Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-12
council IN
REGULAR Session

General interest at the session Oh
councilFriday night oentered on the ap.
pointment of committees. This is a
feature of the proceedings that does
not appeal very strongly to the gener-
al public, although to the members of
council 1t means great deal. The
committees vary much in their i'm
portance. A few of them hold the very
reins of municipal government in their
hands, and by their recommendations.
as it were, decide the policy of the
borough as to expenditure of money,
and entering upon improvements along
various lines. The greater number,
however, have to do with the mere per-
| functory administration of affairs in
the different departments
Naturally, therefore, to be chosen on
one Of the more important committees,
especially. if given craftsmanship, is
an honor most highly esteemed. 1t was
not until the chairman of council made
members knew how the committees
would be arranged. Following are the
appointments:
FINANCE-Jas. Finnigan. Rob't.
B. Pursel, J. B. Ceaver.
PRINTING-A. O. Angle, John L.
Russell, James M. Jones.
WATERFRONT. B. Pursel, Jas.
Finnigan, W. L. Deutsch, Jas. M.
Jones.
LAVA. Q. Angle, Rob't. B. Pur-
sci, VIM. H Meyer, j. B. Cleaver.
LIGHT--Wm. H. Meyer, A. @.
Angle, Ira O. Everhard, w. L. Deutsch.
PUBLIC PROPERTY g. PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENTS-Ira O. Everhard.
A. o. Angle, John Marshall, John L.
Russell.
PUBLIC SURVEYS-W.L L. Deutsch,
Jas. Finnigan, A. O. Angle, Jas. NJ.
Jones.
STREETS & BRIDGES-Rob't B.
Pursel, W. L. Deutsch, J. B. Cleaver,
Jas. Connolley. Jr.
MARKET-W. l.. Deutsch, John l..
Russell, J. B. Cleaver, Jas Connolley,
Jr.
SEWERAGE-Wm. H. Meyer. Jas.
Finnigan, A. @. Angle, John Marshall.
FIRE-John L. Russell, Jas. Fin
nigan, John Marshall, Jas. NJ. Jones.
BUILDING-John L. Russell, VIM.
H. Meyer, Jas. Connolley, Jr.
PUBLIC SAFETY-Jas. Finnigan.
W. L. Deutsch, Ira @. Everhard, J.
B. Cleaver.
PUBLIC HEALTH-Ira O. Ever
hard, John L. Russell, VIM. H. Moy-
er, John Marshall.
BILLS 81 ACCOUNTS-Rob't B.
Pursel, Ira @. Everhard, Jas. Con-
Motley, Jr.
On motion of Mr.. Everhard the ap-
pointments were accepted and 100 cards
were ordered printed containing the
committees and other information re.
lating to council.
On motion the bonds of the borough
treasurer, street commissioner and Sec
retary and receiver of water rents were
approved by council.
Borough Solicitor Gearhart explain
ed that under the present law it is
necessary that the solicitor give
bond On motion the rules were sus-
pended and an ordinance was enacted
providing that the solicitor give bond
in FIVE hundred dollars, with two or
more sureties.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
A communication was received from
the board of health reporting that at a
recent meeting of the board the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, DR.. P. O.
Newbaker; secretary, DR.. @. Shultz ;
health officer. B. B. Brown. The sal
ary of the secretary, it was reported,
was made fifty dollars per year and
the salary of the health officer 20 cents
per hour for the time actually employ
ed in such duties
On motion the communication from
the board of health was accepted
On motion of Mr.. Cleaver, J. H.
Fry was elected to represent the third
ward in the local board of health.
PUBLIC SAFETY.
Mr.. Everhard called attention to the
fact that as a rule the doors of the
public school buildings of the borough
open inwards, affording conditions
favorable for loss of life in case of
fire On motion of Mr.. Pursel it was
ordered that the school board of the
borough be requested to make changes
necessary in order to have all the doors
of the school buildings open outward.
II this is not done in ten days it was
ordered that the attention of the State
authorities be called to the matter.
The following members were pres
ent Schatz, Cleaver, Russell, Jones,
Everhard, Meyer, Pursel Deutsch,
Marshall and Angle.
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Miss Bertha Cromwell will leave to-
day for a visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Cromwell, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Della Covert, of Philadelphia,