Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-23
Annual Meeting Of city Council

All memOefS u bAe new Guy COUNCIL
were present at the. first meeting held
last Thursday evening. ..
The first business was the selection
of city attorney. Applications were
in from Attorneys Geo. Muller, sam'l
Olson, Mason w. Spicer and Samuel
Porter. The first ballot resulted as
follows: Muller, s. Olson, 3; spicer,
2. On the second ballot Muller re-
ceived 5 and Olson 3, and Muller was
declared elected. :;
Nels S. Swenson and F. II. Void
were proposed for auditor. Swenson
was elected by vote of S to 3.
DR.. Rains was reelected health off,
Ger over DR.. MacLaughlin by vote
of to l. M. Jorgenson and Samuel
Porter were appointed members of the
board of health for one year.
The mayor announced the appoint
ment of the following committees:
Streets-sandbo, Olson, Ekander
and Bjornberg.
Finances arkhus, Williams and
Qvale.
Fire Representations, Nelson
and Ekander.
Engrossing-Markhus and Qvale.
Mayor Tyler announced the appoint
ment of Martin Sorenson as chief of
police and Hans Engelstad as patrol
man, and the council ratified the ap-
pointments.
The bond of the city treasurer was
fixed at $1,000.
The official oaths and bonds of the
justices and city officials were ap-
proved and fled.
The clerk was authorized to pur.
chase necessary justice dockets.
Salaries were fixed as follows: as
SCISSOR, 50 a day; policemen, $50 a
mouth; health officer, $50 for year;
auditor, SIS for year; treasurer, s75
a year; city attorney, $3.50 for the
year; clerk, S25 month.
| The bond of the clerk was fixed at
81 900.
| Alderman Qvale offered the follow.
ing resolution and moved it's adop.
tion:
That the auditor shall immediately
after assuming his Office examine and
check up the books of the treasurer
and the clerk and he shall make out q
l n l@kA Id ~k-k A.
affairs OF the city, including all in
debtedness of every description out.
standing against the city. The amount
OF warrants outstanding, the amount O.
bills allowed by the council and still
remaining unpaid. He shall ascer
tain as nearly as possible all indebt
edness or bills of every kind and ma
ture contracted by the city which have
as yet not been presented to the coun
Gil or acted upon and remaining out
standing against the city, and forth
with present such statement and re
port to the council. The statemen
shall also show the total bonded in
debtedness outstanding and the rat,
of interest said bonds bear, also tn,
date when the bonds and interes
thereon become due and payable ant
the total amount Of liabilities and re
sources of the city. He shall also il
conjunction with the clerk and the wa
ter and light commissioners take a.
/ Inventory of all real estate and othe
properties bankruptcies of every de
scription belonging to the city the val
ne of which shall shall also be give
in said statement. 49,. ,'
|. A lame objection as to whether sue
a procedure. was agreeable to the cit
charter was made and referred to tn
city attorney. The resolution wa
adopted without dissenting vote.
The eugrossing committee and cit
attorney were directed to draw up a
ordinance prescribing rules governin
the council.
1t was decided that the mayor shout
appoint supervisor OF the poor, an
, Mayor Tyler at once appointed job
Williams as such supervisor.