The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-07-10
DOlNdS OF THE CITY DADS

DOlNdS OF THE CITY DADS
Meet In Regular Session, transact Con-
siderable Business and Play Horse
With j. w. Brunskill.
The council met in regular session
Monday evening, with Mayor Moulton
in the chair and Aldermen Blodgett
and Yarosh absent.
Alderman Wolf reported that it APP
peared upon Investigation impossible
to DO anything about the old building
adjoining the Dakopolis hotel on the
north in which the city is interested
for a considerable amount Of unpaid
Laxes-the same in regard to the va
cant lot south Of Il. e. Miller's resi-
dence, which the latter desired to buy
titles being SO complicated on both
pieces OF property.
Mr.. Wolf also stated that the street
and alley committee had made a con-
tract with Mr.. Shipman for four
cement o~ross-walks at % cents per
square foot, but the committee had
not yet decided where to place two OF
the WalkS-a matter that was left to
them.
Mr.. Rose Of the finance committee
stated that Mr.. Blodgett had handed
him a written opinion of the city at
torney relative to the bill of Louis
Richards against Page Gutherie for
board and livery bill which said Rich
ards had presented to the city for pay
ment, the amount Of bill being S229.85
In the city attorneys written opinion
he cited the council different sections
of law under which the city was
organized, wherein in his opinion it
was plain that the city could not law
full pay the claim OF Mr.. Richards.
After some discussion the bill was re-
jected by an unanimous vote, as per
the opinion Of the city attorney.
The ordinance establishing a grade
On Main street "a placed on its final
reading and passed. 1t will be found
on another page of the GRAPHIC.
The new ordinance relating to water
meters had its second and third read
ing and after being amended was PASS
ed and approved. The rate was low
cred flun three cents to two cents per
hundred gallons, and a~llconsumers are
by its provisions required to put in
meters before September ] next. The
ordinance will be found elsewhere in
today's GRAPHIC.
The petitions of Peter Smith and r.
d. Warner for cross-walks near their
places of residence was granted condi-
tionally that they build sidewalks in
front Of their residences from the gate
to the cross walks.
j. S.-Stewart reported 1925 water
tax collected id June.
A resolution was passed to put in
float valves in both the city watering
troughs.
A resolution was also passed that
that part Of the water ordinance limit
ing the use Of hose for sprinkling four
hours daily be suspended for the next
two months and that two additional
hours-frOm 8 to 10 a. m.-be allowed.
j. S. Stewart was instructed to look
up the number of cows in the Tinan
and Hinrichs' pasture and collect
water tax on all such COWS whose own
ers were not paying a water tax on
them.
A hill OF VIM. Kinsella for 81 for
moving weeds last summer was turn
ed on his water tax.
A motion was made to reconsider the
application of J. M. Brunskill for a
liquor license. MAYNARD objected. He
said that the council could not legally
reconsider the same at this time. a
vote on the motion stood a tie, May
nard and Wolf voting against it and
Ochsner and Rose for it. The mayor
cast the deciding vote and the motion
went through. Then Ochsner moved
that the petition OF Br ,nskill for a Ii
cense be granted and Rose seconded
the motion. Ochsner voted for it and
Maynard, Wolf and Rose against it
and the motion was lost.
The following bills were allowed:
E. B. Lumbard, express charges.s 40
j. S. Stewart, Salary........... 80 90
3. i. Ochsner, hardware........ "a OF
Gas Mantle Co., mantles......... 6 go
Tellef Tompson, grading........ 81 90
]. P. Reebe, gasoline.......... % 50
%. G. Newbury, flowers. 5 90
Otto Kempter, livery ........... 4 so
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