The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-06-14
City Council.

lily COuncAAs
An adjourned meeting Of the city coun-
Gil was held on Saturday evening last,
,vithall the members present. Acommit-
tee from the library board. consisting of
Messrs Sprague and Dubois appeared
before the council and plead for suitable
accommodations for the library. They
showed that its present quarters are
wholly inadequate, and that it would be
impossible to add any very great mum.
Der OF books to the library unless some
relief were obtained. 1t was suggested
that the municipal court exchange quar-
tiers with the library. thereby affording
both sufficient room.
A special committee consisting OF
Aldermen Townsend. Caughren and
Whipple were appointed to investigate
the matter and report to special meet
ing to be held on Monday evening.
Alexander Moore presented deed to
the city for the west forty feet of lot II,
block 1 OF Lakeview addition. for street
purposes, which was accepted and the
clerk was instructed to have the deed re.
corded.
petition for q water main on Etm-st. :,
from Third-st., to the Great Northern
depot, was received and the matter was
referred to a committee consisting OF
Aldermen Caughren, Townsend and
Hedin.
The committee on streets was granted
further time to report on the vacation
of Sprague-st.
w. c. Taylor offered to deed to the
city little triangular piece of land lying
at the point of intersection OF Grove
Lake Ave-, and Oak-st., just south o.
the Wuttke blacksmith shop. The offer
was accepted.
Aldermen Hed;n, Lamb anil Caughrer
were appointed to select new dumping
ground.
Geo. H. Reynolds asked for payment
Of $4,000 for ices in the town bond case
and the clerk was directed to draw al
order for the amount.
The clerk was ms cructed to notify tn
mayor OF the unsanitary condition q
the old Williams barn on Fourth an,
Oak-sts.
As an incentive to the dog catche
to be more vigiiant, it was moved t,
allow Joe Ebensteiner seventy-five cen.
for every dog killed and buried
were appointed a committee to ascertain
the cost or erecting a suitable waterin
trough and drinking fountain.
The standing committees were revise,
by naming Alderman Townsend in plac
of the lac J. c. Parker on the seyera
committees of which the latter was
member. Adjourned till Monday even
ing.
MONDAY EVENING.
The special committee on library mad
its report favorable to exchanging tn
library and municipal court quarters, a
indicated above. The report was accep
ted and the committee discharged
The following resolution was unani
mously adopted:
WHEREAS. the Bryant Library Associ
alton has found the present librar,
room to be too small to accommodate tn
public longer and upon investigation i
has been found to be large enough tt
accommodate the municipal court of tn
city OF Sank Centre. Therefore, be 1t
Resolved, that the use of the presen
municipal court room in the north cas-
corner of the city hall building on III
ground floor be rendered to the said Bry
ant Library Association in exchange 70
and in consideration of the use of tn
library building now used and occupie,
by the said Bryant Library Association
That the said Bryant Library Associa
t;on be and hSIeby Is prfyIIegtI TO tax
possession of said present municipa
court room at once upon placing at tn
Esame time the said present library roor
at the disposal of the city OF Sank Ger
tire for the use of said MUNICIPAL court c
said city or such other use as said cit
shall see fit.
The council then considered the matte
of locating watering trough. but be
fore reaching any conclusion as to loca
ton, adjourned.