Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-04-05

DALI unanimously elected city engin.
eer;% William Batters UNANIMOUSLY elect,
ed janitor Of city hall, salary being fx.
ed at $55 per month; Isaac Lafond
unanimously elected street commission:
er, his salary being left at $3.50 pei
day, that for day labor 81 per day and
team work 81 per day.
N. N. Bergheim, F.. F.. Turner and
Jos. Moeglein were reelected members
Of the board Of public works, salary to.
gether with that Of mayor and council
men was fixed at 81 per year.
DR.. N. w. Chance was elected city
health officer vice DR.. N. Dumont, and
an ordinance raising his salary from
500 to 5000 per year and leaving sal
ary of members Of board at $25 pei
year, received it's first reading, Koslos.
ky and G. A. Carlson voting no to its
passage.
Henry Colombo and VIM. Hang were
appointed members Of the board of
health from the second and third wards,
respectively, vice Colombo and Haverty.
The other members are J. J.
Gross and Ernest Kaestner of the First
and Fourth wards, respectively.
The appointments Of Mayor Brick
on the police force were presented for
approval, they being Wm. Tourtillotte,
chief; Octave Richard, first patrolman
and John Karnowski, second patrol
man. It was then that Alderman Lopcks
objected to the appointment Of the lat.
ter, claiming that as the city charter
read that person must be resident Of
the city for at least one year immediat.
ely preceding such appointment on the
police force, he was not qualified for
the position as he had not come back
from an extended trip in the west
until July or August. Mr.. Karnowski
admitted that he had not come back
until the first part of. July but said
that he had always called this his
home and had not voted in any other
town while away. The matter was
argued pro and con by the council
men for several minutes. whereupon
Mayor Brick relieved the city fathers
hv substituting the name of Christ
Karnowski, the young mans father.
The police appointments were then ap-
proved.
Camille St. Marie was appointed city
scavenger. There being no applicant
for the position Of pawn master, this
appointment was left over to the next
meeting.
The salary Of the city assessor was
fixed at $3.50, there being both real
estate and personal property to assess
this year.
The number of police was left as
heretofore. three salaried and six non-
sa1aried, which latter cover railroad,
lumber yard and fire police. The salary
of the police force was also left the
same as before, $40 per month for the
chief and $65 per month for each of
the patrolmen:
The city clerk was instructed to ad-
vertise for bids for city printing and
for repositories and to draw orders as
they became due for monthly salaries
of city officials and for telephone bills.
Instructions were also given the city
clerk to prepare notice for the street
sprinkling district.
The meeting day and time for the
city fathers was left the same as it has
been, the first Monday evening Of each
month.
The resolution for the transfer OF
liquor license Of Leo Urbanski from
the Broadway, location to the Second
street northeast location received its
fnals1eadiRg and passage. .
r. L. Palmer was granted a permit
to build bus shed which would have
steel siding.
Bond in sum Of $500, furnished by ths
city clerk, was approved.
An ordinance, drafted by Alderman
Koslosky, regulating the planting & o1
shade trees in the boulevards was pre-
sented and was left over to latter
meeting. It provides that trees be plant
ed three feet from outer edge of wall
and be Of such varieties as box elder
soft or hard maple OF white elm. Az pun
ishment for violation of this ordinance
lit provides for fine Of not more thar
800 or more than 90 days imprison
ment.
The street was instruct
ed to. use discretion in the matter Of
placing dirt offered to the city by G
B. Buckman from the excavations he il
making on lots on Fourth street north
east, several good places for it beinl
named by different aldermen. ,
Adjournment was taken to Apri