The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-01-21
THE NEW COUNCIL.
1t Takes Village Reins and Proceeds
to DISSATISFACTION Licenses
Remain at $500.
Tom Scheen Elected Assessor--Othe
Business Of Importance I'm
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der Discussion.

OeT DISCUSSION.
The new village council met at the
land office of Robert King on Monday
night and proceeded to take up the
| consideration of such matters as it
was necessary to dispose of. DR.. Fl.
c. Cooney presided as president in
way that showed he had been in the
harness before. JOS. Craig, the only
new member of the board of trustees,
was soon taking a business interest in
the proceedings, while J. G.. Borden
went at the minutes like an old hand.
| 1t was not long before the new coun-
Gil had the business we'll in hand.
The bonds of the village treasurer,
Justice of the Peace Chadbourne and
recorder were approved. Formal APP
pllcations were received from I. F.
Scheen and F. C. Cater for the village
assessorship, and the council on mo-
ton proceeded to choose an assessor.
by ballot, which resulted in Scheen
receiving three votes and Cater one.
The U n on was designated as the
official village paper for the ensuing
year.
The matter Of village attorney was
laid over, and the council will prob
ably hire the services of an attorney
when it is necessary to do so.
Dan Spaulding was present and
made verbal application to the coun-
Gil for the position of village marshal,
but Dan was turned down by motion
being made that Marshal Newton be
appointed for another year. The
motion was later withdrawn, as some
of the board thought it might be adj.
visable to take up the appointment of
a marshal and. electrician later, and
it was moved and carried that the
president and councilmen Libby and
Craig consult with the marshal and
electrician and report at the next meet
ling.
On motion of T. H. Galley the liquor
licenses for the ensuing year were
made the same as. raised by the coun-
Gil last year, $500, and the motion was.
carried without any objection. ~ 80: (
The question of fixing the recorders
salary came up and this caused
lengthy discussion over the method of.
keeping the accounts of the village,
and it was the sense of the council that
double entry system of keeping
books should be adopted by the re-
corder, and separate accounts kept of
the regular village funds and electric
light and water fund. The electric
account should show by special entry
the labor, expense, fuel, and fixture
expense, and the proper disposition of
the latter. to whom sold and amount
received, etc. -
| The recorder who is practical
bookkeeper realizing that this would
mean considerable work, and detail
work at that, became somewhat inter-.
ested in the remuneration for such SER
vices and it was; thought best for him
to go ahead and purchase the neces-
sary books and start in, and the mat
ter of his salary would be agreed on
later. A motion to this effect was
made and carried.
| Some one suggested that the recorder
ought to collect the bills, but that
official objected very seriously to be-
coming collection agency for the
village. He did not consider it his
duty nor within his line of work. and
he said he was to the village what
the auditor was to the county. This
question was not discussed any fur
ther. b
The new council will have to secure
safe or vault in which to keep it's
books, papers and documents. The
matter came up and it was suggested
that each member of the council keep
his eye open for safe and report later.
Councilman Craig offered the recorder
the use of the vault in the feed store
until the council could secure a safe.
The council was about to adjourn
when Mr.. Galley suggested that the
council should take some action re-
garding fire department, as at pres
ent the village was practically without
any fire protection of any kind. Pres
ident Cooney remarked that he thought
the village needed one, and there was
no question with any of the members
of the council but what a fire DEPART
ment was needed.
Dan Spaulding who was present re-
freshed the memory of the council on
good old times when Princeton did
have volunteer fire department and
he told of some of the good work it
did. He told how the work of the bows
was not appreciated and made refer
ence to the time when the village coun-
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