The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-08-09
GIVEN 4 MONEY VALUE.
The Council Decides 10 Take Pay
Warrants for Taxes and
Licenses.
Report From the Board OF Health
on the Recent Smallpox
Scare.
The City's Finnucrs-Police Magistrate
Crutchsr Squares ccounts-To Act
with the Citixsns' Committee.

The people who are working to butt the
credit Of the city by soaring of wouId-bo
bidders for warrants and thereby for CO city
EMPLOYEES to sell pay warrants to them AT q
big discount, will be disappointed after all.
The city council last night adopted IMAM
imously tho suggestion to mike pny war
rants receivable for taxos md licences,
which gives the warrants a financial stand
ing. Early in the evening Alderman
Fuller offered q resolution that "the city
treasureS be authorized to receive In pay
nent OF CITY taxes n Licenses. pay roll
warrants at their face value. until further
dels." City Attorney Mclntire, who was
asked az to the legality Of such an order.
said the council had foil power. There was
no question as to tho legality OF
such q measure. Tho council had
power to sell warrants in Q dor 10
pay its employees in cash, and the resolution
reached at the Same end. 1t had been i'm
possible to sell WI rants on the first of the
month and the employees had 10 take war
rants for which an exorb:tant discount WAS
demanded by those cushing them. Aldsr-
man Fuller said this course proposed would
give tho wa rants . MONEY value and give
employees n chsnce to dispose OF them.aAi=
dsrman Kenck wanted to know whore the
city would get any cash to run the govern
msnt IL taxes and Licences we're raid In
warrants. Mayor Curtin ssid the pay roll
warrants would cut but q small figure In
Of the year it would amount TO only $4,000
out of $3.50. COO estimated receipts, Alder
Mnn Fuller further explained that whom.
ever tho sale of warrants shorld be esumsd
the order to receive them for taxes and H.
censes could be resoinded. The matter was
laid over TIL other business had been dis
posed OF md vas then adopted without
opposition. =.
cation calling attention to the fact that
smallpox existed At Butte. Anaconda. Deer
Lodge and Missouri. and that thers were
Rested that the>entire street forcc be rut to
work under the direction of the boa'd to
clean up the streets and alleys. They also
recommend that the health officer bs al-
lowed an assistant and A wagon and horse,
and that trains from infected plscea be in
some additional expense, but It would DO
only q drop in the bucket to what 1t would
cost to eradicate the disease II IL ever got a
foothold. On motion of Alderman Fuller
the matter was referred to the mayo, with
power to act. Tbs report Of DR.. W. N.
Bullard in regard to the smallpox at the
places named. already published. was road.
It gave tho number of cnsss at Butte as
eight and tho deaths three; at Anaconds
thitty.four cases and four deaths. He said
shat the disease was under control at both
places and tho authorities were taking every
precautton. Alderman Howell stated that
the street Commissioner already had his
force at work clearing up the streets as req
commended by the board of health.
City I%renaurer Garrett reported balances
In the several funds Amounting to Sl5,-
114.O8 on Aug. l, ns follows: General.
So. 23U. 30; street, $617.54 interest and sink
ing. $679. 80; IRE, 1921. 55; library, $64.40.
gil, 876. 81 drawn durin6Jnly. Street Com
missioner Koontz reported his ray roll
during July amounted to ST. AGO. rs. City
Marshal McCnnn reported 139 arrests for
offenses against city ordinances and nine
teen for violating state laws during July.
collected for building permits.
Police MaRist, ate Cfutchor reported that
1854 which no had collected for fines dur
ing July had been deposited in the Mon
tana National bGnk and was there when
the bank closed. He asked the council to
an offset for his liability. Tho council
granted the request.
The committee appointed at the recent
meeting Of citizens requested the council TO
appoint o committee to meet them and
confer about city expenditures. Tho rc-
quest was referred to the committee on
WAYS and mems. with rover to not With
the citizens COMMITTEES.
The electric light company declined TO
entcr into a contract for placing three
lights on the boulevard, on accouns of the
largo expense involved in st.ineing wires,
etc. to that point. and the small revenue
that wonld accrue to tho company.
Edward Jordan offered to d0pt the sfrip
OF land at Benton and Park avenues, taken
for street purposes, to the city for 81. 800.
The offer was referred.