The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-05-04
CHANGE IN CITY
ADMINISTRATIVE
MAYOR Leigh & AND NEW COUN-
CILMEN A 2 INDICTED IN
To =FIcE
MAYOR APPOINTS CITY OFFICIALS
City Auditor Stoddart is Given Clerk
Which Will Enable Him to Act
as City Purchasing Agent

Monday evening w. II. Leighty be.
gan his second term as mayor OF
Brookings and the four new members
of the city council took their seats,
The old council met at eight O'Clock
to clean up the unfinished business,
The new members Of the council
took their seats and Mayor Leighty
delivered his inaugural address, in
which he thanked the old council and
city employees for their faithful and
efficient service, and made some rec
concentrations for the conduct of city
affairs during the coming year. The
new council organized by ~electing
Alderman Hoover of the First ward
as president and Alderman Bagley Of
new members of the council are as
follows: Prof. II. H. Hoy, First ward;
F. f. Youngburg, Second ward; DR..
c. c. Bradbury, Third ward; DR.. Z. L.
Moore, Fourth ward. The retiring
members We're S. A. McElmurry, First
ward; W. II. Conklin, Third ward
Frank Sherwin, Fourth ward; Z. j.
Ray resigned as alderman from the
Second some weeks ago and that ward
has had but one representative. The
holdover members are: A. Hoover,
First ward; o. o. Jermstad, Second
ward; Henry Swering, Third ward;
E. F. Bagley, Fourth ward.
Mayor Leighty made the following
appointments of city officers, all Of
which were unanimously confirmed by
the council: City attorney, G. A.
Mathews; city auditor, G.. H. Stod-
dart; superintendent of water, light
M heat, A. w. Morton; acting sup
erintendent of telephone, Chas. Shea;
chief of police, Nels Gullick; asses
sOr, II. T, Odegard; street commits
sioner, s. A. McElmurry; acting city
engineer, ]. A. Hegeman; chairman
board of health, DR.. A. w. Hyde.
Mayor Leighty did not name anyone
for assistant police, passing that ap-
pointment until the next meeting. The
council is in favor, apparently, of
putting on a third man, having two
members Of the force on duty at night.
It is felt that the city is too large
for one man to properly look after it's
peace and safety at night, and events
of the past few weeks would confirm
this. The mayor also divided the
light and telephone departments, plac-
ing the latter plant in charge of Chas.
Shea.
Mr.. Leighty's appointments we be-
lieve are good ones in every instance
and will be generally satisfactory.
Nels Gullick's appointm mt as chief of
police was the twenty-second one he
has received at the hands Of the
probation of his faithful service. The
appointment of G.. H. Stoddart as
auditor was another recognition Of
efficient service and one that is gen.
orally popular.
The a announced his commit
tee appointments for the coming year
as follows, the first named man being
the chairman:
MISUNDERSTANDING, Y~oungburg,
Moore, Hoy.
Finance-Moore, Hoy, Youngburg,
Bradbury.
Claims-Hoover, Jermstad, Bagley,
Swering.
Water, Light and Heat-Hoy, Jerm-
stad, Bagley, Bradbury.
Northumberland, Bagley, Hoov-
er, Swering.
Streets-Bagley, Jermstad, Hoy,
Bradbury.
Fire-Bagley. Hoover, Jermstad,
Moore.
City Property-Hoover, Jermstad,
Bagley, Swering.
License-Youngburg. Bradbury,
Moore, Hoy.
Printing-Bradbury, Moore, Hoy.
Youngburg.
Taxation-Swering, Youngburg,
Moore, Hoy.
The council ttssed a resolution al
lowing Auditor Stoddart a clerk nj
sixty dollars per month Mr.. Stod-
dart at present has more detail work
than he can take care OF and a; he
has been made purchasing agent for
the city, the need Of an assistant for