The Ward County independent., 1909-04-22

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AllNOT, WARD COUNTY, NORTH
council will be short and that within
the next sixty days this administration
will be succeeded by the Commission
form of government, want you gem
tlemen to make just as good rec
ord as you can, I want you to do just
as much for your constituents as 1t is
possible for you to do in that length OF
time. l repeat that l do not wish to
thrust any load onto your shoulders
that the old council may have ac-
quired. To substantiate this statement
II am going to give you the same
chance that I gave the former coun-
cil-that of saying who shall be the
employees OF the city while you and
II are responsible for the affairs OF
the commonwealth. You predeces-
sors had this opportunity and I feel
that it is right that you should have
it With this in view have asked for
the resignation of every appointee
under my administration with two ex-
ceptions-that of the City Assessor
and City Health officer. would say
in explanation that the City Assessor
has been but recently appointed, that
he has been at work on the books and
affairs of that Office about three
weeks and I think it would be a mis-
take to change now, in fact it would
hamper the work of this department
to great extent owing to the limited
time given the assessor in which to
do his work. The appointment Of the
City Health Officer was also made. a
few weeks ago, the appointee having
held the office during the past two
years. Our city health officer is also
the County Health Officer, and this
means much to the city Of Minot, as
you can readily see, and it is for these
reasons I have deemed it advisable
not to ask for these two designations
: iTonight 1 shall present for your con-
Isideration a new list Of appointees
! In this list 1 have named some of the
, ,old officers and for obvious reasons
, l. have named some new ones. 1t Is
: up to you gentlemen to say whether
, iyou are satisfied to undertake the
, work before you with the assistance
, iof the men whom I shall name, fol
: you will be just as responsible fol
them as will be; I have done this
, Igentlemen, simply that you may no
l lstart with anything that you nigh
) loonsider handicap.
II ,Cenncll COMMITTEES.
|; 1t is also my duty at this time tt
> name the Council Committees. In view
> lof the uncertainty of our future, de
= Enot deem it. advisable at this time t.
reconstruct the Council. There is i'm
!, mediate work to be done, and believe
} |that those who are familiar with th'
? work Of the various. committees shoult
1 lcontinue. For this reason, shall
, Ename the new members Of the counct
. on the committee where their prede
acessors :served. Thft is to say. yoa
|, will take the same committee ap
dpointments that yon held during tht
: apast year, the new scounci'men sue
:eeedtng the retiring members. II i1
1.-The eternal fitness of sthings this nd
| administrations continues throughout tht
, iyear, / may deem lit advisable later te
reconstruct these committees.
II Beard of Health.
wish to impress strongly upon
those members of the council who are
also members of the board of health
!. that the sanitary ,oenditian of this
city IL not at all .flattering, although
II believe that the conditions are not
as bad in this respect as they were
Ia year ago. There is q slight improves
ment, but there is opportunity for
lRreat work along the sanitary line.
The Board OF Health should 80 after
this proposition Of cleaning up the
back yards. streets and alleys of the
city in no uncertain manner. ! note
that there are several pools OF stag
nant water in different parts Of the
city. These are the cess-pools OF reek-
ling vaults and receptacles for the
filth Of the surrounding property. In
sense they are disease incubators
and I urge the Board Of Health to
make every effort to better these con-
ditions.
The City Streets.
want to urge upon the Street and
Bridge Committee the importance OF
their work. The Street Commissioner
is under the Jurisdiction, SO to speak,
of the Street Committee. This COM