Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-06-15
City Council Proceedings.
Meeting of June 4. 1918

lowing members were present, LamDriX,
Pollock, VanStratum, Rubatt, Secchic,
Bonino Williams, Collins, Coach. One
of the state officers was in the city to
muster in the local Home Guard Co., and
some of the members of the council
being members of the said company
asked the Mayor to adjourn the meeting
to some other time. 1t was moved by
VanStratum and seconded by Pollock
that the council adjourn until Wednes-
day evening June 5th at 7:30. Question
All members voting aye. Carried.
Meeting of June 5th
Adjourned meeting of the common
council Wednesday evening June 9Th at
100 Meeting called to order by Mayor
Meade; upon roll call the following mem
bers were present Lambrix, Pollock,
VanStratum, Rubatt, Secchio, Bonino,
Paynter, Williams, Collins, Coach.
Minutes of the previous meeting read
and approved as read. The matter of
where the secretary of the National De-
Tense League for the city of Hurley
would have her office, was brought up
for discussion as to where the most con-
venient place would be. 1t was moved
by VanStratum and seconded by Rubatt
that the secretary of the National De-
Tense League take up office quarters in
the Office of the city clerk. Question
All members voting aye. Motion carried.
Moved by Pollock, seconded by Bonino
that the council purchase the Burroughs
adding machine that was placed on trial
in the clerks Office, according to the
price and terms of the contract made by
their agent Question-All members vot-
ing aye Carried.
Reading of ordinance No IT, moved
by Paynter, seconded by Rubatt that the
ordinance be adopted as read. Question
All members voting aye. Ordinance
adopted.
ORDINANCE NO. 10.
An ordinance to preserve the public
health ana controlling offensive
trades, and defining duties of the
health officer.
The common council of the city of
Hurley do Ordain as follows:
Section l. No person, firm or cor
poratiOn shall boil, heat, dry, keep.
store or manufacture any offal, swill,
bones, fat, tallow or lard, or skin any
skunk or other wild animal having an
offensive odOr, or slaughter any hog
sheep, beef, horse or other domestic
animal within the corporate limits of
the city of Hurley. Nor shall the bus
mess of rendering, bone boiling, bone
burning, gut cleaning, skinning or
making glue from any part of dead
animals, drying, storing any blood.
scrap, fat, grease, dried skunk hides
or green skunk hides, or the conduct
ing of any business or occupation that
will or does generate any unwhole-
some, offensive or deleterious odors.
gas, smoke, or eXhalation, or that is
or would be dangerous or detrimental
TO life or health. be carried on ANY,
where in said city without a permit
from the local health officer.
Section ?. No person, or persons,
engaged in the business of buying or
selling rags, shall keep, store, or sort
the same within one hundred UO0
feet of any tenement or dwelling
house, school, hotel. restaurant or
creamery, except the house occupied
exclusively by the person and his i'm
mediate family engaged in such bust
ness without a permit from the health
officer.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of
the board of health or health officer
of said city, to strictly enforce the
provisions of this ordinance, and it
shall be the special duty of the chief
of police, street commissioner and all
policemen to promptly report to the
health officer, or board of health, in
writing, any and every violation of
this ordinance within said city, which
shall come to their knowledge.
Section 4. Any person, firm or cor
pOration violating any of the provis-
ions of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined in sum
not less than ten dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars and costs
of prosecution for each offense, or by
Imprisonment in the county Jail of the
county of Iron for not less than five
nor more than thirty days, and in de-
fault of payment of any fine and costs
shall be committed to said county Jail
until such fine and costs be paid not
exceeding thirty days.
Section ). This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
the 1st day of July. 1918, after its pas
sage and publication.
Adopted by the common council of
the city of Hurley at a session there
of held this 5th day of June, 1918.
by Paynter. seconded by Lambrix that
ordinance No. IL be laid on the table for
the present. Question-AI members
voting aye. Carried.
Moved by Bonino and seconded by
Williams that the mayor be empowered
to purchase the every day necessities of
the city. Question-AH members voting
aye Carried.
MIR. Sher, fish peddler appeared before
the council and stated that under the
provisions of ordinance No. 7 ne was un-
able TO peddle FISH and make living for
his family. and asked the council for
special privileges to carry on his bust
ness. 1t was the opinion of several of
the councilmen that fish was a very
necessary thing at the present time
owing to the high price and scarcity of
other meats. Moved by Paynter, second
ed by Collins that the mayor be en-
powered to give Mr.. Sher the privilege
to peddle fish in the city. Question-An