Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-07

Ladies' Aid n,,cictv I" the poor com
D mittee. This action was caused b!
several parties who had received at'
D from the ladies ~. the sOclety'' at'd
then going t. memb beers Ot the ptM'l
D committee aud receiving atiii:iOi.n
aid. A vote uf thanks t. the ladies
Of the Benevolent Aid s'ciety War
UNANIMOUSLY rendered Oy the council
} for the pust xervice@. ":'
The street com missioner was upon
motion duly seconded and carried.
ordered tO notify the property "wn-
prn on the west side Oi FirAt street
north from First avenue northeast
to at once ret,liild the sidewalk IN
front Of their %prDperty. The side
walk for several blocks IL IN u
dangerous condition and II this order
IL not compiled with, thr walk will
be torn out.
The petition Of 4 large number Of
residents on the West side aAktnE for
the extension Oi the sidewalks on
Broad way. west from where 1t now
terminates at Seventh street, to
Eleventh street, was presented. The
street commissioner stated that he
had notified the property owners to
build the walk asked for some time
ago, but none had complied with the
orders. The matter was laid over
until next meeting.
The request of City Assessor John
Mcdonald. that n city order In the
sum of $67, be issued to him ON June
l, 1897, and the same be deducted
from his salary Nv city assessor, was
read by the clerk. and upon motion
duly seconded and carried WAS
granted.
The street com missioner's report
for the month Of April was presented
and approved. ana his bill uf $128.67
was alioweN.
The monthly report Of City Justice
Sha " allowing fines collected to the
amount Of $2G, and with the state
ment that the sum was now In the
hands of the justice. aud would be
turned over to the city treasurer us
soon AZ 1t was decided who that -
ficial Il to be, Was presented tn the
council and appro yed 1s,Sssil
The monthly report 1T city Justice
Sheldon showing fines collected to
the amount of $2l, and with simi-
lar statement to that m Justice
Shaw regarding the city treasurer.
was presented and approved.
The annual repor. Of city Treas
ure Robt. Heron was presented and
approved.
The matter Of publishing the an
nual report Of the city treasurer
was discussed. Some OF the council
men seemed very anxious to avoid
the provisions of the charter, which
makes its publtca tion necessary. on
the ground that 1t was Il great ex-
pense. However, the chartor requires
it's publtca ton and 1t was 80 ordered.
The matter OF awarding tho con-
tract for city printing was taken UP.
These was only one bidder-'rhe
Morrison County Democrat. Its bid
was to publish all legal printing and
other matter reqired by the city
charter TO be published in the official
paper ut Is cents per- folio for the
first insertion and IS cents for each
insertion. This caused
lengthy discussion, and Alderman
Mathieson made a motion to reject
the bid and advertise. He did not
get second to his motion, and when
the motion was made that the bill
be accepted. he called tor an aye and
nay vote on it's acceptance. 1t was
all the other members vot-
ing for its acceptance and Alderman
against 1t. i
The bids for street sprinkling were
then opened and read by the clerk,
and were as follows:
J. W. Jones, per months 55 W
Fremont Bryant, g. - 20
K. H. Lee, oO w
Henry Nieman, "A 30
A petition. signed by nearly all
those who are assessed to pay for