St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-05

koi L Business-Appointm Con.
IL firmed and Bonds Approved
Mayor Wright Vetoes the Coll
lection Agency Ordinance.
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Pc The board of aldermen held their last
session yesterday AFTERNOON. and at 5
tI8'cl0ek. after passing resolutions thank
i1Mg President Hickman. Vice President
1aMontgDmery and City Clerk Prender.
/ ashst for their services. adjourned sine
'eie. All the members, with the exeep-
|Stfon Of Aid. Jensen, were present, and
i1the greater part of the two hours SEES
fzston was devoted to cleaning up old
ttitsusiness. as' 2f4As
tssn A bill in favor Of Robert Seeger; the
former gasoline light contractor. for
+ s46l:SS, was strongly opposed by Aid.
Copeland, but finally passed. The dis.
cussion showed that the alderman had
secured both OF Seeger and the present
IncOntractor sixteen lamps free in the
First ward in order to keep him ''solid."
An ordinance prohibiting the herding.
I OF cows in the territory bounded by
Smith and Cherokee avenues. Annape-.
lis and Baker streets, in the Sixth ward,
was passed. No one seemed to know:
much about the ordinance. but it was
explained it was introduced at the re-
quest of the city attorney. who livediin5
the Vicinity. H IS cil%
The board of fire commissioners were
authorized to purchase four new fire
alarm boxes.
+ The use of Market hall was given
free of charge to the Republican county
committee Tor a convention. ~
+ Mayor Wright sent in a veto of the
resolution requiring all city. employees
10 pay their bills or be discharged. The
mayor gave as his reasons for yetoing
the resolution that it could apply only
| to clerks. and would work hardships in
that it might result in the discharge of
clerks without benefiting the creditors.
The veto was sustained. -
The assembly resolution of Mr.Doran
appointing the mayor. comptroller and
tceity attorney a committee to pass on
the validity of the gas contract was laid
on the table at the suggestion of Aid.
| Zimmerman. ~.
The comptroller returned the resoiu-
tion of Aid. Conley, directing the sala-
ries of members of the police force
which had not been paid In full in No
vember last settled. The comptroller
explained that he could not comply
with the resolution owing to there being
no funds available. A certain amount
was set apart in 1898 and also in 1894 for
the maintenance of the police depart
ment. The fund was not sufficient TO
pay the full salaries in November. and
as the charter provided the funds could
7AQt be diverted one to the other, 1T
would be impossible to pay any part of
1888 expenses for this or any other de-
:partnents from 1894 funds. The matter
was referred to the corporation attorney
for an opinion to be handed in at the
NEXT meeting, ~: 4
The final orders for placing 125 gas
lamps in the First, Seventh and Eighth
wards, and the replacing of that number
of gasoline lamps in the Fist, Second
and Ninth wards, were brought up
again by AID. Warren. The orders bad
failed to pass at a previous meeting
owing to lack of two-thirds vote. and
-Mr. Warren wanted the vote reconsid-
cred: The chair declared the motion
out ct order, and new preliminary
orders will now have to be introduced.
aAhe. resolution directing the market
| master TO allow huckster wagons to
Stand on st. Peter street, between Sixth
and Seventh, was sent to the committee
| OF streets.
The pay rolls, for May amounting to
1913, 1880, were approved.
| Another $500 was given the corpora
/ ton attorney for usein his office as a
1 contingent fund. ,. Tbs board of public
| works reported adverse to the boale-
| yardlng OF Cherokee avenue, owing to
| the objections Of the property owners
4 against the improvements
The resolution directing the mayor
] and president of the school board to
neither expend nor authorize the ex-
1 penditure Of more than $60,UOO in the
1 erection Of new additions or school
/ buildings was passed.