The Dickinson press., 1909-01-16
MONTHLY MEETING
City Council Transacts the Usual
Business and Pays the City's
Bills-New Ordinances Are
Passed and In Force.

Passed and In Force.
The monthly meeting Of the city
council was held in the city hall Satur-
day evening. December 9th, when the
regular business was transacted.
I The report Of the last regular. meeting
was read and adopted and the following
bills were presented and allowed: F.
W. Turner, blacksmithine, $13.55 Dick.
inson Fire & Pressed Brick Ca. survey
ing at pumping station, Z.
Littlehales, salary. SIPS; Hughess:s&s
Deiters. light, pumping and prone:
$254. 90; E. Frechette, labor: on wvssadta-:
works, $40; A. r. Stewart, same. SIS;
L E. Dyre, same, $50; Henry Bonner.
same. $50; J. w. Byler. same, So 7; j.
P. Boltz. same. $40; Chas. BFislin;
same. $62; Ed. Coar. same, ST; Pat
Walsh. street commissioner. SIS; Thos.
Goodale. labor, $40; Pat Flynn, labor,
81; John Uchytell. labor, 81: Roquette
Bros, pressure tank, SIS; P. B. Corbett.
salary. $l10; 1. A. Simson. salary, SIS;
A. J. Osborn. salary. $50; Slime Gus
kelly. special police, 81: Dickinson
Fire Department, $51 Benzie Drug Co.,
mdse.. SIC. 20; c. E. Gordon, work on
pump house. 50. so: Waterous Engine
Works, balance on contract, $341 : E. A.
Currie, stove for pump house. 81: Dick
iason Heating & Plumbing Co.. supplies
for pumping station. $50. 40; Mandan
Mercantile Co.. lumber. s.. 80.
The bill of the Dickinson Heating &
Plumbing Co. for water connections,
amounting to we 81, 400. was allowed
for 5000. The balance was withheld
until the prices. on: some articles are
as~certained. The matter was referred
to Alderman White. who will investigate
and make a report.
The bill presented by d.. Bowen for
St18 for services as health officer was
the cause of Considerable discussion.
The greater parrot the bill was for
expense in them. B. Lewis case. Lewis
is a resident of%%Dunn' county. He came
to Dickinson and was quarantined at
the pest house for diphtheria and was
later removed to a private house in order
to make room for a smallpox patient.
The bill included medicine. ETC., and
did not state how much of the same was
used for the Dunn county patient The
entire bill had several items for quar-
antining and disinfecting in the city
with SIS for each item. The council con-
sidered the CHARGES exhorbitant and the
whole bill was allowed for $50. The
auditor was instructed to ascertain what
part of the bill was incurred by Mr..
Lewis and present the same to the
Stark county commissioners for collec-
ton from Dunn county.
A bill presented by DR.. H. A. Davis
for $14 contained items dating back to
1906 and was not allowed at this meet
ing. Each item must be fully explained
before it will be allowed by the council.
The report of City Treasurer j. S.
White for the month ending November
3oth. was approved as follows +: Receipts
Walton & Davis Co.. refund, $6e. ST;
j. Vaughn, per cent of scale receipts
for August, September and October,
So. AZ: j. van der Las. fines, 81. 200.-
IS; Boulger & Hughes, license for
bowling alley, SIS +: cash on hand Novem-
Der 1st, $3.05S. 10. total, 81, 361. 70.
Payments-Warrants on the waterworks
fund paid. SITS. so: warrants on general
fund paid. ST.. 1928. 4S F; cash on hand to
balance s.. 857. 80. total 81. 361. Is.
The following is the treasurer's report
for the month of December, which was
also accepted: Receipts. Vaughn.
scales. 81. 70; Pat Walsh, road polls.
SIS; ]. van der Las. fines, SLOTS :
H. F. Beeman, house movers license.
SIS; H. C. Christensen; sewer, SIP:
R. F. Warren, license for theatre, SIS;
total collections. 81. PSI. 10: cash on
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