The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-05-09
City Council
First Meeting of the New Organization
and Appointments for the Year

Last Monday evening the first
meeting of the council with the
new mayor and several new
aldermen was held at the city
hall all members except Alder.
man Martens being present. The
old council received the reports
of the several officials, closed up
other matters Of business and
passed upon the usual bills.
The public library report was
read and ordered filed and an
appropriation of 800 from the
general fund which had been
pelitioned for by the library
board, was granted.
The matter of proper fire es
capes from the Bentley opera
house was discussed and the
matter continued for further in :
veStigatiOn.
The reports Of the auditor,
treasurer, street commissioner,
the mayor, and the fire depart
ment ard city justice Of the
peace were read and ordered
filed, the reports to be reviewed
by the finance committee.
Aid Ross resigned as alder
man from the third ward, and
qualified as mayor, taking the
oath of office, and presenting his
bond with II. l.. Bouck, f. w.
Meehan and Phil G. Saunders as
surety.
The new mayor appointed
August Mittelstaedtas Alderman
from the third ward to fill the
vacancy occasioned by his own
resignation from that office. He
also made the following appoint
ments of city officers all Of whom
were confirmed by the council:
City Auditorium. G. Niles
City Attorney-T. l.. BOuck
Assessor M. Nixon
Chief of Police. street commits
sioner and building inspector,
| ChaS. Sutcliffe.
Night Policeman, and electric
meter Inspector, Claude Derrick
lIhe latter was also authorized
to collect the dog tax as hereto
fore
The fire department officers,
j. n. Manley, chief, John Lewis,
assistant chief; M Niles, secre-
tary; Phil. c. Saunders, treasur-
er; were also confirmed by the
council.
The mayor appointed the fol-
lowing as city board of health;
DR.. Flett member at large; Guy
McCOllum member first ward;
JAS. Lockhart, member second
ward; John Liggett, member
third ward.
The mayor also named Levi
Schnabel as president and John
Lewis vice president of the city
council, and appointed the follow
ing committees:
Waterworks-Schnabel, Lewis,
Mittelstaedt,
| Finance = Staats, Martens,
Schnabel.
Sewer-Malsed, Staats, Lewis
Streets and Bridges-Lewis,
| MittelStaedt, Martens.
Sidewalks = Malsed, Staats,
Martens.
On motion the salary of the
chief of police, who is also street
commissioner and fire warden,
was made $1,000 for the year
That of the night policeman,
with the duty Of meter reading
added was fixed at S75 a month
The auditors salary with the
added duty of water tax collector,
was fixed at $2o a month. The
assessor S salary was fixed at
$3.50 for the year, and the salary
of the city attorney was also
made $50. The salary Of the
treasurer was placed at 1920 for
the year. The matter of the
license for saloons was discussed,
but the subject was left over for
an adjourned meeting, when the
question of what should be the
increase of license and the
parties to receive the license
were to be decided upon. The
new law places the minimum
license at ST. 100.
| At the adjourned meeting Wed
nesday evening the liquor license
under the new law was fixed at
$1,000. Under the old law
the license has been $1,000, and
$4O0 of this amount has gone tC
the state treasury. The new
law makes the minimum license
fee $l1OO, of which $4OO must &C
to the state as formerly, so thai
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