Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-09
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5iluGl IliullllJ hGllUlI VII I'LL
Redistricl'ting IS again
Put on Ice
The question of redistricting the
city is still undecided.
The city council held a. kind of
Quaker meeting last night in quiet
meditation on the subject, but with.
out tangible result. and another try.
VIII be given the problem next Satur-
day evening.
The mayor presided and all the,
aldermen save Tatley and Horner:
were present.
The report OF the sewer assess
ment mmissioners was read and
placed on file and the auditor ordered
to advertise that fact.
communication was read from q.
w, Henzler Offering $3.50 for lots
seven and eight, block 100, on the
corner Of Ninth and Rosserf streets,
which belong to the city. The offer
twas considered a very good one and
was referred to the city attorney to
see what kind Of title could be
given ' .zsS 49, 55s 4
The redistricting ordinance was re-
ported by the ordinance committee
without recomme alton or comment
thereon, Alderman Patterson, chair
man of the committee, saying that as
| a lawyer he did not feel warranted In
making any recommendation in the
face of the city attorneys opinion as
I to the census law, and therefore had
left the matter entirely in the hands
LOT the council for action ls
Alderman e. G. Patterson said It
was a rather tangled proposition; that
some towns had redistricted and
Others had not; that Valley City and
Jamestown had not moved in the mat
tier and they we're as large as Bis
marck I'll s!s .t . .,
| Replying to a question, the city
auditor said he had received no reply
to the request for an opinion he had
made Of the attorney general in. per-
son, to which Attorney Patterson sug-
gested that the attorney general
might think his office had already
furnished consid cradle light upon the
Esubject. The auditor further said he
understood the secretary Of state was
unwilling to certify the census re.
turns when SO requested. 2 J5s. .;s5
Alderman 3. G. Patterson said he
did not care whether the city redis
] tricted or not; that the city was un.
der plenty of expense at the present
time it was doing very wen with the
present number of aldermen, as TAI
las the funds would go, and the only
4 question hinged upon whether the Law
,,iirequired redistricting now, Or not.
4 For several minutes no one. spoke
and a pin could have been heard drop
i Finally alderman a. 7. Patterson
asked the mayor what he would
recommend zs5s59 "
. The mayor said his opinion would
not go very far. If City Attorney
4 Stevens was right nothing could be
done at this time. But It was appar
ent that ii any event redistrictine
would have to be done next year, UNI
4 less the law was changed. $s
Attorney Patterson said the ques
4 ton was: If any error had to be
made by, or by not redistricting
Il which would be the less costly and
Il less likely to inValidate the next tau
levy, He was not particular as to
whether or not thus redistricted, but
II would be glad to cooperate with the
] other members OF the council on any
thing that was agreed upon. Another
II long silence fell upon the fathers
Iuntil p. CT Patterson Ventured the re
i mark that attorney Philbrick had said
the city could be mandamussed to
compel 1T to redistriet, and that City
Attorney Stevens had said this could
mot be done, ;5s85
] Alderman r.. Patterson there,
upon suggested that the council take
4 one course or the other and then have
q friendly naandamus case put through
to the supreme court In a hurry and
have the matter settled In a few days,
The auditor called attention to the
haste that should be exercised as peti
lions for nominat ion must be filed moi
/ later than next Tuesday, and ii the
ordinanca was passed III would have
to BE published before 1t became q
9tlaW.
More silence, and then the alderman
from the Fourth ward moved to adj
i journ to Saturday might, which mo
ton prevailed
Reganilng the statement that the