The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-02-06
Try To Abate
Dog Nuisance
WILL RID CITY OF WORTHLESS Ours
City Attorney Instructed To Frame Ordinance With
This End In View

The city council held its regu-
lar monthly meeting Monday
evening with Councilmen Pruitt
ad Hanscom absent. Very little
business was transacted, the
members of the council seeming
to feel that their responsibility
was about ovr and were loath to
take up anything except routine
business.
M. H. Donovan appeared before
the council in relation to sewer
which he put in last summer un-
der the supervision of the coun-
ell. He put in the sewer, which
is outside of any sewer district,
at his own expense but with an
assurance from the council that
they would recommend, if his
property was ever put into a
sewer district, he should be ex-
|empt from assessment. Other
parties now wish to connect up
with his sewer. They are will
ing to pay for the privilege but
the question is whether they
should obtain permission from
Mr.. Donovan and pay him or from
the city and pay it. After con-
siderable discussion the matter
was referred to the sewer COM
mittee and the city attorney with
instructions to make some ar
rangement which would be fair
and satisfactory to Mr.. Donovan.
Water Commissioner Jerry
McCarter reported the number of
cases where the city water mains
had been frozen, with the cost of
thawing them. He was directed
to keep a list of the places so
the pipes can be lowered in the
summer.
The clerk reported the water
collections for the month to
have been S977.IO. OF this sum
Se21.6O was for water rent and
the balance for meters. The
city treasurer made a report Of
the receipts and disbursements
of his Office from September 20
to February 1. The report was
referred to the finance commit
tee.
A list of bills totaling approx
imately $4,000 were audited and
allowed and warrants ordered
drawn.
A motion was made and car
ried that the mayor appoint a
Icommittee of three to meet with
the mayor, city clerk and city
attorney to revise the salaries of
officers for the ensuing year and
draft a salary ordinance. The
mayor appointed Councilmen
Cormier, Stickney and Litwin as
this committee.
Councilman Bunt of the f.
nance committee, to which had
been referred the audit of Treas
urer C. S. Flint's books, reported
that outside of some minor mis-
takes in bookkeeping the accounts
were correct and that Mr.. Flint's
estate had paid the city the mon
cy due on these mistakes. The
report was accepted and ordered
placed on file.
Mr.. Cormler brought up thl
question of the large number q
stray dogs in the city. This
brought on a lengthy discussiCR
during which it was stated than
there have been several cases OF
hydophobia in the vicinity 81
/ Tensed and that there is danger OF
1t being brought to this city. The
council discussed means for get
ting rid of the dogs and guarding
against the disease without
reaching any conclusion. The
subject was finally referred to the
license committee and the coun-
ell with instructions to prepare
an amendment to the city or
dinance so the question can be ef-
fectually dealt with. This COM
mittee was instructed to be pre-
pared to report at a special meet.
ing to be called next week.