The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-04-29
BOARD TRUSTEES ORGANIZE
r. W. COLLINS is CHAIRMAN
asIs nswB 80 Hasiness ~ 0nss and Passes
Ordinances Rsdasins sAiaris. Tha, ~
Village AttsFnsy Was Cat IN Half
OsheY nasinsss Transacted.


elected board 81 trustees, all having
previously taken the cath Of office.
Has beid Monday evening. Thoss
present were w. A. Andrew, s. A.
NaEnam. RoheEt ". coliIna, Geo.
Williams and Chas. Young.
Tho clerk called the meeting 70
order, aud stated that the election 81
. chairman vas the first order Of
business.
Moved b. Andres that IA informal
ballot b. taken for chairman. second
I'd b. fanng and carried. The bal
lot visa then taken. resulting a. fol.
lows: R0bt. W. Collins, 3: ". A.
Andres, Chaa. Young, /.
On motion daily made. seconded
and carried. Collins uas unanimously
elected chairman u tbs board.
Collins thanked tbs board for the
hoaor given him, and hoped thai tbs
members u tbs board would work
Extraordinarily together.
Tbs minutes u the last meeting of
tho old board ReFe read and approved.
Andruu inirodarsd = salary oFdin,
anes Fep@alinR tho ons pAassd by the
cid beard and mosei that II b. read
the tirst time for passage. varnam
seconded che tnotinH, Nhich vas duly
carried. Andres spoke 10 favor or
The passage of the oFdInanos as did
also Young aud vaFnam Williams
spoke In favor of the ordinance - far
a. IL Fplstad to the salary % tho II.
toFpsy, bat thought tbs salary Of the
maFshal and night wasch ~ establish.
- b. ths ordinanca adopted By lha
cid board nose Too high. Collins
stated that be ooncuFrea with VIII.
tinma.
M0ved hy Andres aa an nnond.
msut 10 ths ordinance. that the mar.
shal'a salary b. ss5 per month. all
fsss 20 b. turned into ths village.
Seconded By VArnam aud carried.
Moved By Andres that the salary
Of The nleht watch ho go per month.
Seconded By Young and carried.
Mloved by Andres that the village
httoFpey's salary Of cas- pr month.
include ali Incidental aRpensaa
Seconded By vsFnam and carried.
The above amendments wure then
incorporated in ths ordinance. The
ordiHanos was then read the firut
time for passaEe. ~ amended. aud
The are and bay vote resulted in the
vote for u beinR unanimoas.
Ne. vaFnam stated that 10 plating
the abandoned Fort Sherman military
reserve. the surveyor had laid out
lols on the land formerly occupied
By . public road, on the east line Of
said military reserve, aud that people
Who owned property, aud had built
homes on tbs position Of varnam,s
addition and Rnssell's additions.
lying west Of The Northern Pacific
Railway eompany's tracks. who had
built facing said old public road.
nov found themselves without public
ingresa or egreaa 30 their property.
lie aiso stated that before be had laid
ont that portion OF bic addition he
vas shown q plat Of that locality In
The Occur d'Alene land ocifle, which
said plat showed > 90 foot roadway
on tho east line Of the military
reserve. aud be bad therefore laid OF
his addition % face said roadway.
That u the government sold the lots
covering said old road II would work
a hardship ON the people owning
property bordering on said strip, on
account OF having no road.
A motion was passed that the
chairman have a plat prepared show.
ing the exact situation aud a petition
70 the United States senators for
Idaho, asking that the sale Of the
lots on said strip be withheld until
the matter is investigated
The board then adjourned until
Tuesday evening.
At the adjourned meeting Of the
board Of trustees Tuesday evening,
tho minutes Of the meeting Of April
gath were read and approved, after
which the matter OF the old pavilion
on the lake shore near the Inn, was
brought up aud discussed, aud Il ap.
pearing that Il was built by cub.
sCriptions by the citizens OF the town,
and afterwards turned over 20 the
board OF trustees, and that The land
had lrst been leased from James
Monaghan. and that the term Of aald
lease had expired, Il was moved by
Andrew that the chairman appoint q
committee Of two to look up The
matter Of the cost and Availability Of
moving The pavilion, or making other
disposition Of it. Tho motion wa
seconded BY Young and carried and