Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
City Council Proceedings.
IRONToN, Mo-, April s. IS

City Council met at a call meeting.
Present: Hon. VIM. r. Edgar, Mayor;
Geo. d. Marks, q. A. Buckley, w. I.
Cav, W. J. Schwab, l.. j. Giovanoni
and Henry Kendall, Councilmen; Jno.
/. Marshall, Marshal; and Arthur
Huff, Clerk.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
Moved and carried that the follow
ing bills be allowed and that warrants
for the respective amounts be drawn
on the City Treasurer, to wit:
Eli d. AXE. printing and advertising
from July, 1897, to date, including
Financial Statement for year ending
March 1, 1898, 1918.
Jno. l Marshall, work on street. re-
pairing and building bridges, ditching,
etc., $3.50.
Jos. Henson, hauling 3! yds. gravel,
etc., $2.6S.
Frank Martin, hauling 2 loads lum-
Der. 45c.
H. NJ. Collins, hauling yds. grav-
ell, Acc.
Cad Lashley, 81 days work on
street, $3.50.
James Marberry, 6! days work on
street, $3.50.
NJ. H. Lashley, 8 days work on
street, So.
Z. E. Mastersou, hauling II yards
gravel, $2.4S.
Arthur Huff, clerical work, $3.50.
w. B. Newman, judge of election,
$3.50.
w. H. Whitworth, judge of election,
$3.50.
F. p. AXE, Judge of election, $3.50. p
A. S. Prince, Judge of election, $3.50.
Arthur Nall, clerk of election, 81. so.
G. L. Fox, clerk of election. $3.50.
VIM. r. Edgar, Office rent from Mar.
10 to April 10, '9S, 50.
The poll books of the City election
held April 9Th. 1898, and tally sheets,
showing the election of the following
officers for the City of Ironton thereat,
viz: VIM. r. Edgar, Mayor; L. j.
Giovanoni, Jno. T. Baldwin and w.
Il. Gay, Councilmen; VIM. E. Roop,
City Attorney; and Jno. l. Marshall,
Marshal. were produced by the Clerk
and examined by the Council and
found to be duly certified and in prop
er form.
Clerk destroy the tickets used at said
City election. The officers elect as
aforesaid then produced their certifi-
Gates of election duly signed by the
Judges and Clerks thereof, which said
certificates show all of said City Of
fcers to have taken the oath of office.
Officers of the old Council were then
allowed salary and per diem as follows:
w. R. Edgar, salary and per diem, s 90
G. d. Marks, per diem, l 90
Henry Kendall, per diem, l 90
L. ]. Giovanoni, per diem, / 90
w. ]. Schwab, per diem, l 90
G. a. Buckley, per diem, l 90
w. I. Gay, per diem, 90
J. l. Marshall, salary and per diem, IL 90
Arthur Huff, Clerk, per diem, , 90
Moved and carried that the Council
adjourn.
The officers elected April 5th, 1898,
stated In the minutes of the previous
meeting on this date being present, a
new Council is organized and declared
by the Mayor to be in session, for the
purpose of transacting such business
as may properly come before it.
John L. Marshall, Marshal elect,
presented his official bond under his
election April 9Th. 1898, signed by
himself as principal, with VIM. H.
Whitworth. John Schwab and VIM. A.
Fletcher as securities in the sum of
one thousand dollars. which bond is
approved by the Council aud ordered
to be filed and recorded.
1t was ordered by the Mayor that j.
T. Baldwin, Couucilmen, be appointed
as a member of the Health and Ordi-
nance committees in lieu of former
Councilman Geo. d. Marks.
Moved and carried that the street
committee De instructed to erect a
bridge across the branch Immediately
north of properties of NJ. H. Lashley
and Frances Mesnard, near the north
line of the City of Gronton.
New Council were then allowed per
diem as follows:
w. r. Edgar, Mayor, per diem, 81 90
J. T. Baldwin, per diem, 90
L. J. Giovanoni, per diem, l 90
w. T. Gay, per diem, l 90
w. J. Schwab, per diem, l 90