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4ne begOti1tiOnS between tne city
and the Glenwood Light and Water
company for the latter's water plan,
were brought to . close Wednesday
evening At = private conference of the
mayor and aldermen following = regu-
lar public session of the council. A,
this cox erence the officials agreed
BY vote Of to ! to recommend the
purchase Of the present plant for
$4,000, payable in city bonds draw
ing interest at per cent.
The regular monthly meeting of the
council was held last Monday evening
and the monthly routine of business
transacted.
1t was decided to put q fire alarm
call bell in Deacon's barn. This WAS
on q former offer of Mr.. Deacon to
keep . team hsrnessed at all times
and to be ready ON the shortest possi.
BILE notice to haul the free cart to q
fire day or night.
Considerable discussion arose over
the price paid by the police committee
for quantity Of disinfectant fluid
for use at the city Jail. Alderman Ritt
mayer claimed that the price Of 81 d
gallon was too high and said the stuff
was worth about 20 cents. The com-
mittee defended their action and won
out and the bill was paid. @ss~
Mayor Barnes exploded bs@bshell
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tiea which be had received from John
A Rush, drawn by Rush and sent to
this council ready for passage providing
that certain costs in the supreme court
litigation between the city and the
Glenwood Light& Water company, and
now due the city should be collected
by the said Rush and retained by him
as additional compensation for his ser
vices in the litigation. While there
was not much discussion on the sub
ject it was plainly evident that Nj.
Barnes "got in bad" with the council
by suggesting the passage of the reso
Auk4Vhs Inc AluCIhCh CousAuCAcu tuAt
inasaueh ss Mr.. Rush has been paia
all he asked for his service there was
no reason why the city should fall for
this sharp lawyer trick and Aaks hin
a present of this money which belongs
to the city.
A resolution from the state highway
commission asking that cites and towns
Throughout the state provide suitable
camping places, for auto parties pass
ing through the state was presented
and while no action was taken the pan
was looked upon with favor and th,
mayor said the matter would be at
tended to little later.
The clerk reported five pool and bill
lard tables with licenses uncollected
and he was instructed to collect fees
at once or see that the tables were put
out of commission. The council then
recessed to Wednesday evening.
The meeting of Wednesday evening
was almost entirely occupied with .
discussion of the supreme court decis-
ion handed down the first Of the week
to the effect that the revenues levied
and raised by cities and towns in 4
certain year must be used to pay the
expenses Of the municipality for that
year and cannot be applied on back in-
debtedness. This prevents the alder
men from following the former prac-
tiee Of paying warrants in the order in
which they were registered and praetic-
ally forces all cities and towns ON a
cash basis.
While il was admitted that possibly
under this ruling the back warrants
might not be . legal Obligation against
H. city al agseed that there was q
neral Obligation snd that these war
rants must be paid in some way. At
torney Bell stated that there were two
ways in which the matter could be han
dled, either BY creating = sinking fund
for the special purpose Of taking up
tAsss bssk warrants OF BY providing
fog their payment BY . boad issue. In
order to give the treasurer tine to pre-
pare soac data which i needed before
definite action can Be taken, tAs eoul-
ell recessed 70 next Hesday evening.
After Tie adjournment Of Tie regular
meeting the mayor aad aldermen net