.
1t was also decided to recommend the
amendment of the city charter so as to
give the city attorney power to decide
on appeals, and to add the park board
to the city'S legal department.
That ended the list of recommends
lions before the committee, it having
been decided to leave the Australian
ballot system to itself, it being gen
eral law.