Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Council Proceedings.
February a. 1907.

Council met in regular session at 8
p. m. with all members present ex-
cept Alderman Anderson. Called to
order by Mayor Gemmill.'
Minutes of Jan. It'll meeting read
and on motion approved as re ad.
Mr.. j. r.. Hansen appeared before
the Council regarding water rent for
the Parochial school which was held
in the high school building. 1t APP
pearing that the bill, amounting to
S17. 80, was an excessive charge, Alder
man Redfield moved that the bill be
cut in two, making it SO. 80. Motion
was seconded by Alderman Syverud
and upon roll call all members voting
In the affirmative, the motion was
declared carried.
The Council then took up the mat
ter OF buying fire hose. Alderman
Repp moved that the city purchase
Ave hundred feet Of Atlas wax and
gum treated hose from the New York
Betting and Packing Co. at 1871 cents
per foot the same to be supplied with
ten Anderson couplings without extra
charge, also to purchase one Ander-
son nozzle at $35 90 all to be delivered
+. O. B. Canton, not later than April
Is, 1907 and to be paid for six months
after delivery. This motion was
seconded by Alderman Bremen, and
upon roll call the entire council voted
favoring the motion, and same was
declared carried. A motion was then
made by Alderman Bremen that the
Mayor and City Auditor be authorized
to sign q contract with e. w. Pike,
a representative OF the New York
Betting and Packing Co., seconded by
Alderman Redfield and carried unani-
mously.
1t was moved by Alderman Repp
that the City Attorney be instructed
to draw up an Ordinance providing
for the establishment OF a City Board.
Of Health and that the Council meet
in adjourned session Friday night,
Feb. 8th. to take action on the same.
Alderman Redfeld seconded the mo-
tion which was carried unanimously.
The finance committee took up the
January bills which on motion were
allowed as follows:
j. w. Feldman, feeding pris-
Oners s 6 10
Canton Gen'l Elec. Co., lights 2o6 80
Detective Pub. CO.. batteries ] 30
/. q. Mabbott, witness fees 10
N. G. Nash's Sons, printing
and publishing 40
u. O. Berg. salary police so 90
/. NJ. Helmey & Co Supplies Ito
Arthur Linn, publishing and
printing 6 90
John +. Schubert, supplies l 20
VIM. Corson, salary weigher 45 90
II, w. Bremen, salary police so 90
E. o. Berg, ~disposing OF dogs 10 90
Jacob CHASER services as stew
ard and drying hose J 90
|G. G.. Glendinning, salary
auditor % 90
Mutual Lumber Co., coal and
fire brick 25 IS
A. n. Way, salary water com
missioner SIS 90
National Meter Co., meter
purchased in Dec. 1905 80 so
j. p. Nordseth, salary street
commissioner Ia 90
Hans Mortensen, cleaning cross
ings 4 so
Carl Dalen, cleaning crossings l so
Andrew Langsather, cleaning
crossings l SO
Jos. b. Syverud, two loads sand | 90
The ordinance relating to slaughter
houses and meat markets was read a
second time. Alderman Redfield
moved that it be adopted as read,
seconded by Alderman Repp. Upon
roll call the vote stood as follows:
Repp, Ellington, Ovre, Redfield, Hell
gerson, Yea Bremen and Syverud,
mo" The majority having voted
favoring its passage, the ordinance
was declared adopted and numbered
200.
City Justice d. III. Hawn's report
was approved ~ follows:
City Of Canton
VS.