The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-04-11
GOING OUT, COMING IN.
Tuesday Evening the Old Council Retirsd
In Favor of the Officers Elected on
Tuesday, April 2, 1895.
A Brief Resume of the Events Attendinp
the Turning Over of the Reins
of Government

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years past an invitation was extended t,
the city officials IN all departments an,
our business mon to participate in thes
final acts of the old body and witness
the turning over of the reins of govern
ment to the incoming mayor and council
The city clerks Office was comfortably
tlled when the old council wound up tn
years business which consisted of &C
cepting the yarancy on the library boart
OF N. II. Miner, and confirming the las
appointments to be made by MAYO
Woodbury., that of l.. r. Barto to suppl,
the vacancy occasoned, by Mr.. Miner
resignation. Retiring Mayor Woodbur,
was then called for, and made some YER,
pleasant remarks. He said in part. that
when the old council assumed control &
year ago it was told that the affairs OF
the city were running without friction
that there was full treasury to meet
all obligations, and that it was hoped
the upbuilding and advancement of the
city would continue under the new re-
glme. During the past year many i'm
provements had been made, including
the extension of sidewalks, placing free
public watering troughs in the city,
| the purchase of new fire bell, the re-
lleving of many poor families, sending
the Hinckley fire sufferers a goodly con-
trlbution, entertaining the foreign dele
CATION, and the enactment of three ordi-
nances OF merit-one of which showed
that our city was on the upward road.
The council was highly praised for the
assistance rendered, and the city clerk
was also given merited compliment for
the able manner he had performed his
duties and kept the records. In closing
Mayor Woodbury. said he could not but
say good word for the poor committee,
and especially its chairman, Alderman
Caughren. The past year had been
distressingly severe one, yet the poor of
our city have been we'll provided for, and
Mr.. Caughren has given much of his
personal time to the work. Many had
censured the council for allowing the
poor fund to be drawn upon SO heavily,
yet the times and necessity demanded it, |
and Le hoped the new council would |
not be less charitable towards the |
worthy poor. In closing he said that to |
the new officers the old council, as had |
its predecessor, turned over to them the |
affairs of the city we'll oiled, no friction
was to be seen, money in the treasury
sufficient to meet all demands, and while
the old members had been censured,
they had the satisfaction of knowing
that thay had conscientiously and hon.
estly done their several duties. His ad-
dress was admirable delivered, and when
he had finished, the council passed the
following resolutions:
Be IT RESOLVED, by the aldermen hold
ing over, That we extend vote of IT, anks
to our retiring mayor and aldermen for
the able and efficient manner in which
they have conducted their several offices
and the friendly and courteous relations
they have always sustained toward US.
Several speeches were made by those
present as spectators, and then the new
council met, organized and elected the
following officers:
Presidential. 0. Scrvener.
-president-V. A. Whipple.
This over, the mayor-elect, N. H.
Miner, was called for and made brief |
address. He said that the position he
held was not one of his own seeking, but
as chief executive he would give the city
his best efforts in the line of a good ad-
The policy of the retiring
mayor was an able one, and he had no
new one to offer. He said that he wanted
to be in harmony with the council in all
matters and desired cooperation in mat
ters appertalning to the city's welfare.
He hoped that the council would exer-
else economy in its affairs, but in using
economy he did not wish them to be
nor did he wish to be under
stood in the use of the term. AS an
illustration, he said 1T would not be
economy for person owning property
to allow it to go to ruin, because it would
cost money for repairs, and in the same
sense he would apply the term to the
council. At the conclusion of his remarks
Clerk Cooper read the following commu-
nlcation from the mayor:
10 THE 60 MMoN COUNCIL OF THE CRY
OF SAUK CENTRE:
In compliance with the provisions of
Sec. 2, OF Chapter 3, of the city charter,
requiring the mayor, from time to time,
to give the common council such in
formation and recommend such meas
ures as he may deem advantageous to
the city, l deem it proper. at this time,
to submit to you for your consideration,
and for such action thereupon as the
council shall think advisable, the follow
ing suggestions aed recommendations:
The council is already aware that on
the Both day of March, 1895, a Judgment
was obtained against the city 10y Charles
j. Rumsey for the sum of S1O,465.63, as
the amount of the city's liability upon
the railroad bonds issued by the town of
Sank Centre in the year 1882, and am
informed that there is still outstanding
at least one other bond Of another issue
by the town of Sank Centre, in the prin-
clpa! sum of $1,000, with some years &C
crued interest thereon, the city's liabili-
ty upon which is determined by the
same rules of law that determined its
liability in the former case. The good
reputation, as we'll as the financial credit
OF the city, requires that these obhga-
lions be met and discharged without un-