The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-05-01
Council Holds
Final Meeting
SETTLES UP UNFINISHED BUSINESS
CanvaSseS Vote Of City Election and Officially
Declares ReSult--MayOr Thanks COunCiImeO

The old council held a meeting
Monday evening for the purpose
of 'canvassing the votes cast at
the last election and closing up
what business had been left un-
finished so as TO leave a clean
late for the new council.
Mayor HALEY reported tha; the
S, Maries Land Company Lad i'm
conformance with its agreement
with the city prepared war
ranty deed for that tract of land
used as a site for the pumping
station and also a quit claim deed
from itself and another from Eli
Laird and wife for that strip of
land at the foot of Fifth street
which is i'm use by the city as a
sewer and that the deeds were
in escrow i'm the Lumbermans
Bank TO be turned over to the city
upon the receipt of a warrant for
the agreed purchase price.
He also submitted an opinion
from City Attorney Taylor to the
effect that he had examined the
abstract of title for the two
pieces of land and that the deeds
i'm question gives the city a per-
feet title. He further stated that
the company had agreed as a part
of the consideration for the
money to be paid them to give
the city an easement for its pipe
line which passes over one of
its tracts in Meadowhurst and
also a release from any possible
damages which the company
might have against the city by
reason of the street grade in front
Of the Kootenai Inn property.
The amounts to be paid the COM
pany are Sl93.53 for the pump
ing station site and S133.35 fo
the alley for the sewer.
A motion was made and adopt
ed accepting the deeds upon the
terms stated above.
The clerk reported the water
collections for the month of April
to- have been SIO1i.93. Water
Commissioner McCarter and st.
Commissioner Martinedis made
their reports fo the month which
were accepted and placed on file.
Councilman Stickney reported
that the water committee had sold
the old pump belonging to the
city to the Stein Lumber &
Shingle Company for $4,000 and
the mayor reported that he had
received a check for that amount
and turned it over to the city
treasurer. The clerk presented
the list of bills that had been filed
with him and they were aulited
and allowed.
The votes cast at the city cleo
ton were then canvassed and the
result declared showing the cleo
ton of }. c.. Hunt as mayor, Char
les r. Schultz Clerk, Harry Alcorn
and Ed. Kirk, councilmen of The
first ward, +. j. Noble and Frank
Kellar from the second ward and
Dan Nicholson and Lee Cater
from the third ward. A motion
was passed authorizing the mayor
TO meet the new city officers
when they qualified and formally
turn over the government Of the
city to them.
Mayor Haley made short
speech thankisg the members of
the council for the effici-
ent manner i'm which they
had performed their duties and
for the consideration they had
shown him. He also thanked the
appointive officers for the able
manner in which they had done
their work, paying special tibute
to the members of the police force
He also thanked the newspapers
of the city for the consideration
they had shown him and the city
administration and also for the
fair and impartial manner in
which they had always reported
the proceedings of the meetings.