The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-06

and In the opinion of the mayor
is nnwise to pay salary of $50 pc
month. each month in the year, an
use him six months in the year.
would be cheaper and better In tn
opinion of the mayor to employ
civil engineer, when we needed one
and since there Is a bill before tn
state Legislature, known as the goo,
roads bill, by the terms of which
thoroughly competent civil enginee
will be stationed in the city of Oska
loosa, 1t will be better to await thu
action of the legislature before TAX
ing any action in the matter. ! sim
ply make this as recommend"
The council thereupon declared
the Office of city engineer vacant FOL
the time being.
/ The bonds of the police officers ant
officers having been examined were
duly approved by the vote of the
council.
The new council then adjourned. A
meeting will be called for Thursday
evening. .......
Board of Health.
The council members were imme'
diately reconvened as board oil
health and proceeded with the cleo
| ton of health physician. Two candi.
dates were announced, DR.. J. T. Gov
eny and DR.. J. f. Morgan. DR.. Nor.
gan was elected. Adjourned.
Board Of Review.
The council was next called to or
der as a board of review. William
Lafollett was the unanimous choice
of the members for chairman. He
made brief address. telling the
members that he would insist upon
business and promptness from the
start. no play work and no hardness
were approved
Assessor John H. Perry announc-
ed that the assessors books were
ready for the perual of the board.
Adjourned to- meet at ten o'clock
Tuesday morning.
Mayors Address.
S. V. Reynolds, having been duly
sworn in by ex-MayOr l.. NJ. Bacon,
addressed the new council and the
audience in the following inaugural
statement:
Gentlemen of the Council and Eel
low Citizens: Ii is perhaps appro-
pirate at this time that should
make some remarks on assuming the
duties OF this office; to be elected
mayor of the city of OSkaloosa Is no
small honor. and TO be elected by
such vote as ! received at the hands
of the voters of this city, one week
ago ago today, is certainly an honor
10 be proud of. But the worst feat
ure Of it is, that il will require q
high standard, and in connection
with this | wish to say that the peo-
pie expect from this administration,
not only as mayor, but the members
of the council and all officials of the
city including the police department,
a great deal. The fact that the vote
was so nearly unanimous brings with
it greater responsibilities because
the platform was made by the mayor
and unqualifiedly endorsed by every
of the council, and there can
be no question but what this fact
was largely responsible for the vote.
That platform briefly stated was:
First-Law and order.
Second-Clean streets and alleys,
which applies to both dirt and row.
dyism.
Third-A new city hall.
Fourth-An efficient police force.
Fifth-Inspection of milk, water,
meats, weights and meas
ures.
Sixth-An unqualified endorsement
of the commission form of govern
ment.
Seventh-No politics in city govern
ment.
Eighth-The assessing of fines or
the administering of punishment for
the purpose of protecting society
and not for the purpose of revenue.
Now, as to the first proposition:
We do not expect to conduct a
Sunday school from the mayors of
flee, but we do expect to enforce the
law and to clean the streets and al.
legs of this city. There is special
statute in regard to Sunday schools,
and let no one accuse us of attempt.
ing TO do anything more than the
law provides for: your ordinances
were made for the benefit OF the
whole people and they were made
for the purpose OF giving you law
abiding people protection from those
who wilfully violate the law. The
law is made for the purpose of pro
tecting your wives and daughters
from insult on the streets. Your
laws on gambling are made for the
purpose of protecting the public,
and your laws relating to intoxicat-
ion are made for the purpose of pro
Iecting society, and so on down the
line, and these laws will be enforced,
and, they will be enforced because
good order and society require IL.
Clean streets and alleys must be
the watchword: beautify your city.
A new city hall. take il for grant
ed that we are practically all in fav.
or of a new city hall. because the
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