The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

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ton o. the part 81 the council
against Andrew Johnson, Gust sny-
der and Arthur GAIA IN the matter OF
conviction for violating state liquor
laws be referred to the council as a
committee Of the whole. .s=.
Carried. s.
Cunningham & Thomas applied
for transfer Of their liquor license to
Grgurlch & Orban and the same was
referred to the license committee.
Edward Finch at No. 231 Chestnut
street and Mrs. Burke at No. 500
Maple street applied for permits to
install and maintain electric signs
and each presented $500 fees to
comply with the ordinance.
Moved and supported that the
permits be granted, the fees turned
over to the city treasurer and the
applications referred to the electric
inspector for approval.
Carried.
The chief of police under Ordi-
nance No. 1875, turned over to the
council sixteen revolvers which had
betn taken by his department. Be-
fore action was taken on the COM
munication and acceptance of the
ire arms a communication from
the police and fire commission was
read in which a recommendation was
made to instead of having these fire
arms sold to the public that they be
maintained by the police department
and that the section providing for
the sale to the public be repealed
and new section be written by the
city attorney and submitted to the
council for adoption.
Moved and supported that the
communication of the police and fire
commission be accepted and ordered
filed and that the city attorney be
instructed to carry out the recon-
| mendations of the commission.
Carried.
The president and secretary of the
library board presented estimate No.
in favor of Mcleod & Smith, con-
tractors, and amounting to $1497.04
for new library construction.
Moved and supported the estimate
be allowed and an order drawn on
the general fund for the same and a
resolution presented for adoption.
Carried.
The meat inspector reported his
inspections for the week ending
January 9TH, 1913, and the same was
accepted and ordered filed.
The committee on city property
and buildings to whom was referred
the matter of purchase of lots 4 and
5, block 80, Original Addition to
Virginia, for additional library site,
in a written communication recon-
! mended that an option be taken up
by the city and the deal closed and
the property purchased.
Moved and supported that the re-
port Of the committee be accepted
and ordered filed and a resolution
drawn and presented to the council
authorizing the purchase of lots 4
| and 5, block 80, for additional Ii
brary site.
Carried.
The clerk OF the municipal court
presented a report of collections of
fines and costs collected in that
court for the week ending January
4th, 1913, and the same amounting
to $660.35. The clerk stated that
$4,000 had been deducted from this
| balance as witness fund but that
| the previous $4,000 account granted
the court had not been accounted for
and should be attached to this
statement.
Moved and supported that the re-
port of the clerk of the municipal
court be accepted and, ordered filed
after the clerk of the court had sub
mitted to the city clerk a statement
of the disposition of the previous
$4,000 as a witness account.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
| street commissioner be instructed to
make necessary water connections at
the johnson school so that a skating
rink shall be in operation at that
location as soon as possible.
| Carried.
| The street committee recommend
ed that the detailed report of the
city engineer of the various esti-
mates as granted the contractors on
improvements for the year 1912, be
referred to the committee on finance
anu CITY C1erk DIS matter 10 De
thoroughly checked and to see if the
report corresponds with the records
as submitted during the past season.
Moved and supported that the re-
port of the committee be accepted,
also recommendation accepted.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
city clerk write to the milk inspec-
tor and request that monthly reports
be forthcoming from him in the
future.
| Carried.
Moved and supported that the
city engineer be instructed to make