Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
An ADJOURNED SESSION.
Council Met Thursday Evening
and Transacted Some
City Business.

and Transacted Some
City Business.
rhe city council met in ADJOURNED
regular session In the council cham
bers In the city hall Thursday even
iog. All members were present.
The application Of l.. Gottstrin fbr
liquOr,license was presented together
with the required bond. with A. z.
Davidson. and Barney Burton an
sureties. The bond was approved
and the license WAS ordered granted
when the necessary fee was paid to
the treasurer. $3.50.
The official bond Of Constable F.
B. Stuart. In the sum of $500, with
H. A. Rider and Peter. Medved ;as
sureties, was presen ted nd a approved.
The bond Of Citv Clerk F:G Hall,
with Peter Medved and c. Il vasaly
. a, ,sst''''' was p's's" t'"V :, :" 'p-
The matter Of street spfinkling
was brought up. The contract with
Street Sprinkler Jones does nOt~be-
gin until May l, but as it waa con-
sidered necessary to commence
sprinkling bef IRE that tine a p,Dtlon
wal. made and carried that tie street
sprinkler be instructed to begin
April Is, and that he be paid out of
the general fund ut the contract price
Of $55 per month.
The street commissioner was in
structed to purchase material and
employ the men to paint the ratings
ON the Broadway bridge. ''''''
Mrs. Proper appeared before the
council and asked that assistance he
given her for the care Of 4 young
child. left with her by the child's
mother. The mother of the child
was at one time an inmate Of one OF
The bagniOs on First avenue south
east. She left the city recently, EVIL
IDENTIFY with the intentton OF deserving
her child. Mrs. Proper was accom-
panied by a lady who expressed
desire to adopt the child. The city
attorney informed her that to make
the adoption legal it would require
certain proceedings in court. which
proceedings she said she would he
willing to take. Mrs. Proper claimed
to have taken care of the child for
seven weeks without compensate
and thought she was entitled to 81
per week. The council. upon motion
duly carried. voted tn allow her gel
for the cart Oi the chill. go
The matter OF filling the two va
cancies on the board Of health, made
vacant by the expiration ofsfthe
terms oi +. w. Collins and s. Trebby,
was taken up, and a motion WINS
unanimously passed that the retir-
ing members be reappointed. "4
The matter OF the case Of John
Anderson, who ia an invalid and has
been charge OF the city for several
months. wss discussed. Anderson
Ia now taken care Of bv q family
named Pura. on the West side, and
he and the city physician desire his
removal to the hospital. The differ.
ence in the cost for bis care would he
80 per month. The city ia now pay
ing 41O, and the hospital charges
would be 80. He was at the hos
pital several weeks before and was
recovering rapidly when taken way.
The city. physician RECOMMENDED his
being taken back to the hospital,
and the matter was referred to the
poor committee.
The question of increasing the
number of policemen to four was
discussed briefly. At the frat meet
ing OF the new council a vote was
taken to determine the number of
policemen. The council stood three
for four police and four for three
police. A resolution to the effect
that three police constitute the force
for the ensuing year was adopted,
and has been signed by the mayor
aud published. Evidently some
members of the council have expert
enced q change Of heart on the police
question, and desire was shown
for a reconsideration Of the councils
former action in the matter. The
city ATTORNEY gave it az his opinion
that the council could not reconsider
its former action. an it had passed
out Of the councils hands, but that
a new resolution, replacing the other
could be adopted. The question was
finally Lett over until next meeting.
The council adjourned.
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