The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-06-10
HELD AFTER MIDNIGHT
The City Council Held a Long Scs.
sion Monday Night Adjoining
at 1915.


work Monday night it was just Is
minutes after - o'clock, and it was
a weary set of men who welcomed
the motion to adjourn.
Mayor Hitchcock was present at
the meeting, so We're Aldermen
Adams, Truax, DOYLE, Hardy. Nc
Dougal, Michels and Kelley. Auditor
NJ occupied over a half hour in
reading the minutes of tn regular
and pecial meeting which stood
approyed.
James Lyons presented a claim for
So against tho city for damage done
by lie fire of the city dump spread
ing over on his property and burning
60 fence posts and burning over 20
acres of his pasturage. The claim
was referred to the finance commit
tee.
Peter Young vas before the IL
Gil to find out why he was notified
by Commissioner Allen to move his
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erty. Mr.. Young stated that he has
had his property surveyed three
times and that the fence was always
found to be in the right place. Street
Commissioner Allen also had it sur
Neyed and found that the fence was
six feet in the street. The question
wa referred to the street and alley
committee to have the property again
surveyed.
Residents on Third Avenue east,
had a petition before the council ask
ing for the extension of the water
main through that block, and that
five residents would attach with the
mains. IT was referred to the street
and alley committee.
A petition was presented asking
for an arc light on the corner of
Seventh Avenue east and kimball
street, and another petition was pre-
street, starting so feet east of kim
ball street and run west to Lawler
street and onnec with the sewer
there. Both petitions We're referred
TO the proper committees. A petition
was presented by the residents on
Second Avenue west asking for a &C.
ment sidewalk on the south side of
the park and two crossings, the prop
erty wne agreeing to build walks
to connect. Referred to street and
alley committee.
Ordinance 242 was placed on it's
fist reading and provides for the
issuance of $4,000 sewer bonds and
to levy a tax for paying the principal
and interest as they became due.
Ordinance 243 was introduced and
placed On its first reading. This re-
'lates to the construction of sidewalks
AMI the grade upon which they shall
be constructed: permits must be Sc
cured before a sidewalk can be laid
in tie future, and they shall be con-
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CITY engineer. A penalty of $500 goes
with the ordinance for its violation.
Ordinance 244 was placed on its
FIRST reading and relates to sewer
connections.
When ordinance 23S came up fol
fl passage the butchers of the city
W. re present to take a hand, for il
US directed for the regulation of the
ST. ghter houses which are within
a snort distance of the city. This or
dinance is The result of an invest
~ation of the situation made by
Haalth Officer Walne and States At
t rney Herbert. The ordinance j!
ected toward the matter of clean
around the slaughter house
The preventing of hogs from eat
me offal, and providing that The
&c must be cleaned up at leas
a week. The butchers wer,
e to state their sidc Of thr
j. P. Reihsen claiming that un
der the ordinance Thai the butche
shops could not operate. because O
the inspection required, it being hi
supposition that a government in
spector was required. This was OK
planned to the butchers that such in
spection was not required, but tina
the beeves, etc. had to be slaughter
ed under the conditions Of the or
dinance. Speaking with reference t
the hogs eating the refuse from tn
~butcbered animals. NJ. Reihsen sal
he nor any other butcher did not con
slider it at ali bad. and in fact tn
people eat much of the same thin
when it was converted into bologn
sausage, etc. Mr.. Reihsen said tina
it was impossible to keep a slaughte
house looking like a parlor, and tha
they did the best they could unde
} he circumstances. He felt that
: would be a hardship to force tn
h1tchers into byvino nrODartv Whit