Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-29
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF CITY
COMM SSIONERS
Nav 26, 1913.

The board of city commissioners
met in regular session, President Ll-
cas- presiding.
Roll call: Present, Commissioners
Battey, Hincklcy, President Lucas.
Absent, Commissioners Bertsch and
Patterson.
The minutes of meeting held the
Glst inst. were read and approved.
A Recommendation from Commits
sioner Patterson that the Office of Pc.
lice lieutenant be declared vacant was
read and filed. '.A ....
The following resolution was intro.
duced by Commissioner Hinckley who
moved its adoption:
Resolution.
Ee 1t Resolved that the police force
OF the city of Bismarck, until other
wise ordered. shall consist only OF a
Chief of Police and a Captain of Pc.
lice; and be 1t further resolved that
the terms of office Of all late police
officers of the city Of Bismarck draw
ing pay as such, other than the office
or Chief of Police thereof, now held
by George Fortune and the office of
Captain of Police, now filed by G.
X. Downing. be and the same are here
by declared vacant.
All commissioners present voted
Aye on adoption of the foregoing res
olution.
The recommendation of Commits
dioner Hinckley that the request of &.
). Keenan, for building of sidewalks
on the west side of lots S and 6, and
south side Of lot S, block 10, N. P. Adj
dtion. be gr anted was read, accepted
and filed. o,
The petition of Frank Mi]hollan and
six others for the installation of an
arc light on Main street and Washing.
ton Avenue. was, on recommendation
OF Commissioner Hinckley, granted,
and the auditor directed to notify the
company. .
A resolution in the usual form for
construction of sidewalks adjoining
the following described lots was in
PRODUCED by Commissioner Hinckley
and adopted, all commissioners rres.
ent voting aye on roll call:
Along the east side Of lot I, block
T.. Riverview Addition. ..ts
Along the cast side Of lot 1 and !,
block IA, Riverview Addition. ~.
Along the east side Of lot 1 and ,,
block Is. Riverview Addition.
Along the east side of lot /, block
lG, Riyerview Addition.
Along the elst side of lot 1 and .,
block 23, Riverview Addition.
Along the east side Of lots I to 6,
block %, Mckenzie's Addition.
Along the west side of lots $ and s,
block 10, Northern Pacific Addition.
Along the south side of lots 4 and S.
block 10, Northern Pacific Addition.
10 be constructed by June 20, 1913.
On motion of Commissioner Rattey
It was ordered that all official notices
hereafter to be published should be
published in rotation IN each Of the
o'1ctal papers Al previously provided
for the utilization of the proceedings
of the commission. All present voted
Aye on roll call. .
Mr.. Shuniai,, representing the North
Dakota Independent Telephone Com.
pany, appeared before the board with
reference to the mattar Of a refund
to city for ~overcharges for telephone
service. The matter was referred to
Commissioners Battey and Patterson.
The auditor was directed to notify
the Hughes Electric company to con.
meet with the sewage lift or Front
and Third streets.
The following claims were allowed
and ordered paid, funds permitting,
all commissioners present voting Aye
on roll call.
Geo. Briggs, $1,000, ]. B. Alsbury
1880, J. Shenner A11.5O, James Wea-
ver 1880, Jake Bmpting 1896, Bis
msrck Implement company $500, The
Palladium 1885,.
The auditor was directed to draw a
warrant, on the contingent fund In
satisfaction of the Judgment secured
by Mrs. M. G. Anderson, payable to