The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
CITY must PAY BILL.
Cost of Milk Inspection Up
To the People.
PROVISION OF ORDINANCE
Document Came Before the Council Last
Night; Held Back For Changes;
Municipal Affairs.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The new milk and dairy inspection or
dinanee was brought before the council
last night by the committee on ordi
nanees and the rules were suspended ant
the ordinance was taken up and giveI
its first reading. 1t was then given it,
second reading, section by section, fol
amendments. This reading developed
considerable discussion OH the point o.
who shall pay for the tuberculin test OF
dairy cows-whether it should be The
city, as provided by the ordinance anC
favored by Aids. Eichstaedt and Gary
or the owners of the cows, as desired
by AID. Atchison.
| City Attorney Schmitt said that there
was no question but that the council
could require inspection before granting
Il license, provided it paid for it, but
| there was some question whether it
could require the owners to stand this
expense. The supreme court in the case
i of Minneapolis had held that the city
could not require the owners of cows
outside of the limits of the county to
pay the expense of inspection, while the
city paid it in the case of dairymen be-
ING inside the city. At the request OF
the aldermen he agreed to 90 further
into the question before the next meet
ing.
Health Officer Bjelland said that be-
fore the next meeting he would prepare
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of the tuberculin test. He anticipated
that this was the only point in the or
dinance that would cause much discus
sion.
The ordinance in its main features
follows closely the one presented to the
former council early in the spring, and
which was fully explained by The Free
Press. A license is required, and i'll
order to get this the tuberculin test of
the cows is requisite. The state will
pay two-thirds of the value of cows
made to preserve the cleanliness of the
milk. ,.s ar ...
1t was decided to have Miss Durkee
strike off typewriter copies of, the pro-
posed ordinance for the use of the alder
men. and it will be placed upon its third
reading at the next meeting, when
amendments can be made. IA. i:ss
The application of H. Munzinger for
a liquor license was granted, and his
bond approved. The bond was furnish
ed by the Aetna Indemnity company of
Hartford, Conn. 'r H so s4-,l 2
Assist at State Park.
I,
Commercial club committee on Mime
opa state park to grant Park Superin1
tendent Blake permission to- devote
some time each week to assisting
Superintendent Williams in beautifying
the state park. 1t would take perhaps
one day week on the start. a' +.
Aid. Gary moved that the permits.
sion be granted, as Minneopa park is
really part of Mankato's park sys-'
TEN.
Aid. Eichstaedt opposed the motion
on the ground that the city. has cut
down the park force on account of
economy and needs Mr.. Blakes services
every day.
Aid. Gary said that he would donate
the use of his team one or two days
week to Mr.. Blake to 90 to the state
park with.
Mr.. Blake said that there is not much
work going on at the parks and he could
give some time to the state park with
out making too much sacrifice.
The motion was carried.
A communication was received from
F. J. Hale of st. Paul, saying that he
had had some correspondence with the
former mayor about auditing the city's
books, and that he would do it for $40
a day and expenses.
On motion of Aid. Atchison, the mat
ter was referred to the committee on
ways and means with power to act.
The committee on ways and means re-
ported that the $500 railroad bonds
falling due June | will be taken up and
cancelled, and that money can be Dor
rowed from the state at four, per cent
to take up the $4,000. of park bonds
falling due Sept. l, and the $4,000 of
sewer bonds falling due at the same
time.
Street Is Widened.
Aid. Atchison offered resolution ded-
icating the two feet that the city has
acquired along the north side of Front
street crossing the slough to street pur-
poses, thus widening Front street there
two feet, so that the cost of building
a sidewalk can be assessed upon the
adjoining property. The two foot strip
was relinquished by the owners of the
property several years ago to avoid
paying an assessment. The resolution
was adopted.
A resolution condemning certain side
walks was offered by the street commit
tee and was adopted
Is All Right.
The street committee reported that
the curb and gutter on Fourth street.
where complaint has been made of its
being higher on one side than the 9th
er, is all right as it is.
City Engineer Haynes said that he
did not prepare the profile, but if he was
to do it he would make it about the
same as Mr.. Thompson had made it.
When the work is completed, he thought
that the property owners would be sat
isfied
George L. Boynton said that he
feared that the water would be forced
to the lower side in case of heavy rains
He had heard that the east gutter is
twenty-five inches higher than the west
one.
AID Gary. said that tho difforopoo bo