The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10
NEW COUNCIL IN CHARGE
All the Present City Officers Az Rs.slscted
Except Fred Il. tovey ios Street Com
missioner-Mclsan Case Came Up.


Last Monday evening the first session
OF the new council convened at the city
hall
The new members Of the council are s.
G. Chamberlain. first ward; Matthew
! Scul!y. second ward. and G. w. Colby,
third ward. The retiring members are
F, d. Culver. first ward; Geo. H. Storer,
second ward; S. o. Tanhahill. third ward.
The hold-over members OF the council,
whose terms of Office expire next ysar,
are {. A. Hastings. first ward; Frank
Cole. second ward; George II. Frost,
third ward.
Prior to the adjournment OF the old
council the clerk read report submitted
by the mayor reviewing the work ac-
complished by the council the past year
aud giving the amount of receipts and
disbursements for that period.
The new council was then organized, !,
with all members present except Sculiy.
The reading Of the mayors annual mes
sage followed and was placed on fle.
Councilman Scully appeared at this time
and took the oath Of Office, after which
| the election OF officers was held. result.
ing as follows:
City clerk. c. L. Mcdonald; city At
torney, S l.. Mcfarland; city health
officer. DIR. G. F. Carssow; street com
missioner, w. X Lnnghorn; garbage col.
lector, w. w. Loper.
The election Of city engineer and city
assessor was postponed to Saturday even.
ing. The officers elected were chosen
without opposition, with the exception
of street commissioner. For this Office
the names Of Fred G. Hovey. the present
incumbent, F. G. Ellsworth and John p.
Roos were presented by petition. The
ballot resulted: Longhorn 4, Roos I.
The matter Of fixing the salaries Of the
officers was postponed until Saturday
night.
Marshal Schuldt announced the ap-
pointment of officers James Conley and
S. A. Masters as deputies, and the ap.
pointments were confirmed.
Mayor Skinner then announced the ap.
pointment Of the following standing com.
mites for the ensuing year:
Way1and Means--Ch -Chamberlaiu Chair
man; c. w. Colby and G. A. Hastings.
Fire and Water-C. A. Hastings, chair.
man; c. w. Cole and Geo. A. Frost.
Street-Geo. A. Frost, chairman; Mat.
thew Scully and Frank Cole. ;.
Health--C. w. Colby, chairman; H.
W. Chamberlain and Matthew Scuily.
Sewer and Light--Matthew Scnlly,
chairman; G. A. Hastings and Geo. A.
Frost.
Judiciary-Frank Cole, chairman; G.
w. Colby and II. G. Chamberlain.
Finapce-C. w. Colby, chairman; c. A.
Hastings and Frank Cole.
Cemetery-Frank Cole, chairman;
Matthew Scully and H. c. Chamberlain.
The report Of City Attorney Mcfarland
reviewing the work of his office for the
past year, was read. Among other
recommendations the city attorney ad-
vised that an ordinance be passed to re.
move the question as to the legality Of
the creation of the third ward. On mo.
ton of Hastings the city attorney was
instructed to prepare the necessary or.
dinance.
Health Officer Carssov reported that
there were five births in the city during
June, two females aud three males.
There were two deaths during tine month.
The report states that At present there
are no cases Of contagious diseases in the
city.
Attorney johnson. representing the
plaintiffs in the Mclean damage case,
who received a judgment of $I7,ooo
against the city, appeared before the
council to inquire as to what steps had
been taken by the city to satisfy the
Judgment. He explained that the judg.
ment now reached over SIS 600. includ-
ing the interest and costs. The judg-
ment. he said, drew per cent interest,
and he thought that it would be ad-
visible for the city TO issue bonds, thus
making saving in interest. Coancil-
man Scully said that he believed the
council would require few days time to
consider the matter before they should
Ike able to make definite statement as
to the time when the judgment could be
paid. 1t was then decided to postpone
further consideration OF the matter until
Saturday night.
] Matt Ward will hold An auction sale at
his home on the Big Potlatch ridge in the