The Dickinson press., 1907-11-09

salary. paid for cleaning city hall and
telegrams. $3.50; p. Walsh, street com.
missioner. $3.50; Nick Strineer. 3H
days work, S7.85; Geo. Schwan, IL
DAYS work, 1887; Hughes & Deiters.
lights. phone and pumping, $774.oo; p.
j. Pelissier, refunded dray license
SI4.68; ]. Englebrecher, special police,
81; Chas. Thompson, same, S.; John
Wiecb. same. Sc; o. B. Jahr, same, s..
Several bills not allowed at this
meeting for various reasons, but more
especially, because the bills did not
have the 20. K" of the purchaser.
Hereafter the council may return all
bills that have no the proper o. X.
of the purchaser and do 0 state for
what the material was used or services
for.
The bills in the Funk and Langdon
cases were presented and ordered paid.
1t appears that witnesses are entitled to
a fee of $500 per day'and mileage, while
the jurors are only allowed $50 per day
and no mileage.
A bill was presented by Frank Lish
for $3.50 for hay said to have been burned
BY a fire set by agents of the city on Oc-
tober -. The bill wal referred to the
| city attorney.
A communication from James c.
Young and wife. stating their apprecia-
ton of the recent act of the council in
accepting the park for the city of. Dick
inson, was read and ordered filed, and
the council voted to extend a vote OF
thanks to MIR. and Mrs. Young for their
gift to the city.
A letter from Rev. o. T. Just, stating
that the Lutheran church society had, fol-
the past two years, paid taxes on the two
lots occupied by the church property in
this city and asking that said lots be
taken from the tax list, was read. The
council instructed the city auditor t.
notify the county commissioners tina
said lots should be taken from the ia,
list.
A communication from Loweth &
Wolff was read in regard to a bill of $7o<
for the supervision of the waterwork!
construction. The auditor wal in
structed to inform said firm that no re
port of the work has been made to thu
council and that the bill will not be paie
until the report is made.
The South Dickinson sidewalk ques.
ton came up again in the form of two
petitions from residents on Broadway
which showed nine for and clever
against sidewalks on that street. At .
previous meeting, the sidewalk wa.
ordered put in by the council, and NJ
further action was taken Monday night
although the matter is not considered
fully settled.
The report of City Treasurer J. S
White for the month ending October 81
1907, was read and adopted and showed
as follows: Receipts-J. van der Las
fines, $1,17o.55; Dakota National bank
interest, S1o.18; First National bank
interest, S22. Is; total receipts for the
month, SI,22o.8o; cash on hand October
l, S%17,I5o.53; grand total, $I8.38o.57
Payments-warrants paid on waterwork:
fund, $3,215.8o; warrants paid on the
general fund, $784.4o; cash on hand tc
balance, ~S14,38o.23; grand total, s1S,
38o.52.
City Magistrate ]. van der Las repor'
showed as follows: Total number o.
cases tried for the violation of city ordi
nances, 80; total fines collected, S1,2o4
paid jailor, fees and sustenance, $40; paid
magistrate fees, sly Is; paid Nick O'Neil
witness fees in Funk case, $40; PAID
city treasurer to balance, $I,17o.55. The
report was approved as read.
Street Commissioner Pat Walsh pre-
sented a list of twenty sidewalk crossing.
that were more or less damaged by the
ditching machine. This list was reac
and ordered filed for future reference.
The council voted a recess, subject tt
the call of the maYOr.