The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-16
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS GALORE. !

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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS GALORE.
The New Council Met Last Night for the
n FIRST Time and Transacted Lot Of Bus
insss--New Board Of Health Appointed.
81 Other Matters of Interest. @
The new council met last evening,
all members having previously. duly.
qualified. There was.a mass of busi-
ness for the councilmen to take up and
dispose Of, and it was unable to finish
It's work, so adjourned to Jan. %. The
most important business was the fixing
OF the saloon license for the ensuing
year, but the matter was laid over to
bedisposed of at the next meeting. It
was thought that it would be proper to
increase the license to $500 per year
and other matters under consideration
in connection with the license created
considerable discussion. The council
will act definitely on the question at
its next meeting, Wednesday, Jan. %.
+ The bond of; the recorder was fixed
at 81 900, that of the marshal the same
amount, and the treasurer's bond S., 900.
The council re-appointed Owen New
ton village marshal at salary of $50
per month, and raised the salary of the
recorder from the handsome sum of
$40 per year to S120 per year. The
treasurer was allowed $50 per year, to
attend to his duties.
The council resolved to turn over
new leaf in it's system of keeping books
and will in the future keep two separ-
ate funds, one for the electric light
and water plant and one for the gen.
eral village fund. All orders drawn
in the future will designate the fund
drawn on, and the treasurer was in
structed to keep a register book, and
register all orders as presented and
pay the same according to register
number. He shall also make monthly
collections and file his report of all
such collections on or before the ff-
teenth of each month with the re-
corder. The council hopes by starting
in right to keep all accounts straight
in the future, so that the condition of
village business can be easily DETER
mined in short time.
The question of new board of health
was brought up by Councilman Briggs
and as the terms of the three members
OF the old board were rather mixed
and also the fact that DR.. Armitage as
president of the council could not act
as health officer, the board resigned
sen masse" as DR.. Armitage expressed
it, and new board was appointed as
follows: DR.. G.. Ross Galley, health off,
Ger, term one year, at salary of SIS
per year. Louis Pierson, term two
years, and Marshal Newton, term three
years. DR.. Armitage suggested that
it would be a good idea to have the
marshal on the board, and the council
was quick to acquiesce in his sugges-
tion.
while discussing various matters
pertaining to the village interests,
someone suggested village scale and
the idea met with unanimous approval
'"That is the best thing that has been
said here tonight" remarked the pres
ident. No definite action was taken
on the matter, however.
In the discussion of the saloon and
license question the council went over
the various phases of the perplexing
and all-important matter. It was
claimed that the saloons were violat-
ing the ordinance requiring them to
expose their saloon interiors to the
"yulgar gaze of the public'' on the
Sabbath day, and also that minors were
allowed to enter the saloons and buy
liquor. The council passed motion
lnstructing the marshal to notify the
billiard.and pool hall and the saloons
to not allow minors in these places,
and the council was of the opinion that
the saloon-keepers should be given a
few good wholesome pointers as to
what the law and the ordinances say
the saloons shall do and what they
shall not do.
Getting Pointers Oh Potatoes and Starch.
A. B. Kerlin of Park Rapids, MIMI,
was in Princeton this week collecting