The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-06-17

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as being unsightly, providing that
said Fifth avenue north would be
graded as requested.
Alderman Everett moved that the
matter of grading Fifth avenue north
be referred to the street and alley
committee, which motion was second
ed by Alderman Kragrud. The may
or stated the motion and put the
question, which carried unanimously.
The application of Hugh n. Mar
ron for the office Of city attorney
was read in full by the mayor, who
then announced the appointment of
Hugh N. Marion to the Office of city
attorney to serve in that position ac-
cording to law.
Alderman Lynn moved that the
mayors appointment of Mr.. Marion
be approved, which motion was sec
onded by Alderman Kragrud. The
a v stated the motion and put the
question, which upon roll call the fol
lowing vote was recorder:
Those voting yes Aldermen
GIFTS, Kragrud, Everett, Ferguson
and Lynn. Those voting "no:" None.
Absent: Alderman Kleve.
The mayor declared the motion to
have carried and instructed the clerk
to make due record thereof.
The application Of John 0. Gar
den for the Office of city clerk in
which said application offered to fur
nish to the city Office roo and
council chambers at his Office at 205
Main street, with light and heat for
said rooms, together with his ser
vices as city clerk for the sum of n
hundred fifty dollars per month, was
read in full by the mayor.
The mayor then announced the ap-
pointment of John o. Garden to the
office of city clerk, subject to the
terms of his proposal said applica-
ton to be effective on or about July
Is. 1920, to serve according to law
until the first Monday in May, A. D.
1922.
Members of the council discussed
the a~dvisability of changing the 10
cation of the office, which would cost
the city SIS per month for rent light
and heat, whereas the cost of rental
is $500 per month in its present
quarters, and the light and heat ex-
penditures bring the total cost to
only about half of the figure men
toned in the proposal of the appli-
cant.
The mayor announced that the
council would retire in executive SEES
sion for a period of thirty minutes
to discuss the matter of the clerk
more fully. t
The meeting was again called to
order, and the matter of the Engi- ]
neering contract existing between
Samuel Dowell and the city of Wolf t
Point, was mentioned by the mayor =,
and discussed at random by the '
members of the council, it being {
mentioned that it was the desire of
the mayor and council to terminate '
the same at this time, Engineer a
Dowell explained the terms of the |
contract to the council, pointing out V
certain features of said contract 9
whereby said engineer is interested a
in certain work ordered by the coun- c
Gil of said city, on the 18th day of t
April, A. D. 1920, rendering it i'm h
possible for that body to terminate T
said contract before the final com g
pletion and settlement of said con-
tracts for construction now existing )
between said city and C. H. Kelley
and other contractors for work now
under construction and yet to be
performed. The engineer explained e
that inasmuch as said contract called c
for 5 per cent of the construction a
cost of the work which had been or 0
dered by the council, to be paid to p
said engineer for his services as engi-
neer of the work, the contract could s
not be terminated by the principal g
without detriment to said engineer, n
therefore said contract would be in a
full force and effect until all work Il
had been completed, which has been n
previously ordered by the council. il
The mayor again announced that p
the council would retire in executive g
session to discuss the matter more c
fully without the presence of the
engineer and others. il
After a period of fifteen minutes Ii
the meeting was again called to or 81
der and regular business resumed. a
The matter Of the engineering e
contract was again brought up for a
discussion and members of the coun- is
ell questioned the engineer relative
to certain stipulations therein, tc the g
sffect that it would be impossible to il
terminate the contract until the com c,
,letion of all new work, which had R
ordered. a.