The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-05-05
ITS MAYOR WILKINS,
City Government Passed into
New Hands Last Mon.
day Night.
VIM. Keech Is the New Police Once r
No Other Changes Recommend.
ed by the Mayor.

Hon. q. D. Davis, for the last six years
Mayor of the village Of Hillsboro, turned
over the reins Of city government TO jas.
A. Wilkins last Monday night. Four
members Of the Council, Walker. Dewitt,
Duchemin and Hilton, whose terms had
expired, vacated their positions and their
successors, W. E. Smith, e. T. Sauderson,
g. r. Howard and James L. Durnell,
were duly installed, and the record Of
the old body passed into history and the
city into . new municipal regime.
Shortly before o'clock Mayor Da Wis
called the meeting to order ct the Ooun.
Gil chamber. Quite . crowd was in at.
tendance, q much interest was mani.
tested in the appointments 10 be made
by the incoming executive. Walker,
Hilton, Banks, Dewitt and Utman an.
swered to the roll call Of Clerk Walker.
Duchemin evidently didn't care TO see
his finish.
The minutes wers read and the regu.
lar monthly bills were allowed. The
annual reports Of the Board Of Health,
Secretary Of Water Works and Finance
Committee were accepted, and other
routine work was hurried through.
The retiring Clerk, Miss Lille NJ.
Ayres, spoke of her six years of service
with the Council and the pleasant rela.
tions that had existed between her and
the members Of that body, and her regret
that such pleasant associations should
come to an end.
Fred Granger was sworn In and at
once entered as City Clerk upon the
duties of that Office. Marshal Lyle came
forward and took the oath of Office, and
Water Works Trustee Winegardner fol.
lowed suit.
Mayor Davis in retiring spoke Of the
pleasant and agreeable associations he
had sustained in the six years Of incum.
bency of the Office with the members of
Council, and complimented all of the
municipal authorities upon the consci.
entiousness with which they had per.
formed their duties, and hoped that the
incoming Mayor would sustain the same
relations with these officials.
Mayor Wilkins then came forward and
submitted his bond, which was unani.
mously accepted by Council, and he was
duly sworn to uphold the duties Of the
Office. The four Councilmen. elect toek
the oath, the old members vacated and
the city government had passed into tho
hands of its new executives.
After secret caucus by the Mayor and
members of Council in regard to ap.
pointments and recommendation, the
Mayor formally acknowledged the honor
conferred upon him. He thanked the
outgoing Mayor for his expression of
good will, and said he realized the obli.
cations and duties which devolved up.
on him, and would try and merit the
confidence which had been placed in
him by the people Of the city and would
perform his duties honestly and consci.
entiously. He said he would not outline
the policy he intended to pursue, a. he
had no fixed plan, but would shape his
course as conditions demanded. He in.
tended to give an honest admins tration
of the Office and enforce the laws and
ordinances Of the city, and hoped that
he would be upheld in his course by the
citizens of the town. He had no recon-.
mendations to make In regard to city
employees, - he was not we'll enough
acquainted with the duties of their
Offices to feel justified in asking for any
changes. He would wait, and If devel.
opments demanded it he would make
such recommendations as he saw ft.
The Mayor then said that he intended
to make but one appointment, that Of
VIM. Keech for night police in place of
Grant Troutwine. Mr.. Keech was con.
firmed by q unanimous vote of Council.
A contract submitted by the Street
Sprinkling Company to sprinkle the
streets around the City Building for $40
per month was objected to by Utman,
who moved that the proposition be laid
on the table and considered at the next
meeting. The motion was adopted.
Solicitor Hire was instructed to draft
resolution for the appropriation of $500
from the street fund for street cleaning
purposes. The resolution was unani.
mously adopted.
Mayor wilkins then appointed the fol.
lowing committees for the ensuing year :
Finance-Utman, Sanderson and Dur.
nell.
Street-Howard, Smith and Banks.
Fire-Smith. Sandsrson and Utman.
Light-Durnell. Howard and Banks.
Building-Banks. Utman and Smith.
Officers and Boards -Sandsrson, How.
ard and Durnell.