Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-08

CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Regular Monthly Meeting of the City
Council and Record Of the Business
Transacted. 49,
Question of Crosswalks Comes Up for
the Consideration Of the
City Fathers.
Several Ordinances Presented, One
Regulating the Care and Use
of the Streets.

The city council held it's regular
monthly meeting last night.
A petition from George Gussner for
permission to erect platform scales IN
Main street between the Webb block
and Third street was referred to the
committee on streets and grades.
A. petition from property owners liv-
ing east of Ninth street that the city
take steps to have the water system
extended and MIGRANTS put in for fur
nishing water supply and fire Drotec-
tion, was referred to the committee on
waterworks.
a communication was received from
superintendent Wilson of the North
ern Pacific. stating that it was diff
cult to keep the new station and
walks ~thereabout in clearly condition,
largely owing to the fact that many
persons were in the habit of expector-
ating on the floor of the depot and on
the walks. Mr.. Wilson asked the coun-
Gil to take some steps regarding this
matter, and recommended the passage
of an anti-expectoration ordinance,
stating that this had been Of greatfas-
sistance to the company at Fargo. The
matter was referred to the committee
on ordinances.
Edward s. Allen applied to the coun-
ell for a ferry license cross the Mis-
souri, river, the ferry to be located
within a mile of the Northern Pacific
bridge. Mr.. Allen offered an annual
rental of $40 for the privilege. The
matter was referred to the street COM
mittee.
Chief of Police Ritcney reported
three arrests in June.
The bonds Of John Mclaughlin and
Charles Hastings as city herders were
approved by the council.
The committee ON claims reported
a number of approved bills.
The committee on ordinances re-
ported back the license ordinance, rec
ommending that it be placed on its
final passage.
Alderman Patterson said he under
stood other towns in the state did not
license billiard tables and bowling al
leys and suggested that the ordinance
be laid on the table, but THE matter
went over to the regular order.
The committee on ways and means
approved the report of the city treas
urer. ....,
The committee on fire department
recommended that the petition of Jos.
Katz for permission to erect or move
a frame building Within the fire limits
be indefinitely postponed, and the re-
port was adopted.
Alderman Smyth moved the recon
sideration of the motion by which the
council agreed to pay the poll tax of
the hremeen of the city. He said he
did this because he was informed that
the action was Illegal and the council
had no authority to take it.
Alderman Reade and jackson
thought the firemen ought to be ex-
empted in some way from the pay
ment of poll tax. If the council could
not legally pay their poll tax, would
1T not be possible to pay them a sal
ary equal to their poll tax. Mayor
Register said he thought the council
had no authority to pay their poll tax.
and said he would hesitate about sign
ing warrants of this kind. The motion
to reconsider the former action Of the
council finally carried and the matter
went over for consideration.
The following bills were presented
Henry Ode, special police. ...S S.0t
3. Merry. special police ~. 4.Ot
]. c. Ritchey, impounding
stock ..... ........ 3.N
p. McHugh, labor .. 800
IA. Robidou, labor on streets 65.5t
Geo. Robidou, labor on streets 24.5,
John Robidou, labor on streets 22.7.
F. Janer, labor 14.O'
"a. Mcdonald, blacksmithing AZ!
B. 2. Moorholse, assisting
survey 1880. ..... 300
T. w. Sanders, assessing 5000
Hughes Electric Co, lights 400
Bismarck Ell. Co, ewe pipe. 347.5
Rismarck Wafnr ~ n.nuf an 4 M n.
Bismarck Water Co, rental. 1,lO0.O
Louis Bureau, repairing As
+. 3. Moorhouse, mortgage list 80