The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-09
SPECIAL TAXES ORDERED
Matter OF Location Of Proposed
Public Building Crops Out
in Council.

members were present.
The proceedings opened by a re.
quest from a couple of Salvation army
~lassies, who were present, that the
city reimburse them in the amount of
5000 for expences and damages in
Cured by being wrongfully confined
at the detention hospital at the adj
vice of the city physician who declar-
ed them to be affected with smallpox.
The s~pokeswoman of the delegation
who was one Of those held at the hos
pital, declared that at the time of
her sequestration she was suffering
from a disease no more serious than
chicken pox, but that while at the
pest house she had contracted small
pox. She presented a bill, which was
referred to the finance committee.
The treasurer, police magistrate
and chief of police submitted their
regular monthly reports. Referred.
p. W. Dunn, special deputy treas
urer, submitted a report showing that
he had collected the sum of 1904 for
poll taxes. He also reported that a
number OF those from whom it had
been sought to collect taxes had ex-
pressed a desire to work them out.
The report was accepted and the
street commissioner instructed to OBJ
tain the names of all who wanted to
work out taxes and give them an op-
portunity to do SO.
The fire, light and water committee
reported adversely on the petition for
an extension of the water main one
block in T~hirty-irst street from
Fourth venue south. The report
was adopted.
The usual number of bills we're read
and ordered allowed.
"A numerously signed petition was
submitted asking for a modification
of the now famous "cow' ordinance,
to the extent of repeating the clause
requiring all cattle passing through
the streets of the city to be led, in
stead of driven, as now required.
Considerable discussion ensued, but
it was apparent from the first that
a majority of the aldermen we're op-
posed to any change in the ordinance
because of the carelessness of the
own herder in permitting cattle to
wander about the streets to the man
fest injury of lawns and yards. Con-
nelly thought the best remedy would
be passage of an ordinance recurring
herders to pay a license and give a
satisfactory bond to the city to prop
erly care for the cattle in his charge
SO far as preventing bovine depreda-
tors from in%dulging in their predatory
weakness.
Fred H. Foster addressed the coun-
Gil in behalf of the cow owners and
recommended adoption of the Connel-
ly idea.
The mayor and different aldermen
gave their opinions and to bring the
matter before the house REYNOLDS
moved to lay the petition on the
table. A vote was taken and the
motion was lost. The mayor then
referred the matter to the ordinance
committee, which evoked a vigorous
protest from the city attorney, who
declared that no matter what sort
of an ordinance might be adopted it
would not be enforced, as past exper-
fence had demonstrated. In his opin-
ion it was useless to adopt ordinances
unless they were enforced.
Attorney Hathhorn also spoke on
the subject and took exceptions to
the recommendations of certain alder
men that those who desired lawns
should fence them. He said that res
idents of cities were entitled to pro-
lection and it was unjust to require
them to build Chinest walls about
their premises, O. accept the other
alternative of supplying pastures for
owners of cows.
"A protest was filed against the con
struction of a building on lots z and 8
Of block AZ, now in course of erection,
the prptestants alleging that the
building was to be used for immoral
purposes. to the scandal of a respect
abpe neighborhood and manifest in
jury to surrounding property. The
protest was numerously signed by res
idents and property owners Of the 10
cality in which the house is going
up.
Referred to the chief of police.
petition was presented for
water main in that part Of Twenty
eAls1 street nbrth, commencing at
He intersection Of Third avenue,
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