Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-04
I. E. YOUNG TO SUCCEED
HIMSELF As CITY AUDITOR
ATTORNEY REGISTER WILL ACT
Y. As coMMIss iohER's LEGAL N
..s.. ss5 . s,s.3 ADVISOR ,G:#s=s
Commissioner Marquett Recommends
appointment Of Additional Night
Policeman. 4 1. $S II, 5.5 81.

There was considerable business
transacted at the meeting of, the city
commission held last night and prob
ably. the one which has excited the
most interest was the appointment OF
a city auditor. ,e.:@s. I'll;
After Young, Thistlewaite and Pres.
ton had been nominated. it was put
to9a vote and four OF the commission.
ers voted for F.. e. Young, the present
incumbent Of the office, cad. he was
declared elected. Mr.. Young has serv-
ed very satisfactorily In the position
under the old form or government
and having had charge of the books
Of the city before is well fitted to con-
tinue the work. -
y. Attorney F. H. Register was the on.
ly nominee for the position Of city
attorney and will succeed himself, Sc
curing the vote of all the commits
E..R. Atkinson had the field to him.
self for the city surveyorship, and as
he was the only nominee he will serve
the city in the foregoing capacity for
the next year. .,:'
NJ This makes a complete set of city
officers appointed and it is the opinion
that the-cit has set OF officers who
will look we'll after the, welfare of
the community. &s&z .,s,@=z ,ss,g,s&$ n ~:
President Williams called for the
reports of the various committees and
Marquett for the, police =. committee,
recommended that there he i another
officer appointed for night work and
that the day force consist Of only one
man as at present for the time being
and until conditions warranted
change to a larger force. He also
stated that in view Of the fact that the
chief of police has be- instructed to
perform the duties Of street commits
sioner, that Mr.. Mcdonald has made
the proposition that he would pur-
chase and equip saddle horse so
that he might cover more ground, and
suggested that he thought the proper
course would be for the. city to furnish
feed for the horse. There seemed
to be an opinion that the proposition
was a fair one but the matter was
put up to the finance committee and
a recommendation will be made at
the next meeting.
W Commissioner jackson in speaking
of the. condition of the streets, said
that his committee had decided that
a heavier drag should be used on the
streets and this will probably be Sc
cured. He stated that number of
complaints had been made regarding
the condition of certain streets and
that steps to reIair the places men
toned would be taken at once. He
stated that it was the sence of the
committee that for the present at
Sleas no regular street commissioner
would be appointed and that the chief
of police would continue 70 act in
this capacity. This will be- a sEvingl
to-. the city of about $500 per year.
Mr.. Jackson said that suggestions
were invited from the citizens for the
improvement of the streets and that
anyone would confer a favor oy CIV
ing their ideas to the committee.
The appointment Of an official pap
er for the city was discussed to some
extent but the settlement of the case
was put over for another meeting to
allow for the investigation of some
points that were brought up. Lucas