The Dickinson press., 1908-02-15
CITY COUNCIL
Passes Resolution Favor
able to Carnegie Library

The regular meeting of the city coun-
Gil was held at the city hall Thursday
evening. February -. In the absence
of Mayor Manning and President kim,
Fred Roquette acted as chairman.
The report of the last regular meeting
was read and approved.
A committee from the Library Asso-
citation (Prof. and Mrs. Berg. Drs. Per-
kins and Barker. Mrs. Johnson, Miss
Spears, Rev. Thos. L. Rabsteinek and
F. NJ. Baker, was present and MI. Berg
proposed that the city council furnish a
site for a library building and also that
the council see to it that a proper resolu-
ton be presented to the city electors SO
that at the next city election the people
be allowed to O on the question of the
city's levying an annual tax sufficient to
raise a sum Of $500 for library purposes,
provided that a $4,000 library building
be erected by Andrew Carnegie and
turned over to the city for library pur-
poses.
The council voted to permit a library
building to be erected on lots % and "a
in block 9. on Hannaford street Just
north of the armory.
A resolution, covering the exact points
proposed by the library committee. was
drawn up and adopted by unanimous
vote of the aldermen present. The mat
tel. of the levy, which is conditional, will
be voted upon at the coming city cleo
ton.
The following bills we're presented and
allowed: Geo. Heaton Lumber Co.,
lumber, 1904; Walker Bros. & Hardy,
water and meter record books, $1,000;
Northwestern Stamp Co.. dog tax stamps,
s1.75; Benzie Drug Co.. mdse., $3.50;
Soules & Butler. labor and material,
s2.85; same. lumber, $45.55; L. A. Simp-
son, salary, SIS; DR.. G. A.. Perkins, health
officer, $3.50; Hughes & Deiters,, lights,
phone and pumping. s287.5o: same. re-
pairs on motor. s2.S5; City Dray Line,
drayage, ss.2s: Dickinson Fire Depart.
ment, fires at coal dock January 8 and
10 and Freeman store January 80, in
Guiding watchmen at the latter place
(s4.5o,, 5000; A. ]. Osborn, salary, paid
cleaning city hall, express, ETC., $685.;
F. w. Turner. blacksmithing and ma
terial, $3.50; P. B. Corbett. salary, and
ticket for blind man, so2.25; J. P. Tingle,
printing. $24: W. H. Moore, work on
street, $50; Pat Walsh. street commits
sioner, $50. |
The council voted that parties pur-
chasing anything for the city must give,
a signed order. and that all bills rendered
must be sworn to by the party presenting
the bill.
Bills of Dickinson Heating & Plumb
ing Co. were laid over for further inspec-
ton. q
City Treasurer Us. Whites report for
the month of January showed as follows:
Receipts-6ling special tax receipts, $50;
filing special sewer assessment. $3.50; j.
van der Las. fines. s11s3.75; J. Riess-
beck, county treasurer, taxes, $77o.76;
Dakota National bank. interest for De-
cerber, 1856; First National bank,
same, $685.; total receipts, s2o67.79;
cash. on hand Jan. I. s~1o.741.66; grand
total, sIa,sos.os. Payments-warrants
on general fund paid. e1146.78; warrants
on water works fund paid, s474.I2; total
payments. Sls7o.oo; cash on hand to bal
ance. $II,258.o5; grand total. $I2.8o8.o5.
The report was adopted.
The report City Magistrate ]. van der
Las was adopted and showed as follows:
Total number of cases tried for violation
of city ordinances. y; total fines col
lected. sllos; paid jailor fees and suss-
tenance. 1875; paid magistrate fees,
paid city treasurer to balance,
.II53.75; total, Sllos.