The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Official
Publication of
Proceedings
The
City
Council
COUNCIL CHAMBER.

vey, Luuustr0m, Molian, mal.sou,
Mc1hee, Coney, Mr.. kresldeut-o.
Absent, Alderman keAler-l.
keaQlug OF inmates Oh previous
meeting.
Moved and supported that the
minutes be approved as read.
Carried.
Inc park commission in a COM
munlcallun stated mat it now pos
| sesseQ a warranty deed for Dlock Is,
| Anderson's third Addition 10 vlr-
! gIula, having paid all Ine assess
menls against TINS block aud Qes4reu
20 nave me council lnst4 uct the c4erK
20 nOll1y the county auQ4lOr 10 nave
ms DlocK exempt IRON LaXaLlOn.
Moved and supported that the
communication be accepted and Or
| uereQ hled and the clerk instructed
70 carry out the Recommendations o.
| me park cOnmlsslOn.
Gained.
+. Il. Vail at No. 227 Chestnut
street and olson 4 Peterson at NO.
| 1913 Chestnut street mace app4lca-
L4On tor AQuOr LICENSES &C tuese lu-
| catlons and each suDmilled a
9zVUO.0O surety bond.
moved and supported that the
licenses be grained, the bonds &C.
| cepLed ana ordered tiled a1Ler De1ng
approved by the mayor ana CITY al
vorney and resolutions Drawn anu
! presented covering the TRANSACTIONS.
| Carried.
J. W. Murphy submitted his resig-
naLlOn as a member OF the Police au0
NE commission OF Tie clLy OF Vlr-
sIn1a aud JOnu D. LaMouL submitted
ms reslguauon as member OF the
44Drary board.
! Moved and supported that the
reslgnallons be accepted and ordered
aled.
Carried.
Mayor Murphy submitted to the
council for conarmaIlon the name o.
JOhn KeIOla as member OF the IL
Drary board to fill the unexplreo
term OF John D. Lamont ana the
name OF S. A. Nelson TO NIL the un-
expired term OF john w. Murphy on
the ponce and ire COMMISSION, lnese
appointments to take the pace o.
two members who nave recently
been appointed on the water anu
hight COMMISSION.
Moved and supported that the
appointments made by the mayor OF
members OF the library board ana
ponce and fire commission be con-
nrmed and the appointments filed.
Carried.
The report Of the clerk of the mu-
niclpal court for the week ending
January 18th, 1913, in which SAW
was shown to have Deen collected
was read and ordered lied.
The Virginia Foundry & Machine
company submitted a notification to
the council that there was still a
balance due on crossing plates for
the year 1912, amounting to Sass.
Moved and supported that the
balance of $72.68 due the Virginia
Foundry & Machine company for
crossing plates for the season OF
1912, be allowed and the city CLERK
instructed to draw a warrant in pay.
ment of the same.
Carried.
The financial statement of the city
clerk for the month ending Decem-
Der 31st, 1912, and also the city
treasurer's statement for the same
period were read and ordered filed.
The meat inspectors report for
the week ending January 21st, 1913,
was read, accepted and ordered fled
An ordinance to amend certain
portions of Ordinance No. 1875 en-
titled And Ordinance relating to the
carrying Of concealed weapons was
given it's first reading,
| Moved and supported that the
ordinance known as the telephone
ordinance, in it's amended form, re-
ceive it's second reading.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
last two lines of the first paragraph
of Section No. of this ordinance be
stricken from the ordinance and the
following shall be substituted there
fore:
"Provided. however, if such re-
moval is ordered the city council
snail designate some other means to
allow the said grantee to serve it's
subscribers in the district affected by
such removal and sucn removal shall
be at the sole expense of the grantee
hereof"
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
figures "$25,000.00" be named as
the amount of the surety bonds and
that the clerk insert these figures in
the ordinance, being in the second
paragraph of Section No. of this
ordinance.
| Carried.
| Moved and supported that the
same provisions as contained in Or
dinance No. 100, being relative to
the charge to be made for the cutting
of wires belonging to the grantee of
this telephone ordinance in respect
to the removal of buildings or for
other necessary cutting of wires be
| inculcated in this ordnance:
Alderman McGhee moved an
amendment to this ordinance as fol-
| lows: that a separate ordinance
covering the cutting Of wires of all
| utility companies in the removal of
buildings be drafted by the city at
torney and presented for adoption"
The president put to the council
| the original motion and the same
was declared lost. a.
+ The president then put the mo-
ton amending the original motion
and the same was declared adopted.
Moved and supported that the
matter of drafting an ordinance rel
alive to cutting Of wires for removal
Of buildings be referred to the COM
mittee on ordinance and city attor-