The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-13
COMMON COUNCIL
80 session OF the Council OF 1915.

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First session OF the Council OF 1915.
Detroit. Tuesday, January Il. 1915.
In compliance with Section 10 OF
OF Detroit. the Common Council wa
called To order by the CITY Clerk.
Richard Lindsay.
The roll then being called. the fol-
lowing answered to their ma mes.
First Ward---John &. Lodge and
George A. owen.
Second Ward--Charles w. Burton
and James Vernon.
Third Ward--Jacob Guthard and Ed
ward Barnett
Fourth Ward Maurice } Heating
and Albert T. Milan,
Fifth Ward Moses Wartell and
Joseph SchemaLskA
sixth Ward--JOhn + Thompson aud
George = Field.
Seventh Ward--Phil A. StefanowsHi
and William II. c. Hlndlc.
Eighth Ward-Albert T., Wilson and
Elmer ID. Case.
Ninth Ward- John L. Jakel and An
thony Move.
Tenth Ward-Fred ". Robinson and
Charles II. Wing.
Eleventh Ward Herman f. link
and Joseph Rollo.
Twelfth Ward-Jpmes Cranshaw, Jr
and sherman Littleheld
Thirteenth Ward--I ouis Ia. LempkC
and Charles a. Kocher.
Fourteenth WardE-Godfrey Freiwald
and John G. Bleil
Fifteenth Ward--George II. Ellis an
Robert w. Rutter
sixteenth Ward--AleXander Dill and
John a Kronk
Seventeenth Ward--aierman Schultz.
Eighteenth Ward Frederick w.
WenzeL
twentieth Ward-Thomas E. Gin
nan.
Twenty first ward-Harry j. Dinge-
man.
The aldermen then arose while the
City Clerk administered the oath OF
The Clerk announced that the next
order OF business would be the cleo
ton OF a president.
Election OF President and President
Pro Tempore.
The clerk proceeded 10 call the roll
for the election OF President. and the
following was the result:
For Aid. Littlefeld-Alds. Allan.
Barnett. Bell Burton. Case. Cranshaw.
Dill. Dingeman. Ellis, Field. Freiwald,
Gilman. Guthard Hindle. JakeL Keat-
Ing. Kocher. Kronk. Lempke, Lodge,
Schemansky Schultz. Stefanowski.
Thompson, Vernon wartell. wenzel.
Wilson. Wing. Zin&-Se.
Aid. Littleneid was excused from
The unanimous vote, OF the Council
having been recorded for Alderms n
Sherman Littleheld for the office OF
President Of me common , Council a the
office
The Clerk appointed Aldermen Gran
shaw and Jakel committee TO escort
the President to tho chair.
The Committee escorted the new
President to the chair. The President
in n few well chosen remarks, thank
ed the Council for the honor conferred
The Council then proceeded to the
election OF a President Pro Tempore.
and the following was the result:
For Alderman Rutter-Alds Aian'
Barnett. Bleil, Burton, Case; Cranshaw.
Dill. Dingeman, Ellis, Field, Freiwald.
Gilman. Guthard, Hindle. Jakel, Kest-
ing. Kocher. Kronk. Lempke Lodge
mansky. Schultz, Stefanowski. Thomp-
son. Vernon. Warteli. wenzel. Wilson.
wing. link and the Presidential.
For Aid Barnett-5Id; Ruttssr.,
ton OF Aid. Rutter was made unanf-
The unanimous vote OF the Council
having been recorded for Aid. Ruttcr
for the office of President Pro Tenn
pore. the President declared him duly
elected TO such office.
Adoption Of Ruies.
Resolved. That the rules governing
the Common Council OF 1914. be ana
are hereby adopted as the rules by
which the Council shall be governed
for the wear 1915.
Adopted
on motion OF Aid. Barnett the
President appointed Aid. Vernon and
Aid Rutter 10 walt upon his Honor.
the Mayor. and inform him that the
Council having organized. was ready
TO receive any communication he might
be pleased 70 transmit
The committee. In compliance with
the instruction OF the President. walt
ed upon his Honor. the Mayor. Oscar
r Marx. and escorted him to the Coun-
ell Chamber The Mayor proceeded TO
the reading OF his inaugural message
as follows: