The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-21
OPENED THEIR HEARTS
ALDERMEN APPROPRIATE $1,000
FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF
RETURNING VOLUNTEERS
NEW PEDDLERS' ORDINANCE
1t Is Passed Under Suspension of
the RuIes-It Is Supposed to
Remove Any Question as to the
Validity of the Measure-SchOOl
Budget LIS Altered In Some De-
tails.

The board of aldermen for the past
two months has refused to pass an au-
dited resolution drawn by Comptroller
McCardy appropriating $500 from the
city emergency fund to the soldiers
reception committee.
Last night at it's meeting, however,
the aldermen, by a unanimous vote,
not only passed the resolution which
came to them from the assembly giving
the committee $500, but it went fur
Their and passed another $500 resolu-
ton, making a total of 1000, which is
to be used in furnishing supplies to
volunteers of the United States army
and navy.
The amount is to be paid out only on
vouchers signed by the mayor and city
comptroller, and the money will be
used to pay bills contracted in the re-
ceptions given the recruits of the Thir-
teenth, the Fifteenth regiment and the
welcome to be given the Fourteenth
regiment.
The municipal court, having held that
the peddlerS' ordinance was void on &C
count of the section providing that ped
dIers who raised their own garden
truck need not pay a license, being
class legislation, Corporation Attorney
Markham introduced a new ordinance
The new measure rectifies the section
passed upon by the municipal court
and was passed under a suspension of
the rules.
The claim of Brown & Dickey for
SIP, which was passed by the council
was returned by the comptroller with
the statement that the city attorney a
year ago having given an opinion that
the claim was not a legal one, he de-
clined to audit it, The firm sold team
Of horses to the police department, and
while the team was being tried by the
department one of the horses died. The
communication Of the comptroller was
referred to the committee on claims.
The contract awarded Fielding &
Shepley by the board of public works
for the laying Of six miles of gravel
and cinder walks was approved The
firms bid was 10 cents per lineal foot
and IS cents per cubic yard for en-
bankment when this was necessary.
The committee on streets reported
adversely on the preliminary orders
for macadamizing a number of streets
In the Seventh ward, and the report
was adopted. Owing to the absence Of
Aid. Sanborn at the last meeting of
the board a preliminary order for the
matchmaking of Portland avenue,
from Dale to Victoria streets. was
passed. The Seventh ward alderman
secured reconsideration of the mat
ter, although it had been signed by
the mayor and published, and it was
referred to the committee on streets.
At the request of President thinner
mann, Of the school board, the ordi-
nance setting apart 1920 600 for the sup
port of the public schools was amended
so as to allow 1929, 65712 for teachers
salaries and $50, 942 So for the salaries
of all other employees and expenses.
Ihe former ordinance gave the amount
for teachers salaries as 1927 900 and di-
Yided the balance into separate funds
The new ordinance does not increase
the amount Of the appropriation.
A resolution directing the mayor to
eXpend an additional $200.in the capture
or unlicensed dogs was passed. This
makes total of $3.50 appropriated this
season for the purpose.
The ordinance granting the Chicago,
Milwaukee 81 st. Paul Railway com
pany the right to put in a spur track
at the foot of Jackson street was pass
eo. The company, under another Ordi-
nance, allows the city to use twenty
feet of the lot owned by it at the south
west corner of Jackson street and the
leVee for a roadway
Preliminary orders were passed for
the matchmaking of the following.
streets Waverly place, from West
minister to John streets; Como avenue.
from Rice to Dale street; Dale street
from Como to Marshall avenue; John
street, from Grove to Williams street.
A resolution fixing the license Of the
Palm Garden concert hall at S25 for the
year ending Oct. 1, 1898, was referred
to the committee on license for investi-
cation.
Final orders were passed for the
bouleVarding, curbing and planting of
trees on the following streets:
Dewey avenue, from ST. Anthony to
university avenue; Feronia avenue.
from Prior to Fairview avenue; Day
ton avenue, from Dewey to Amos ave-
hue.
The city engineer was instructed to
construct cycle path on Marshall
avenue, from Lexington to Smelling
avenue, the expense to be paid from
the cycle path fund