The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-06-18
CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBER

; of the City of Virginia, Minnesota.
Council called to order by the presi-
dent.
Present: Aldermen Heritage, Harvey,
Walsh, Matheson, Lien, McGhee, COT
; fey. Mr.. Presidents.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Murray-1.
Heading OF minutes of previous meet
Moved and supported that the minutes
be approved as read.
Carried.
The ordinance amending ordinance No.
49, entitled An ordinance regulating bill
posters and posting and scattering of
bills was, on the table for a second
reading.
Alderman Heritage requested the read
ing of the ordinance and the ordinance
was read by the clerk.
The ordinance amending ordinance
No. 142, entitled AN ordinance licensing
automobiles carrying passengers for
| hire, regulating their charges and pre-
scribng standing places therefor in the
City of Virginia. was up for q second
'o Aide?man Murray takes his SEPT in the
! Moved and supported that al ..mend-
ment be made to this ordinance that a
bond Of 5000 be executed in connection
with the granting of the license under
this ordinance.
After considerable discussion on the
merits of charging fee for license or
in lieu Of fee submitting bond in
some amount the support to the above
Moved and supported that the ordi-
nance in question be referred to the
ordinance committee and the city at
! toiney for one week.
Alderman Heritage was excused from
the council.
The city engineer reported on the mat
ter of conditions of water pipe at No.
$50 Locust street, complained of by
Mrs. Meelan at the last meeting Of the
council
Moved and supported that the report
be accepted and ordered filed and that
a cop; Of the letter be submitted to
Mrs. Frank Meehan.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the cigar
cite license running to l. kaner be trans
ferred to Herman Stolberg at No. 112
N. Mesaba avenue.
! Chas. jacobson, 22 Chestnut street,
/ applied for renewal of liquor license and
submitted a 5000 surety bond.
Moved and supported that the license
dered filed after the approval of the
mayor and city attorney and that res
olution be drawn ana presented cover
ing the granting of this license.
Carried.
! Andrew Millitic applied for transfer
: Of his liquor license No. 745, located at
No. ia Chestnut street. to o. A. Ruud
! Moved and supported that the appli-
cation for the transfer OF this license
be referred to the committee on license
! for one week
! Carried.
! A proper milk inspectors certificate
II. F. Kendall for milk and cream Ii,
! cense, the same was ordered issued and
the fee turned over to the city treas
! urer.
| Moved and supported that Walter
! Dennis be granted a cigarette license
! for a term of two years for the loca-
ton known as No. 6O9 First street. North
Side, and the fee turned over to the
city treasurer.
! Carried.
The Central Auto company was. upon
motion duly supported and carried,
granted permission to remove their curb
gasoline tank and pump from it's pres
ent location on Virginia avenue. in
block 2. to their new garage building
ton and approval Of the chief of the
The financial standing of the vari-
Gus funds of the city as submitted by
ried. accepted and ordered filed
The report of the chief Of police Of
enng in his st @ xas or rt eaa
cePted and ordered filed:
! The clerk of municipal court reported
$751; collected in that court for the
same was Upon notion duly ,S s app tee
and carried, accepted and ordered filed.
The, water and light commission of
the City of Virginia requested the
council for authorization to issue GER
/ tificates Of Indebtedness in the sum OF
$4,000. the same to be issued as re-
quired and the proceeds to be used for
establishing and maintaining the gas
plant.
Moved and supported that the request
of the water and light commission for
authorization to issue $4,000 certificates
Of Indebtedness be granted and that a
| resolution be authorized to be drawn
and presented covering the same.
L. NJ Osborn, in a communication
offered for tale to the tity kertain
quantities Of gravel at certain prices,
the gravel pit Aeing located on the
southeast quarter Of the r.. southwest
by, the city timekeeper against the
smith work done for this commission
during the month of May and the clerk
> was instructed to bill the commission
Four owners Of automobiles for hire
in this city petitioned the council Il
he allowed to have their cars sand or
Chestnut street the same as the jitney
buses. and the matter was referred t.
the committee on ordinance.
The health committee In q signed re
port recommended that the services .,
: John RoaNald suoast1tepl1aAt ri IN