The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03
MEETING Of
COUNCIL WAS A
BUSY ONE
Preliminary Program Just
Arranged, Provides For
Good Features

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Mayor John OI4cary III his message
to the city council Tuesday evening
made a umbc of recommendations.
which, il is expected, will be carried
out in the course of the hex two
Years. Among other matters he sug-
gcStcd that the city purchase proper
IS suitable for "A city cemetery; that
Il park board be appointed; hat Il city
scale be installed: that Il register Of
lhborcrs in the city DO secured; that
the matter of pushing the paving
work or DcMers venue be rushed
and completed the coming summer.
and that the city consider the street
lighli' or ornamental lighting Sys-
tenn.
In other parts of the message
which is herewith given, he com
mended the council for the work. ac-
colnplished. He suggested a unnbe
of improvements that have already
been contemplated.
The city council met and organized
Tuesday evening for the coming two
years. Calling the session to order
at $3.50 o'clock the motion to adjourn
was made at !:15 o'clock. Three
quarters of an hou was all tina Was
necessary to get the business of the
meeting cleared up. For an annual
meeting. the expedition in which the
broke all records.
Among the things taken up at the
council meeting were:
Appointment Of the various city Off
cials for the coming two years.
Appointment by Mayor O'Leary of
the chief Of police, police force and
health officer.
Establishment OF Office of municipal
court clerk at a salary of $40 per
month.
Increase in salary of city clerk.
chief of the fire department. street
commissioner and ianitor and fireman.
Fixing of mayors, t~rcasurer's and
hldermanic salaries for term of 1914
to 1916.
f1stahlishm"nt of city repositories
for city funds. calling for bids ON the
official newspaper. and requesting
bonds from various officials.
Barlow Made President.
The meeting was called to order by
City Clerk German. who announced
the first order of business as the cleo
ton of Il president for the coming
term of office. George II. Barlow was
unanimously Reelected to the position,
!iN" votes being east by the five alder
men present. Alderman Liston was
unable to attend the meeting owing to
the death of his father. John l.iston,
yesterday morning. Alderman Barlow
made d brief speech thanking the
council. Alderman Nelson was then
~rG-elrctcd vice president.
~ grist of bills payable to the city
We're read and approved. The reports
of officers We're next read, following
which the mayors message was deliv-
cred to the council.
Reports of Officers.
In tho rpnortS of nffirnrS Stroot
Commissioner Morris Sullivan. among
other matters. called the attention of
the council to the fact that the
bridge OF the Red Lake river Was bad
ly in need of repair.
The report of h municipal judge
showed that seven cases had been tried
in tn" month of December and that
one had been tried in the month of
November.
The treaslrer's report showed the
%following:
Balanr" brought forward. IS a.04O.51
Receipts various sources.... 9,26?.6O
Total receipts .~s1s.31o.2o
Total disbursements ....... 1886
Total ash on hand ...$1O,57S.54
Ocrasioncd Big Surprise
Following tho reading OF the re-
ports, the appointments for the year
We're made. In MAYOR O'Leary's APP
EointlncntS Of the police officers for
the coming two Years. probably one of
the biggest surprises of the council
meeting was occasioned when the
name of Patrolman George Franklin
was omitted. Mayor O'Leary made q
reduction of tho numbe of the force
by cutting Oft both Patrolman George
Franklin and Estes House. leaving
five to see that the laws Of the city
are lived up to-. Following are his
selections for office:
Chief Of Police-P. j.. Sullivan.
Assistant Chief Of POlice-Hugh
Quigley.
Patrolmen-Neil Norman. Charles
Keller and Thee. Erickson.
City Council Appointments.
The appointments made by the city
council brought no changes with the
exception of assessor. In that office,
former Assessor J. n. 'Enright gives
way to the new appointee. Dan Ryan.
The city council appointments were as
follows:
City Clerk-James German.
City Attorney-F. G.. Massee.
City Physician-W. C.. Wilson.
Chief of Fire Experimentation
Powers.
Street Commissioner-Morris ]. Sui
livan.
Assessor-Dan Ryan.
dtlIOk anu nlnSs
State Liquor Tax.
A communication to the council
from County Attorney f. T. Hagen
was read. The county official stated
that the city had not as yet paid the
ten per cen liquor tax revenue due
the state for the years 1910 and 1911.
He asked hat it be paid at once.
On a resolution of Alderman Gull
liton. City Clerk German was instruct
ed to write Mr.. Hagen to the effect
that the tax would be paid in the
spring when the saloon license revenue
had been received.
Established Court Clerkship.
A number of resolutions were intro.
duced and passed by the council.
The first taken up was that creating
as n city Office a municipal court
|clerkship. This office calls for a salary
, from the city of $40 per month. to be
paid as much as possible out Of the
receipts of the court. While 1t has not
been definitely stated, 1t lie understood
. that Miss Marjorie Ryan. ste~nographeE
to Attorneys Bronson & Rasmussen.
will be given the position, The coca.