The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-09-04
THE CITY COUNCIL
Official Publication of Proceedings
COUNCIL CHAMBER.

| COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Virginia, Mimi, August 25th, 1914.
Regular meeting Of the City Council
of the City of Virginia, Minnesota.
Council called to order by the presi
dent.
Roll call.
Present; Aldermen men Heritage s;c5 Harvey Ssy
fey, Mr.. President-9.
Absent: None.
Reading of minutes Of previous meet
ing.
Moved and supported that the minute:
be approved as read.
Carried.
City Attorney Montague reported ia
vorably on the return to Gollmar Broth
| ers of 5000 for parade license through
the city on July 25th, 1914, reporting tina,
this company had paid $4,000 and thai
| lhe ordinance called for payment OF
5000 and recommended that 5000 be re-
| turned.
Moved and supported that the report
! of the city attorney be accepted and thai
warrant in favor of Gollmar Brothers
for 5000 as return of parade license
| fee.
Carried.
| Alderman Murray requested the sec
| ond reading of an ordinance compelling
| makers of and dealers In Intoxicating
| liquors to keep a true and correct book
of record of all sales to persons not hay
ing license to sell at retail and max
! ing other provisions.
The ordinance was read by the clerk.
Moved by Alderman Heritage and sup
ported by Alderman Walsh that the or
| dinance to repeal Ordinance No. 81 be
given it's third and final reading.
| Carried.
The ordinance was re/l by the clerk.
Moved by Alderman Heritage and sup
ported by Alderman Murray that the
ordinance be ADOPTED.
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage, Harvey
Mr. Presidents.
No: Alderman McGnee-1:
Upon the foregoing vote, the president
| declared the ordinance adopted:
Alderman Murray requested the sec
| ono reading Of an ordinance for the
preservation of health and prevention OF
| the spreading of diseases throughout
he city and to compel proper sewer con-
nections with buildings.
The clerk read the ordinance.
Moved by Alderman Matheson and
supported by Alderman Harvey that the
ordinance just read be amended by the
"Section 4.
Nothing herein shall be so construed
as to prevent the arrest and conviction
Of any person accused of causing or al
lowing or maintaining nuisance on
premises occupied controlled by him
from prosecution and punishment under
ginia or under the laws of the State
of Minnesota.
Section S.
When the Board of Health shall have
visited or examined any premises Wlthn
the city herein referred to and shall have
determined that the only practical way
If preventing said premises, if used or
occupied, from becoming or remaining
public nuisance or menace to the
health of the city, such Board of Health
shall cause a written notice to be served
IN the owner or occupant OF such prem
ses, requiring that the same shall with
no date of
If such notice be connected with a pub
lie sewer Of the city. but no such con-
lection shall be required to be made un-
less the premises referred to in such no.
ice shall abut on a public sanitary
sewer, and in constituting the word
premises the whole length of the lot
rom the. street to the alley shall be
considered as one, and If any part OF
such lot abut on sewer, connection
with such sewer may be required to be
made
Any person, after the occupant or own
.r of the premises occupied or controlled
~ him has been declared a nuisance
md that it has been declared necessary
premises connected with a sewer, who
shall interfere with or attempt to him
Ter, prevent or delay any officer or en-
ployee of the city, who may be dele
city or it's duly authorized officer, to
make such sewer connection on such
premises and to install the necessary
sewer fixtures in any house, building or
residence on said premises, shall be ar
.'ested and on conviction for such Of
ense shall H. be subject to a fine not ex-
county Jail until such fine shall have been
paid, not exceeding ninety days.
Section 7.
This ordinance shall be in force and
fleet from and Immediately after its
passage and publication
The president put the motion to the
council and the same was declared
ldOpted.
The city attorney, reporting on the
natter Of adopting a resolution which
would cure a certain resolution vacating
Second street of the North side addition
when the action of the council was to
yacate Second avenue of this addition,
and which was brought to the attention
Of the council by recent letter from
Otto A. Poirier, who as an attorney rep
resented certain property owners along
Moved and supported that the report
If the city attorney by accepted and or
E s1ed f fo Mr. Mr. fo iGRY OF the
The application of Matt Devcich to
transfer liquor license No. 691 to Matt
eferred to the license committee.
Moved AND supported that the appli-
cation of John Hilmas to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors at No. 211 Chestnut street be
lied after being approved by the mayor
md city attorney and that resolution
,e drawn ana presented covering the
same.
Carried.
r. A. Mclean was granted a renewal
If moving picture and vaudeville thea
ter license at No. PIT Chestnut street
lnder the name of the Royal theater,
city treasurer.
Lawrence Mccain company submitted
$4,000 surety bond covering their paw
| ing contract in this city the present year:
Moved and supported that the bono
and contract be accepted and ordered
| filed after being approved by the mayor
and city attorney.
John Erickson and Louis Dorff maze
| application to have their teams employed
haul garbage. and the same was re-
ferred to the health committee.
John Kanerva was granted a permit
! to use necessary portion of the corner
If Pine street and Wyoming avenue
| while remodelng residence at that
The cigarette license of Mrs. Clara
Bergquist at No. 9s Iarch street was
ordered transferred to E. Erickson for
the balance of the term of the license.
The application of Louis Hammel to
conduct roller rink, public dance hall
and wrestling matches In the building
| to be ereG.ed, was referred to the com
Independent School District of Virginia
md Walter Darcy petitloned the council
for the vacation of a. certain alley run
lot line on the east side of Central ave-
nue., betv/,n blocks 4 and S, Anderson's
second addition to Virginia, and the same
! was referred to the committee on streets
The report of the chief Of police CT ar
rests in his department for the week
ending August %. 1914 was read, &C
copied and ordered fled
The water and light commission reti
N; In tn Ia rro a1,ft
to permit the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pa
cic Railway company. to install, at thei