Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-06-04
Do! IND STOCK ORDINANCE
City Council Last Night Recommends I
Passage of Pound Ordinance and
ySs3s for License Of Dogs.
Salary Ordinance disla, Discussed but Action
s5 Deferred Until the Next Regular
.s Meeting.
Question OF Bonding iis il Hands of City
Attorney for Opinion on
Indebtedness.

present but Alderman LoFin, nd@Pres
ident smyth in the chair, Mayer Reg
lister being out OF the city temporarily.
The report OF the city treasurer
from April is to May 81 was presented
g read 1t showed aSatotal cash
balance in all funds OF $$4,ooI. 49
The report was referred to the ON
Inittee on ways and means.
The committee on ordinances re-
ported to the council that they had
considered the matter Of a dog license
ordinance and had instructed the city
attorney t draft an ordinance. fixing
the license on male dogs, at 81 and or on
female dogs at s., which they recon- re
ment for passage Y 5
.% Mr.. Reade objected to employing the
city attorney TO draft ordinances but
thought they ought to be drawn BY the
committees. He didn't think. the city
attorney ought to; be employed until
his salary was fixed.
The ordinance committee also: re-
ported recommending the appointment
of a poundmaster and the enforcement
Of the estray stock ordinance; No. 116.
This report was approved by the eoun-
ell and as soon as the mayor returns
and appoints a 'poundmaster the loose
live stock nuisance will be abated.
Alderman Reade: Of the fire depart
!ment committee, reported that in the
matter of lighting the engine house
and of moving a fire hydrant, the com
naittee had made some progress and
would report at the next meeting.
The ordinance committee did not re-
port on the matter. of permits asked
to repair buildings. Alderman Smyth
stated that the members of the com
mittee were in favor Of permitting the
repairs on. the Weeks building and the
Holman bakery even, il the repairs in
neither a s would conflict with the
provisions Of the fire ordinance and the
matter had been referred to the city
attorney for decision. 81
The bill Of Pat McTIugh for s25 for
assisting DR.. Quain, city health officer,
was referred to the claims committee.
Mr.. Reade inquired if the ways and
means committee had made any pro-
gress in the matter Of r%ebonding the
city. Alderman Srnyth stated that the
committee would recommend that the
city be rebonded if it could be done,
but some matters had been referred to
the city attorney, the principal one
being whether the 5000 certificates
OF Indebtedness were legal debts of the
city and whether they should be con-
sidered at all in figuring the total debt
OF the city. These certificates had
been issued in excess Of the debt limit
Of the city and it was a question
whether they were any more than a
moral obligation Another matter
was whether unsolicited taxes could
BIZ considered an offset against the city
| debt. ...1 d,
Mr.. Jackson said he, couldn't see the
use of talking OF rebouding before it
was decided whether it could be done
or not. The city attorney was the
city's legal adviser and he favored the
reference of the whole matter to him.
as had been done. He wanted the city
attorney tx" earn his salary.
The salary ordinance was then read
for the second time.
Mr.. Reade offered an amendment to
the section fixing the pay OF the city
attorney, fixing at at legal fees for
services requested by the mayor and
| council, rather than at a salary OF sos
3 month. He said he did not believe
the city could afford to pay a monthly
salary for an attorney. Mr.. Jackson
said he agreed with MIR. Reade, but if
the city did engage an attorney at a
monthly salary he proposed to make
him arm it. The amendment was
lost by a vote OF four to three.
Another question then came UP as
to whether the ordinance would cover
the salary of city officers from the
time OF their appointment up to the
time or the taking effect Of the ordin-
ance. This was discussed at some
length and on motion of MI, jackson
the matter was finally referred to the
city attorney Q an opinion. The
vote on the ordinance was ~thereupon
deferred until the next meeting Of the
couneiE
The dog license ordinance was read
for the first time and the council adj
5ourned for two weeks.
Call at Beardsley Finneg's drug
store and get q free sample Of Cham
berlain,s Stomach and Liver Tablets