Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-10-15
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City Council Appoints A. Sherin 70
Act as City Attorney in Place
Of Perry +. Loucks
The Council Claims that Mr.. Loucks
Has Not Been Attending 70
the Legal Business
.s. Of the City an 81

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Of the City
From all appearances the city
council has gone after the hide Of
the city attorney, Perry F. .Loucks,
and hung it on the fence to dry.
AT a regular meeting Of the city
council the matter was discussed.
with considerable earnestness and
as result A. .Sherin was appointed
to act as city attorney and the pay
for his services was ordered taken
out of the salary o, the present
incumbent. The council charges
Mr.. Loucks with neglecting his
duty as city attorney.
Upon the motion Of Alderman
Nelson, seconded by Alderman
Ryalls, the following resolution.
was passed. tThat A. Sherin be
employed to carry out the direc-
tions Of the city council, and that
he shall present his bill and that
same shall be paid and the amount
be deducted from the regular SAL
ary of the city attorney .
Five aldermen voted aye Les
ter, Hawley, Ryalls, Luck, and
\ Nelson. Alderman Kreger was ex-
cused from voting.
The general discussion was open
ed by Alderman Kreger who asked
for action on the payment Of a
bill from the Watertown Water
Co. for a meter used in one Of the
! parks Of the clty Almost four
months ago Alderman Kreger
placed hiis o. IL. on a bill for this
meter, which was purchased ia
order to get water for the trees in
& the park. He purcf ased the meter
after talking with, Mayor Martin.
When the bill came up for passage
the council, over his Oh refused
to pay it, because, at the time,
there was much discussion in re-
gard to meter overcharges.
Alderman Kreger asked that
some disposition Of. the bill be
made. He stated that several
times he had been asked by the
/ officers Of the Watertown Water
Co. to pay for the meter and as he
has not been in the habit Of repu-
dating his bills, he would like
to know how to answer the com-
pany.
This brot out long discussion
on why the water company had
failed to make the refunds on over
charges, as ordered by the city
council several weeks ago. Alder,
man Lester said: why has this
water company failed to either ex,
plain it's situation, or refund the
money It has had notification
of the action Of this council ,and il
should do one thing or the other.
City Clerk Schoenberger, upor
being asked ia regard to the no,
tices, stated that the water com,
pany had failed to get the notices
to refund the money on the meters
He also stated. when asked, that
he personally and Chief Of Police
Keegan each had been to the city
attorney twice to get the notices
This brot Battling Nelson tx
the center of .he ring He said
.sIf liz we have stick for a city at
torney ,if he is neglecting his Office
and not attending to business, i
is time that we get who will,
IL believe that he should eds
Ii charged
Luck ar,3as sssessssra dermel
4 agreed with him in this sentiment
After talking for a long time, th'
above mentioned motion wa
passed The latter part Of it, ac
cording to discnssio OH, is probabl.
Illegal, as the city has hired Mr.
Loucks for attorney and as long
as he holds the office, he will b
able to draw his full salary n
Inlan effort to secure a reconsid
eration Of the revoked Winker (
4 Kemp saloon license, Mark w
Sheafe, III. spoke for a short time
He took the stand that Winker 1
Kemp had paid fine of $50 fo
keeping their place open on Sun
day and that nothing had been sol
and that it would have been i'm