Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-22

J0Cb LoF OiScuS5lOH. Inc mayor
called on City Attorney Mcfarland
for the law on the infect, adm the
attorney gave his construction OF the
statues which seem to be indefinite
and uncertain. The city attorney
stated that the law pr vided that
vacancies on the council should be
Allied by the mayor and council /,
and that his construction Cf it was
that they should come from
the mayor, and that they were
subject to the rejection or approval
of the council. If the nominations
came from the council, he stated,
the mayor would have no voice as he
could not vote, and in his judgement
this would not be a compliance with
the law, because the law stated that
the mayor should participate in the
proceedings. That, he said, was his
opinion and construction of law and
the council could follow Or reject
it-whichever it saw fit.
Follow Old Practice
Heretofore the nominations for va
cancies on the council, and also the
nomination of CITY clerk had come
from the council, and not from the
mayor, and he believed in following
this established practice. The may
or stated on those occasions there
was representation on the council
for the ward in which the vacancy
was to be filled, and that through
courtesy the councilman represent
ing the ward was allowed to name
man for the vacancy existing.
Councilman McEuen stated that the
first appointment TO fill vacancy
had come from the council as body
that this practice had been adopt
ed at the suggestion of the mayor,
and that he now believed Ia pursu-
ing it. The mayor stated that IL the
City Attorneys construction Of the
law was correct-if that was the law
he would have to declare the nomin-
atoms made by Councilmen Bodler
out of order, but McEuen met this
by the statement that the City Attor-
ney did not say that it was the law
but that he merely gave 1t as his
construction of the law-merely an
opinion. The mayor he said had
no more right to make nominations
than the council had, and this
brought bac kthe retort from the
mayor the statement that he had
business-that he had presented two
names for councilmen for the UNI
represented ward, and that II was
now for the council to reject or ac-
cept them. Councilman Hedal sug-
gested that the best policy would be
to take a vote on the men submitted
by the council. TheremaLnder of
the council agreed, and Councilman
McEuen took the chair, and put the
motions. The nominees of the May
or were rejected by a vote Of to 2,
Councilmen Bedel and Hedal voting
against their rejection and the nom
inees of the council we're elected by
a vote of to 2, Councilman Bedell
and Hedal voting against their ell
ection.
Purchase Fire Alarm System
This disposed of the question over
which the council had broke up in
aformer meeting, and in which the
council had Engaged in a more or
less heated discussion at last nights
session, and the matter Of entering
: into a contract for the purchase OF
fire alarm system was taken up
A resolution was presented 10 the Ell
feet that the council authorize the
MAYOR and clerk to enter into a con-
tract for the system. and 1t was
adopted. According to the CONTRACT
the city pays for the apparatus to o.
used the sum of s4,320 on the In
stallment plan. The first payment
!. Tor Il 500 and comes due June l
1893. the second for $1,000 and Is
A. t.nrarv II. 1910: and the third
a.. ,bo same amount and becomes
due June /, 1910 and the oalane'
comes due in January. 1911.
Co,,rc,Inen Rebel and Hedal wer;
anxious to go back and attend tn'
,a1..,,.t,on Of oaieers in their lodge
and in order to give the men an %
portunity to do so, an Adjournment
80, until Saturday evening
TO WELCOME CONGRESSMAN