The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1911-05-04
BROWN 6 SLOCUM
Bids for sewer extension according
to plans and specifications were opened

Bids for sewer extension according
to plans and specifications were opened
and found as follows:
A. j. Bunker, sewer $1.00 per foot,
manholes $56. 90 each.
w. G. Laycock, sewer Csc per foot,
manholes $4,000 each, white brick.
$4,000 red brick.
mn = ,a,ss sai Iss ss5. .Iesaah as Z - II. T. 80
. Motion made by Ferber that all bids
be laid over until the next meeting,
Friday, May 9Th. Seconded by Gale
and carried.
The following bills were OKd by the
finance committee:
Herald Printing Co, dockets. ....$ % so
{" legal blanks 13 IS
Oakes Commercial Co, April gas 10 Is
DR.. F. Maercklein, balance due. 5 90
Oakes Fire Dept, work at fires. SO 90
R. L. Wood, acid and express >. a 90
j. Saulter, team work ......... II 80
A. C. Rapp, 3 teams to fire .... 6 90
/. B. Ward, phone and express. 90
P. J. Aasen, repairing fire de-
partment apparatus. ....... 5 45
Harold Sherwick, labor. 10000. 2 SO
j. Kahl, labor. .. .-......... l Is
Alfred Barnes, labor. ......... IA 90
A. G. Rapp, drayage and team - -
Nov" Moved by Ferber, sec seconded by phifer, y,
that the bills as audited by the finance
committee be allowed and warrants
ordered drawn for same. Carried upon
roll call by full aye vote.
E. w. Weston appeared for instruc-
tions regarding the assessment work
for 1911 and made the suggestion that
the real estate be assessed at Is pr
cent and the personal property and
improvements at 20 per cent of their
actual value. After discussion motion
was made by Moore, seconded by
Slocum. that the matter be referred to
the appropriation committee to estimate
the amount of expenses for 1911 to be
reported on Friday night. Carried.
Mayor Malander brought up the
matter of the official newspaper and
motion was made by Gale, seconded by
Moore, that the auditor be instructed
to .vertise for bids for official news
paper for the ensuing year at so much
per hundred words. Motion carried.
Discussion followed regarding salaries
of the city officials and employees and
the following ordinance was presented
to the city council for it's first reading
by Alderman Moore.
AN ORDINANCE
Establishing the Salaries of Certain
Officers Of the City of Oakes:
| Be it ordained by the city council of
the City of Oakes: That on and after
the date of passage, approval and pub
lication of this ordinance the following
named officers of the City of Oakes
shall receive salaries as follows:
| Mayor, six dollars per year.
| Each alderman, six dollars per year.
| City treasurer, seventy-five dollars
per year.
City auditor, two hundred and forty
dollars per year.
City attorney, seventy-fve dollars
Iper year and reasonable compensa-
tion when appearing in courts of record.
Chief of police, seven hundred and
twenty dollars per year.
\ The health officer, such an amount as
the city council shall by resolution
designate.
The policemen, other than the chief
of police, such an amount as the city
council shall by resolution designate.
The city assessor, such an amount as
prescribed by law for actual time en-
i ployed.
The street commissioner. sixty-five
dollars per month
i The chief of the fire department.
such an amount as the city council
shall by resolution designate.
The city engineer, such an amount az
the city council shall by resolution
designate. 83
First reading May !. 1911.
1 Moved by Gale, seconded by Moore.
Il that the city auditor be instructed te
advertise for bids for job printing fol
the ensuing year in accordance with
! Article 3 Of Title 18 Of the Revised