New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-04-15
LAST OF THE OLD COUNCIL.

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It Finishes the Business Of the Year and
Gives Place to the Rev One.
Cows Are Deprived Of the Liberty OF
Running at Large.
The old council crowded two meet.
ings into last week, the first one being
held on Tuesday evening. At this meet.
ing all members were present excepting
Stuebe. President Koch occupied the
chair, and the first business to COM
mand the attention Of the council was
the canvas of the city election returns.
This showed that G. L. Roos had been
elected council or for the First ward,
Franz Schubert for the Second and VIM.
Pfaender for the Third, and that the
bonds for 1924, 1000 in aid of the st. Paul
New Ulm & Southwestern Railway
Company had carried by vote Of $50
to So. Thereupon the council author
lied their issuance, and instructed the
clerk to give proper notice to the new
members of their election.
The financial statement of the clerk
for the year ending April 1st, 1891, was
accepted and ordered filed and pub
lished. The report of the finance COM
mittee to the effect that the books of the
clerk and treasurer and also the 6nan-
cial statement had been examined and
found correct, was also accepted and
the committee discharged from further
duty. The council then took up the
much vexed COW question, and with no
objections directed the city attorney to
prepare an amendment to the present
ordinance, preventing cows in the fu-
ture from running at large unless at
tended bv herder., The attorney was
also instructed to prepare an ordinance
relating to the burying of the dead and
to the cemeteries in this city.
The committee on streets was request
| I'd to report to the council at the next
meeting what streets should be sprink-
led this year, and also to procure pro.
posals for such work.
George Siebenbrunner and Theo.
Scheiderich were dropped from mem.
bership in the fire department, and
after allowing a few small bills the
council adjourned. r
The second meeting was held Friday
evening. All members were present
and President Koch presided. The
committee on streets recommended the
sprinkling Of Minnesota street from Sec
ond South to Second North, including
all cross streets up to the alleys, and the
report was accepted, the matter of
desirability and assessment being re.
ferred to the Board of Public Works. :
Pursuant to instructions received at
the last meeting, the city attorney then
presented new ordinance in amend.
ment to that existing heretofore, rela-
tive to animals running at large during
certain seasons of the year. When put
to a tina! vote, the ordinance was
passed, those voting in favor of its
adoption being Frank, Pfaender, Rcos,
Stuebe, Schumacher and Mr.. President.
No one voted in the negative, and it is
credit to the council that this step
forward received its unanimous ap-
proval. Ordinance 81, providing for
the burial of the dead Of the city, was
also presented and passed by unani.
nous consent. Those voting on the
adoption of the ordinance were Frank,
Pfaender, Stuebe, Roos. Schumacher
and Mr.. President. In further cousid-
ering the two new ordinances, the clerk
was instructed to file the same, and, if
approved by the mayor, to have them
properly published in the official pa
per. q
The proceedings of the Board of
Public Works of March 9th, concern
ing the assessment of damages in lay.
ing out Cemetery Avenue and of grad
ing State Street were read, and after due
consideration the assessment of damages
was confirmed by the following vote:
Ayes, Frank. Roos, Stuebe, Schumacher
and the President; Nays, none. Alder
man Pfaender was excused from voting
for being an interested party, The
final order for laying out the new street
in question was entered. Quite little
feeling and discussion was aroused ov-
er the introduction of a petition of
Joseph Flor and others, asking that in
the proposed waterworks extension
the mains be laid on Centre Street in
stead of on First Street North. This
brOnpht Mr.. Schumacher to his feet. and