Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-07

| taken, with no choice. The council
then proceeded to the regular order OF
business.
Bills for the month of September
we're read and ordered paid
Proof of publication of ordinance
No. i46, establishing grades, was pre-.
sented.
| Ordinance No. Az fixing the tax
levy for the coming year was read
and ordered published. This is the
tax levy ordinance and fixes the levy
at s mills mills for general pur-
poses, 2 mills for interest fund and /
mill for bond redemption fund. and
water frontage of IL cents a front
foot.
As the hour was close onto | o'clock
the council adjourned to meet again
ut 1880 last night.
The adjourned session was called
to order at 7:30 last night by Mayor
Berndt. All the Aldermen present
excepting Alderman Folsom.
A communication was read from
Frank Eldredge asking permission to
lay brick walk on Main avenue.
Alderman Mcclellan moved that Mr.
Eldredge he instructed to comply with
| ordinance No. 440. and that the clerk
so instruct Mr.. Eldredge. Tho ordi-
nance says vitrified brick Mr.. El-
dredge's communication did mot men
ton the kind of brick he wished to
use.
Alderman Mcclellan moved the final
| adoption of ordinance No. 446. and
the same was carried. This ordinance
from Seventh street down to the depot
The city engineer notified the coun
ell that he had accepted the cement
crosswalks put In by Contractor An
derson. Mr. Anderson's certified check,
which accompanied his bid for the
work was returned to him.
Alderman Casey moved the council
proceed to the election of city attor
ney Carried. The candidate ballot
ted for on the first ballot were: At
torneys Sullivan. Mollette. Lane, Rus
sell, Reese. Fifteen ballots were taken
with no choice. during which the
name of nearly every attorney In the
city was voted for. Barry Sullivan,
on the tenth ballot, receiving four
votes and this was the nearest ap-
proach to a choice.
Alderman Casey then addressed the
council on the necessity of having the
service of an attorney, and lnasmuch
| as the council was unable to agree
| upon man for city attorney he
thought the employment of special
| council the only way out of the de-
| lcmma, and introduced lengthy reso-
| luton providing for the employment
of the firm OF Russell & Reese, for the
| sum of s75 month The resolution
| especially provided that the council
could terminate the firms employment
at any time. He moved the adoption
OF the resolution.
| Alderman Scouton opposed the reso-
ld'ion. He was not opposed to en-
ploying special counsel. but was
strongly opposed tc the employment
of the law firm of which Mr.. Reese
was member He said Mr.. Reese
had resigned as city attorney when
arhed for an opipion on m,.-ers con
&C, ming tn Standard Light company
Lrcause lie was counsel for sail c,p
pany.
Alderman Casey spoke In favor o
the resolution and among other thingi
said that the aldermen who yotet
against the resolution put himself Of
record as opposing the construction
OF sewers. He said Mr.. Reese wai
the best posted of any of the attor
neys on the ordinances and the re
quirements OF the council
Aldermen Scouton, Mcclellan an,
Naegelin each In turn resented MI
Casey's aspersions on their sincerit,
III the sewer matter. Mr.. Scouton sal
J he was as strong, and be believe,
stronger, advocate Of sewers than Nj
Casey. Alderman Mcclellan said an
} man who said he is opposed to sewer
Is a liar. He said he was not OF
posed to employing special counse
, but somebody in whom he could plac
2 confidence. II the Arm OF Wilson 1
r McCloskey was substituted for tina
4 of Russell & Reese. or II 1t was 70
( Judge Russell alone he would vot
!. for the resolution. but under the ci
l. cumstances would not vote for tn
t I employment OF Mr.. Reese, He sal