Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-21

Ordinance No. 223 was read the third
time.
Motion by Baker, as Ordinance No.
223 granting gas franchise to III. j.
Hedges, his associates, assigns, or sue
cessors having been duly read upon
three different days, would move you
the said ordinance be and is hereby APP
proved, enacted and adopted seconded
by Vance, Roll call vote-Groff, yea;
Hovden, yea; Baker, yea; Harmon, yea;
Curtin, nay; Adams, nay; Vance, yea;
s yeas, nays. Motion carried.
The mayor instructed the clerk not
to have Ordinance No. 223 published for
IA days, as he might wish to veto the
same.
Ordinance No. 224 was read. Motion
by Sayre, seconded by Croft, the rule
requiring the reading of an ordinance
upon three different days be dispensed
with for the purpose of having formal
reading passage, and adoption of Ordi-
nance No. 224 as it appears in the draft
now submitted. Roll call vote-Groff,
yea; Hovden, nay; Harmon, nay; Baker,
yea; Curtin, yea; Adams, yea; Vance,
nay; Couse, yea; Sayre, yea; Gillett,
yea; yeas, nays. Motion was lost.
Motion by Sayre, seconded by Curtin,
that Ordinance No. 224 as read be placed
on it's first reading. Roll call vote
Croft, yea; Hovden, nay; Harmon, nay;
Baker, yea; Curtin, yea; Adams, yea;
Vance, nay; Couse, yea; Sayre, yea; Gill
lett, yea; yeas. 3 nays. Motion carried.
Ordinance No. 224 was read.
Motion by Curtin, seconded by Har-
mon, the meeting stand adjourned until
Jan. 81, 1880 p. m. Motion carried.
+. NJ. HUGHES, City Clerk.
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Jan. 81, 1906.
The adjourned meeting of Jan. oath
was called to order by the mayor.
Members present: Croft, Harmon,
Baker, Adams, Curtin, Vance, Couse,
Sayre and Gillett, Mr.. Hovden absent.
The reading of the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting were dispensed with.
The petition of H. Engbretson and
others asking for bridge at the north
end of River street was read. Motion
by Adams, seconded by Curtin, the petit
ton be granted. Roll call vote-G Croft,
yea; Harmon, nay; Baker, nay; Adams,
yea; Curtin, yea; Vance, nay; Couse, may;
Sayre, nay; Gillett, nay; yeas, 6 nays.
Motion was lost.
Motion by Sayre, seconded by Croft,
that Ordinance No. 224 be placed on it's
second reading. Roll call vote--Groff,
yea; Harmon, nay; Baker, yea; Curtin,
yea; Adams, yea; Vance, yea; Couse,
yea; Sayre, yea; and Gillett, yea; yeas,
nay. Motion was carried. Ordinance
No. pa was read the second time.
The following veto by the mayor was
read:
| VETO.
In the matter of Ordinance Number Two
| Hundred Twenty-Three.
Gentleman of the City Council of the
City of DEBORAH, Iowa:
In pursuance of the intimation given
to you at the meeting of this Council on
the oath day of January, 1906, and under
the power and authority reposed in me
as Mayor of the City of DEBORAH, by
statute, and exercising my discretion
Hereunder, hereby decline to sign, and
accordingly veto, Ordinance No. 223, be-
ing an ordinance purporting to grant to
H. j. Hedges a franchise for establishing
and operating gas plant, in the city of
DEBORAH, and herewith submit to this
DEBORAH City Council my reasons for my
veto of the said ordinance. as follows:
FIRST.
Before the election for the submission
of the subject to the people was ordered,
or provided for, Mr.. Hedges, orally, per-
sonally promised to pay all the expenses
of the election, and Immediately after
the election repudiated his promise and
neglects and refuses to pay the bill, and
the City of DEBORAH has been obliged to
pay it for him. Without attempting to
discuss the history of this question in
detail, or his motive for such refusal, i
am satisfied that as a condition of his
getting the ordinance he should be re-
quired to pay this bill in advance, and
in any event he should be required to
pay it not later than the day of his ac-
ceptance of the ordinance.
SECOND.
My second ground for this veto is that
the necessary legal steps have not been
taken in the progress of the passage of
the said ordinance, because, as | under
stand, the Councils record of such prog
ress does not afiirmatively show that the
yeas and nays were called upon all of
the separate reading of this said ordi-
nance, and believe that this should be
the fact, and the record should show it,
to make the said ordinance legal. The
law requires the calling of the yeas and
oax,s IN nacc;nor cuch an ordinance and