Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-29
Cd that committee. be- appointed to-.

consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF changing
the street grade on Avenues B and G
between Tenth and Eleventh streets
and Eleventh street between Avenues
B and G. The president appointed
Commissioners Best, Bertsch and Bal
tey to be such committee, who vera
also directed to consider and report
upon the petition requesting the in
s%tallation of an arc light at the. in
%tersection of Thayer and Fourteenth
streets,
A resolution, introduced by Commits.
sioner Battey was adopted, providing
that all city appointees shall file their
undated designations at the same time
as they file their bonds and oaths Of
office.
A resolution fixing the amount IF
bonds Of city officers as follows, was
adopted: Auditor, $1,000; treasurer,
$4,000; attorney, $1,000; magistrate,
$1,000; health commissioner, $500;
milk inspector, $500; oyerseer Of poor,
$500; chief Of police, $1,000; patrol
man, $500; fire chief, $500; custodian
OF city hall, $500; street commission
|er, s 1000; city engineer, $4,000.
A resolutions was adopted requiring
all city employees to furnish surety
bonds and that the cost of same
should be paid by the city.
The following city officers were ap-
pointed: Auditor. R. H. Thistle
Fthwaite; a resolution providing for
combining the duties of auditor and
city weigher was introduced by Com.
missioner Best and action deferred:
city attorney, F. E. McCurdy; city
weigher, ]. D. Wakeman; chief of po-
lice, CIR. Downing; captain of pc.
lice, Chris. Martineson; chief Of fire
department, H. A. Thompson; custodi-
fire hall, B. w. Cleveland street
commissioner, F. D. German; city
treasurer, L. E. Opdyke; health COM
missioner, F. B. Strauss; milk inspec.
tor, A. Larson. s%.a s.xys.
AEeaolution offered by Commission
u Hattey was adopted designating
the following banks as city deposit
tories In .theramounts named:
First National Bank, $25,000.
Bismarck Bank, $4,000.
City National Yank,. $4,000.
u resolution offered by Commits
sioners Batteys was adopted directing
the auditor tos advertise for bids for
the city printing foxfthe ensuing two
years. @fAyAfsis{
A letter from the Joseph R. Bean
company Of New York relating to the
adoption Of a municipal dag was read.
The city engineer estimate In the
sum of $236.50 for layfnEs0 sewer
pipe culverts across Broadway, etc,
was referred to Commissioners Battey
ION the question of manner Of 5spay.
ment Of same. \
The matter Of the expiration Of. the
bond of the city treasurer on the 9th
inst. was referred to Commissioners
-Battey.
The request of John Homan for ger
mission to remodel the building on
the corner Of Broadway and Fifth
street was referred to Commissioner.
Kirk. t.4
A communication signed by WV,
Kiebert and ten others relating to the
insurance on the municipal auditori-
um was referred to Commissioner
Battey. a s
The financial report Of the city aud.
itor UP to April IS, 1915, was referred
to Commissioner Battey.
The report Of the Taxpayers Com.
mittee was referred to Commissioner
Best. W 4r ~
A resolution creating Sewer I'M
provement District No. 4 was read,
but further action deferred pending
the petition Of 81 per cent of the
property owners liable to be assessed
upon special assessment, and the mat.
ter was referred to Commissioner
Bertsch.
On motion the board adjourned.
Attest:
R. H. THISTLETHWAITE, !.
Cifu AudifOR