Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-25
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING A
WARM NUMBER
Talk Of Raising City Saloon Ii.
csnss and Protest Against
Drug Store Traffic.
Justice Bope Confirmed as Police Masis.
tsate and Given Permi. sion to Have
Quarters improved.

The city council gathered a quorum
last night after vacation OF several
months. important business was tran.
sacted and enough ginger was inject.
ed into the proceedings to convince
the few visitors that the city organiza.
tion is far from being dead one yet.
The mayor and Alderman Gibbons
warmly debated sidewalk and sundry
other questions. G. f. Perry eloquent
ly defended himself for the accusation
Of passing up council meetings too fre-
Quently. and several Of the members
jumped on some Of the drug stores
for the alleged offense of dispensing
liquids stronger than soda-pop, with
out sufficient warrant.
There was present the mayor, who
retired before the meeting was over.
leaving the council in charge of Presi-
dent Helfrich, Aldermen Helfrich,
Wallace. Gibbons, Forsythe and El-
wood.
Treasurer Perry asked to be heard
regarding the passage by the council
OF a resolution requiring him to be
present at council meetings. He said
there was no regulation Of the coun-
Gil requiring his presence and that his
work as treasurer could be just as
well performed whether he attended
council meetings or not. He was
elected by the voters Of the city as
city treasurer, and he was perform
ing the duties Of his office In the man.
ner prescribed.
, Alderman Elwood moved that the
minutes Of the last meeting be ap-
proved with the exception Of that Sec
ton requiring the treasurer to attend
council meetings. The opinion was
expressed in the council that, as a
matter of duty, the city officers should
all attend at least one meeting a
month.
A batch of reports by city officers
were received and referred to proper
committees. The city engineer pre-
scented plans and specifications for the
grading OF Fifth street and Washing
ton avenue. The acceptance Of the re-
port regarding the grading Of Twelfth
street was deferred pending a report
from the street and alley committee,
which was instructed to 60 over the
ground. II the report Of his committee
Is favorable. the property owners will
be required to defray the expense or
grading.
Justice Frank G. Bope was given
authority to have much-needed i'm.
provements and repairs made in the
police court room. the amount expend.
ed not to exceed $40.
Chairman Bunker Of the ordinance
committee was instructed to file his
report regarding a gas franchise at
the next regular meeting.
The appointment Of Justice Of the
Peace Frank c. Bope as police magis-
trate was duly confirmed.
A general discussion as to the mat
ter OF city license was held. Several
members urged that the city license Of
$25 year for saloons was too small.
Some OF the members claimed that
the city druggists were violating the
law requiring a physicians certificate
before alcoholic liquors can be sold,
and urged that the city take steps to
learn II this charge be true and take
steps accordingly. The city clerk was
instructed to write to the other cities
In the territory to learn the amount of
license imposed upon retail liquor sa-
looms.
J. A. Ross resigned from member
ship on the library board and Richard
Davidson was appointed to fill the
vacancy. Mr.. Ross resigned owing to
his frequent absences from the city
The following bids for grading were
presented. Alexander Jones. eighteen
cents for cut, nineteen cents for fill:
David Jones, twenty-three cents for
cut. twenty cents for fill. The bid Of
Alexander Jones, being the lowest,
was accepted.
An appropriation to cover three in
stallments due from the CITY to the
library association, Ss3S5 each In
stallment. was ordered made.
n 8. Belden was present and by un-
animous consent addressed the coun-
c,, relative to the repair OF the Mora
road and the Strengthening OF Eighth
street, within the city limits. The mat
Ter was referred to the street and al
ley committee, the city engineer and
the city attorney, who together with
Mr.. Belden, went over the ground this