The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08
FRIDAY, . 900


and noral prot lection Of the city,
The dtnancee had been drawn
ats etlaest asoff Mayor, az and
men bere of the board, different
ones stouchine pom the bale of
liqluor to minor the harbo boring of
and ale of quo 50 .=wome IS IS
eal lopna, the imp being sof fines upon
BLOT otsmachines,t the i'm position of
fines upon skeepers=of houses Of i'll
fame etc, the various ordinances
q and 9 The intended app plication BE.
ing dwe1t upon. Mayor Fay as
heyAreceived their 6rstreading.
1 The liking 81. salaries was made
in 4 leaolnti ionz introd oduced by Al
dernaan Bush, the salaries sSstipu-
lated dindicat ting q consiid derable Aav-
ing tq the city as 6 compared with
yiqnsssti tipnla lions The SALARY
list a 1lowed and proviid ed BY the
Non sisa as foIlows:
E chiefof Police, $40; patroImen,
$50; cleFk$50; treasurer, $40; asses.
sor, 500 per year.; street commis.
stone. $50; attorney, $$385; chief Of
fire department, $25; members Of.
pa dire depa artment, J. S. per month
and 81 for each. call and 81 per hour
for fighting FIRE; aldermen, 49,, and
health officer, $225: s.:s:== .s.=:
The resolution calls for no re-:
munerationafor the mayor, Mayor:
Fay stating that he considered the
position=as one Of honor which any.
interested citizen should be pleased.
to tillwithout any monetary con-
siderations attached. fss :s5ass ~: 3
A resolution introduced by Al
derrnan Bush providing for the az
pointment of a chief Of police -and
three patrolmen brought out some.
discussion, the number Of patrol.
men being increased BY the addi..
ton Of one, but upon recommends
tion of=the mayor the resolution
was PASSED bY-a"unanimous vote. .s5
Mayor2Fay thereupon appointed
Patrick: Sullivan as chief of police,
Jacob E. Mattson, Adam Groczyk
and August Fredrickson as patrol
men, these appointments being con-
firmet s z s.. ..Is. rs s::=z
The appointment Of Dr.. John 81.
Crows as health offc erzfor.the ensu
+ ing tsb years BY Mayor Fay was.
theni,lb sacl poiint l,es:
inRsc rlllesl
pil loWing the al opt iio,, the
|eo}Yncil of rules and gnlations for
Eth4governnnent Of the council, the
applications for the various city.
officials elective by the council
were taken up, the first application.
read being that. of Andrew Dahl
for. street ommissioner. But one.
application for this position being:
filed action thereon was deferred
until future meeting. :<s. .z@7 s-sSz: =
Applications for chief of the fire
department we're received from Al
fred Stat, Edward johnson. and Pet
er Byrne, the applicatonsof of Edward
Johnson being accompanied by a
communication from Secretary
Carlson, of the, Virginia Fire De-
partment. recommending his APP
Fpointment. An informal ballot re
suited in 8 for Byrne, 2 for Johnson
and 1 for Stat. Two form al ballots
resulted in "a tie. vote; ;zzByrne@ and
Johnson receiving 8 votes each,
and the council realizing the fulfill
ty of reaching an agreement passed
the matter over to the next reg gular
meeting. - =
For assessor applications were re-
ceived from A. >E. Dunsmore, John
Doyle and D. w. Freeman. an in
formal ballot showing for Duns-
more, 1 for Doyle and 2 for Free.
man. A formal ballot landed Free:
man for the position by vote Of 4:
3dS dgdiASlA q lOt 1uuSIuOIc.,srI4z. ..sE.5 @s7s2*s
The clerkship resolved. itself be-:
tween A. n, Thompson and A. E..
BicKford, Mr.. Thompson winning
on the first ballot by a vote Of 4 to 2.
John ~. n artin, !. @ J. A. Poirier and.
Rod Mcdonald each signifed a will
ingness to serve the. city in the ca
,pacity Of attorney,an informal bal
lot giving Mr.. Med Donald 4 and Mr..
:Poirier Two formal ballots
showed a decided increase in
strength in the ndidacy Of Mr..
Martin, however, who jjum ped fro+ns
q zePhery cipher into the 2 notch.
while Mr.. Poirier received land Mr.s
Mcdonald 3 3votes on each ballot.
No choice being mad the appoint
:n1ent was deferred, to be taken up
at the next regular meet ting
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