The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03

sion of the rules and the passage Of the
ordinance. On the roll call the ordinance
passed by vote Of all the seven members
present, the absentees being Messrs. Arosin
and Johnson.
Later in the session Mr. Johnson returned
to the chamber, and. on motion of Mr.. Al
brecht. the vote by which the ordinance was
passed was reconsidered. Mr.. Albrecht said
he desired a reconsideration for the reason
that the ordinance was important one,
and when the vote was taken one OF the
members now present absent, and 9TH
ers of the members did not answer audibiy
to their names On the roll call for the
second passage of the ordinance all the eight
members present voted AYE" and in a loud
tone of voice. The ordinance will come be-
fore the board of aldermen at the meeting
of that body next Tuesday evening.
CITY ENGINEER UPHELD.
Some weeks ago Comptroller McCardy sent
to the council an audited resolution provld-
ing for the payment Of $40 from the street,
sewer and bridge fund for crosswalks laid.
The city engineer made a protest, and, in a
letter to the council, claimed the expense OF
the crosswaks laid should be taken from
the general fund The corporation attor-
ney called on for an opinion, sustained the
contention Of the engineer, and the resolu-
ton was amended so as to take the amount
from the general fund, and then passed and
sent to the comptroller.
In a letter last evening Comptroller Nc
Cardy informed the council that the $1,000
for putting down crosswa1ks in 1886 could
ed. The income Of the general fund, the
comptroller said, had fallen $4,000 below the
estimated income of the fund. The hXed
charges against the fund had not been all
paid and claims were now pending which
would absorb the income. The street, sewer
and bridge fund on which he had drawn the
stand the expenditure. for the reason that
it had during this year received nearly SlOUoO
more than it had in 1896. In connection with
the street, sewer and bridge fund the comp
I;rcr 10 la inqppa
amount in the street and sewer fund, sug-
gested that work in that department be sus-
pended until JAN l, 1898, because there were
not sufficient funds in the account. The let
ter was placed on file.
REARDoN's EFFORT USELESS.
The ordinance of Mr.. Reardon. closing the
saloons between II p m. and a. m. was
defeated by vote of to 2. The only mem
bers to vote for the passage OF the ordl-
nance being Messrs. Thompson and Rear
don. In answer to his name on the roll
call, Mr.. Reardon said the city had an ordl-
nance making the closing hour for saloons
y o'clock at night. The state law ordered
them closed at II o'clock. This clash, ne
said ''placed the mayor in a - OF a NIX,
as he did not know which to obey. II was
largely on account OF his desire to help out
the mayor that he had introduced the ordl-
The transfer of the saloon license from
44S Wabsha street to 19 East Eighth street
was defeated by vote Of TO 3. those Not-
brecht Dix Reardon, Thompson and Craig.
Mr.. Reardon stated that the saloon was being
conducted in connection with a theater, not
withstanding the proprietor had promised 10
brick up the connecting door.
City Clerk Jensen notified the assembly that,
under the law. precincts having over 400 vot-
ers would have to be divided at least SIX
weeks before the next election. The districts
where the vote had exceeded 400 were Fourth
and Second precincts in the Second ward ana
the Third Fourth and Tenth in the Eighth
ward and the Second in the Eleventh ward
Owing to the votes in districts mentioned
containing but q few in excess OF the mum
Der allowed and the probability of general
falling of of the vote, the clerk suggested
that possibly a redistricting would not De
desired The communication was filed.
Corporation Attorney Markham reported
that the city had received "a lO per cent qlvl-
dend from the receivers of the Bank or MIN
nesota on the So, coo which was in that m
stitution as a special fund at the time 1t
closed its doors The attorney stated that
he had commenced an action against the re
ceiyers fer the full amount on the ground that
it was a special trust fund and should be
paid in full. The matter was now IN the
supreme court and would be argued next
The mayor notified the assembly of the ap-
pointment of William Montbriand as mem
her of the police force. Mr. Johnson asked
that the appointment be referred to the COM
mittee on police Mr.. Dix objected but on
the roll call for reference to the committee
only Messrs RDix and Thompson opposed It,
The claim is made that MontOriand is over
the age of 80 and for this reason is not eIlSl-
BILE for appointment.