The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12
CITY COUNCIL
County Auditor Wants to Know
How to Clear Records of Special
Sewer lax Against Property
Exempts by General Law.

Exempts by General Law.
The adjourned regular meeting of the
city council was held in the city hall
Wednesday evening with Mayor Frye in
the chair. Five aldermen were present,
including ALT White, the newly appoint
ed member of the council.
The report of the last regular meeting
was read and approved. also the report
of City Magistrate van der Las which
showed as follows total number of cases
tried for violation of city ordinances,
80; total fines collected. 81, $50; paid
jailor fees and sustenance. SCI. IS: paid
city treasurer to balance, ST, 200. IS.
Mrs. Fink attended the early part of
the meeting and asked the city to reim-
burse her for the cost of putting in a
water pipe from the water main on
Cross street to the curbine in front of her
house on Billings street. The members
of the council explained that it was i'm
possible to pay for any piping and ditch
ing, except from the water mains to the
curbing on the same streets.
No further action was taken in regard
to appointing a city scavenger for the
reason that the ordinance committee
made no report. The committee was
instructed by the mayor t be ready to
report at a special meeting to be held
next week.
The following bills were presented and
allowed l.. W. Byler. night Waterman
at we'll, $50; P. B. Corbett. salary,
S11O; Hughes g. Deiters, light. pumping
and phone, S253. IS: Charles Brislin,
labor, SOS; Charles Bake. repairing
chimney at city hall, $11. so; Stewart
Cummings, alley crossings. $2S. 80; Dick
inson Fire Department. $42; John
Uchytel, labor. S42 ". A. Carter, print
ing, S.. 90; Pat Flynn, labor. $35; Pat
Walch, street commissioner. $50: Thos.
Goodale, labor, Sc. IS; Geo. Mcclellan,
coal. $72; Edwin Fox. special police,
81; Slime Cuskelly, same, 81; Charles
Tear, team work, $42; A. J. Osborn,
salary and supplies, $51. so; L. A.
Simpson, salary. SIS; W. j. Littlehales.
salary, SIPS; Henry Bonner. labor, Sal {;
L. E. Dyre, labor, $50 Brooks Goodall,
freight, drayage, etc., $33. so; j. Stew
art. labor, SIS; E. E. Freshet, labor.
$50; William Douglas and other laborers
at city water works. $551. 20. The chief
item in the list Of bills was the one
allowed to Charles Bake for IS. 900 on
water works contract.
County Auditor J.. S. White presented
a list Of special sewer tax assessments.
amounting in all to So, $50. AZ, including
ssS67. 20 against the Stark county court
house property and S33. 50 against the
high school property. The tax also in
.cluded assessments against the city hall
property, armory, all church property,
etc, which under the general law, is
exempted from taxation. The assess
ment is figured at So. 80 for every Is
feet Of frontage along the sewer lines.
Now the question arises, is property
exempt under the general law liable for
special assessments. Since this property
been placed OF the list, there must
be some means provided for clearing the
records. The matter was left for Auditor
White and Mayor Frye to adjust.
Several smaller matters were con-
sidered and a few srieviences were
threshed out before the council voted a
recess.