The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-06

mitted a bill of 1850 for the new hook
| and ladder.
The registry agents for the recent
election submitted bills fer 1920 each
| for their services. Consideration of the
bills was laid over to next Monday
! evening, a motion being carried to adj
| journ to that time.
| A. ]. Corbett and ex-City Engineer
F. w. Blackford submitted bills for
| services in connection with SUITS
against the city in the amounts of $50
and Sill respectively. Referred to the
| finance committee.
Aldermen Rowan. Page and Cannon
submitted bills for $50 each for services
as commissioners to appralSe and as
sess damages aCCrulng to certain prop
erty damaged by street grading.
MeIcher wanted to know if the gentle
men We're entitled to pay Tor such serV-
ices and the city attorney was asked
for an opinion. Judge DeWolfe thought
that if the gentlemen acted as commits
sioners they We're entitled to pay, but
not if they We're acting as aldermen
Pascoe moved that the bills be allowed
Melcher thought the gentlemen were
acting simply as a special committee,
and he had acted on several such COM
Tnittees without extra pay. On roll call
the motion was declared carried, the
vote standing ayes s, noes 5, but ii is
said the warrants will not be drawn. as
the law requires majority OF all the
council to authorize the drawing of a
warrant. Britt. Kelly, Melcher, Noyes
and Siebenaler were those voting in the
negative.
George fisherman submitted bill of
s1140 for lunches for election judges.
Referred to the finance committee.
The monthly reports of the heads of
departments. as published elsewhere,
We're read and filed.
City Engineer Bickenbach asked for
a new typewriter. which was granted.
Special employees for election day,
judges. clerks, etc, submitted bills for
their services. On motion it was or
dered that judges and clerks be al
lowed $40 per day and special officers 50.
The sewer committee reported as fol-
lwos:
Relative to the petition of James
Mclaughlin for a rebate of sewer tax,
we recommend that the petition be not
allowed.
Relative to the petition of ]. w. Nc
Lain for a rebate Of sewer tax. we re-
commend that the petition be granted
and a warrant be drawn for $I4.&0.
Relative to the petition of j. P. Scul-
ly for a rebate on sewer tax. we recon-
mend that the petition be not allowed.
THE committee has made an inspec-
ton of the storm sewer system ana
we find it in very good condition with
the exception of few places and we
recommend that the city engineer be
instructed to have the repairs made"
The report was adopted.
The street and alley committee re-
ported as follows:
I'VE have examined the several pro-
pOsals for site for the street and alley
department and we submit for your
consideration that the proposition of w.
H. Winters is the cheapest and most
suitab BILE, owing to large barn, sheds
and other buildings. as well as a fence
feet high around the property. Pos
session can be had Immediately sub
ject to the approval of condemnation
proceedings for the sum Of $4,000. This
would save the city paying any more
rent, and we recommend that the city
take the property and possession at
once and that the city attorney be in
structed to commence condemnation
proceedings"
1t was further recommended that the
city clerk be instructed to advertise for
bids for furnishing three new sprin-
klers, two dump carts and a team Of
work horses: that the sprinklers on
hand be repaired and painted that
council bill No. So be passed and that
the street commissioner be instructed