The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11

and that the City Clerk be authorized.
to draw an order on the City Treas
urer in payment of said estimate.
Carried.
The Chair referred to the Fire,
Light and Water Committee the mat
ter of investigating the proposition
of safeguarding the White Way
switch boxes or changing the present
system to series system.
Report of the Chief Of Police for
the month of February, 1921, was
read.
Report ordered accepted and filed
Report of the Clerk of Court for
the month of February, 1921. show
ing total collections in the amount of
$4,000 and disbursements amount.
ing to $206.24, was read.
Moved by Alderman Erickson, sup
ported by Alderman Kovall, that the
report of the Clerk of Court be ac-
cepted and filed. Carried.
Report of the Chief of the Fire
Department for the month of Feb
ruary, 1921, was read.
Report ordered accepted and filed.
Report of the City Chemist on the
public water supply during February,
1921, was read. s.
Report ordered accepted and filed.
Petition from Frank Koscak for a
transfer of his soft drink license and
pool hall license from the ground floor
of the building located on Lot, 1,
Block IL, Original Plat, to the ground
floor of the building located on Lot
z, Block 10, Original Plat, was read.
Moved by Alderman Champa, sup
ported by Alderman Kovall that the
petition be accepted and filed and the
transfer granted and that Mr. Frank
Koscak be instructed to furnish a
new bond in the amount of $4,000.
Carried.
Communication from the Duluth &
Iron Range Rail Road Company rel
ative to the proposed spur line to the
Light and Water Plant was read.
The matter was laid on the table
for further consideration.
A petition from John Zaic, Geo.
Bozich, John Gnidica, Frank Henig-
man and Mary Indihar, verified by
John Zaic, Geo. Bozich and John
Gnidica vas read. Said petitioners
being legal voters residing within
the Northeast Quarter (NEA) Of
Section Thirty-Four (34) the North
west Quarter (NWA) of Section
Thirty-Fiye (35), and the West Half
(Wk) of Section Twenty-Six f26)
all of said described land being sit
uated in Township Sixty-Three (63)
North, Range Twelve az, West of
the 4th P. M. in the County of st.
Louis and State of Minnesota, and
petitioning the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota, to call an
election for the purpose of derermin-
ing the proposed annexation of the
Northeast Quarter (NEA) Of Sec
ton Thirty-Four (34), the Northwest
Quarter (NWA) of Section Thirty
Five $3.50, and the West Half (WM)
of Section Twenty-Six (26), Town
ship Sixty-Three (63) North, Range
Twelve (12), West of the 9TH P. M.
in the County of st. Louis and State
of Minnesota, to the Incorporated City
of Ely, Minnesota, and to have said
territory become part thereof and
included within said City in accord
ance with and pursuant to chapter
113 of the General Laws of Mime
sofa for the year 1909. y
Moved by Alderman Maxi, sup
ported by Alderman Erickson, that
the petition from John Zaic, ct. al. be
accepted and filed. 81
Vote as follows:
Ayes: Aldermen Maxi, Champa,
Erickson, Kovall and Mayor Chinn.
Nays: Aldermen .Stsachan and
Jones. ia
Motion carried.
Alderman John Erickson offered
the following resolution and moved
its adoption, which motion to adopt
Kovall.
WHEREAS petition for calling
an election for the determination Of
the proposed annaxation of the terri
tory hereinafter described to the City
of Ely, st. Louis County, Minnesota,
has been presented to the Council Of
said City of Ely this 1st day Of
March, 1921, and it appearing that
said petition has been properly signed
by no less than, five legal voters resid-
ing within the territory therein pro-
posed to be annexed to said City Of
Ely, and
WHEREAS it appears by said pc
tition that census of the resident
population of said territory had first
been duly taken within four weeks
of the date of the presentation of
said petition to this Council; that
said territory appears by said census
to have resident population of not
less than rs persons, that the number
of actual residents therein is 224
persons; that the description of said
territory SO sought to be annexed is
as follows: The Northeast Quarter
(NEA) of Section Thirty-Four (34),
the Northwest Quarter i(NWA) of
Section Thirty-Five 1854, and the
West Half IW1LA af Cao4;