Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-24
DOUGLASS PUT
 IN CITY GLASS

At the meeting of the city council last night a great deal of business was transacted which showed that our city dads have not been idle since they were entrusted with the duty of form ing @ city government for Douglas When Mayor Overlook called the council to order all the members were present. On motion of Councilman Dunlap the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with. or rather deferred to the next meeting.
 Alderman Adamson then introduced the necessary resolution, required un- der the statutes, raising the class of the government of Douglas to that of a city. instead of a town as it was fixed by the board of supervisors. The resolution provides that the municipal government of the city hereafter sail under the name of the City of Doug las'
 After the passage of this resolution by unanimous vote of the council the mayor stated that the next business would be the election of a city clerk to also be city treasurer. Two appli- cations were read, one from Albert NJ. Sames and another from W. c. Win egar. of the. First National bank. Alderman Haas moved that Mir. Sames be elected clerk and treasurer, but withdrew his motion when Alderman Stacy made a motion that the city clerk and treasurer be elected by bal lot The ballot resulted in the cleo tion of Mir. Sames by the following vote: Sames. ); Vinegar. .. Then on motion of Alderman Dunlap the cleo ton of Sames was made, unanimous. Mir. Sames was brought in by Alder man Haas and Pricket and the new official extended his thanks to the council for the favor which had been bestowed upon him. Later in the evening MT. Sames took the oath of office.
 The city attorney was ordered to prepare a street tax ordinance anu have it ready to present to the next meeting of the council It was stated that it was necessary for the city to be placed in d position to collect the street tax owing to the fact that many who would be liable to pay it are going away almost every day.
 The next business was the intro duction and adoption of set of rules for the government of the council in the transaction of business.
 The City Hall.
 W. NJ. Adamson, on behalf of the committee appointed to look into the matter of securing a room for the city council reported on several buildings which had been examined among the front room of the office of Flanni- gan. Feltus, Sames and Planning, which was offered for twenty dollars per month, with water, janitor and fuel, also the use of the furniture which would be practically all re- Quired for the use of the council for the present. Also the city will have the use of the vault in the building. MT. Adamson made a motion that the office of Flannigan, Feltus, Sames & Flannigan be declared to be the city hall and that future meetings of the city council be held there. This mo- tion prevailed unanimously. This room was secured at the same figure as the lowest of the other rooms of fered and the advantage of furniture fuel and water made it clearly the most desirable place to be had.
 First Ordinance.
 Ordinance No. l was then read. Ii merely fixes the time and place for holding the meetings of the city coun cil. Alderman Stacy moved that the rules be suspended and the ordinance put upon it's passage. On call of the roll the vote for the ordinance was unanimous and it was ordered to be published in accordance with the law
 Street SprinkIing.
 The matter of the urgent necessity for starting the street sprinkling ser vice at once was discussed, the discus sion being started by Alderman Adamson. Andy Scott, who has beer running the sprinkler in the past, wa' called upon to state what it would cost to put the springler back on tht streets. MT. Scott did not care tt state what it would cost, saying tha if he did it might interfere with hi: chances for securing the contract fo this work when the matter was put III for bids. The council seemed t agree with Mir. Scott and it was final Iy agreed that the mayor should ar range with Mir Scott to start thr sprinkler this morning and that fo the temporary time it was run the pa, should be regulated by the contrac whenever that should De establisheI by the letting by the city of the frs street sprinkling contract. During the discussion Mir Scott stated tha the water to run the sprinkler woul' cost fifty dollars per month.
 City Divided into Wards.
 Councilman Dunlap then introduces a resolution for the division of th city into wards. The resolution wa adopted by an unanimous vote. Tn city, by the resolution, is divided int six wards as follows:
 First Ward-All that part of the cit