The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-03
COMMIT | ZEE TO
MAKE TOUR OF
INSPECTION OF
WATER PLANTS !
Council Will Get First Hand.
information Of Filter
Systems Elsewhere.
CITY TAKES JUDGMENT
AGAINST BOND COMPANY.
e.Hog Ordinance is Drawn;
Also Orinance Governing
.: Assault Upon Persons.
CITY TAXES JUDGMENT !.
AGAINST BOND COMPANY

It was long drawn out discuss
sion, the city council meeting last
evening, it being an adjourned ses-
sion TO- confer on the water works
problem at which F. l.. Anders, SUI
perintendent Of the Fargo system,
was present. 5$:.5es T. @g.e., MA. -. -. J,
5 The Windup was the appointment
of a committee consisting of Mayor
Vandersluis, Alderman Garlock and
City Engineer 'Swinson to visit va
s-rious cities and inspect the plants
in service at those points. Nearly
Everybody present had something to
$ssay and at times there were some
sharp discussions. x. ...,-~> =. 81 :$ q.
.sg:5s Lawsuit Looms. ., ~ liz 3
~: An echo of the Kirk shortage was
heard in a report by City Attorney
Fisk in proceedings by the city to
recover from Kinks bond companies
ifthe amount Of the defalcation.
The Title Guaranty & Surety COM
.pany was sued for the sum of ST.
1'2O5.58. Notice was sent of the In
-stitution Of the suit but no reply
was received. Judgment was enter
led, followed later by a letter from
the company In an offer to compro-
mise for $3.50. The company was
notified that Judgment had been
taken, the amount totaling 81, $50. 60.
The other claim is on the Massa-
,ehusetts2 Bonding Insurance COM
pany, the. amount claimed to- be due
being $948.8S as principals interest
$3.50, total $l,044:78. On the
principal the company offered to con17
promise for $3.50. - I. .s:.s
z Owe AL or Nothing. =
Lawyers repre ting the CONF
panies were in sBemidji in an Z Z
,deayor to effect astomprOmise, basing
claims on the city IS ca elessness and
other points. City. Attorney Fisk res
marked to the council that If the
companies owed the city cent they
owed the entire sum claimed. The
attorneys mentioned the possible cost
of litigation should the; city sue for
the amounts claimed, but Judge Fisk
politely informed them that they
couldn't scare anybody with that line
of talk. 49,. =, - ,-..:....-. 49,. =. =,
The question of bringing suit
against the bonding companies was
deferred for discussion and action.
Bemidji is to soon follow the cus-
tom in many other cities in the mat
ter of collecting it's water rental,
the bills to be made out to the owner
of the property served and who will
be held responsible for the payment
of the service AS is now in vogue,
the renter of property is the one to
pay the bills and frequently he will
move without paying cent and the
city lose the revenue. 1t is the in.
tent of the city to hereafter get
what is coming to it and a resolu-
tion was read ~
New Hog Ordinance.
Another interesting feature of the
meeting was the reading of an or
dinance for the first time, which is
for the regulation of swine keep
ing within the corporate limits of the
city. The ordinance allows keeping
of hogs by private individuals in
sections sparsely settled, but forbids
the keeping Of hogs on the shores
of the lake: -, - -
.sst<-@TT There has always been an ordi-
nance that has been afforded protec--
tion to those guilty of assault in
either first. or second degree, the
penalty being only a fine of $25 and
not to exceed 80 days in Jail. 1t
doesn't jibe with the state statute
and the council heard the first read
ing of new ordinance, corrected to-
conform with the statutes and which
provides a penalty of not more than
three months in Jail nor to exceed a
fine of $10O.