The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-16
IT DEFINES VAGRANCY.
CHIEF M'INTIRE'S NEW ORDINANCE
PASSED LAST NIGHT.

The board of aldermen, after locating
the polling places disposed of considera-
| BILE routine business.
The market site question was disposed
of by directing the corporation attorney
to report a lease for the Constans site
for term of years at $1,000 per year, the
rent to be paid after two years to go to-
ward the purchase price of the site, 1t
the council should Sc decide.
The Minnesota Transfer Railway COM
pany was given permission to put down
and operate single track line across
Cleveland avenue, near Wabash avenue
The resolution fixing the pay Of the milk
| inspectors in the health department and
authorizing the employment of garbage
| inspectors was passed.
An adverse report on the ordinance d.
decting the street railway company to
| build and operate it's Rice street cars on
Rice street, between University and Ron
do streets, was adopted to 2, Aids. Muir
ply and Bantz voting against it.
The ordinance giving the Manhattan
Light, Heat and Power company the right
to erect poles and wires and lay conduits
| on the streets was passed by a unanimous
vote of the nine members present, the alb
sentees being Aids. Kenny and Dona-
hover There Is no time limit in the ordi-
nance. Permission is to be secured from
| the council for lines and conduits in each
| instance. The ordinance was accompanied
| by petitions signed by 800 persons setting
forth that theF company had caused a
| reduction of so per cent in lighting rates,
and the granting of the ordinance would
allow competition in the lighting field
An ordinance reducing the license for
secondhand stores from 500 to $25 was
passed under a suspension of the rules,
after lengthy effort had been made by
Court Commissioner Gallick in favor of
| the measure.
The ordinance providing for the extern
! sion of the Maria avenue street car line,
on Mound street and Hastings avenue,
was passed, Aid. Bantz alone voting
against it.
The building inspector was directed to
report as to the expense of putting a
steam heating plant in the brick portion
| of the old Humboldt school building on
| the West side.
At the instance of Chief of Detectives
| McIntire an ordinance was passed under
| suspension of the rules declaring persons
| without visible means of support, living
| idly without employment or any settled
place of abode, lettering about saloons or
| disreputable resorts without being able
| to account for their conduct, Migrants.
! Persons conducting themselves In an
| idle and dissolute manner on the public
! streets are also declared to be Migrants.
| The penalty on conviction is a fine or
! not less than SO nor more than Sl0o or
| not less than ten or more than ninety
DAYS in the workhouse. Aids. Murphy
! and Bantz voted against the ordinance,
| declaring that it left the question open to
| conclusions of policemen and detectives,
| and might result In great injury being
| done to innocent persons
| The assembly referred the communl-
| cation of the retail grocers, asking Ior
immediate action on market SITE 10
! the committee on streets.
| The report Of the conference commit
tee on a municipal electric light plant
was referred to the same committee.
The Mississippi Valley Telephone COM
| pany was directed by a resolution OF AS
scmblyman Albrecht 10 advise the coun-
Gil as to what steps had been taken
to comply with the ordinance directing
it to have 1890 phones in operation Jan.
| 10 last
| The city engineer was also directed TO
report how much was due from the
street railway company for 1889 and
| prior years on account OF keeping the
streets clean.
The resolution directing the corporation
| attorney to report lease for the Con-
| STAINS market site was sent to the COM
| mittee on streets by vote OF 10 L.
| Those voting against the reference were
Messrs Albrecht, Nelson, Warner and
| Dix
| The Manhattan Light Heat and Power
| company's ordinance was sent TO COM
| mittee without being read The new
| yagrancy ordinance was also referred to
committee.
The bid of H. P Rugg & CO. for fur
nishing the engineering department with
sewer pipe was $3.50 lower than the next
bidders, but the engineer reported that
! the lowest bidders had failed to put
! In a certified check with their bid, and all
| bids were rejected The other bidders
| were S. P. Spates s., Co., s711.50; st.
| Paul Lime and Cementzcompany, SIT.