Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-05-03
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and referred to the city attorney for
his o. X.
DR.. Smyth, the commissioner of
public health, presented a communi-
cation requesting speed in the draw
ing up and passage of scavenge1
ordinance, as the spring clean up
of the city was being held up on this
account.
The owners of the various lots
abutting on the alley running east
and west north of Main street be-
tween 4th and 5th streets presented
a petition asking that the east Is
feet of the alley next to 5th street be
closed up, in order that E. G. Patter-
son might erect his new hotel build
ing to better advantage. The petit
ton was referred to Commissioner
Jackson and the city attorney.
The resolution of Commissioner
Marquett to reconsider the vote by
which the commission voted down
the ordinance authorizing the issu-
ance of the $50, 100000 city hall bonds
was brought up for final settlement.
The chair ruled the resolution was
in order, even though Mr.. Marquett
had voted on the losing side when
the ordinance was defeated, for the
reason that the commission had
never adopted any rules of proce-
dure and common parliamentary
rules were in force by which anyone
could move to reconsider a vote.
Commissioner Jackson called the at
tention of the chair to the fact that
the commission law stated that all
resolutions and ordinances passed By
the city council were still in force
unless expressly rescinded. The
chair stated that as the old rules
of the council were in many in
stances in direct conflict with the
commission law that they were not
now in force as far as the commits
sion was concerned. Commissioner
Geierman thought they were in
force unless expressly done away
with, and that those parts not in
conflict with the present law were
in force anyway, but there being no
auueal from the decision of the
chair the resolution came to a vote
and was lost. Commissioners Mar
|Quett and President Williams voted
in favor of it and Commissioners
Geierman, Jackson and Lucas against
it, so the ordinance was not recon
sidered
Commissioner Jackson moved that
the chair appoint committee of
three to at once report rules of or
der for the commission. The chair
appointed Commissioners Jackson,
Marquett and Geierman as such a
committee.
The chief of police reported seven
arrests during the month of April
two drunk and disorderly, one on
suspicion, one violating dumping Or
dinance, one insane man and two for
petty larcency.
The ordinance widening the down.
town sidewalks to sixteen feet was
brought for it's second reading and
final passage, but was recommitted
to the city attorney and Commission
er Jackson for report at the next
meeting.
The usual grist of bills was allow
ed.
Commissioner Marquett intro
duced a resolution instructing the
city engineer to inspect the plant of
the local water company and to re-
port to the commission as to it's
probable cost, and further that the
president appoint committee of 81
business men of the city to meet
with the commission at some future
date, at which time any citizen or
taxpayer wishing to be heard could
speak, said committee to confer re-
garding the rental or purchase of
the plant of the water company by
the city, In the preamble of the
resolution, it stated that the reasons
for the action proposed were that
the headquarters of the company
were in Baltimore, Md, and it was
difficult for the water company and
the city to get together on any pro-
position, and there was constant
friction between the city and the
company.
Consideration of the resolution
was postponed till the next meeting.
Commissioner Geierman was in
structed to look into the cost of city
printing and to report at the next
meeting if he thought it advisable to
advertise for bids. Also, he was in
structed to obtain the cost of having
the city books audited for the past
year.
The commission then proceeded to
draw the names of ~ voters to act
as jurymen in the district court. The
names OF the leading business mer