Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-08
CITY Fathers |
TUssle With Problem Of Codi-
fled Ordinances lin Ques'-.
tiOn Of COdified COnlInis-
SiOns Powers Defined and
Settled Ordinances Up
for Final Passage Dec. q

aUR AEaiUh uuUnyO Duus 6a
! The city council discussed at length
the work of the ordinance commits
sion upon the report of the ordinance
committee favoring the adoption of all
but two of the ordinances as codified
and amending another so as to pro-
vide protection from the inroads of
cattle upon the streets and property
of the people. As the result of the
debate the ordinances will come UP
for final passage at an adjourned
meeting to be held Dec. %.
Mayor Smyth and all the aldermen
were present except Alderman Pat
terson and Alderman Larson.
Captain Murphy, in behalf of Com
pany A asked that the license fee of
$25 charged for the exhibition of the
recent horse show which was held
here under the patronage of the com
pany, be refunded as the COMPANY
was in the hole $50 through the en-
tertainment The communication was
filed.
Property owners of Second street
petitioned for am extension of the
water mains to Avenue C and the
placing of hydrant at the corner
of Avenue c and Second street. The
petition was referrer to the water
committee. z5
A communication from the mayon
was read reciting that supt. Davis of
the Indian school requested that a
new road be opened to the river via
the school, and that such a request
was good because the present road
was not only on the railroad right of
way, but very unsatisfactory On
motion of Alderman Reade the city
engineer was instructed to report
ON the feasibility Of a new road with
in the city territory.
The street commissioner reported
| 50 in cash and SIS in work collected
during the month of November for
poll tax.
A letter was read from Wells &
Dfckey relating to the proposed issue
of new sewer warrants made payable
on or hefore a certain date, which
the firm held was not legal. The city
attorney coincided with the views O.
| the jamestown firm to the effect that
the new warrants must fall due OF
a definite date and were not subject
| to payment before the expiration o.
that date. The mayor said it was
probable that some action looking tx
the amendment of the law relating
to the payment before date of such
warrants would be taken before thu
Legislature by Fargo as that city hat
funds on hand and desires to pay of
the warrants before they were due
4 SO the matter went over.
l The committee on claims reported
favorably on all the bills before ii
which were ordered paid.
The committee on ways and mean.
reported the treasurer's report as be
ing correct and it was approved.
| The committee on ordinances re
ported favoring the passage of th
ordinance codified by the commission
except original ordinances number
116, 144 and 204. The committe
amended No. 116 so as to make cat
tie, horses, hogs, asses and mules
common nuisance and forbiddin
them running at large in the street
or on private property. The con
mittee recommended that the origins
ordinances 144 and 204 be substitute
for new ordinances under those nun
bers as revised by the committe.
The objection to ordinance No. Ia
being that 1T contained a proyIsio
for bouleyarding the streets at th
option of the property owner, nc
making the parking compulsory
This proposition had been voted dow
a few months ago by the council, br
1t developed at the meeting tha
several of the aldermen who then o.
posed the measure now favored i
Ordinance 204 had some amendmen,
which were taken from one of th
other street ordinances SO as to en-
body all matters pertaining to stree
grades in one ordinance and maxim
plain some matters in the old ord
nance which were contradictory tn
chairman OF the committee being ii
der the impression that the codifyin
commission had no right to inse
new matter or alter the old ordinan
es In any way, opposed the passaa
4 OF these ordinances.
A general discussion of the parkir
provision followed and finally Aide
man Reade moved that the reno