St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-16

the business conditions or the country
the salary paid to any city or county Of
fetal or appointee shall not excee
So, 600 per annum.
16. That the restrictions, duties. liza
biIities and penalties contained in the
amendments to the city charter made
by the legislature of 1891, known as the
BELL Charter" be retained in any laws
passed relating to the city government.
II. That no issue of city bonds be
permitted for any other purpose than
the retirement of maturing bonds until
| the aggregate Indebtedness of the city
shall be less than per cent of the fair
assessed valuation of the property of
| the city subject to taxation, nor before
| the per capita debt of the city be less
| than $50 dollars per capita, nor until the
| per capita costs Of administering the
city government per annum be less
| than $12 per capita.
IS. On the gues ton whether the
! Offices of the clerk Of the court. sheriff,
register OF deeds and abstract clerk be
made revenue produ cling offices. and the
| officers be paid sal airy instead of fees.
| with the fees fairly regulated, the COM
| mittee is divided.
The committee comments on the re-
| port as follows:
; ItcanHot be expected that the legls-
| lation required to promote the highest
| interests of this city can be secured at a
! single session Of the legislature. Much,
I however, can be done by the repeal Of
some of the existing laws. by the pas
| sage of general laws limited to single
| subjects that would be equally benefit
| cial to all the cities Of the state.
There Are Uncertainties
Whether a general law for the govern
Of oil In cn6 of In
| sion of the legislature that would he
| generally beneficial TO the city of st.
| Paul, or work out for US more good than
! evil, can only be determined when a
| gen eral law is passed or about to pass.
| 1t is certain that no such law can be
| passed without an effort, and it is not
| certain that such law can be passed
with an effort. 1t is certain, however,
that the public interests require that a
good law for the government Of cities
should be passed, and that this is not
likely to he accomplished without the
corporation of our business men with
our own delegation in the effort. In the
| opinion Of your COMMITTEES the employ
ment of one person. who will devote his
entire time TO working out such munic-
! ipaI legislation as will most nearly carry
into effect the recommendations of this
| report, is advisable. The committee
do not desire in any sense to lore
stall the preference of majority Of the
| league as to whom the person employed
shall be, but have no hesitation in eX-
pressing our opinion that Herman l..
! Phillips, ESQ.,, possesses more OF the
| qualifications required for such service
| than any other man of our acquaintance.
| Respectfully submitted.
JOHN b. SANBoRN,
E. S. CInTTENDEN.
The other members OF the committee
were not present TO sign the report.
The following gentlemen were named
| as committee to ascertain on what
terms Mr.. Phillips services can be Sc
cured: G.. Nj. Moore, Gen. SaDborn and
w. Ii. Lightuer. ~
MI. Geist again directed attention to
his suggestion for forty-year-old alder
men. Nothing came Of it.
| Cheap Light Wanted.
/ On motion Ambrose Tighe, Oscar
| Taylor and G. A. Moore we're named as
committee to investigate and report
why st. Paul pays so much for light:
| also to report on the best and cheapest
methods OF lighting.
David Morgan and Ferdinand WilliuS
advocated the adoption OF civil service
reform. The latter gentleman thought
| it would enable the taxpayers to cut
even the day laborer's pay in two, by
| getting twice as much work out OF him
| as they do now. 80: -
1t was resolved to ask all the men,
berS of the Ramsey county delegation TO
meet the league next Tuesday evening
| to discuss the reforms proposed, eSpe.
| cially civil service reform.