The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1917-01-13
JAN'Y PROCEEDINGS
Of BOARD Of MAYOR
AND ALDERMEN.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI l
Hancock County, J
Citv of Raw ST. T.ouis.

! City of Bay ST. Louis.
A regular meeting of the Board O.
Mayor and Aldermen Of the City o,
Bay St. Louis, Miss, was held at the
City Hall thereof on Saturday, the 9th
day of January, A. D. 1917, at 5:5(
o'clock P. NJ.
There were present L. B. Capdepon
mayor; w "A. Mcdonald, E. W. Edwards,
and Louis Sehwall, aldermen; Albert
Jones, city marshal; Sylvan j. Ladner
secretary. Absent: - r. S. Blajze,
alderman. The minutes of previous
meeting were read and approved.
! The reports of the various city off,
GERS were read, investigated, found cor
rect and ordered filed.
The financial report was ordered
spread on the minutes.
Moved by w. A. Mcdonald, duly Sec
onded by Louis Schwall, that Nsy takes
proper steps to purchase landadjoining
Central School.
| Moved by Louis Schwall, duly Sec
onded by E. W. Edwards, authorizing
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to
appoint an assistant teamster to succeed
A. Pouyadoux.
Moved by Louis Schwail, duly sec
onded by E. W. Edwards, that Judge
Arnold be appointed assistant teamster.
Carried.
On motion of Alderman Mcdonald,
duly seconded by Alderman Schwall the
following resolution was adopted:
| Whereas it appears that at a former
meeting of this Board, the Standard
| Oil Co. was notified not to rebuild un-
til permitted to do so by this Board |;
and whereas the said Standard Oil Co.
has requested permission to build two
tanks in the city limits; and, whereas
the Standard Oil Company has desig-
mated the location that they desire to
build their tanks; and, whereas it is
satisfactory to have said tanks built
designated to the members of the board,
which is as follows: On the property OF
the l.. C N. r. r., on south side OF
Bookter street, about lao feet from
Bookter street, and about Is feet from
fence on r. r. avenue.
1t is, therefore, ordered that the STAN
. dard Oil Co. be granted permission to
build their tank and other necessary
building on spot herein mentioned.
Moved by Alderman Schwall and
seconded by Alderman Edwards that
among the duties of Henry Colson, de-
putty marshal, be that keeper OF weights
and measures and it shall be his duty
to inspect the weights and measures in
the city as provided for by statute and
it shall be Shis duty to procure the
weights and measure as provided by
statute,
The following bills were allowed and
ordered paid cut of the following funds
CITY FUND.
L B Capdepon, mayor, salary, s25
E. w. Edwards, alderman, salary, S.
Louis Schwall, alderman, salary, Sc
Albert Jones, marshal, salary, 5000
Henry Colson, deputy marshal, $40
Hy Egloff, janitor for city hall, $40
| S.J. Ladner, secretary salary $4,000
l.. Bangard, st. CON-, salary, $500
August Taconi, teamster, $500
| Bay ST. Louis Ice, Light 8; Bottling
Wks., 143 lights at s187.1s, 268. l2; cur
rent for city park light, 800; curren
for Firemen's Hall, 1.50; globes fo
church tower. S3.00-S275.6 Ga
The Sea Coast Echo, publishing cit!
council proceedings for quarter to and
including January, s25.
VIM. Hansen, making one hammocl
for jail, $3.50
r. J, Williams Lumber Co., lumbe
for city, Sl5.85
Peerless Oyster Company, ice for cit.
, hall for Sept, Oct, Nov, So.
b. r. Engman, merchandise, $500
'I w. l.. Bourgeois, merchandise, 81. Is
Bay Mercantile Co.. merchandise ,S3.6
r. L, Breath, merchandise, S20.85
J % Albert Monti, labor, cleaning two toi
, lets at city hall, $3.50
Cumberland Company, telephone TO
city marshal, Sl.65
Cumberland Company, telephone TO
deputy marshal, S1.65
Peerless Oyster Co., 1879 bbls crush
ed shells at 12c, Sf65.48.