Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-25
EVEN THEN THE TROUBLES OF
THE PEOPLE WERE NOT
BROUGHT TO A CLOSE.
TWO ELECTIONS WERE HELD
THE LEGALITY OF THE FIRST
ONE WAS DENIED.
WHEN THE QUESTION WAS SUB.
MITTED AT A SECOND ELEc-
TON, FRIENDS WON.

"Second-We can see no reason why
each ward should not be represented.
"Third-We think it premature for
the appointment as the vote has not
been canvassed.
Fourth-While we find a majority of
the names submitted worthy of the
trust, we find others which we cannot
confirm. We would therefore recon-
mend that the list as sumbitted be not
confirmed
"Thos Keefe,
sc. H. Mather,
-. e. Hull,
stephen Barnes,
IN. S. Polling,
wv. H. H. Asbury.
Minority Report.
"We hereby concur in the majority
report except the last section and
recommend that instead of the words
| be not contirmea,' the word delayed
be substituted.
'.B. F. Hyatt. g
| TIE. Boggs.
Asked for Injunction.
On June 90, Attorneys Seneca Corr
nell and c. G. Leech On behalf of their
clients, j. P. Anderson, e. Marble, L.!
Kilby, j. M. Peck, Jr., Ira Phillips, j,
B. Curran, M. L. Kirk, j. DeBolt. d. B.
Daily, J. N. Randel, j. W. Henry, j.
frost, filed in the Office of the clerk of
the district court papers in case ask
ing for temporary and permanent in
junction restraining the mayor, city
clerk, and city council and their suc--
cessors from treating the proposition
as adopted and to enjoin them from
appointing and confirming any trus--
tees and from any other act or thing
by reason of the vote taken at the city
election other than to declare said
proposition not adopted. They asked
that upon the final hearing the tenn
porary injunction be made permanent.
THE arguments in the case were heard
+ by Judge F. w. Eichelberger at Bloom
field on June %. 10 R. jacques appear
ing for those favoring the library and
Attorneys Cornell and Leech repre-.
senting their clients
Library Resolution.
| At the regular city council meeting
held on the evening of July 8. 1900,
the council heard the first reading of
the library resolution setting out the
main duties regarding the library
and the offices of the trustees. Alder
man w. H. H. Asbury read the resolu--
tlno, and asked that it be passed to
second reading. but as Alderman T. E.
Boggs objected to this the motion was
withdrawn. The resolutions were
lengthy, a synopsis of them being as
| follows:
Sections l and consisted of copy
| of the law regarding Libraries. Sec.
ton 8, which was also practical COPY
OF the law, describes the powers of the.
board of trustees, which is authorized
to control and supervise public IL.
brary; control all its affairs employ a
! librarian, assistants, etc.; fix compen-
sation; discharge employees for incom-
| potency; purchase books, magazines.
| fixtures and supplies; to make, adopt,
! amend, monty. or repeal bylaws,
rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with the law, and to have exclusive
control of the expenditures, and all
taxes levied for library purposes and
all moneys belonging to the library
fund
| Section provides that all moneys
received by 81, devise or endowment
and all moneys setaaside for the libra
ry, shall be deposited in the treasury
OF such city to the credit of the library
! fund.
oecuon provides Tor an annual re-
port from the board OF trustees to the
city council, said report to be examin-
ed by the finance committee of the
council.
Section provides for the levy of the
tax each year which shall not exceed
two mills on the dollar in any one
year.
Section THE council shall have
i No 10 hac LON x,,hi
erect and maintain library building.
or it may accept a donation of ground,
or lease the same for any term of
years for the use of said library, or
! hire building or room suitable for
THAT purpose; may receive, hold or
tdischarge any gifts, donations. devise,
or bequest, that may be made to them
for the proper establishment, increase,
or improvement in said library. All