The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09

BEMlDJl, MlNNEo
called to the fact that the annual
financial statement of the city had
not been published, according to the
requirement of the city charter. Nc
action was taken.
A bunch of bills were allowed,
and the bill of Beltrami county fol
the board of city prisoners was re,
ferred to the clerk of the municipal
court.
The Bemidji Employment com.
pany and A. T. Wheelock made
claims for the return of SIP each,
being amount wanted for former
payment of employment license,
which payment was made under
protest. The Blackjack Employ
ment company recently obtained
| judgment for similar license which
was paid, and City Attorney Glib
bons recommended that each COM
pany be allowed 500, as he thought
they would accept that amount and
avoid the expense incidental to
securing judgment against the
city, which was adopted and that
amount allowed.
The bonds of M. D. Stoner, city
engineer, $4,000; ]. R. Miller, sup
erintendent waterworks, $500; NJ.
J. Case, scavenger, $500; William
McCuaig, clerk water board, 81, 900,
were approved.
A requlsition was granted to the
fire department for buckets for use
in. the third ward, the same not to
exceed in cost 500.
Something of a controversy was
started in discussing the employ
ment of city physician and appoint
ment of a chairman of the city board
of health, which finally resultedn
the appointment of DR.. Smithfas
| chairman of the board, and that
he furnish medicines and bandages
at SIS per month. 1t was shown
that nearly $4,000 had been paid
to the county last year for the care
of the city poor and other work
which had been involved in the
office of city physician. The bond
fof the chairman Of the board of
health was fixed at $500.
| 1t was adopted that bids be asked
for the work of caring for the city
poor and also the burial of paupers.
A letter was read from Shope,
Zaine, Buzbee & Weber stating tina t
they believed that the council had
acted in accordance with law in
proceedings relative to the issuing
of the city waterworks bonds, and
also with reference to the legality Of
the bonds issued.
City Engineer Stoner stated that
he had ready a report on the prelimi-
nary work which has already been
done on the new waterworks system.
Report was laid over.
City Engineer Stoner stated that
D. H. Fisk, A. A. Warfeld and Nels
Leon had paid money to have the
sewer built along the block in which
they resided and they should be Civ
en- certificates which could be ten
dered in lieu of taxes. The gentle
men had paid for work in 1907 and
were to be reimbursed when the
taxes were levied against neighbor-
ing property owners, the total being
$332.38. No action was taken in
the matter. ~.
City Clerk Maloy read a resolu.
ton offered by Alderman Smart
which explained that. the office of
secretary of the Greenwood Gene
terry association was an exceedingly
onerous position, requiring great
labor and mental stress and that he,
the said secretary (being Thomas
Maloy, the honorable city clerk)
should be compensated literally.
The matter of paying the city clerk
was left to the city attorney for an
opinion.
Whether there is such an office
in the city of Bemidji as justice of
the peace, under the provisions Of
the city charter, was decided in
the negative by City Attorney Glib.
bons, who also added other opinions
concerning the advisability of
accepting the bonds of A. A.
Carter and Ward A. Chapman, who
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