Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-13
uorE Of The Council,

null board ol IounG2lnlen were present at the regular monthly meeting last ] Thursday evening. b transact the busi-
 ness for July.
 The minutes of reguia. and called
 meeting in June yera read and approy- ed.
 4 communication from attorney R.W. l Jennings, regarding an extension of the 1 boundary lines of the town. stating that i the matter would be brought before the l Court al as early a date as possible, was read and filed, as vas also communica- i ton from the Alaska Club, Seattle, re- gardinc the death of Capt. Hansen. ! The nre committee were instructed 10 i have the rubbish removed from vacant I building on front street, to lessen the l danger from fire.
 l Some dangerous places in the walks
 were reported, and the street committee were instructed tc haze necessary re- i pairs made.
 1 The school buii ig committee report l ed that the putin in oi sewer drain had l been awarded to ! enry Strasser, al l2ia l cents per foot. there being 2S5 feet of it. Also. that Mr. Siesenes, who was to % over the work of tle building to see that l the work had beon done according 10
 plans and specifications, would not be
 ready to repor. till the next evening.
 The question of night watchman and 1 pouRdn aster came up. At the June meeting T ]. Case was elected 10 the
 position. provided be would i'll both oi- l fees. He refused to act as poundmas-
 ter. and on the 4th of June mayor Jen-
 sen removed him and appointed N II.
 Inman 10 the plare. MF. Case claimed
 2 part of the salary covered by Inmans period. and claimed that he had not been legally removed. But the council, by unanimous vote. endorsed the action oi the mayor in his removal of Case and the appointment of Inman, on the 4th. For printing and publishing, 4. Y. E. Snyder was allowed S5.S0, and NJ. H. In- man was allowed $50 tor killing seven dogs.
 On motion the council adjourned to
 Friday evening July 7th at 5 o clock. Friday evening, July 7th. !
 The council met a per adjournment, with full board present. Mir. B. Stevens, expert builder whom the building committee had employed to examine the new school house 10 ascer tain fl the work had been done accord ing to plans and specifications, reported t..,; the work had been done az speci- lied, exspf in eases where the council had allow ed changes 10 be made. The report was adopted. Quite warm dis cussiou arose over the proposition ui re- moval of dirt and leveling of the ground in certain places and mayor Jensen pro. tested against accepting the work until the contractor complied with this, as he thought, part of tLe work required ot him. However, the council thought the ! t,l l Ill
 ed of him. and the work was accepted.
 Bills allowed; M H Inman, night watchman, s2l; T Case, rent Of shack
 and night watch sl3.5Q; C L Hamilton, balance on school building, il.495 :49;
 sl5.
 When the council was about to ad- journ the following resolutions were in- troduced that, despite the protests oi the mayor, were ordered printed: Whereas, Nature bs a supreme effort
 has created man, sometime in the image of his maker, and placed him on this footstool called the earth, 10 carry out purpose nor readily understood by all and
 Whereas, Some Of these have been
 placed al a disadvantage by the isolated condition in which they were forced to live, prior 10 the date that Alaska fell
 into the hands of our present governor; and
 Whereas. Certain chechacos have been
 so unkind Rs to suggest that your pres ent mayor of Wrangell had no interest in seeing the population oi Alaska, and more particularly Wrangell, increase in
 proportion to the increase of the natural resources in other ways; and Whereas. the mayor Of Wrangell is en- dowed with spirit of llberality and is one Of the most ardent admirers of large families, as well as the owner of consid- erable real estate in Wrangell; there fore, be il
 Resolved, That We, the members oi the Common Council, pledge our assist ance, and urge that our worthy mayor accept our invitation to allow us to pre- sent him to the delegation of female school teachers who are about to visit Wrsngell, promising that our Hon. May or will be accorded that respect that the dignity Of his office entitle him to.
 Resolved, That Coy. John G Brady be tendered vote 0. thanks for his sue cess in getting consignment of ladies of marrlagea ble age to visit Alaska al so
 early E date n the matrimonial season. And the council adjourned.