The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-07

Unusual Program Carried Out When
Newly Elected City Officials and Ap-
pOintecs Fake Oath Of Office

Unusual Program Carried Out Whel
Newly Elected City Officials, and An
pOfntecs Take Oath Of Office
PROGRAM ALONG PATRIOTIC LEM
New Officers Sponsored by Members Q
Patriotic Orders-Judge NJ. e.
Hutchinson Gives Oath
An unusual program was carried GU
at the city hall on Monday evening, a
4 which time the new city administration
Y Including the mayor elect, the council
i men, the appointees and all of the cit.
employees participated. The program
OF swearing inlthe newly elected officer
was carried out along patriotic lines
with the thought in mind of not onl,
renewing allegiance to the government
OF our country, but impressing uDol
the minds Of those Of the officers elect
ed and appointed that for every ONT
hundred cents received for services i
would be expected that one hundred
cents worth OF labor would be given.
Those in charge of the program hat
spared no time nor labor; the city hal
had undergone a thorough cleaning
the interior was decorated with flag,
and national colOrs; the mayors desl
. was flower bedecked, two large vases
4 OF roses, snapdragons and carnations
being placed at each end of the desk
vase of carnations. Arranged in from
OF the mayors desk were some fourteen
Y or fifteen chairs to be occupied by the
newly elected officers and the employ
ees of the city. Immediately behind
these were chairs for the sponsors who
were the boys Of the American Legion
Different patriotic organizations Of
the city were in attendance and took
part in the exercises, There were mem
beF1 of the G. A. r., the w. r. c., the
D. "a. r. and the Sons of Veterans and
the American Legion. Judge M. p
Hutchinson, Of Lake City, and Roscoe
Saunders. a member of the state agent
corps, occupied the platform with the
mayor elect, J. I'll. Patterson. Seated
immediately in front and outside the
railing were the. ladies' of the w. r. G.
and the %. a. R.4sOcieties, while back
OF these We're members of the G.. A. r.
The auditorium was we'll filled with lin,
terested spectators and taxpayers of the
city. .ty +, s.t, b #
At 8 o'clock Mayor Patterson presid.
ing called the assembly to order and
stated the object Of the meeting. DR.. l..
u. Bond of the G. A. r. order was call.
ed, and he read the oath of Office to the
mayor, and the same was acknowledged
bysJ Judge Hutchinson. For each of the
councilrhen a member of the American
Legion had been selected as sponsor,
and as each councilman was called to
take the oath, the sponsor stepped for.
ward and presented the official and
Judge Hutchinson administered the oath.
The same ceremony was carried out
with the office of assessor, the members
Of the light department, the sclerk, the
members of the street cleaning squad
the street commissioner and the book.
keepers at the city hall. After all had
taken the oath the mayor read his mes.
sage to the council, as follows: p
Mayors Message ltt- !.
Gentlemen of the Council:
At high noon this day you have TAX
en- up the duties as councilmen of this
city Pardon me when I say you will
not have by, any means q smooth road
TO travel all the way i hope you will
bear with me when Llask you; in, hand.
ling, the affairs of this city, you will
dismiss from your minds entirely all
personal and private views when DELHI.
Grating on the city, matters that may
come up before you.i You are the trus.
tees for all of the people, and you
should endeaver at least to arrive at
your decisi0ns,fr from thathpoint Of view.
In due time you will z be furnished
with a complete list OF all the standing.
committees However, will announce
at this time one Of the committees, and
that Is the committee of finance, Mr..
VOss Mr.. o. A. Patterson and Mr.
Fitch. One of your new duties will be
to check in tomorrow morning the new,
administration at the city hall, count
the cash and instruct the men in charge
to record the city's daily transactions.
In due time you shall make, or cause
to be made, a full and complete item
lied list Of all real and personal prop
erty OF every kind and nature belong.
ing to the city. Also, you shall make
a full detailed account of all liabilities
OF every kind and description, keeping
separate all transactions of every kline
and nature under the outgoing admins
tratiOn from that Of the new, capitulate
them in q plain, condensed and intelli
gent way, publish them that the, tax
payers too may read and know from
time to time (say semiannually) the cur
rent financial conditions of the city at
fairs. am informed that not for many
years has an inventory of the city's per-
SOnal and real property been made.
Men who have been in charge Of the
city affairs during these many years
should be called to an accounting for
such slack methods.
One of your first duties will be to
check the former mayors docket. dur.
ing his occupancy of the Office, in or
der that the taxpayers may know wheth
err he has made full and correct ac.
count Of his doings and paid over to
the proper officers of the city all moneys
received by him. This rule will also
apply to all city employees, who have
had charge of any part of the city at
fairs pertaining to finance and the
handling of city property.
The state of Iowa in pursuance of
tho laws that have been written upon
the statute books of our state have, dur.
Ing the last four months, made or
caused to be made an audit Of our city
books. 1t will be one of your first
duties to take up the report and follow
the instructions Of that department of
the state. Also publish those reports
and their recommendations that the taxi
payers too may know and have an OPP
poFtunity to read what that report con-
tain6.
! Ny advice to you would be that the
city retire from the retail business in
which 1t Is now engaged. Retailing
rightly belongs to the merchants of the
city who pay taxes to maintain the
city's upkeep. Let us stand as unit
to patronize home merchants and in
dustries of every kind
trust ! am not asking too much of
you to at once inaugurate thorough
system Of checking each day every item
OF material taken from the city's store
house Of supplies, where used, checking
the amount returned llnuSued, as WE'LL